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Fair warning -- Going past my due date was pure torture after I set myself up for thinking she was going to come early! Between the sh*ts and the prodromol labor and the OB telling me I could go any day at 36 weeks and telling me I wouldn't make it past 38 weeks at 37 weeks I REALLY thought she was coming a week or 2…

lstpaul - great job this week! It definitely adds up! Heather -- I have a hard time in the summer, too, because it's so hot I lose all motivation to exercise. Lauren -- Boo for having to miss yoga for reasons out of your control. Allison -- I'm impressed with your PT sessions twice a week! I forgot to weigh-in this…

Yay!! Congratulations! Definitely do what you can to eat healthy and stay active but I'm going to warn you -- pregnancy weight gain is not something that is easy to keep in check (at least not for me and the ladies in the thread I was on). You can do everything right and still gain way more than you think you should be…

Thanks. Yes, I'm pumping after each feeding. At this point, the "feeding" itself is a total joke. She has serious problems latching correctly which I'm sure is most of the reason I've had supply issues to begin with (along with her being lethargic from jaundice for the first week). We were supplementing with a…

Allison -- You certainly look fantastic!! :happy: Lauren -- Love the picture of you and hubby! Nancy -- Welcome back!!! Momma -- Things are going alright. Still trying to get into a good groove. Maisie developed a touch of jaundice so she's been quite lethargic when it comes to feeding which has unfortunately really…

Bump. On my phone so cant comment on everyone. :smile: 15 lbs down, 25 to go to get to prepregnancy weight. 30 to go to get back to lowest weight. I should feel like walking a little in a few days. I'm excited to get back to running but was told to abstain from that for 5 more weeks. Too hot to run outside right now anyway…

Here's another one for Momma (and also because I'm apparently one of THOSE moms :wink:):

We got home yesterday and thanks to grandmother babysitters in my livingroom, I finally have a chance to post pictures (and shower!!). 5 hours old with her dad Today - 3 days old (with chapped lips because she's been permanently attached to boob). :heart: I kind of love her. :heart:

Hi ladies! Who needs sleep? Maisie Charlotte was born at 6.13pm 7/20 weighing 7lbs 11.6oz and measuring 18 and 3/4 inches. We are both doing well and expect to be discharged tomorrow. :smile:

Anecdotal evidence abounds. I'm 5'4" and started here at 275lbs. I started off eating about 1200 calories a day and burning 500-1000 calories most days with exercise (and not eating those calories back). The weight FLEW off of me. I lost about 60 pounds in 4 months. Then I crashed into a wall. I tried increasing my…

I'm here... just busy not having a baby. :laugh: Little miss Maisie Charlotte has 39 hours to make a move on her own. If she doesn't, she's being evicted on Wednesday! I had an ultrasound today to check everything since I'm now past my due date & all is well. I'm very happy for that, but seriously, she needs to GET OUT!

Victoria -- Like Anne, I realized hiccups were hiccups because they're very rhythmic. It kind of felt like light tapping in rhythm at first but later on (and now) it kind of feels like I have the hiccups, just in my uterus instead of my diaphragm. :laugh: I tend to want to hold my breath to try to make them stop but of…

Maybe I'm just irritable because I haven't slept well for days but you kind of rubbed me the wrong way here. Like none of the rest of us have worked hard to be healthy and lose weight? I lost 80 pounds before I got pregnant. I've gained almost 40 with pregnancy. Yeah, it's annoying and I thought I should be able to make it…

Rachel -- It started with me finding stupidly cute crocheted newborn photography props on etsy last night. Then I decided I didn't want to pay so much money for stuff I could probably make myself so I started looking online for patterns. I found lots of free newborn hat patterns here:…

Victoria -- I'M IN!! :drinker: I plan to lose that much by next Friday. :laugh: And I think you'll be able to keep your weight gain to 20 pounds. Even with me not exercising more than cleaning and walking, eating WHATEVER I want, and retaining a ton of water, I have only gained 8 pounds in 3rd tri. It's really too bad I…

Jen -- Wow, scary! I'm so glad everything is okay. Take it easy this weekend. Of course you know weight gain/loss is all about calories in vs. calories out. If you're gaining weight under normal circumstances (and we all know pregnancy is NOT a normal circumstance so just let that go), you're either eating more than you…

Maria-- hi there! I'm up with the stupid teasing contractions, too. About an hour ago they were 5-6 minutes apart and super crampy but they're now back to 10 minutes apart which is my standard o er the last couple of weeks. Still a bit crampier than usual though. On the plus side, I have taught myself how to crochet while…

Maureen -- Beautiful picture!! Melissa -- I consider a day a win when I stay around whatever amount of calories my goal is for that day & most of the calories I ate had good nutritional value. An example of a terrible day would be today. Cheese pizza for breakfast, ice cream for lunch. I've really gotta get it together for…

You know what they say -- no news is.... no news. Doc offered me an elective induction again (breaking my water; they don't think I'll need chemical induction after that but it's a possibility). I've struggled with making a decision about it all day. Every single logical argument I can come up with is in favor of induction…

Mel - Part of my problem is that I can't work while I wait. I feel like I'm wasting so much leave. My supervisor keeps texting me to see how I'm doing and I feel like such a slacker telling her I still have no baby. :laugh: Anne -- So awesome about your donation efforts!! What a fantastic way to remember and honor someone.…

I really do think it's a logical decision and yet I'm still struggling with it. I feel like I'm having a hard time making a decision for no real reason and that's what's so frustrating to me. If I had valid arguments for and against that would be one thing but my argument for makes sense to me while my argument against is…

Brittony -- :heart: Emma is so gorgeous!

Victoria -- This is going to be long and probably nonsensical because it's going to a random jumble a lot of the thoughts that are rambling around in my head right now. I'm positive for strep and I've been having consistent contractions for 5 weeks. The last 1.5 weeks, the contractions have been significantly stronger and…

Maria -- Misery loves company so maybe it'll make you feel better to know we're in the same boat as far as cramps and sporadic contractions. I'm so sick of having contractions I could scream. Especially since they're not strong enough to really do anything, apparently. Anne -- My husband said he supports me in whatever…

Rachel -- HA! Thanks for that video. It made me want a kitten for half second. :tongue: Rachael -- I so know what you mean about the happy/jealous feeling. That's how I feel about you being induced on Monday. :laugh: In the last 12 hours I've gone from completely sure I would schedule an induction for tomorrow to…

Katrina -- :flowerforyou: Anne -- Yep, I often have the dull lower backache in bed. I also don't know if it's my sleeping positions or what. Danielle -- Sorry about the sick. Most of us seem to have experienced nausea again right around where you are. Mine lasted for maybe a week & then went away again for the most part (I…

Ugh, that was about as bad as that appointment could go. Basically I'm still sitting where I was last Tuesday which is incredibly frustrating to me. My OBs are still offering me an elective induction (breaking my water & seeing how that goes & if nothing happens adding pitocin). If I had been 4-5cm dilated I think I…

Maria -- I agree with Anne, you better hope you have a baby to report today (or tomorrow, or as soon as you feel like MFPing)! :wink: Jen -- Yep, the people are the stupid. :smile: I lost 80 pounds pre-pregnancy and had VERY few people at work comment on my weight loss (which is *fine* wit me!). I've gained 38.6 pounds…

Of course we support you, Rachael! I think especially all of us who are right here at the end can relate pretty well to your reasons. Of course all of our pregnancies have been different but it seems we all have the "I don't give a flying flip how, just get this baby out of me!" mentality at this point. :laugh: A couple…

Mel & MamaRandall -- I definitely agree with you guys that the swearing is going to happen at least occasionally pretty much regardless of how much we try not to. Also, it's everywhere else. I'd just prefer my baby's first word not be "mothereffer" or "GD-it" both of which hubby says ridiculously frequently. Especially…