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Still up 22 lbs at 37 weeks....full term now!!

lemons/limes and lemonade! Take your prenatal vitamin at night with a snack....and if your doctor allows, take the gummy prenatal vitamins instead.

My advice would be two things 1. to eat a well-rounded diet.....for me that means mostly healthy foods but I do allow myself to indulge occasionally....meaning I have a portion of whatever I'm craving instead of a ton of it, and then I just eat healthy the rest of the day. I eat a lot of grilled chicken from the George…

Yeah there are so many factors that go into it....I didn't start showing until the third trimester.....now at 36 weeks my bump is much bigger in comparison to my body frame. From weeks 30-36 it has really popped out. Even when you couldn't tell I was pregnant though, my baby was measuring large....so partly because I was…

up 22 lbs at 36 weeks.....almost there!

I ran through 32 weeks (I'm 36 weeks now!). I felt great during the second trimester.....just listen to your body and take walking breaks....also, my advice is make sure your doctor is okay with it. Most are if you have a normal, healthy pregnancy. Also, I did my easy run jogging pace, not my normal run pace. But it made…

If you burned those 400 calories though, it's like you're really only consuming 1550....I usually eat most of mine back. If there are days when I feel too full to eat them back, there are other days during the week when I go over a little. So it all balances out....even 1800 seems very low to me....but then again it all…

Congrats Emily!!! We're looking forward to hearing your story!!! Yeah same here, the swelling started when the weather warmed up and it is sooooo humid! I think I am going to start taking off my rings when I go for walks and probably for labor and delivery. Did anyone have problems with swelling after labor? Maybe I have…

At almost 36 weeks and up 21 lbs, I'm all boobs and belly.....I was instantly up a cup size by the end of the first trimester....of course I do notice less definition in other parts of my body from not being able to do my normal insanity routine or long runs.....but I can still put on my prepregnancy jeans (including…

Hey! How is everyone doing? Any progress?? Anyone else having problems with swelling during exercise? For the past couple weeks, every time I go for a walk my hands swell up a ton, then an hour later go back down to normal (mostly). It's just so weird to not recognize my own hands...and after a long day to look down at my…

up 21 lbs at 35 weeks! and definitely feeling less room in my stomach too!!

Oh and I eat between 2000 and 2300 and am 5'7, starting weight 125-130. But it's not too far off from what I ate when I wasn't pregnant. I also eat back most of my exercise calories.

I had a jump over the last two weeks as well.....up 20 lbs at 34 weeks! I am pretty sure that what I am gaining right now is baby and water retention. I did not eat enough to gain 3 lbs of fat in a week! Even though I am right on target to gain 25 and I should've gained this much, it's still hard to come to terms with!

Yes it all depends....some people go up a cup size, some go up 2 or 3, some don't notice a change at all.....I started a 32B and was up to a 34C by second trimester, long before I started showing.....and I was so uncomfortable until I got some new bras....don't suffer with the underwire of bras that are too small! It's…

I've been thinking about this for a while too! I'm thinking I'll just walk and do some light toning exercises during the first 6 weeks (assuming there are no complications)....then when the doctor clears me, I will ease back into running, probably by mixing walking and jogging for a couple weeks and increasing to running…

Congratulations!!!!!

Something else that helps....vitamin C tablets that dissolve in water. You drink it like Metamucil but it tastes better and is more natural.

Emily-I hope it does get more comfortable!!! But if not I'll get through it....what I really feel like doing is staying on the couch and eating Reese's Easter eggs, but that wouldn't help anything lol. I do feel better when I fight the feeling and get my exercise in....although is anyone else experiencing the sudden urges…

I'm 34 weeks pregnant and I'm taking the gummy prenatal vitamins that don't have iron in them. Ever since I switched vitamins I have been going more regularly. They are the square ones from vitafusion...you can get them at Target or most drug stores. I just make sure I get iron from whole grain cereal and I don't have any…

What you are feeling is normal!!! As soon as I hit third trimester and the more weeks that go by, I feel like the pregnancy has a life of it's own and my body is doing what it wants. It's frustrating to be gaining even without eating all of the extra calories. It is even weirder to me to gain while eating a ton of lean…

That is great news!! I know you are probably ready to have your baby!! ehg87-Don't feel bad, I am right there with you! I'm getting soooo uncomfortable and can't imagine being able to handle more belly weight! My back is killing me, plus he was already down low in position at my 32 week appointment, now at 34 weeks he…

There are a lot of false positives for those tests....I didn't get any of them done other than the normal ultrasound for the anatomy scan. I spent the first half of my pregnancy in another country where it is not standard practice to do all of that prenatal testing. But even if I had been here during the first half, I…

That's great news! If you use a reasonably up-to-date ultrasound machine you should be able to hear (or at least see) a heartbeat by 7 weeks which will put your mind at ease. Yes!!! At that ultrasound I did hear a strong heartbeat...that doc put me at 6 weeks but now that I am further along/with coming off the pill as I…

That is great news and sounds normal!! Depending on the ultrasound machine sometimes all you see is the sac til like 10 weeks! I had one at 6 weeks on a 3d machine (I was in another country and my only option that wasn't a public hospital with 1960s equipment was a specialist who did everything in 3d/4d)....even in 3d all…

The pill really can throw off your ovulation...it can make you ovulate earlier, or later.....and throw your due date off either way. I was on the pill and got pregnant two days after I came off of it, which means the date the doctor initially calculated based on lmp was about 10 days to 2 weeks off. The formulas they use…

Yeah there is a difference between jumping squats, which are a type of plyometric jumping, and light cardio jumping. I've done zumba before and it is not plyometrics....Jumping squats and other plyometrics moves are what I did in insanity and they cause you to use the force of your entire body weight (which is why they are…

In my opinion and from what I've been told, jumping is dangerous for your baby because of the impact....and it also puts you at risk for falling later on. I was doing insanity and a little P90x when I found out I was pregnant so I had to stop.... It may seem like there's not much of a difference between jumping and…

Use a bunch of pillows (sleep with a pillow between your knees) and get a good mattress pad. Sleeping with a fan on helps me too... Try taking a warm shower/bath in the evening and have your husband give you massages!

Just drink a TON of water for the next few days....it will really help with the swelling. Certain things (like Mexican or Chinese food) can affect me for 3 days....the only thing that helps is water or just completely avoiding those things. I can eat a burrito and gain 3 lbs lol....even though the calories/fat aren't too…

Those are all great suggestions....does anyone have more suggestions about what items are completely unnecessary??