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Its a girl! And I had "elevated glucose levels" in my pee yesterday...so I am getting sent for my gestational diabetes test 2 weeks early. (Still not until after Christmas though....so I can live in blissful ignorance over the holidays...)

I had planned on only telling family (which we did at 7 weeks) and my boss so that he wouldn't hear from gossip at work because I was SOOO sick in the first trimester. Well Turns out people started guessing so we ended up "telling" FB at 10 weeks after our first U/S....if I hadn't been as sick we would have waited until I…

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I've never been instructed to take it without food...and honestly from the research I have done...its mostly the iron and calcium that reduce effectiveness (most dr.s, research, pharmacists all agree to not take synthroid or other thyroid replacement within 4 hours of vitamins/supplements that include either of these) and…

How are we doing ladies? At 18 weeks I am still off and on sick, but adding being dizzy most of the time to that has made exercise extremely difficult. (Any suggestions?) and still having trouble getting enough calories, although I have FINALLY started to gain instead of lose weight... As of yesterday I am officially at my…

Feel free to add me if you would like, I am 18 weeks and struggling to eat enough and still (puking and have crazy aversions....so still in survival mode....just trying to get enough calories. Can't wait until that includes making healthy choices! (I'm not doing a very good job of selling myself am I! haha :S )

I did and am FINALLY gaining, but not because of adding the calories! I still struggle with eating enough at 16 weeks, so right now Im happy if I am anywhere in the ball park of what maintenance was before those 200, they just give me wiggle room should I happen to be able to eat that much one day. I am still -3lbs…

Nausea still comes and goes, but mostly just no appetite for anything...aversions are crazy! Dr. mentioned looking up tips for hypoglycemia which I had never heard of being a "pregnancy issue" but a lady I work with says she was hypoglycemic during both her pregnancies and not any other time...so yeah snacking every couple…

Thanks ladies, looks like I need to check out amazon!

Hopefully you don't get sick. I started MS at exactly 6weeks 1Day....and it just kept getting worse until 12 weeks. So ladies never get sick, some do. Hopefully either way it isn't too bad for you.

I'm a FTM but I Have been a foster mom to infants... I think most things you can stock up on whenever you see a good deal...but I wouldn't bother stocking up formula. The thing about formula is babies might have unsuspected issues....lactose intolerant babies need a different formula, some babies need to be on rice formula…

I'm 14 weeks and go back and forth between maternity and non-maternity. I can wear non maternity tops no problem but can only wear low-rise jeans and skirts for bottoms, so I have been wearing my maternity jeans for work. I am wearing a lot of long sweaters with mat-leggings because they are just so much more comfortable…

I had entered in 5k's in September and found out I was pregnant in mid august. I had TERRIBLE Morning Sickness and exhaustion the first trimester and the first one went ok, I was still in good enough shape to run a good portion of it. By the second one, I walked the whole thing (and managed to not puke thank goodness!). So…

Congrats and THIS ^! I wish there was a like button....

I'm tracking, but not as regularly as I was when I was trying to lose weight. Ironically I am now below my pre-pregnancy goal......I joke with my husband that so far my best weight loss effort has been getting pregnant! I expect that will turn around soon (It better!) and I will start gaining, but I am verrrry curious to…

I miss sleep....pre-pregnant I could easily sleep 10 hours straight without waking up. Now I'm lucky if I get 4...the worst is if I wake up after 5AM because then my body is convinced its morning and I cannot fall back asleep no matter what I do. I guess our bodies are just getting us ready for all those late night…

8 lbs in 5 weeks is only 3lbs more then 1lb per week...I wouldn't worry about that in the slightest...it could be constipation, gas, slower digestive tract after eating too much (or even just eating enough) the day before, water retention. Now if you gained 8 lbs in 1 week there might be reason for concern but even…

I'm a FTM just coming to the end of my first trimester. I lost 5lbs. OB isn't worried and says its normal to lose or gain in the first trimester and that for most women weight gain kind of evens out by the end of the second trimester.

How many of you are as excited as I am to be nearing the second Trimester. Finally starting to feel less sick might even get back to food tracking this week!

My first apt was at 8 weeks and DR sent me for a dating U/S at just over 8 weeks...otherwise I wouldn't have had a U/S until 20 weeks. I was so happy to see the bean (even though it didn't look like much), and hear a healthy heartbeat...I feel like I can relax more now.... Now if only bean would behave and give me some…

Had first apt yesterday, almost fainted at the Lab when they took blood, I am usually pretty good with getting blood taken, but when I was laying there trying to re-compose, the technician asked if I had eaten enough before I came...I realized that yeah....nothing that I had eaten that morning had stayed in....oops.…

We are at 6 weeks. Planning on telling my mom at 8 weeks (after first prenatal appt.) and everyone else at 12 weeks. I did tell my BFF yesterday because she's my running partner and symptoms are making running not a priority for me this week.

Aug 12: 1km walk Aug 13: 5.03km run

Sechelt Inlet Paddle. Friday we paddled about 50 minutes from the park near the end of Sechelt Inlet Rd. to Nine Mile Camp. It was beautiful and we saw whales jumping, fish, seals. The campground has lots of spots to camp as well as an outhouse and a creek for water. There were also hiking trails that we didn't explore…

Close enough! Its in the same valley still...just further up the valley....where are you from originally?

Hi! I just found out I was pregnant and am due right around you probably...I am about 5 or 6 weeks and when I calculate it out to the first day of last period that works out to being due around April 6th.

You use the name anyways. Family significance trumps "ownership" of a name any day. If its someone in your family I might change it, but if its anyone who is not also related to the person you were using the name after (your grandfather), I would totally use it anyways and if that other person questions simply say its a…

Question. I signed up for a 5k in 2 weeks and a 5k in September....I am only on week 2 of c25k but felt like I wasn't pushing very hard. Today I POAS and got a positive, so will test again tomorrow, but if I am pregnant, should I not be moving on or pushing for these 5k's? Of course I will ask my DR but seeing as I don't…

Aug 7: 4.09KM Walk

Patience dear. I was diagnosed hypothyroid at 11 years old....and it took until about a year ago for the stars to align (meds, diet, stress levels, not "growing" etc) and to feel good consistently since I was a child! Make sure to stay on the meds and know that they likely will increase a few times before they become…