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Almonds, some kind of unhealthy ginger thing (ginger "beer," gin-gins hard candies, etc), and meat: these are, sadly, my daily staples. It's disgusting, but it's all I can stomach right now. May this nausea and exhaustion end soon so that I can go back to eating other things! (Although last time, I never really felt right…

I slept and rested a ton this weekend, and today the nausea seemed better (not the exhaustion, though... still walking around with a fog in my brain!). I think in my case the nausea is tied to exhaustion, so the more I can sleep, the better. I did also eat/drink a lot of ginger-y things today, so maybe that also helped.…

Hi lebafit! Welcome to the group! With my first pregnancy, I gained a bunch of weight really fast because I was a carb & sweets queen -those were the only foods I could stomach that would take the edge off of my four-month-long intense nausea! I hated eating like that, but I really felt like I had no other options. I…

Hi Everyone! We're pregnant with Kate Middleton, and sources are predicting she's due in April with us! I was pregnant when she was last time, and it was fun to see all of her maternity wear choices (sigh... I wish I looked as amazing as she did!). It's sad she has hyperemesis gravidarum, though. How's everyone doing? I've…

Ugh, the nausea starting kicking in over the past few days and I've started eating more than I want to of things I don't really want to be eating. It's hard to watch yourself gain weight when you don't want to eat the stuff that's making you gain weight. Do I want to be drinking ginger ale? NO! Do I want to be eating toast…

Every woman is different and every birth is different, so it's hard to know what your experience will be like in advance. A C-section could be a terrible experience with infections, a baby who has difficulty breastfeeding (if that's your goal), lack of initial skin-to-skin bonding, a long recovery, etc. Or it could be…

Aversions don't seem to have any rhyme or reason -I thought for sure this soup I made ages ago and froze (and then never ate because it looked gross) would be the least palatable thing imaginable last night. Instead, I couldn't get enough of it. Thankfully it was the one healthy thing I could stomach yesterday. I walked…

Do you know about the free bodyrock.tv series, or the spinoff by the previous star (and ex-wife), Zuzana Light? That's a good online series for a busy working mom of two children, and it's all stuff you can do at home.

I had both a doula and took the Bradley classes. I used neither during my labor, which ended up being lightening fast (3 hours). The Bradley Method classes were a really nice way to learn about the birth process and meet other expecting couples, with whom I am still friends. We took a class from an instructor in training,…

Normal! I was sleeping probably around 9-10 hours at night and still taking 1-2 naps daily during my last pregnancy. I was swimming hard with a team 5 days a week and, in retrospect, I think that was a bad idea. It did not make me feel better. So cut yourself some slack about not getting in as much exercise as you used to.…

How is everyone feeling? I'm just curious about when your nausea really kicked in. In looking back at my previous pregnancy, I think the worst was probably Weeks 7-8 (or maybe I just got used to the misery after that!). I'm hoping that is not the case with this one, since that's the first week of school for me and I have…

In my experience, blood pressure is lower during pregnancy. I'm just curious how you can have a due date in July. I am only 5 weeks along and I am due at the end of April. Unless you are planning to be pregnant for 11 months, a July due date seems impossible!

I didn't do any specific aqua program last pregnancy, but I did find that the only exercise I could comfortably do was water activity. I developed a routine of walking/running briskly in the warm therapy pool for 1/2 hour, then moving over to the regular lap lanes for about a mile's worth of lap swimming. Every woman…

I've been having a great past two months in terms of getting workouts in and eating right. Today the scale was down 3 lbs to put me at my lowest weight since my pregnancy in 2012-13 (which is still, alas, 11-12 lbs away from my pre-preggo weight -but I am still nursing, so I blame that!). I'm kind of bummed that I'll be…

I'm due at the end of April! Happy to meet all of you! I was timing it, and looks like the timing worked! This is my second baby, and I had a TERRIBLE first pregnancy. I am hoping this one will be the opposite of that.

Thanks! I'm not actually worried about my pregnancy! I just feel like the media thrives on telling older moms scary stories about how risky their pregnancies are and I really want to know if it really is just hype. Yay for your mom having your brother after 40!

Hi Chamberlain3! Congrats and welcome! I know a couple of us have little ones around. My son is 15 months. My due date is very close to yours! Re: first tri bleeding. I had some very light bleeding with my son and I was a nervous wreck about it. It was a little air pocket between the placenta and the uterine wall. Some of…

Hello Fellow Moms! I am back after being in the May 2013 group (along with mormonmamma)! Due the last week in April but kind of hoping to hold out until May 1 (work would be sooo much less complicated). I'll be a lot busier this time around but I am sincerely hoping to keep up a good, healthy exercise and nutritional…

I second (or third) the craigslist/thrift/consignment recommendations. Items I can really recommend buying new are very good quality nursing camis/tanks --that is, if you are planning on breastfeeding for any extended period of time. Luckily some friends gave me different kinds in all different sizes, and I found that some…

For a first date you want something that could be long or short, depending on if you hit it off. I always just had tea, which has basically no calories and you could potentially end the date when the cup is finished. I always thought flying a kite would be cool on a first date, but the date I tried that one on was not into…

4.5 months postpartum here. I am an exercise addict and I tried hard to stay active during my pregnancy. But I felt SO absolutely miserable most of the time that I only managed weak swim workouts, kinda lame water running, some slow walking, and lots of prenatal yoga. My delivery left me with a brutal tear and I felt awful…

A few months pre-pregnancy I ran a half-marathon with 7:30 minute miles. I did not run throughout the pregnancy because it made me feel more nauseous and everything hurt constantly, but I did "water run" for a good part of it. Last week at 4.5 months postpartum I went to a track and ran one stinking mile in 12 minutes.…

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Final days: 828 Week 4: 2940 Week 3: 2102 Week 2: 2163 Week 1: 1706 Grand total: 9739 Not too shabby... I'm so happy this challenge jumpstarted me back into working out after having my baby!

Week 4: 2940 Week 3: 2102 Week 2: 2163 Week 1: 1706 Grand total: 8911 Goal achieved! And the month is not yet over...

Have you tried power pumping? Pumping ten minutes on, ten minutes off for an hour? ( or 20 min on/off?) Turning up the suction may not be helping; if your nipples are distressed, your body won't relax during pumping and you'll make less milk. When I feel like my supply is dropping, I try to pump after every feeding to…

Week 3: 2102 Week 2: 2163 Week 1: 1706 Grand total: 5971 I am totally going to make this challenge! Yay!

Weekly total: 2163 Average daily: 309 Last week: 1706 Grand total: 3869 I ran for the first time postpartum today!

My one week total: 1706 calories burned =243 daily average I'm squeaking in under the wire, but it's not for lack of trying. It's hard to get out with a squirmy 12-week old! I've been mostly walking (not my favorite) and swimming. I can't wait until I feel ready to run!

We were on a trip visiting relatives today so it was hard to get in exercise, but my three day average isn't too horrible.