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I prefer pacing to walking in place, but exercise is exercise. Your pedometer may not pick it up though if you use one.
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Just spend the time losing weight by staying in your calories. Take the time off and recover properly. Long run you're going to do more damage by overworking yourself than if you just take a little break. I had back surgery in January and a baby in June. Took off 6 weeks for each. Didn't notice much difference when I got…
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Just skip going back for seconds (OK, i admit it... thirds) on the dessert table and enjoy yourself in moderation. If you must log (ie, to keep a logging day streak up) just log "potluck" and put in like 1000 calories. Just make a wild guess. Especially if you have been really "good" lately, a day off might give you a…
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I go to the gym instead of housework. It's a tradeoff but housework can wait until the weekend. Plus you can take probably your younger 2 with you, or all three, depending on the childwatch hours. You could go straight after work and take those 2 with you to childwatch, get 30-60 mins in, then come home and eat. If you're…
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Gym membership (previously the Y before I moved, which is great because they income base your fee) and currently the community center which is really reasonably priced) and a good (key word - GOOD) heart rate monitor. I paid about $100 and have used it nearly 5 days a week for going on 3 years!
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I'd say set the boundaries in advance that you will call them but they can't come to the hospital until you call them again and give them the go ahead. What if you don't tell them so they call and you don't answer, then they come to the house and they don't answer, so they just show up at the hospital "to check"?! I've…
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bumping to stalk those of you yet to pop!
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Make sure you're eating enough - not just right before your workout, but consistently every day. Make sure you are drinking a lot. Don't walk if it's really hot out and if it is drink before, during, and after. Consult a dr to check your circulation, BP etc. (PS - common symptom of pregnancy....)
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We're definitely gonna need photos of that one down the road! :)
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Anne- what's your brothers name? Did he make it on to tv? Saw them playing poker on espn tonight...
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Ok, how many melissa's are there now!? I know I'm not technically still here :wink: But I'm having flashbacks to high school thinking people are talking to me when they're not :laugh: (we had a TON of melissa's....) Ps, I blame my iPhone for making those possessive not plural... Brittony - it's amazing how many people…
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Julie - I can understand your "irrational" (not the right word... but...) thought of just waiting. I was really sad to be induced because I (providing I am prepared with work, the boy etc) was really looking forward to the spontaneity of labor. When will it come? Will water break or not? How long can I hold off before…
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I have to admit that I laugh a little (at myself) while reading all the posts about wanting to be induced and be done early - I would have been pretty happy to have him be a week or so late - I would have gotten so much more work done! :laugh: :laugh: (I work well under pressure.)
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Brittony! What a cutie! Glad your recovery is short and sweet! I'm impressed that you are logging exercise. I have my 6 week tomorrow and haven't started back yet other than the occasional walking. I'm a super whimp when it comes to my period though - i DESPISE pads so I tend to do nothing but sit on the couch and be…
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haha, that cat video is funny! Kittens are so cute... too bad they turn into cats! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Anne - ever noticed how much kleenex is in Drs offices? They're prepared for criers! I cried in front of 3 different doctors already this week. Rachael - yay for a date! You must be excited! Julie - good luck at the appointment! I'm such a stalker :laugh: :laugh:
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For those of you considering different pain management - i'd recommend you ask your dr / hospital if they offer nitrous. Especially those in early preg because there's the chance they might implement it by then. I'd recommend you bring it up to your Dr no matter if you intend to use it or not, because the more people that…
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Ha! I'm not a swearer unless I need a reaction out of my husband. He knows I'm serious then. He on the other hand is quiet fluent in French. He uses the F word as a normal part of most any sentence - as a noun, verb, adjective... He's basically this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rX7-R54-Q8 (if you don't like…
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You can take hydrocodone (AKA vicodin). Maybe he can give you a script for that. There are most definitely things you can take when pregnant! I had back surgery and recovery definitely on more than Tylenol :laugh: :wink:
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The "only" reason they say don't eat when i labor is because of the chance of needing general anesthesia and aspirating if you vomit. You may or may not puke during labor (I puked like 6 times this go round - but it was from the magnesium and pit combo) but that's not really why they say don't eat. Some hospitals are even…
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Collinsclan - thanks - let your lady know we're back to just pumping for a while or possibly pumping and feeding sometimes, but probably not. He's back in the hospital and I'm a little worried about keeping up supply w just pumping.
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I still have $10 off $50 old Navy in store or online code if anyone wants it. Expires Thursday.
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Rachael :flowerforyou: CollinsClan - breastfeeding - with my first I had this issue too - low supply on one side only. The left always has way less (same as with my first), though I do rotate equally. I know they say how it feels is no indication of supply - overall it's generally fine between the two (the right one always…
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Ahhhhhhhg!
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Ok, 9am and still no Julie!!!! You know if you pop on with no baby yet we're going to kill you for being gone so long!:laugh: :laugh:
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oh dang Maureen - sorry you are checking in tonight! :ohwell: But no Julie since noon....:tongue: You ladies can't be going more than 5 or 6 hours w/ out a post or you know we're all going to start assuming! :wink:
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I set mine to maintenance, but ate about 200-300 calories over. I on purpose did not set to gain because I knew that I would still probably still eat a little over and then I would gain more than I wanted to.
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To complicate it... it's based purely on mathematical calculations - so, theoretically if you ate the exact same calories every day it should work out to that # right? But it doesn't account for WHAT you eat. You could eat (ie) 1500 calories of crap one day and 1500 of healthy and protein rich another day... so that could…
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22 as in Feb 2? I'm 2/1/82
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I always wonder on some of you - where'd you get your screen name. Some it seems pretty obvious- but feel free to share there also! :smile: My old name (the mjtwo name) is because all the kids in our family have initial MJ and so my folks call us MJ1, MJ2, MJ3, and MJ4. My new one is an old nickname from an annual camp…
