Wow. So I only have 4 days left until my due date. That kinna scares me. There are so many things that I don't feel prepared for, mostly just being a mother of three. I feel I struggle with two, now I'm adding one more to the mix. I know that God will help me if I only ask and stay close to him. I just want to be a good, kind, and loving mother more than anything. I want to have a good relationship with each of my children and I want them to know that I love them regardless of life's choices.
I'm looking forward to meeting my new little girl and having the blessing of knowing her. I'm looking forward to finding a new normal for my life and moving past this pregnancy. It hasn't been all bad, but it's not fun either. I'm looking forward to getting back into shape and summer so I can wear a swim suit and go water skiing :) Wish me luck! Next time I post I should have a picture or two of a baby to go with it. Yay!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
36 Weeks
I am totally counting down.... I can't wait to meet my new little one and get my body back :) I've been a little sickly these past few days and it's not even fun. It should be against the rules to be sick and pregnant at the same time. I've got a serious sinus infection with the headaches, runny nose/stuffiness, swollen glands and cold sores to top it off. This too shall pass :)
About two weeks ago I thought my baby was trying to come. I had regular contractions for about 6 hours. I would lay down and they would slow but not go away. It was a little scary. I have no desire to give birth in a hospital and deal with all that stuff, so luckily it passed and I'm good. I've got to make it at least one more week maybe two and I have got to say I would not even mind if I gave birth at least a few days early. I'm not sure it's going to happen though. I've got a lot to do on my list though as far as nesting stuff goes... Washing windows, mopping floors, shampooing carpets... So she can wait. As uncomfortable as I am, it is easier to care for her where she is.
I haven't been working out at all lately. With the 'scare' I had and being busy with things like being a hostess mom for Jr. Miss, I just haven't had it in me to do much beside an occasional walk. I'm just not going to worry too much about it. It won't be long and I can hit the weights again :) Yay!
About two weeks ago I thought my baby was trying to come. I had regular contractions for about 6 hours. I would lay down and they would slow but not go away. It was a little scary. I have no desire to give birth in a hospital and deal with all that stuff, so luckily it passed and I'm good. I've got to make it at least one more week maybe two and I have got to say I would not even mind if I gave birth at least a few days early. I'm not sure it's going to happen though. I've got a lot to do on my list though as far as nesting stuff goes... Washing windows, mopping floors, shampooing carpets... So she can wait. As uncomfortable as I am, it is easier to care for her where she is.
I haven't been working out at all lately. With the 'scare' I had and being busy with things like being a hostess mom for Jr. Miss, I just haven't had it in me to do much beside an occasional walk. I'm just not going to worry too much about it. It won't be long and I can hit the weights again :) Yay!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Here I am at 32 weeks. Only 8 more to go... Crazy. It feels like forever at times, mostly when I can hardly walk due to sciatic nerve issues that I've been having. It hurts like crazy! My whole right butt cheek gets this shooting pain and I can hardly walk/move. Other than that, I'm really feeling pretty well.
About a week and a half ago we got to do the whole daylight savings thing and it has totally thrown me off. I haven't been working out much and I think that contributes to my nerve issue. I just had the thought today that if I have 8 weeks left and gain about 5 pounds, pretty much all of that will go to my belly. That's really quite a bit of added weight for my back, especially if I don't keep it in shape. Now is not the time to slack!
About a week and a half ago we got to do the whole daylight savings thing and it has totally thrown me off. I haven't been working out much and I think that contributes to my nerve issue. I just had the thought today that if I have 8 weeks left and gain about 5 pounds, pretty much all of that will go to my belly. That's really quite a bit of added weight for my back, especially if I don't keep it in shape. Now is not the time to slack!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Some Perspective...
I have this blog that I love to follow called Trey and Lucy. This mom is seriously so cute with her little kids and all the cute crafts that she makes. I just read her most recent post here and thought... "Wow. You need to stop complaining and be grateful for what you have." I really am so blessed with good health and a healthy little family and I may have a rough first trimester, but my rough is not this rough. I apologize for my whining....
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Third Trimester
I am now in my 28th week of this pregnancy and I'm at the beginning of my third trimester. It's crazy. I can't workout like I want to anymore. My body just won't let me and I guess it's better to be safe then sorry. I was just toning down my turbofire workouts for a while but even that just seems to be too much. I might make it past the warm-ups and then I start to have contractions so I guess I'll have to give it up :( It's really been hard on me. I watch my husband doing to workouts and pushing himself to his limits and it makes me want to cry. I want to do that too! I'm still lifting weights and doing yoga so I guess I'll just have to settle for walking on the other days. Just 4 1/2 more months... (with recovery time.)
I had a prenatal apt. with my midwife yesterday. I've gained about 10 or 11 lbs. so far with 12 weeks left, which for me feels like I am on track. I plan to gain anywhere from 6 to 8 pounds in that time. It really is so hard to watch the scale climb in numbers, but I have to remind myself that it is necessary for both the health of the baby and my own health. I regularly hear people tell me that I need to gain more weight and eat more. Seriously,.... I eat I ton. But when it's healthy food and you're physically active, I think that our bodies will do what they need to do.
Everything else went fairly well except I've got a few issues that need clearing up and fast. I have parasites, a fungal skin infection and yeast. Gag. So I am very strictly on a No Sugar, No White Flour diet. There is sugar in seriously everything! I was already doing fairly well with that with a few cheats here and there but no more cheating until this junk is gone. Yeast just feeds off that stuff! It makes it easier to fight those desires to eat junk knowing that my body needs to heal itself, especially before this baby gets here. I don't want to pass anything on to her if I haven't already. It's amazing how fast our bodies can dump all the crap if we just give it the right tools.
I still haven't taken any pictures of myself. I just don't want to.
I had a prenatal apt. with my midwife yesterday. I've gained about 10 or 11 lbs. so far with 12 weeks left, which for me feels like I am on track. I plan to gain anywhere from 6 to 8 pounds in that time. It really is so hard to watch the scale climb in numbers, but I have to remind myself that it is necessary for both the health of the baby and my own health. I regularly hear people tell me that I need to gain more weight and eat more. Seriously,.... I eat I ton. But when it's healthy food and you're physically active, I think that our bodies will do what they need to do.
Everything else went fairly well except I've got a few issues that need clearing up and fast. I have parasites, a fungal skin infection and yeast. Gag. So I am very strictly on a No Sugar, No White Flour diet. There is sugar in seriously everything! I was already doing fairly well with that with a few cheats here and there but no more cheating until this junk is gone. Yeast just feeds off that stuff! It makes it easier to fight those desires to eat junk knowing that my body needs to heal itself, especially before this baby gets here. I don't want to pass anything on to her if I haven't already. It's amazing how fast our bodies can dump all the crap if we just give it the right tools.
I still haven't taken any pictures of myself. I just don't want to.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Baby Girl #3
Once again, things are different than I thought they would be. We made our trip to Boise to find out what to plan for and suprise... It's another girl. It's going to be crazy around our house with four females. My poor husband, he's seriously outnumbered. Everything looked great though. She appears to be healthy and on track with growth charts and such. At least we won't have the added expense of buying boy things, hu? So I've been doing well with my workouts. I did have a scare after my last post where I was spotting for a day and a half, but I think it had to do with some alone time between my man and me more than anything. I had lifted weights the day before and pushed myself a little more than I should have, so I've backed off a little with the amount that I squat and lung with and have done more cardio.
I've been almost three weeks without sugar or white flour, well I guess I can't say compleatly without white flour... I've eaten at my mom-in-laws a few times this week and she made lasagna and tortalini soup, both with white pasta, and I had two sugar cookies (with organic cane sugar) that had white flour. That's it! I'm actually very proud of myself :) I'm almost 6 months pregnant and I feel like I still look good and my husband thinks the same thing. It's so empowering for me. I can't wait to see what I can do with myself after this baby :) It has been a great journey and I've learned so much about me and about my health. I've really enjoyed it. I'll post a pic soon of my pregnant progress. Maybe even in a swim suit...
I've been almost three weeks without sugar or white flour, well I guess I can't say compleatly without white flour... I've eaten at my mom-in-laws a few times this week and she made lasagna and tortalini soup, both with white pasta, and I had two sugar cookies (with organic cane sugar) that had white flour. That's it! I'm actually very proud of myself :) I'm almost 6 months pregnant and I feel like I still look good and my husband thinks the same thing. It's so empowering for me. I can't wait to see what I can do with myself after this baby :) It has been a great journey and I've learned so much about me and about my health. I've really enjoyed it. I'll post a pic soon of my pregnant progress. Maybe even in a swim suit...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Why, Hello there :)
Wow.... sorry it's been so long! In my last post I mentioned life not turning out how we plan. Anyway, earlier that day I took a pregnancy test. Sooo.... life has totally changed. So much for getting my BF% to a 15 :P at least for now. The first trimester for me is always hard with puking, dry heaving, being completely exhausted and the like, but now I'm 20 weeks, well into my second trimester and I'm feeling great as far as the pregnancy goes. I had a hard time working out much the first three months, but now I'm back at it getting in at least three days a week. Not quite what I want, but I'll get back to five, this week in fact :) I'm still not wearing maternity pants so that's good :) I've gained about 9 pounds so far and my goal is to keep it under 15. I have gone with a midwife for my past two babies and plan to do the same this time around and I discussed it with her and she said that was a good goal and to just be sure and get adequate protein, calcium, etc. I'm thinking I should print a profile picture of myself from August 2009, after I had my second baby, and put it somewhere that I can see it everyday to keep me motivated to eat right and workout. I do not want to look like that again!
I plan to start blogging here regularly to help me be accountable to my goals. I've been doing my own mix of ChaLean Extream and TurboFire with a goal of lifting weights two days a week, cardio three days, and yoga/stretching one day. So let it be written; so let it be done!
At first I had a really hard time with the fact that I was pregnant. It was NOT in my plans. I wanted to wait another year but God knows best. I'm excited about it now, still nervous, but excited. We plan to find out what's cook'n in there here in about two weeks and I look forward to that. I'm almost positive it's a boy but I guess that could be wishful thinking. I'll let you know :)
I plan to start blogging here regularly to help me be accountable to my goals. I've been doing my own mix of ChaLean Extream and TurboFire with a goal of lifting weights two days a week, cardio three days, and yoga/stretching one day. So let it be written; so let it be done!
At first I had a really hard time with the fact that I was pregnant. It was NOT in my plans. I wanted to wait another year but God knows best. I'm excited about it now, still nervous, but excited. We plan to find out what's cook'n in there here in about two weeks and I look forward to that. I'm almost positive it's a boy but I guess that could be wishful thinking. I'll let you know :)
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