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Hi-- I had a baby 9 months ago. I was so good about working out while pg, but since them it's been sporadic at best. The problem is that every time I start back, something comes up and I miss a week, and then it's like I am starting over. It's not just having a baby, which is tough, it's...

I'm 5.5 months post-partum. I am close to my pre-pg weight, but nothing looks right. My pants fit (yay!), but my tops don't due to an unsightly roll around my waist. I'm eating fairly clean (Eat to Live guidelines about 90% of the time), but I still look pretty awful, to be honest. Is it...

I am just so pleased with this eating plan I had to share my experience. I bought the book two weeks ago Sunday and started eating the way Furhman advocates the next day. I have been less than strict--following the 90% rule (still a little fat free milk in my coffee, low fat rather than fat...

I just discovered the Medela Steam cleaning bags!!! They are fantastic! Pumping is no fun, but cleaning the parts after each use was just adding insult to injury. But these make it so easy. Just rinse the parts and then nuke them for 90 secs. And you can use each bag 20 times so it's not...

Has anyone here tried the CIO method? I read Weissbluth's book (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child) and he recommends trying CIO no earlier than 4 months. Maddie turns four months next week, and I am really anxious to get her to take naps on her own. Right now I literally hold her for all of...

I have finally decided to take the plunge and try the Eat to Live program after reading so much praise for it on this forum. I love the foods he encourages people to eat--beans, fruits, veggies--so I think this plan is well suited to me. (Plus I still have baby weight to lose.) But I have a...

Help! Bfing is painful! I have tiny little blisters on my nipples and they burn. I have no idea if this is thrush or the result of DD's recent bout of fussiness, which involved a lot of grunting and pulling on the breast. She went to the dr today for something else and I asked him to look...

Hi all. I posted this question on the Fit Moms message board, but I wanted to see if others who don't visit that board but have some experience with this can shed some light on it for me. I had a baby three months ago and I breastfeed her. At first I lost a lot of weight fast, but 10...

Everyone says that bfing makes you lose weight quickly, but I suspect otherwise. I lost a ton of weight at first, but about 10 pounds are sticking around now, even though I am not eating any more than I did before I was pg and am supposedly burning a ton of calories from bfing. Do you think...

Has anyone experienced this problem? Maddie is 6 1/2 weeks now and simply refuses to be put down. Basically, one of us has to hold her (or wear her) or she screams bloody murder. We have tried waiting until she is fast asleep and then putting her in her crib as well as putting her in there...

I suppose no one will be so cruel as to say "no" but I'll ask anyway. Three weeks in and this is so hard. How will I ever again accomplish anything besides the most basic baby care? And even that is touch and go--I strongly suspect I am not producing enough milk to feed this kid. She's not...

Hi everyone! She's here at last! Madeline ("Maddy") was born 3 p.m. Tuesday weighing 7 lbs 14 oz. I had to be induced starting Monday afternoon for low fluid levels--who knows how long she would have waited if left to her own devices! But the delivery was very easy (esp after that nice man...

Having never done this before, I am curious about the progression of labor. I read that for a first delivery, average labor is 18 hours. But for much of that, you're supposed to stay home and relax right? Does all of it hurt, just to varying degrees? That is, I know that active labor hurts a...

Hi all. I think I better get some of the baby's clothes ready, but I don't know what to do about washing them. Dreft is soooo expensive, but if it prevents a rash I'll gladly spend the money. Is it worth it? Are other brands formulated for babies as good? I normally use Free and Clear All...

Hi everyone. I want to buy some of those nursing tanks--the kind with the little flap like this (http://store.babycenter.com/product/clothing_maternity/clothing_for_mom/bras_briefs//5822?stage=). But these are so dang expensive. Does anyone know if they are worth it or if anyone sells them...

Yesterday, as I was waiting in the deli line at Whole Foods, some crazy woman approached me to offer all sorts of unsolicited pregnancy advice. Anyway, she said one thing that made me curious--she advised me to take a towel and "toughen my nipples" to prepare for bfing. The inappropriateness...

My U/S tech said it's a girl, and we are DELIGHTED. Of course, we would have been just as happy if the verdict been "boy." But now that I have gotten used to the idea of a girl, calling her "she," told people, thought about names, worried about her someday dating, etc., it hits me that I will...

Not to belabor this topic, but our recent discussion about healthy weight gain got me wondering about the typical (I know, there's lots of variability) pattern of weight gain for pregnant women. For those of you that have gone through this, did you gain steadily or in spurts? Did it sneak up...

I am thinking about getting this, but only if it would be good during pregnancy. I don't need another workout just sitting ony shelf for 4 or 5 more months. Does (did) anyone use these during pregnancy? It seems like the shorter cardio would be perfect, but are the weight segments too heavy...

Hi all. I know it's important to maintain ab strength during pg, but I have no idea how to work my abs unless I'm on my back. So far I have been doing crunches on the ball at an incline, but I can barely feel them. I tried doing a seated version of the bike manuveur, but that just burns my...