Thursday Check in

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jenmgo

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Good morning ladies! Just thought i'd get us started. I seem to be at work the earliest. If i were home, i'd be asleep! :)

Kate - I've been checking out the road trip pics and noticed you right away...I think the belly gave it away! Im not really showing yet. I think what i do have is bloat..or weight gain lol. You look great! You are so slim for being pregnant. I want to be like you :) I go shopping this weekend, wish me luck. I'm getting super excited about the roadtrip

Melanie - if you are here I am thinking of you and hoping you are doing alright!

Good morning to everyone else. Jen, hope you had fun in Hershey. That brings back nice memories. When we were living in VA my dh and i took a roadtrip up there and my husband proposed to me at night at the capitol building - i think in harrisburg maybe? The building actually said "Matthews" on it or something similar to his last name. Of course I said yes, and the next morning we went to the Hershey Hotel and Spa for a wonderful breakfast buffet in their garden room. It was gorgeous! We went in the fall so Hershey Park was closed. But i will have a special place in my heart for Hershey - well, thats not hard considering i LOVE LOVE LOVE chocolate!

I hope everyone is doing ok today.
 
Good Morning!
I had another good night of sleep! Yay!

Jen-what hours do you work? What part of Fla do you live? My dad lives in Bradenton and my g'parents live in Jacksonville.

My moms faminly is from PA so as child we went to Hershey Park a lot! I also remember going somewhere and making pretzels...not sure where that was though.

Road trip pics are also posted in the Cathe Blog..that is where I saw most of them.

Today we finish getting ready for Tenn and run errands. Thats about it. The high will hit 100 again so Im getting out early then staying in!

Kate-are you going to workout today??

I think I will do PP again. Its the easiest I think. So I'll stick to that for a few weeks.

Hope everyone is doing well today!! Im off to wax the ole eyebrows! BBl
 
Kate they updated the road trip slide show and i love the picture of you and tracey! you are sitting down pointing at your belly. its so cute :) did you see it?
 
Hi Susan :)
I used to work 2pm-2am on rotating days off. Now that i'm off the road I work Monday- Thursday 7am-5pm. I went from 12 hours to 10.5 scheduled but four days in a row is killer. I used to work two or three days in a row then have two or three days off. it was nice. My husband works 6p-6am on my old schedule. We do not see each other much. We get every other fri/sat/sun off together now.

I live in Fort Myers, which is southwest florida. jacksonville is about 6 hours, near the ga border. I drove thru it last thursday and sunday on our little road trip to VA. I dont know where brandenton is

Im trying to find decent priced flights to CT where my mom lives for the fall. She wants to give me a baby shower. Im having trouble finding flights under 300 :( and with two of us that quite a pricey weekend away!
 
Jen, Bradenton is just belew St. Petersburg. Its a really nice town, from what I saw of it.
Does your husband like the hours he works? I am so NOT a night owl I don't think I could function. I guess you get used to it.

Flights are outrageous. I do you hope you get to go!!
 
Susan my husband prefers nights as opposed to days. When we were in training he had to work at 5am and i had to work at 530 or 630am. cant remember, both i think. He HATES waking up to an alarm clock and getting up in the dark. Me too, but maybe one day i'll get used to it. It was pitch black in our bed room this morning and i was so jealous my husband got to sleep in! Im just beat from having the kids here and our long car ride last week
 
Jen, You are too kind. I don't feel very slender. I see little lumps and bumps on where my love handle are and lats and tris that weren't there before. Guess I'm building up my fat sotres for nursing! Yikes - I haven't seen the pic of me & Trcey. I'm scared to! I hate getting my pic taken! How's work today?

Susan.
aw, jeez - gotta run - brb......
 
Kate its in the newer ones, i THINK its in the Saturday classes. Its so cute.
I think we are more critical of ourselves than other people would be. You are very slender , so dont worry so much :) You are preparing for pregnancy and a healthy baby and thats whats important.
How tall are you? You look tall in your pics.
Work is ok today..
 
Hi ladies.
Jen-Sounds like you are very busy! Will your husband take some time off when the baby comes or will you have to pull night duty alone?

Susan--Congrats on the good night's sleep! Hope your packing goes well!

Kate--I totally agree that you are all belly!!! I'm SO jealous!! You look like the actresses that get pregnant and only have a baby bump. You should be very proud of those pictures!!!

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Well, I cleaned up my eating a lot yesterday and feel so much better for it. I also did Muscle Endurance last night and have hardly any DOMS today, which is odd because I haven't done that one in ages. I was so proud that I could heft myself up on the high step for leg presses. Whew. The boys and I went and ran errands this morning before the rain hits. It's supposed to be a stormy afternoon, and I plan on folding the clothes I never got to yesterday. I think I'll plan on a more cardio workout today, like 4DS kickboxing. Tomorrow I want to get butts & gutts in. Hopefully I can stay on this health kick for the rest of the pregnancy. I started my food journal yesterday and will keep it up from here on out. I'm actually hoping to lose some of my own fat without interfering with the baby's growth through healthy eating and maybe just maybe level off my weight gain until he comes. We'll see...

Have a happy day!! :)
 
Stephanie - good for you on the clean eating and exercising! As everyone knows i've had a terrible month for execise with everything going. I ate reasonably healthy and worked out before I got pregnant so I hope to stick with those habits. August will be a better month! I hope..

I dontthink my husband will take time off. I will be on night duty, then have to go to work. ACtually, i do not know what will happen to me once the baby is born. If i get sent out to the road i do not know what schedule i'd be put on. good question...

Hope everyone is doing well. Its quiet in here today. That means everyone is out having fun and im stuck at work :) Almost lunch time tho..
 
Just a quick note to say "hi" and that I"m doing much better. I'm trying not to get to graphic with ttc/preg check-ins b/c when I was TTC/preg I didn't handle things too well on baby-loss.

The d&c was last night, and I stayed the night and just got home. I feel great & may try to do a light workout tonight. I'm eager to back to "normal" ---whatever that is! My church family has been wonderful---as well as my forum friends.

Again, thanks for everything. :)
 
Melanie, i just wrote a message over on the thread you started up. Then I saw you over here. Just wanted to let you know we were thinking about you! Be good to yourself and take care. Have a nice workout! I need to do some of that. Road Trip next weekend!
 
Melanie--I left you a message on the other thread. Glad you are feeling better. (((hugs)))

Jen--Can your mom or his mom come and stay with you guys the first week or so when you come home with the baby? I just want you to have lots of support, especially at night. I guess I'm thinking ahead to when our little one comes. I am about to buy a new pack n play so that we can use the bassinet in our bedroom the first few months. Luckily DH has promised me he is taking off more time with this one than with the last ones. Keeping my fingers crossed that he actually does!! :)

OK NOW I'm going to get to work.
 
Hi all. Just a quick check, last day of the month is always ugly here.
Kate-I agree you looked so cute at the RT. I am so glad you got to go.
JenM-Your work schedule is so impressive. I worked nights in CCU when I first got out of nursing school. I always loved it when the paramedics and police brought someone in in the middle of the night, because they understood what it was like to be up all night and we would always joke!
Stephanie-you got so much done! MM I had forgotten that one, may have to try it. Good work outs! Did you start your food diary?
To update my crazy sister, her daughter has recovered fully and Tiffany is back to her normal hypochondriac self (could Maddie have caught cryptosporidium at the neighhorhood swimming pool because she heard there was a outbreak in Dallas and thats why she threw up? was her question today. I love my sis, but.....
I did Timesaver #3 today(the warm up 2x cause I was afraid to pull something) and I did cardio and weights yesterday.
Susan-I am so glad that you are getting good sleep. Can you do cardio?
Hi to everyone to follow and have a great day!
 
Stephanie my MIL lives in VA and my mom lives in CT. We do not know anyone in FL except for my dad. Im sure he'd help out but its not the same as having your mommy around. We are both new to the area and our jobs (hired last nov) so we do not have much vacation time built up. Im sure we will figure something out...
 
Hi Ladies,
Errands and packing done. I even got my hair trimmed.
Melanie-so glad you are feeling better. Take it easy though for a day or 2. Your body and been through major stuff.
Jen-HI!
Stephanie-great job on clean eating!!
Mikkia-HI..yes I have been doing light cardio..tm and step...without jumping.
Hey Kate!
Im eating a whole wheat pita with ham and sweet pot soup now.yum. We'll just hang out the rest of the day.
 
Just a quick note--I hear bickering upstairs, so no time for personals and by the time i get to it tonight, it will be too late for anyone to read it, so I'll try tomorrow.

Had a ob app't today. Was hoping to schedule an induction because we are having some childcare issues, but ob is wanting to take an average of the two very different due dates, so it may end up being scheduled when it won't do me any good, in which case I don't want it. Dh and I have to come up with a contingency plan. There is a 5-6 day stretch that dh13 will be gone on his 50 mile trip and I don't want the baby to come then. Before or after. Maybe we should bring the other five kids with us to the labor....sigh.....call it a home school field trip....

Melanie--(((hugs))) and prayers

Maggie
37 weeks, 3 days
 
First of all.. Melanine ((hugs)) I am so sorry.. : ( I am just now seeing this and my heart is breaking for you. I am glad the D&C went okay and you are home.. I am praying for you and will add something to your other tread.

Sorry to be such a bad buddy, but I am so busy. DH will be here Wed. and we are trying to now move on Sat.-Sun and be in temp housing by Monday. Still not sure if a house is going to be ready right away or if we'll stay in the temp. housing for a few weeks. I am thinking about everyone. If I don't get to check in again before we leave sorry.

MAggie~good luck when the baby comes!! I will probably miss it, but will try to check in as soon as I can!
 
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