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Comment by Sarah 1 hour ago

Thanks Francie! I have been over paranoid and need to stop and let it all the negative go, the more I read the more I worry! I don't go for a month either so I am just anxious! I feel good besides the backpain and making myself nervous. Have you had back pain from the beginning? My boobs are starting to get sore, such a relief to get home from work and change clothes!

Comment by Francie 1 day ago

Welcome, Sarah! And Congratulations. Not much you can't do - just go about your life and watch how much you read, it can be informative and can also make you needlessly paranoid! I remember bein totally paranoid when I found out about my first.. The doctors didn't want to see me for a month and I was like BUT WHAT WILL I DO UNTIL THEN! I recommend staying active if you are feeling up to it - you can keep up your workout regime but not start anything radically new and now at 27 weeks I am still working out about 4-5 times a week and jogging and am grateful that I kept it up.

Prenatal vitamins can be pretty pricey, I am just taking an over the counter prenatal, and a fish oil supplement for DHA - my doc wants me to get at least 300mg of DHA I think... Does that sound right everyone else?? The fish oil can be kind of big and burpy, I have pills (try them in the freezer - works much better for me) but also a lemon flavored oil that I sometimes mix into my yogurt, milk or whatever that tastes much better.

So sorry you are in my club with the lower back pain - wish I could say it will get better but it plagues me til I give birth... My sister in law (a doctor) just told me that thermacare wraps are safe but I haven't tried that yet- did bust out my old heating pad though.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas :)

Comment by Jennie Rose on December 26, 2009 at 1:29pm

Jen- Hope you can find some "you" time to relax and de-swell~ I sooo understand~ :) I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday, gal~ I, too, can't believe that by 37 weeks all bets are off and we could be holding a new little babe~ :) Are you feeling lots of practice contractions and such?? Mine have picked up in intensity but have tapered off in regularity. So, looks like I'll be able to hold on for another three or four weeks, hopefully! :)

Sarah-- Congratulations and welcome! :) You can do all those activitities as long as you *feel* up to it and don't have any red-flags saying you shouldn't. :) If you find that the prescription prenatal vitamins are too harsh on your stomach, you can easily try another brand at a local store, or even take children's vitamins (they are typically easier on the pregnant woman's stomach). I think you take two children's vitamins in place of an adult vitamin? The Ladies here will help me out on that one. Just back it up with an extra Folic Acid supplement and you should be good to go! :) Congrats again, what a great Christmas present for you! :)

Comment by Sarah on December 26, 2009 at 10:41am

I can't believe I am in this group now! I will be 6 wks on Tuesday so it's very early! This is my first, we are excited and very nervous. Reading the books makes me nervous during this first trimester and want to be careful. Just curious, do you continue living your daily life of cleaning, cooking, taking down Christmas,etc?!! The only symptoms I am having is indigestion and lower back pain. I am due Aug 25th. My doctor prescribed me prenexa prenatal vitamins, anything else I need to add? Just looking for tons of advice to get through this 1st trimester!

Comment by Jen (aka KUrunner) on December 25, 2009 at 11:32pm

Sam is due the same time we are, and I think we are next up! Officially 34 weeks tomorrow... hard to believe that we could be finished in less than a month.

Jason and I drove 10 hours to his mom's in Kentucky on Saturday then another 9 hours to my mom's in Virginia on Monday. I'm very swollen and ouchy! Plus, I have been eating way too much and with 20 inches of snow on the ground, any sort of walking is out of the question. I'll be so glad to get home next week.

Comment by Jennie Rose on December 24, 2009 at 1:00pm

Merry Christmas all~ :) I was wondering who was due next? I'm due early February like the other Jen. Anybody else sooner than that?

Tanie- Glad you didn't hurt yourself when you fell, gal.

Francie- sounds like you're doing great with keeping up with your exercise, go you! :)

What are you guys cooking for Christmas dinner and dessert?? :)

We've got Ham, rolls, corn, potatoes, gravy, cookies, pie, and rice krispie treats! :)

Hope you all have a great Christmas~ :)

Comment by Tanie on December 24, 2009 at 10:42am

My mom is the greatest. She came over and helped me organize the disaster area into a nursery! Yay, Mom! It actually looks like a room for a baby now. I still need to register because they'll start throwing me showers in just over a month. Crazy that I'm only a few days away from the third trimester. I can't believe how fast this whole thing goes.

Other than that, things are going well for me. I just got over a head cold and although annoying, due to pregnancy I was used to blowing my nose 100 times a day anyway. I also fell on the ice yesterday and my right arm/elbow and left leg took the brunt of the fall (ouch!). I think I affected some abdomen muscles (just a little), but my stomach did not hit the ground (and she has been moving just as much as usual). So, I'm thankful that it was not worse.

I hope everyone has an excellent Christmas!

Comment by Francie on December 24, 2009 at 9:23am

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone.. How is everyone doing? Things here are good - all are healthy and happy here and the shopping is done (but not the wrapping) No family around for me this year but we'll be visiting my husbands family tomorrow- It will be different but nice to have a quiet night as a family...

Had a couple of slow lazy weeks where I only made it to the gym a couple times(even excluding the stomach flu where I had an excuse) but am back on track - been to the gym every day this week and my running miles are actually creeping back up(along with my weight - 24 pounds in not quite 27 weeks...yuck). I now have NO motivation to run outside in the cold however and am doing all my miles in the cardio cinema at the gym.

So I usually set the incline on my treadmill to 1.0 because I read that that more accurately mimics a real run, but yesterday I was working pretty hard and decided to go back to zero - figuring I earned that one little concession - but the treadmill wouldn't lower ! The nerve (lol). The other alternative was to slow down but I am hanging onto my 3 miles at 6 miles/hour with both hands. The day is coming when I won't be able to do it (coming fast, sadly) but I was victorious yesterday...

Comment by Jennie Rose on December 17, 2009 at 5:45pm

Just remember, Francie, that if you're still experiencing symptoms, you're definitely contagious... so, if this is a public gym you're talking about, you may not want to go. I sure hope you continue to feel better, gal!

Comment by Francie on December 17, 2009 at 10:57am

I'll be 26 weeks Sunday Jennie Rose, I've sort of dragged out and gotten behind a week or so on appointments so I have to come in during my 28th week for the glucose tolerance test, then every 2 weeks from there...

Feeling better today - think I am on the mend... Kept my soup down last night and a yogurt for breakfast. May even make it to the gym tonight.

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