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@citymouse: Haha, how did you even spot those?! I'm pretty sure my butt/thigh sneakers were there at least a week before DH mentioned them. Haha.

@MrsKoala: I'm too tired to read back and check but have you done your gluclose yet? They might have some hemoglobin levels tested to give you a Good idea.

@SweetMamaM: find some rest

Everyone eat lots of iron rich stuff tonight! Steak and spinach salads! Xoxo

@MrsKoala: me too! i keep thinking pantline marks are stretchmarks and have panic attacks!

@MrsKoala: Does your prenatal have iron in it? I also struggle with my iron levels and am having them tested during my glucose test next week. I wasn't taking my prenatal with iron regularly (the gummy prenatal without iron is so much tastier!) and was exhausted, but since I've switched back to the one with 27 mg of iron, I am feeling much more human!

Am I the only one constantly craving ice? I must chew it like all day every day. Its driving me nuts!

We woke up slowly this morning and DH had been awake for a little while before I woke up. He said "I felt the baby move while you were asleep!"

He rolled over and felt my belly while I was still sleeping. Lol I thought it was too sweet.

@Danizaur: aw that is cute I was wondering how much and if he moves when I'm sleep. Right now he has hiccups and it just feel so funny to feel him keep bouncing around lol

Jumping in to say hi! New member here, due February 2nd with our first, a little girl!! Can't believe I'm already in the 3rd tri--time is flyin' by!

So interesting to see the girl/boy results: will be awesome to see once the Team Greens have their babies whether there's more girls or boys or they're pretty equal Thank you for recommending this board to me, by the way: I'm still new to the "boards" part of the site as I mostly read the blogs!

@ILoveLettie: welcome and congrats on the girl! Yep I'm counting down the days now 87 to go for me yay!

@ILoveLettie: Welcome!

Just ordered some Red Raspberry Leaf tea! Im excited to try it. I like tea in general so if it doesn't help at all, no harm done!

Had a scare last night, that hopefully is going to turn out to be nothing. I was having Heartburn and a Headache on and off for most of the day, took Pepcid, didn't help. Drank coffee (despite the heartburn) to see if it was a caffeine headache, didn't help. Couldn't sleep I was in such distress/pain, finally called MW at 2 AM and she said it could be Pre-E. She told me to take a Tylenol and call her back in an hr or so if the headache was still there, I might have to come in to be monitored/take urine/take blood. It subsided thankfully. I have an appt on Wednesday so they will check me out then. Hopefully it was just a fluke and is not Pre-E!

@citymouse: Oh no, hope everything goes well!!

I'm finding my LO is super well behaved (except for letting other people feel her kick). When I need to go to sleep and she's moving around I say "peanut mummy needs to sleep, so you need to sleep too" and she stops kicking... and when she moves into an uncomfortable spot I say "peanut you're hurting mummy, move somewhere else please" and the pain goes....

I really hope she's that obedient when she comes out!

Do any of you have an idea or plan for losing the baby weight? 2nd time moms please chime in on this!

I have always thought that I would be very gentle with myself and not put too much pressure on myself to lose the weight. I always assumed it would take 9-12 months to be at a happy weight/muscle tone, which I think is reasonable. However, I am going to be a bridesmaid in a wedding about 5 months after giving birth, depending on if I go late or not. So, that makes me think I will want to put a little bit of fire under my tush so I don't feel uncomfortable next to all the other bridesmaids.

I've been reading a lot about Whole30 and am excited to try it! I think I will start it around the middle of April. I really want to establish good milk supply and make sure breastfeeding is going well before trying a grain free diet. Of course I might toss all of this out the window if I need to!

Curious what everyone is thinking, or not thinking, about this...

DH was here this weekend (yey, for no call this rotation) and *finally* got to feel LO kick. Baby was completely cooperative for once. It was so wonderful to see the smile on DH's face. The long distance thing has been really getting to him and he's quite overwhelmed with the pressure of school - it made me so very happy he finally got a connection. He spent the rest of the weekend rubbing my belly and talking to it. Just wanted to share because it makes me feel so warm and fuzzy (He's gone back up to Maine now, booo.)

Also, welcome @ILoveLettie:!

@citymouse: I haven't thought about it too much yet but I know I don't want to put any undue pressure on myself. I'm thinking I'll keep walking and yoga-ing, and hope to breastfeed, which should help. I'd like to get back into cycling to work but it all depends on how much contribution DH will be able to make to daycare drop-offs/pick ups...probably not much. I suspect my bike will stay in the basement

@OldEnglandMama: So fun!!

@ILoveLettie: Welcome!

@citymouse: How scary! I hope everything turns out to be ok, glad you're resting now!

Re: losing weight, I'm not going to worry about it too much. With LO, I breastfed exclusively for 5.5 months before introducing solids and the weight literally melted off without me doing a thing other than taking LO for casual walks. It took a couple of months before it started falling off, but by 4.5 months pp, I was below my pre-pregnancy weight with a flat stomach again - no monitoring my diet and no vigorous exercise regime. I did go to the gym occasionally starting at 4 months pp but never got into a regular enough routine of going that it had much benefit other than to make me feel good the maybe one time per week I got there. Seriously, breastfeeding is awesome for weight loss

Just had my glucose test this morning - only a two hour test, not three like they originally told me! And not a big deal at all, I thought it would be so much worse. My next appt isn't for another three weeks so if the results are bad, they'll call, otherwise, all should be fine!

@citymouse: I'll be on confinement for the first month so probably won't do anything except breastfeeding to lose weight then.

I plan to take baby on walks daily while its not too cold and I'll probably go to the gym when I can with hubby but I don't expect it to be all crazy... it was hard enough losing weight before I got pregnant!