**Healthy Pregnancy Check-In 10/7**

[shadesofgold]

Good morning! This thread is for anyone (jump in!) who has set health goals for their pregnancy (maintaining healthy diet, regular exercise, keeping weight gain under control, etc.)


How far along are you?

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead?

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead?

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week?

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors?

[Ruca]

How far along are you? 7w5d

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead? It's been awful! All I want is junk :/ And apples haha I'd like to start fresh, eat more healthy options and smaller meals throughout the day rather than 3 big meals. I feel that helps with nausea

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? Nothing but I really want to start yoga, was thinking about starting tonight and having DD join me. She's my exercise buddy. Plus it's a good way for us to do stuff together after work because usually I'm so drained and then I feel bad because I'm not as available.

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week? Mental health has been good actually

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? I prefer outdoors. Maybe we should do a family walk later while we still can

[snoris]

Yay thanks for doing this!

How far along are you? 9W

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead? I am taking advantage of healthy cravings when they happen, but I'm very concerned about hydration and enough calories since I am puking so much. I can't say I've felt hydrated in weeks. Also, I didn't take my PNV for three days because I wasn't able to keep a full meal in and I just couldn't take any more nausea. I'm going to try really hard to get it in today.

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? Just walking and I'm good with that until I start to feel better.

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week? Good good good! Prayers and churchy things have been helping me stay positive though the sickness can wear me thin emotionally.

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? Depends on the weather!! If the weather is pleasant I definitely prefer a hike or bike ride outdoors but indoor tracks and yoga and cycling don't bother me one bit.

[helloerrbody]

I'm 10w3d!

I've been doing okay with my eating - not as well as I was previously because I have started craving things - and they aren't healthy. (Hamburgers, BBQ baked potatoes, ice cream) I'm trying to let myself eat those things but in moderation and balancing it out with lots of salads, beans, eggs, fruit, etc. the rest of the time. Luckily fruit still always sounds good.

I'm teaching and taking barre and kickboxing classes so exercise is good.

Indoors exercise for sure! I get itchy and hot outside. Plus I love group fitness classes that are indoors anyway.

[babycaps]

Good morning! This thread is for anyone (jump in!) who has set health goals for their pregnancy (maintaining healthy diet, regular exercise, keeping weight gain under control, etc.)


How far along are you? 7 weeks 4 days

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead? Absolutely HORRIBLE this past week during vacation. But better now that I'm home. Plan for this week is to get more structured meals. I'm just SO hungry. ALL. THE. TIME.

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? 12K steps/day, lots of kegels, lots of squats, lunges, wall push-ups, leg lifts

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week? Tired. So tired. I really missed my husband while DS and I were gone. It's amazing how much we rely on each other and care for one another on the daily! We are happy to be back together even if I wans't gone long. I'm a little drained. I have to go out of town overnight tomorrow and I can't wait for Saturday to roll around so I can SLEEP a bit.

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? Indoors.

[skittles0615]

Good morning, ladies!

How far along are you? 6w1d

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead? This past week has been rough, nausea-wise. I was home visiting family this weekend and ate like crap, which made me feel even worse. Getting food down in the morning has been the real challenge, which sucks because once I eat I tend to feel much better. For the week ahead, I'm with PP on small, more frequent meals.

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? Yeah, not so much on the exercise front. I usually feel my best while I'm at work during the day and by the time I get home, all I want is sleep. Ideally I'd like to use the pool at my gym - I've heard swimming is one of the best exercises for the pregnants.

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week? It's okay. I have my moments where my mind tells me I'm going to feel perpetually hung over for the rest of forever, which is not fun. I also still have my moments of disbelief that I'm pregnant at all, then I feel like it's too early to be excited about anything...it's been weird. One day at a time, I guess.

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? In general I prefer the outdoors. However, I live in the desert, so from May to mid-October I avoid the outdoors at all costs.

[shadesofgold]

Ruca, I'm eating my weight in apples, too! I am eating at least two a day - even when I'm nauseous, sweet crisp of apples are all I want. (And apple pie, strangely. Luckily, I've been able to avoid that craving.) If you're looking for free yoga videos, try Yoga with Adrienne on YouTube. I am obsessed with her channel. She has a Yoga for a Hangover (clicky link) video that is pretty morning-sickness friendly!

snoris, have you tried a plant-based vitamin? I use Rainbow One and I have never had any tummy issues with it.

helloerrbody, it must be easier to find workout motivation when you have to teach the class! No excuses! Barre should be great for the birthing muscles - legs, hips, pelvic floor... will you keep teaching through your pregnancy?

babycaps, good for you getting your kegels in! I am trying, but have definitely forgot them the last couple of days. I just did them at my desk - thanks for the reminder!

skittles0615, it is such a sad irony that you need food to make the nausea go away, but you are too nauseous to want to eat. I have been keeping graham crackers on my nightstand to nibble at night and in the morning to mitigate that issue.


How far along are you? 8w5d

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead? Nutrition has been really spotty. I'm not eating too much junk, but I am having aversions to everything. Especially green vegetables. My poor husband is doing so well catering to me every night - he usually cooks quite healthy, but I am really giving him a challenge lately. I'm glad my nausea and tummy problems have only really kicked in the last two weeks - I was still able to get all my fruits and veggies for that early neural tube development! Now I'm leaning hard on that multivitamin.

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? I have been so tired and ill that I've only been doing about 50% of the exercise I normally do. I try to walk (or other cardio) 30 min a day, plus yoga or toning every other day. Yesterday we got our walk in, but halfway through my yoga video I had to stop because my stomach was so unsettled. I went to bed (at 9 pm) instead. I'm starting to feel pretty poochy and panicked to lose the strength I had built up before pregnancy. I want to sign up for a local studio's prenatal yoga class, but I am worried about paying for a 75 minute class if I can't get 15 minutes into a home video.

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week? Today I'm fretting about losing my fitness. Other than that, just trying to stay positive to combat the constant PGAL anxiety. It has been fun to tell our family members, but we're doing so at a pretty casual pace. My mom has been such a pest every day checking if I've told this person or that person. Maybe I shouldn't have even told her yet!

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? I used to run outdoors and loved it. I still do outdoor flag football on most Sundays and love going on walks through the city. But I also enjoy a good indoor gym session or class, as well as my youtube workouts.

[helloerrbody]

shadesofgold, I will keep teaching Barre classes up until I go into labor lol unless I need bed rest or have a complication, etc. I will have to stop teaching the kickboxing in 3rd tri probably.

babycaps, I feel you on the hunger thing! It's unbelievable how hungry I am at all times!!!

[westiemom]

Thanks shadesofgold

How far along? 10w

How has nutrition been? Much better! I still love my carbs but have been making sure I add vegetables and fruit too. I plan to do the same this week.

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? I have been going to barre and walking. My lower back is excruciating (so ready for a massage 2nd tri) so I may have to drop barre for a bit(tear)!

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress? I have been soooo tired this week. More than any other week. That's getting me down a bit. I think it's because I usually work from home but have actually had to go to work all week. To de-stress, I sleep!

GTKY: I prefer outdoors when the weather is great! It actually really excites me!

[westiemom]

Ruca out door walks are my fave!

snoris I'm so sorry your morning sickness is so bad! That sucks!

helloerrbody barre is my favorite! I'm jealous of your job!

babycaps in hungry a lot too!

@skittles I hope you start feeling better!

shadesofgold I love apples right now! I will try the yoga videos!

[helloerrbody]

westiemom, it's just my side/part-time job but it does rock.

[k3am]

How far along are you?
9w4d


How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead?
If you count corn dogs, pizza, and Mac'n'cheese as healthy, I'm doing amazing. 


What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead?
We got a lot of exercise getting DD checked in for her test on Monday.. instructions sent us one place, they sent us somewhere else, they sent us somewhere else, and they sent us back to the first place. I have no plan for exercise this week. Next week is a full week with nothing going on, and then the next week we're in the hospital for 5 days, so I doubt anything will happen then. 


How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week?
Laughable. My mom is coming up this weekend, so it will surely be in the gutter before too long. Definite opposite of de-stressing... more like distressing. 


GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? Outside. When I'm not so bogged down by fatigue, nausea and all this health crap with DD that came up recently, I'm usually a good 10-20 mile a week runner on the trail. They're in the process of repaving the trail, which makes for some interesting runs when we do get out there. Supposedly two more months until they're done. 


I totally just realized that this is the antithesis of a "healthy check in". Whoops. 

[twocents6708]

How far along are you? 6 weeks and some change

How has your nutrition been? What is your plan for the week ahead? It's been okay, could be better or worse. I am still wanting cheesy, melty foods but working in my fruits and veggies too.

What have you been doing for exercise? What is your plan for the week ahead? Mostly just walking and going to try a yoga class soon.

How is your mental health? What are you doing to de-stress this week? Pretty good this week now that DD is feeling better. Mostly just taking it easy when I am tired/stressed.

GTKY: When it comes to exercise, do you prefer outdoors or indoors? It depends on the activity. I hate to run but when I make myself do it, it has to be outdoors. I prefer circuit training or cardio classes like Zumba, Burn or kickboxing so those are mostly indoors.