Healthy Pregnancy Check-in 5/27

[legalbeagle]

Hi ladies!  I'm working from home today and it has been BUSY so sorry this is so late.  Hope you all have wonderful Memorial Day weekends.

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week?

- How will you love your body next week?

- Any recipes or fitness tips to share?

- GTKY: Name one new "healthy pregnancy" thing you'd like to try during this pregnancy -- maybe a new prenatal fitness class?  Meditation?  A new recipe?

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I have not had a good week. My nausea has been really bad when I get home in the afternoons. I've gotten sick three times this week. Thank goodness it's Friday and a 3 day weekend.

I am really looking forward to this nausea being gone so I can go back to cooking and eating real food. As fun as take out and noodle soup can be, I'm done. I want to go back to my roasted chicken and stuff like that. I'm looking forward to trying the pre-natal barre workouts once I can hold me head up and stay awake at the end of the day again.

[littlelion]

1. How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week? I walked a lot at the zoo and the day at the ball park. Plus I've been good about walking at work and taking the stairs. AND I am resisting all the temptations at work. This week that included carrot cake and orea ice cream. Did I mention I work for a food dist?

2. How will you love your body next week? Be better prepared! Meal plan! I did ok last week with healthy breakfasts but did not have meals planned and ate out twice.

3. Any recipes or fitness tips to share? My fitness tip is walking, any amount of walking, does a body good! My bp was awesome today! So freaking low I worried but nurse said it was good.

GTKY: I have a prenatal yoga dvd I want to try. I bought it when pregnant with DS but never used it. I may start this weekend. It's harder finding time to exercise during the work week.

[legalbeagle]

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week?
I was derailed from a few early morning workouts because I was too tired and just needed to sleep but Wed morning I got up and took a 50 minute walk with a friend. Good for body AND soul! Gotta remember to get in friend time when I can because Baby 2 is going to cut that down even more in the short-term.

- How will you love your body next week?
I've signed up for some barre classes this weekend. I'm thinking about swearing off sweets for a week and seeing how that feels for my body. Veggie and fruit intake will increase.

- Any recipes or fitness tips to share?
The app Waterlogged! I've started using it to make sure I am drinking enough water/not feeling like I need to drink too much at night. Some days I actually definitely drink enough during the day and then I feel comfortable cutting off my water a bit earlier so I don't get up 3x a night.

- GTKY: Name one new "healthy pregnancy" thing you'd like to try during this pregnancy -- maybe a new prenatal fitness class? Meditation? A new recipe?
There's a cycling class that takes place in the water that is supposedly great for pregnant ladies. I'm going to try it in a few weeks once I get to 2nd tri even if that means I need to get a maternity bathing suit. Any website/store suggestions?

[legalbeagle]

@cahistoryteacher, ugh I'm so sorry. Your nausea sounds way worse than mine. Mine seems to be cured by eating so I am just constantly eating!

littlelion, ooh, what is the DVD called? Let us know if you like it! I want to go to a local yoga studio but I think it would be good to have an at-home option.

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legalbeagle, I manage it pretty well at work. I'm actually pretty good in the morning and I munch on pretzels throughout the day but man when I get in the car to go home I can feel it start to kick in. Yesterday I barely made it in the house and I had to run to the bathroom. I'll take it though, if it means everything is going well.

[lola]

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week? Last week was tough for me because I was traveling for work. Instead of being too hard on myself, I just focused on healthy pregnancy equaling not passing out in the airport or getting dehydrated. Almost failed on the first accounts (damn you short layovers!), but I made it work.

- How will you love your body next week? I started out this weekend by going on walks. Hoping to continue this week, and get back to barre this week or next.

- Any recipes or fitness tips to share? Still not able to eat the kinds of foods I'd like to, but trying to make my snacks health (frozen yogurt bar vs. gelato)

- GTKY: Name one new "healthy pregnancy" thing you'd like to try during this pregnancy -- maybe a new prenatal fitness class? Meditation? A new recipe? Definitely pre-natal yoga. I think I'll start with a DVD vs. a class, becuase I'm intimidated. I finally told my barre studio owner that I was expecting, so she's been giving me tips on scaling my workouts to keep my heart rate in a good range. I also finally got my FitBit working so I can actually track my heart rate during workouts.

[legalbeagle]

lola, not an expert and you have to do what you/your doctor are comfortable with but a lot of what I am reading says to use the "talk test" when exercising while pregnant -- can you carry on a conversation while doing whatever you are doing -- rather than a heartrate monitor since some people are naturally higher or lower than average. FWIW I also have a Garmin with a HR monitor and have been using it just to see, but have mostly been relying on talk test. Sadly for me that means pretty much no running but may be fine for someone else!

[littlelion]

I finally did my prenatal yoga dvd! What else can I do at 5:30 am? It felt good, need more practice holding some of the poses longer.
legalbeagle this is the dvd I have

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[legalbeagle]

littlelion, awesome! Thank you! I went to barre class at 6:10 this morning. SOOOO early but glad I went.

[lola]

May 31, 2016 15:15:53 GMT -5 legalbeagle said:

lola , not an expert and you have to do what you/your doctor are comfortable with but a lot of what I am reading says to use the "talk test" when exercising while pregnant -- can you carry on a conversation while doing whatever you are doing -- rather than a heartrate monitor since some people are naturally higher or lower than average. FWIW I also have a Garmin with a HR monitor and have been using it just to see, but have mostly been relying on talk test. Sadly for me that means pretty much no running but may be fine for someone else!

I've heard that too! I'm definitely not a runner, but I feel like I can do most if not all of barre class while still talking, so I'm sure it's fine. The studio owner told me she's overly cautious with the pregnant ladies because she had two preemies.