I tend to have difficult coming up with cutsie titles for all my posts, so forgive the boring start. Not much to report, but I felt the need to continue to post daily, so I don't fall off this wagon. I am feeling an odd mixture of contentment and restlessness; I'm happy, I'm full, the chocolate almond milk does wonders for my chocolate cravings without all the excessive sugar actual chocolate candy would give me.
No workout today. I spent the majority of the day planning out our homeschooling for the month of January. That has been a rollercoaster ride, to say the least. but, I have my own homeschooling blog to talk about that on, which I haven't updated since probably october.
Goal is yoga tomorrow. Jon and I were talking about stuff… we aren't sure if we want to sign the kids up for baseball/softball for spring/summer play, or if we want to hold out.. there's only so many things we can do. what if we prefer to put them in a kung fu class? there are several places we can look into. we are mostly drawn to Tyler KungFU and Fitness, we've looked into him before, he gives us a good vibe of no bullshitting classes, and he has a family package, so I can do kickboxing twice weekly and jon can do Kungfu as well. I also mentioned we could put Kathryn in swim team over the summer, which her nosy body expressed interest in as I was saying (no private conversations around here).
Anyway, not much else to report on the dieting/exercising front. Food: Good. Exercise: not today, must make myself do it tomorrow. I really would love to have the babies on a schedule of going to sleep the same time as the kiddos.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday, sunday...
The beginning of a new week. The eating seems to be "second nature" at this point; I've done this before, so its an easy habit to fall back into, especially when we stop buying all the processed, boxed foods. My body is finally "empty" of the junk, I guess, so cravings aren't so bad. Its nice getting full off of dinner, and knowing I'm not restricted if I choose to go back for seconds. I like being able to have a glass of organic chocolate almond milk after dinner to help with the "creamy, chocolate" cravings, and when things slow down, I know that I can cut back on that, eat more veggies to help with the stalling.
I managed to do some yoga this morning; didn't quite finish it because the babies woke up, but its a great start to this week. Hoping to keep that momentum going throughout the week; that's my goal this week, now that the eating is "down pat"; we will see how it goes, but I will DEFINITELY do yoga 3x this week; may or may not do my Turbulence Training workouts. If not this week, they will be incorporated next week for sure. Adding things slowly, instead of all at once, will help with keeping it more of a habit and less likely something I will give up on.
Also, on my "Goal/resolution" list was "spa sunday" which I didn't get to do last week, mostly because I forgot it was sunday for most of the day. But I managed it today; at least partly. I did an at home pedicure, and while its not the cute french tips I prefer, its nice to have silky soft feet. My poor feet... I tend to neglect them more than I should. I hope for a time when I can do a minimum of monthly pedicures.
Looking forward to next month, we file our taxes, and with the money we will renew our gym membership. They have cardio machines, which I don't have, so my intervals always suffer due to that. They have weight machines, and my favorite, YOGA CLASS! Also, in the summer, we will be able to use the pool. Can't wait!
In other news, Lauryn's birthday is coming up. I managed to dye the yarn for her birthday longies, so I need to wind that up and get it started. I can't believe she's going to be 2 in 11 days!!
I managed to do some yoga this morning; didn't quite finish it because the babies woke up, but its a great start to this week. Hoping to keep that momentum going throughout the week; that's my goal this week, now that the eating is "down pat"; we will see how it goes, but I will DEFINITELY do yoga 3x this week; may or may not do my Turbulence Training workouts. If not this week, they will be incorporated next week for sure. Adding things slowly, instead of all at once, will help with keeping it more of a habit and less likely something I will give up on.
Also, on my "Goal/resolution" list was "spa sunday" which I didn't get to do last week, mostly because I forgot it was sunday for most of the day. But I managed it today; at least partly. I did an at home pedicure, and while its not the cute french tips I prefer, its nice to have silky soft feet. My poor feet... I tend to neglect them more than I should. I hope for a time when I can do a minimum of monthly pedicures.
Looking forward to next month, we file our taxes, and with the money we will renew our gym membership. They have cardio machines, which I don't have, so my intervals always suffer due to that. They have weight machines, and my favorite, YOGA CLASS! Also, in the summer, we will be able to use the pool. Can't wait!
In other news, Lauryn's birthday is coming up. I managed to dye the yarn for her birthday longies, so I need to wind that up and get it started. I can't believe she's going to be 2 in 11 days!!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Week 1...
Here are my results from week 1. (only the results, no "real" numbers… yet)
Weight - down 7
waist - down 3 inches (at bellybutton)
waist - down 1 inch (below bellybutton)
hips - down 3 inches
bust - down 3 inches
thighs - no change
arms - no change
Not too shabby for one week! Obviously, I know this is mostly due to me being "carbed up" or whatever you want to call it from the holidays and the, well, entire year+ of not eating right before. So I know not to expect these results again next week. However, if make this same progress over the next 2 weeks, I could be pretty happy about being down 15 pounds in 3 weeks.
Also, lets hope the boobs decide not to continue the equal downward trend as the rexercise stress test of my body LOL.
So, my goals for this week:
Stick to my eating. I'm obviously doing something right, to have consistent loss all week.
MOVE MORE. I am pretty unhappy with myself about only doing one thing this week, BUT, I realize that if I want this to be a permanent change, then I have to make changes slowly, and not all at once, so they will be more likely to stick. I would be happy if I could do my yoga 3 times a week, and ecstatic if I did my workouts everyday. we will see; I have a tendency to avoid cardio/intervals.
That's about it. I want to slowly incorporate more organic into my life, but right now, I'll have to sit on that until we get back on track as far as jobs/money goes.
Weight - down 7
waist - down 3 inches (at bellybutton)
waist - down 1 inch (below bellybutton)
hips - down 3 inches
bust - down 3 inches
thighs - no change
arms - no change
Not too shabby for one week! Obviously, I know this is mostly due to me being "carbed up" or whatever you want to call it from the holidays and the, well, entire year+ of not eating right before. So I know not to expect these results again next week. However, if make this same progress over the next 2 weeks, I could be pretty happy about being down 15 pounds in 3 weeks.
Also, lets hope the boobs decide not to continue the equal downward trend as the rexercise stress test of my body LOL.
So, my goals for this week:
Stick to my eating. I'm obviously doing something right, to have consistent loss all week.
MOVE MORE. I am pretty unhappy with myself about only doing one thing this week, BUT, I realize that if I want this to be a permanent change, then I have to make changes slowly, and not all at once, so they will be more likely to stick. I would be happy if I could do my yoga 3 times a week, and ecstatic if I did my workouts everyday. we will see; I have a tendency to avoid cardio/intervals.
That's about it. I want to slowly incorporate more organic into my life, but right now, I'll have to sit on that until we get back on track as far as jobs/money goes.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
I need to get my butt in gear.
Im not doing so well on the workout front. I did yoga on sunday. and that was it. (facepalm) totally ashamed, but this is always where I fall short. I don't make myself get up at a specific time, eat at a specific time, or go to bed at a specific time. It happens eventually. So I guess I expect my workouts to be the same way? I don't know. I wanted to do yoga 3x a week, and my TT workouts 3x a week. I did yoga on sunday, but my headaches from the caffeine withdrawal were in full force, so I ended up telling myself "I can skip it for as long as I'm feeling bad". well, 2 or 3 day ago I decided the withdrawal headaches weren't worth going through, since I didn't plan on keeping caffeine out of my diet forever. So.... what's my excuse now? I was thinking, huh, I guess I'll do yoga on Thursday to get myself back in the groove. (you know, tomorrow). Only, today is Thursday. So, now what's my excuse?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Fell off the wagon.
Well, the Elimination Diet wagon. Tired of the headaches, I made myself a cup of coffee last night. and It was A-mazing. (and the sad thing is, if I could have toughed it out about one more day, the headaches probably would have been done). but, I told myself, I had no intention of KEEPING off the coffee and the tea, so I didn't see the point of detoxing, LOL, so I am no longer "ED compliant". So, I've been looking around for another eating plan that I feel comfortable following, and I think I've found what I'm looking for. I got this link to the Diet Solution Program in my inbox from one of my many email groups; I've been eyeballing this for almost a month now. Yesterday, after lots of research, and looking into it, I actually found a link for a "$1 21-day trial" where I pay $1 now, I download everything, and use it for 21 days. if I don't like it, won't use it, or it doesn't work for me, I can cancel the order for the remainder payment. So far, I'm happy. I can have caffeine, minimal amounts of sweetener with honey or stevia if I'm brave enough to try that for the price; still no bread in the traditional sense, but I can try sprouted breads and see how that does for me. I've actually looked into sprouting my own wheat berries and making bread from that; its supposed to be way more healthy for you (sprouted) and we got a breadmaker for christmas from Jon's mom because we were talking about making our own bread anyway.
Another thing I'm currently looking into is Kefir. Jon and I looked into this months ago, but we never did anything about it. I'm now learning more about it. there are 2 types, milk and water, and the milk kefir is great for a yogurt substitute (and especially those so called "probiotic" yogurts) and can be used in smoothies, (which I'm looking into green smoothie recipes) can be used in place of sour cream, and I've even run across suggestions for cheese and ice cream recipes. Awesome.
Another
Another thing I'm currently looking into is Kefir. Jon and I looked into this months ago, but we never did anything about it. I'm now learning more about it. there are 2 types, milk and water, and the milk kefir is great for a yogurt substitute (and especially those so called "probiotic" yogurts) and can be used in smoothies, (which I'm looking into green smoothie recipes) can be used in place of sour cream, and I've even run across suggestions for cheese and ice cream recipes. Awesome.
Another
Monday, January 3, 2011
Feeling down.
I hate the beginning. Saying it outloud "30 days of eating clean". that's not hard, right? but days go by slow as the weeks go by fast. And I'm hungry. And I'm afraid that this "diet" won't really last, because we can't go to the store every 3 days for the fresh veggies and fruit that we are eating. Mostly because of money. Maybe next month will be better when Jon goes back to work but I hate feeling like we are going to have to get off of it for reasons sort of beyond our control. we didn't cheat, we didn't give up, its just cheaper to buy baking staples and live on carbs.
Here we go...
…The bargaining has started. Or, the justifying. "why am I cutting out caffeine? I know that it SAYS to go 30 days with no caffeine, dairy, wheat, sugar, or processed foods, but why am I TORTURING myself with the caffeine withdrawal if I plan on reinstating it after the 30 days it up?"
It's only day 2. Sigh.
It's only day 2. Sigh.
Day 2 food
B - Egg scramble; added chicken. spinach, mushrooms, and bell peppers to eggs. also had half an apple with PB with Jon.
I am almost (but not quite) ashamed to admit that we only ate twice yesterday; "breakfast" was at 2 o'clock. Jon is getting over a sinus/cough thing, and I still had that major caffeine withdrawal headache going, so we just didn't bother to get up for a while.
Dinner: Chicken "chili" over rice. A handful of grapes and an apple with PB for a snack after dinner, cause I need my sweets lol
I am almost (but not quite) ashamed to admit that we only ate twice yesterday; "breakfast" was at 2 o'clock. Jon is getting over a sinus/cough thing, and I still had that major caffeine withdrawal headache going, so we just didn't bother to get up for a while.
Dinner: Chicken "chili" over rice. A handful of grapes and an apple with PB for a snack after dinner, cause I need my sweets lol
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Yesterday...
B - Eggs
L - Chicken salad
S - Apple with PB
D - Salmon with rice and peas.
S - Grapes
Did a 30-minute yoga work out with K, and Jon went to the store so we have more of a variety for veggies ;)
L - Chicken salad
S - Apple with PB
D - Salmon with rice and peas.
S - Grapes
Did a 30-minute yoga work out with K, and Jon went to the store so we have more of a variety for veggies ;)
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Day 1 update.
I think I've figured out why dieting doesn't work. Why, every year, millions of people "promise to lose weight" and are all gung-ho about actually getting it done, and then within a week, or a month, they fall back into old habits.
Because IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE CRAP! I was expecting headaches. But TOMORROW, or the next day, not today already! I didn't think I was that jazzed on caffeine. and its not like I drank it every day anyway, but damn, this headache can go somewhere else now. Also, how am I supposed to actually do a physically challenging activity when I feel like just the small movement of turning my head is going to make it explode? And don't even get me started on the nursling who likes to pull hair, okay?
Plus, the longer you "eat right", the more your body starts to burn the fat stored, which is where the body stores toxins that can't be dealt with properly; this is why everyone gets sick with flu-like symptoms after a few weeks. I remember, a few years ago, a friend of mine and I went on the "Metabolic Research" diet together; she dropped out after like 4 or 6 weeks, because she was ALWAYS SICK, and she blamed it on the diet. Its not the diet, its your body! this is crap in your body that has been stored and not metabolized, and now that your body is finally metabolizing it, your feeling it! So rather than go through the pain and suffering of being sick constantly the whole time, people give up and start eating bad yummy disgusting food again.
Then, you get to moving around, and exercising, and your so. freaking. sore. for, like, EVER. Seriously, in the beginning, about all I can handle is a day a week. if I try to go for more than that, I can't. sit. down. properly. I have to fall into a chair, and hope it will hold my weight. also, getting up is no fun. and add 4 kids to that. Blech.
Okay, that's my rant for the day. I didn't expect it so soon. I'm almost a pro at this; I know what to eat, I know what my body can handle, and I know that I get headaches when I don't have caffeine, and after 3 days on a diet, my body goes, "Okay, this isn't funny anymore, where the hell is the chocolate!?!?" and I have to spend all of day 3 eating celery sticks and carrots to prevent myself from snacking on other, more harmful substances. Like chocolate. or cake. or ice cream. yeah, you get the idea.
Because IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE CRAP! I was expecting headaches. But TOMORROW, or the next day, not today already! I didn't think I was that jazzed on caffeine. and its not like I drank it every day anyway, but damn, this headache can go somewhere else now. Also, how am I supposed to actually do a physically challenging activity when I feel like just the small movement of turning my head is going to make it explode? And don't even get me started on the nursling who likes to pull hair, okay?
Plus, the longer you "eat right", the more your body starts to burn the fat stored, which is where the body stores toxins that can't be dealt with properly; this is why everyone gets sick with flu-like symptoms after a few weeks. I remember, a few years ago, a friend of mine and I went on the "Metabolic Research" diet together; she dropped out after like 4 or 6 weeks, because she was ALWAYS SICK, and she blamed it on the diet. Its not the diet, its your body! this is crap in your body that has been stored and not metabolized, and now that your body is finally metabolizing it, your feeling it! So rather than go through the pain and suffering of being sick constantly the whole time, people give up and start eating bad yummy disgusting food again.
Then, you get to moving around, and exercising, and your so. freaking. sore. for, like, EVER. Seriously, in the beginning, about all I can handle is a day a week. if I try to go for more than that, I can't. sit. down. properly. I have to fall into a chair, and hope it will hold my weight. also, getting up is no fun. and add 4 kids to that. Blech.
Okay, that's my rant for the day. I didn't expect it so soon. I'm almost a pro at this; I know what to eat, I know what my body can handle, and I know that I get headaches when I don't have caffeine, and after 3 days on a diet, my body goes, "Okay, this isn't funny anymore, where the hell is the chocolate!?!?" and I have to spend all of day 3 eating celery sticks and carrots to prevent myself from snacking on other, more harmful substances. Like chocolate. or cake. or ice cream. yeah, you get the idea.
Day 1. again.
Its the start of a new year, and a new promise to "lose weight". My baby is 7 months old; I can no longer use "I just had a baby" as an excuse to look this way. I plan to take it fairly slow, and not put too much stress and expectation on myself. I know if I eat clean, and I start working out/moving/exercising, I will feel better, and the excess will come off. I plan on following Dax Moy's Elimination Diet as closely as possible to level 2 (since I'm still breastfeeding, I won't be level 3). We will see how it goes. I'm anticipating headaches within the next 3 days, since its no caffeine. and I'm not one of those that believes caffeine is evil, so if I can't last 30 days without it, so be it. I will add my coffee and tea back in; I don't add sugar to them anyway.
I will also be following Craig Ballantyne's Turbulence Training workout. In fact, I'll be joining the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest to give myself some accountability. HOpefully, I'll be able to keep up with this blog and at least post daily my activity and my food, and weekly my stats. For the most part. I'm always ashamed to share my "before"; I always think "I'll share the before when there's an after". so we will see. I still need to get today's newspaper for today's pics anyway, and then measure and weigh and all that. I plan for yoga today, rest tomorrow, then Monday start in with the TT beginner workout. That will be for 4 weeks, 3x a week TT and 3x a week yoga, then after 4 weeks, go to one of the TT female bodyshape workouts. (I have a million of them. I bought them years ago, before my third child. back when I managed to lose 30 lbs).
Right now, my goal is 40 lbs. I hope to get this accomplished by my son's first birthday, which is May 26th. That gives me nearly 6 months to do it. PLENTY of time. I anticipate it being done sooner; the TT Transformation Contest is 12 weeks, so I think April 9th is the end date for that. My 6-week point in the contest is actually the day before my anniversary, so we will see how hot he thinks I am then ;)
I will also be following Craig Ballantyne's Turbulence Training workout. In fact, I'll be joining the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest to give myself some accountability. HOpefully, I'll be able to keep up with this blog and at least post daily my activity and my food, and weekly my stats. For the most part. I'm always ashamed to share my "before"; I always think "I'll share the before when there's an after". so we will see. I still need to get today's newspaper for today's pics anyway, and then measure and weigh and all that. I plan for yoga today, rest tomorrow, then Monday start in with the TT beginner workout. That will be for 4 weeks, 3x a week TT and 3x a week yoga, then after 4 weeks, go to one of the TT female bodyshape workouts. (I have a million of them. I bought them years ago, before my third child. back when I managed to lose 30 lbs).
Right now, my goal is 40 lbs. I hope to get this accomplished by my son's first birthday, which is May 26th. That gives me nearly 6 months to do it. PLENTY of time. I anticipate it being done sooner; the TT Transformation Contest is 12 weeks, so I think April 9th is the end date for that. My 6-week point in the contest is actually the day before my anniversary, so we will see how hot he thinks I am then ;)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Well, here I am. bored as all hell, and no where to go. I figure no one pays attention to my posts anywhere I put them, so I might as well be talking to myself.
I think lauryn is cutting her molars. She has the top two teeth, and I can see the bottom two teeth coming in; but the back of her gums are swollen as well, and when I rub on them, she gnaws on me. I think its too early for that, no?
I think lauryn is cutting her molars. She has the top two teeth, and I can see the bottom two teeth coming in; but the back of her gums are swollen as well, and when I rub on them, she gnaws on me. I think its too early for that, no?
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Holy Moley!!
I can't even believe it!! I still tear up sometimes just thinking about how lucky I am right now...
Last week, about Monday or so, I got an email from Dax Moy's website, directing me to this post on his blog; http://dailydoseofdax.blogspot.com/2009/06/human-fat-loss-guinea-pigs-wanted-lose.html.
Well, I left a comment, because I have wanted to get in on his Look Good Naked Challenge in the past, but never had the extra money to do it. I have been thinking about jumping in and doing something for quite a while now; I'm tired of my body, and I want to change it. Not only do I want to look good (obviously, that's what everyone wants) but I want a body I can depend on. I don't want bad joints, I don't want bad posture, or a bad back; I want to be as fit and active and able to do whatever I want for as long as I am alive; I have seen first hand too many times what lack of exercise can do to you (and on the flip side, I've seen those women who are 60 who have exercised their whole lives, and look like they are 40). I've seen the benefits, and I know that I need to be in the "fit at 60" category, and not like my grandmother (or mother) and bedridden at 50 (or dead at 45).
I think it is something every woman goes through after having a baby; its almost like you are given free-range for 9 months to "let go", and then you have the baby, and your world is upside down, and you have to get used to the whole new addition, and the new routine. Things were almost extra crazy around here; my husband was laid off for 6 months, finally went back to work, and then 2 weeks later was put on a third shift schedule; which means he works midnight till 7 am. So he sleeps all day. This schedule has been wearing on me a lot; and right now, in the dead heat of summer (not really, I'm sure it will get hotter around here, heat index is only about 106) our AC is still broken, which makes it hard to cook, or be in any other room of the house besides the one he is sleeping in.
Well, after commenting on his blog, and waiting the whole week, I finally checked the blog on Saturday (after not getting an email with the results), and ....
I WAS PICKED!!!
I cannot believe it. I just, I can't believe. It was shaking, I was trying not to cry so I could see what I was doing; I had to go through ALL the comments to make sure I was the only Amanda, lol, and then I sent an email to verify my status.
Now, I'm on his group, and I'm spending today getting ready for the challenge.
So, anyway, I've started a new blog to follow that challenge; come visit me some time, cheer me on my way ;)
http://amandas30in30challenge.blogspot.com/
Last week, about Monday or so, I got an email from Dax Moy's website, directing me to this post on his blog; http://dailydoseofdax.blogspot.com/2009/06/human-fat-loss-guinea-pigs-wanted-lose.html.
Well, I left a comment, because I have wanted to get in on his Look Good Naked Challenge in the past, but never had the extra money to do it. I have been thinking about jumping in and doing something for quite a while now; I'm tired of my body, and I want to change it. Not only do I want to look good (obviously, that's what everyone wants) but I want a body I can depend on. I don't want bad joints, I don't want bad posture, or a bad back; I want to be as fit and active and able to do whatever I want for as long as I am alive; I have seen first hand too many times what lack of exercise can do to you (and on the flip side, I've seen those women who are 60 who have exercised their whole lives, and look like they are 40). I've seen the benefits, and I know that I need to be in the "fit at 60" category, and not like my grandmother (or mother) and bedridden at 50 (or dead at 45).
I think it is something every woman goes through after having a baby; its almost like you are given free-range for 9 months to "let go", and then you have the baby, and your world is upside down, and you have to get used to the whole new addition, and the new routine. Things were almost extra crazy around here; my husband was laid off for 6 months, finally went back to work, and then 2 weeks later was put on a third shift schedule; which means he works midnight till 7 am. So he sleeps all day. This schedule has been wearing on me a lot; and right now, in the dead heat of summer (not really, I'm sure it will get hotter around here, heat index is only about 106) our AC is still broken, which makes it hard to cook, or be in any other room of the house besides the one he is sleeping in.
Well, after commenting on his blog, and waiting the whole week, I finally checked the blog on Saturday (after not getting an email with the results), and ....
I WAS PICKED!!!
I cannot believe it. I just, I can't believe. It was shaking, I was trying not to cry so I could see what I was doing; I had to go through ALL the comments to make sure I was the only Amanda, lol, and then I sent an email to verify my status.
Now, I'm on his group, and I'm spending today getting ready for the challenge.
So, anyway, I've started a new blog to follow that challenge; come visit me some time, cheer me on my way ;)
http://amandas30in30challenge.blogspot.com/
Friday, February 27, 2009
Today is our anniversary!
My husband and I have been married 10 years today. Can't believe it!
And my oldest little girl will be 9 in March. Yikes!!
And my oldest little girl will be 9 in March. Yikes!!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Getting ready to get back on track
So, I feel like I've had a pretty easy time of it, postpartum-wise. Not to go into great detail, but I didn't have a lot of damage or pain; at approximately 2 weeks I felt back to normal. I'm about 4 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight; now I need to lose that initial 40 I was trying to lose before I got pregnant! I've been meaning to take pictures to start my journey, but I'm only 4 weeks postpartum. I'm still technically "healing", although, like I said, I've felt normal for a few weeks now. So, I'll wait for the 6-week mark, just to be sure, and then I'll take starter photos, and get started on working out. I need to really research what I can eat and what is ok while I'm breastfeeding; surely its ok to lose weight, but I'm sure its not ok to do it with a severely restricted diet; don't want to mess with my milk production ;)
Monday, January 26, 2009
The birth of Lauryn Isabella
I haven't spent much time on the puter lately, so I'll make this fast
The only thing I can say about Monday is that I didn't have any contractions, lol. I had been having contractions off and on since New Years, so I've spent all month thinking "any day now", and then Monday was relatively uneventful. So, I woke up at 1 oclock in the morning, early Tuesday, with stomach pains, and needing to go to the bathroom. After 20-30 mins, and noticing that my contractions were about a minute apart, I was feeling like we needed to go to the hospital. I didn't want to go in early; I hated laboring in that bed for hours with my first DD. So, I turn on a few lights, and I'm sitting in my computer chair, trying to get myself ready (it was hard moving around and getting stuff with contractions so close together). I was about to wake up hubby, when he woke up because of the lights. He gets up to go to the bathroom, and I said "so you about ready to go?" and of course, him being a man, "go where?"
So, we call the necessary people (the ones who said call no matter what time), and he's helping me gather up my stuff so I can get dressed and stuff, he's waking up kids and getting them ready, and we finally leave to go to the hospital. It was about 2:20 when we walked in. My sister and neighbor were already there; they had beat us to the hospital so we left the kids with them in the waiting room while I walked back to L&D desk to check in. I think its weird, they don't ask me any questions or anything, they just get my information, sign some papers, and then take me back to the room where they leave you to labor before they move you into the delivery room. I was getting on the bed, moving ever so slowly because I'm still having contractions, and the nurse checked me, and was like, OMG, your an 8! and I feel the bag bulging, and right about then it popped. So they are all freaking out because first, I walked up to L&D at an 8, and second, I was an 8, lol.
So they move me into a delivery room, call the doc, try to get everything set up, etc. My sister comes in to be in there with us. Soon, I was getting the urge to bear down with my contractions, and the doc wasn't there yet, so I told my hubby to go get a nurse, cause I needed to push. She comes in and says "the doc will be here soon" (Um, that's great, so will the baby! Why don't people listen to the mamas in labor?) so about that time, he walks in, and he's all calm and nice, shaking everyone's hand and introducing himself (he wasn't my doc, he was just a doc in the same practice) and he's getting his gown on, and mask, and gloves, and about that time, I was getting another contraction. He was standing right in front of me, so I figured he was ready, lol. My groans changed to screams, and I pushed her out. I had my eyes closed, was concentrating on her, and the feeling and everything else. NO one told me to stop (like they did with my son, once his head was out, they said "stop pushing!") so I just kept going until I felt the relief of having delivered. Apparently, no one was paying any attention to me, and didn't notice that I had just delivered my baby. My husband and sister both said they thought the doc was going to drop her, and DH said he was trying to play it cool, but he was flustered at not having noticed, lol. So they squeegie out her nose and mouth, and then he tries to unwrap the cord (it was wrapped around her twice, and it was also pulled into a knot) before he handed her to me; and that's that. I'm in love with my little girl, and she was born an hour after walking into the hospital. After the doc handed her to me, he said "that was literally a 1 push delivery!" lol.
She was born at 3:28 am on Tuesday, 01/20/2009. She weighed 7 lbs and 14 ounces (she's my "middle" child; my daughter was 1 lb lighter, and my son was 1 lb heavier) and she was 19 inches long. She has a shock of dark black hair, and deep, dark blue eyes. We're well established in the nursing, even if it does make mommy cry a bit right now and we're still learning the CDs
Here's a link for the hossy pics
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=c31ea7d0-c180-4d4d-aced-0238fda31bf6
The only thing I can say about Monday is that I didn't have any contractions, lol. I had been having contractions off and on since New Years, so I've spent all month thinking "any day now", and then Monday was relatively uneventful. So, I woke up at 1 oclock in the morning, early Tuesday, with stomach pains, and needing to go to the bathroom. After 20-30 mins, and noticing that my contractions were about a minute apart, I was feeling like we needed to go to the hospital. I didn't want to go in early; I hated laboring in that bed for hours with my first DD. So, I turn on a few lights, and I'm sitting in my computer chair, trying to get myself ready (it was hard moving around and getting stuff with contractions so close together). I was about to wake up hubby, when he woke up because of the lights. He gets up to go to the bathroom, and I said "so you about ready to go?" and of course, him being a man, "go where?"
So, we call the necessary people (the ones who said call no matter what time), and he's helping me gather up my stuff so I can get dressed and stuff, he's waking up kids and getting them ready, and we finally leave to go to the hospital. It was about 2:20 when we walked in. My sister and neighbor were already there; they had beat us to the hospital so we left the kids with them in the waiting room while I walked back to L&D desk to check in. I think its weird, they don't ask me any questions or anything, they just get my information, sign some papers, and then take me back to the room where they leave you to labor before they move you into the delivery room. I was getting on the bed, moving ever so slowly because I'm still having contractions, and the nurse checked me, and was like, OMG, your an 8! and I feel the bag bulging, and right about then it popped. So they are all freaking out because first, I walked up to L&D at an 8, and second, I was an 8, lol.
So they move me into a delivery room, call the doc, try to get everything set up, etc. My sister comes in to be in there with us. Soon, I was getting the urge to bear down with my contractions, and the doc wasn't there yet, so I told my hubby to go get a nurse, cause I needed to push. She comes in and says "the doc will be here soon" (Um, that's great, so will the baby! Why don't people listen to the mamas in labor?) so about that time, he walks in, and he's all calm and nice, shaking everyone's hand and introducing himself (he wasn't my doc, he was just a doc in the same practice) and he's getting his gown on, and mask, and gloves, and about that time, I was getting another contraction. He was standing right in front of me, so I figured he was ready, lol. My groans changed to screams, and I pushed her out. I had my eyes closed, was concentrating on her, and the feeling and everything else. NO one told me to stop (like they did with my son, once his head was out, they said "stop pushing!") so I just kept going until I felt the relief of having delivered. Apparently, no one was paying any attention to me, and didn't notice that I had just delivered my baby. My husband and sister both said they thought the doc was going to drop her, and DH said he was trying to play it cool, but he was flustered at not having noticed, lol. So they squeegie out her nose and mouth, and then he tries to unwrap the cord (it was wrapped around her twice, and it was also pulled into a knot) before he handed her to me; and that's that. I'm in love with my little girl, and she was born an hour after walking into the hospital. After the doc handed her to me, he said "that was literally a 1 push delivery!" lol.
She was born at 3:28 am on Tuesday, 01/20/2009. She weighed 7 lbs and 14 ounces (she's my "middle" child; my daughter was 1 lb lighter, and my son was 1 lb heavier) and she was 19 inches long. She has a shock of dark black hair, and deep, dark blue eyes. We're well established in the nursing, even if it does make mommy cry a bit right now and we're still learning the CDs
Here's a link for the hossy pics
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=c31ea7d0-c180-4d4d-aced-0238fda31bf6
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Getting closer
Can you believe it? I feel like its going to be any minute now, but at the same time, I don't want her to come before Christmas; its still too early.
Thanksgiving was an adventure; I've been having a hard time getting around; she dropped a few weeks ago, and she is firmly lodged in my pelvic bone; everything there, blood vessels, nerves, tendons, all that is what is supporting her. And it hurts. I can't hardly walk; my pelvic bone feels like they are being ripped apart. I can't lift up my legs very far; putting on pants is a chore, and its hard to get up into bed, because it hurts to lift up my legs. Jon usually has to come pull me up out of bed to get up, and the first few steps of walking are hard, my spine doesn't want to straighten, and I'm afraid my back is going to give out.
So, with all this going on, I had to cook Thanksgiving dinner. I tried to manipulate it so I was doing all my prep work sitting at the table, did the majority of it the day before, and assigned jobs to my dad and Jon, but I was still hurting with all the standing around and cooking. Christmas should be even more fun.
I'm right about the 20-lb mark for weight gain, which I guess is ok, considering I didn't vomit with this one in the beginning, and I gained 10 pounds the first 3 months. Food has no interest for me. Its hard to make dinner/eat something when your just not interested. I can tell I'm hungry, and I need to eat, but I just don't want anything.
I'm having my baby shower this weekend. I almost didn't want to do it; I should have done it sooner, but I had my mind set on the beginning of December, and me and my sister were going to do it, and then some people from church said, "Oh, we can throw you a baby shower!" so I postponed the plans for mine, thinking they were going to throw one together. Well, it hadn't happened, so my Dec 6 baby shower turned into Dec 13 baby shower. I feel its too close to Christmas, but what can you do? I don't want an "after" baby shower.
I have a lady making me a cake; its going to be so cute! Can't wait to see it. As far as everything else goes, decorations and games and what not, I hope my sister has that worked out, cause I can't be the hostess to my own shower ;)
I have a pool worked up, if anyone wants to make guesses for my baby's due date ;)
Thanksgiving was an adventure; I've been having a hard time getting around; she dropped a few weeks ago, and she is firmly lodged in my pelvic bone; everything there, blood vessels, nerves, tendons, all that is what is supporting her. And it hurts. I can't hardly walk; my pelvic bone feels like they are being ripped apart. I can't lift up my legs very far; putting on pants is a chore, and its hard to get up into bed, because it hurts to lift up my legs. Jon usually has to come pull me up out of bed to get up, and the first few steps of walking are hard, my spine doesn't want to straighten, and I'm afraid my back is going to give out.
So, with all this going on, I had to cook Thanksgiving dinner. I tried to manipulate it so I was doing all my prep work sitting at the table, did the majority of it the day before, and assigned jobs to my dad and Jon, but I was still hurting with all the standing around and cooking. Christmas should be even more fun.
I'm right about the 20-lb mark for weight gain, which I guess is ok, considering I didn't vomit with this one in the beginning, and I gained 10 pounds the first 3 months. Food has no interest for me. Its hard to make dinner/eat something when your just not interested. I can tell I'm hungry, and I need to eat, but I just don't want anything.
I'm having my baby shower this weekend. I almost didn't want to do it; I should have done it sooner, but I had my mind set on the beginning of December, and me and my sister were going to do it, and then some people from church said, "Oh, we can throw you a baby shower!" so I postponed the plans for mine, thinking they were going to throw one together. Well, it hadn't happened, so my Dec 6 baby shower turned into Dec 13 baby shower. I feel its too close to Christmas, but what can you do? I don't want an "after" baby shower.
I have a lady making me a cake; its going to be so cute! Can't wait to see it. As far as everything else goes, decorations and games and what not, I hope my sister has that worked out, cause I can't be the hostess to my own shower ;)
I have a pool worked up, if anyone wants to make guesses for my baby's due date ;)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Had my 3D sono today
Little snot. She kept her face covered nearly the entire time; either with her hand or pressed backwards into my uterus. We poked and prodded at her for nearly an hour, lol. We got a couple of good shots; then, at the very end, we caught a smile! It was so cute, I'll post the video link so you can see.
Here are a couple of pics for her; I kinda think she's going to look a lot like Kathryn (Kathryn and Jonathan have different colorings, and they have different noses and different shaped heads, even though they both look like daddy)
Here are a couple of pics for her; I kinda think she's going to look a lot like Kathryn (Kathryn and Jonathan have different colorings, and they have different noses and different shaped heads, even though they both look like daddy)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
I realize I've been MIA...
Sorry about that. I don't suppose there are too many people who check up on me, but I hate to feel like I've deserted any of my friends ;). Sometimes, when I get down, and things are rough for me, I don't want to talk to anybody, "myself" included. I just would rather be a hermit, bundle up in my house, and not go anywhere or do anything. I've pretty much been doing that the last month or so.
Still feeling really good with the pregnancy; I'm starting to hurt in the pelvic area, I'm guessing this is my ligaments stretching. I need to do more exercise, but I get so down, I don't do anything. We are still having some troubles around the house, financially, still trying to work all that out.
I've got a couple of projects going on right now; hoping to post pics soon. On one of the cloth diapering forums I'm on, I've signed up for several "swaps" where I swap an item for an item. Well, in my case, I don't really have anything to swap, except my knitting talent. So, mama's send me their yarn, I knit it up into the pants for them, and send it back. In payment of this service, I've gotten several diapers, several wipes, a couple of shirts, some environmentally safe laundry detergent, and some other stuff. Its pretty cool, actually ;)
As part of this forum, and others, I've been made aware of things that I hadn't really been exposed to previously; like the no-vaxing issue. I'm seriously considering not vaxing my child; at first, I wanted to be selective/delayed, since there are so many more vaccines now than there were when we were kids; and I can tell you right now, I had already made the decision prior to this that my daughter was NOT getting the Gardasil, we do NOT do the Flu vax here, and I kick myself on a daily basis for allowing my children to be given the chicken pox vax. For these reasons, and several others, I'm thinking we're going the no-vax route. I have plenty of time to make my decision, since I already know I'm not doing it for the first year anyway, and I can gather more evidence to support my decision.
We may have found a church. We have never been "church going people" but we have always looked for that sort of fellowship or whatever you want to call it that you get from going. Well, the kids have played soccer with this church for 3 years; we've gone to their fall festival for that, if not more than that, and they did basketball last year, and will do it again this year. We know so many people there already, and it seemed like it was just time to try it out. This weekend will only be our third time going, but so far, I think we are all enjoying it. Kathryn and Jon most especially, it seems.
I'm ready for the GD election to be OVER! I know who I'm voting for, I'm sure you know who your voting for; my life experience has taught me it does no good to argue with someone who has their mind made up already, so what's the point? It just gets nastier and nastier, and if I think about it long enough, I stress out over certain aspects of a certain candidate who keeps getting compared to a certain beloved president who didn't last very long. So, 1 more week. And, ironically enough, our voting station appears to be "our" church, lol.
Still feeling really good with the pregnancy; I'm starting to hurt in the pelvic area, I'm guessing this is my ligaments stretching. I need to do more exercise, but I get so down, I don't do anything. We are still having some troubles around the house, financially, still trying to work all that out.
I've got a couple of projects going on right now; hoping to post pics soon. On one of the cloth diapering forums I'm on, I've signed up for several "swaps" where I swap an item for an item. Well, in my case, I don't really have anything to swap, except my knitting talent. So, mama's send me their yarn, I knit it up into the pants for them, and send it back. In payment of this service, I've gotten several diapers, several wipes, a couple of shirts, some environmentally safe laundry detergent, and some other stuff. Its pretty cool, actually ;)
As part of this forum, and others, I've been made aware of things that I hadn't really been exposed to previously; like the no-vaxing issue. I'm seriously considering not vaxing my child; at first, I wanted to be selective/delayed, since there are so many more vaccines now than there were when we were kids; and I can tell you right now, I had already made the decision prior to this that my daughter was NOT getting the Gardasil, we do NOT do the Flu vax here, and I kick myself on a daily basis for allowing my children to be given the chicken pox vax. For these reasons, and several others, I'm thinking we're going the no-vax route. I have plenty of time to make my decision, since I already know I'm not doing it for the first year anyway, and I can gather more evidence to support my decision.
We may have found a church. We have never been "church going people" but we have always looked for that sort of fellowship or whatever you want to call it that you get from going. Well, the kids have played soccer with this church for 3 years; we've gone to their fall festival for that, if not more than that, and they did basketball last year, and will do it again this year. We know so many people there already, and it seemed like it was just time to try it out. This weekend will only be our third time going, but so far, I think we are all enjoying it. Kathryn and Jon most especially, it seems.
I'm ready for the GD election to be OVER! I know who I'm voting for, I'm sure you know who your voting for; my life experience has taught me it does no good to argue with someone who has their mind made up already, so what's the point? It just gets nastier and nastier, and if I think about it long enough, I stress out over certain aspects of a certain candidate who keeps getting compared to a certain beloved president who didn't last very long. So, 1 more week. And, ironically enough, our voting station appears to be "our" church, lol.
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