Posts by shells12

We just got the total gym from k mart and it was only 200 bucks!! That was a big plus.... I have only worked out on it for a couple days but I really like it and you can fold it up to put it under the bed which was another plus!!! At first I swore at it for a couple of minutes because i could not figure out how to open it but than I read the directions!!!

I am a small female so my maintenance is only 1600 calories and I am breastfeeding my 4 month old, eating no less than 1500 cals a day losing a pound or so a week. In articles I have read it says that a breast feeding women CAN burn calories while breastfeeding and I have heard lots of others say that they have been eating the required amount (maintenance plus) and not dropped a pound. I would start off eating enough calories like I would find your maintenance and eat that. Once you're eating enough calories your milk supply will come back up and as long as you are eating good foods the quality of your milk will not suffer!!! Just like in pregnancy the body will take the nutrients from the mother first to give to baby and it is the same with breastfeeding the nutrients will go to the milk supply first than to the mommy!!

I can't tell you from personal expericeince but I know I few over weight people, like two that had babies that where perfectly fine and had no health problems. I think that health problems only apply to people who are obese. I found this in an article from the new york times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/29/health/pers onal-health-beginning-a-pregnancy-already-ove rweight.html?sec=health&pagewanted=2

"These are some of the risks: If you have a BMI of more than 30.

Chronic hypertension. Hypertension is associated with a greater than average risk of suffering a stroke and developing heart disease. Being overweight increases the risk of developing high blood pressure before pregnancy, a problem that raises the risks for two pregnancy complications, preeclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation.

Gestational hypertension. This is high blood pressure that develops in pregnancy. While it can sometimes occur in women of normal weight, the risk is higher in the obese

Preeclampsia. This is a very dangerous complication that combines high blood pressure, protein in urine and swelling. Untreated, it can cause the death of the mother and unborn baby. The only cure after preeclampsia develops is delivery of the baby, even if that means the baby will be very premature, a problem that carries its own risk of impaired development and failure to survive.

Diabetes. Like hypertension, Type 2 diabetes is more common in overweight people. It increases the risk of heart attacks and circulatory problems that could mean poor blood supply to the fetus.

Gestational diabetes. This is diabetes that develops during pregnancy and, like gestational hypertension, it can happen even in normal-weight women. But the likelihood is much higher for overweight or obese women when they become pregnant.

Thromboembolic disease. These are blood clots. They typically start in the legs and can break loose and travel to the lungs, where they can quickly cause a fatal pulmonary embolism.

In addition, women who are obese have a greater than average chance of requiring induction of labor, laboring longer and developing infections in labor, as well as a nearly threefold chance of requiring Caesarean deliveries."

I went to bribery!! I give my 28 month old one m&m pure choc. Every time he goes pee, and the first day I said m&m if you pee in the potty so it worked and now I do not mention the m&m I just say lets go pee in the potty and if he brings up the m&m I give it to him but if not than we pass it up!! I went to this stage because we just had a new baby and after that he soo did not want to potty and he was doing really good before so I figured it was because I had to switch a lot of my attention to the little one!! We are on the right track plus use the words big boy underwear really get him excited, when he is running around naked he will hit his pp and be like Big Boy Big Boy than I put underwear on him and say we don't pee in these we pee on the potty!! Good luck!!

It never happened to me when I was pregnant with both my boys but my friend got leakage from about five months when she was pregnant with her daughter!! She even had to wear breast pads they leaked so bad.. So I guess it is normal everyones body is different!!

Original Post by carolann5111:

Looking over your post, I noticed you said your bf insists on keeping snacks in the house. You have 2 young children to think of. Do you want them growing up eating junk?

 I do not let my two year old eat like my bf. He has an apple, a granola bar, or string cheese for a snack. He only has treats once in a while so no I do not think he will grow up eating junk!!