Posts by bella103106

Hello there! I am not from Fresno but would like to be - My family is thinking of relocating.  Got any tips on areas to look at - Maybe we could be walking buddies  =)

I know how you feel about still have baby #1's weight and wanting to start out with # 2. I am already there. I am 10 weeks with #2 and have 30 more lbs to start out with than I did with #1. I am trying not to get discouraged and watch what I eat and keep an eye on the weight gain. I came to CC just before I found out I was pregnant and I was trying to lose weight.  This site really helped me to understand what I was intaking and where I could cut stuff. I tried to get he diet down before I started excersizing too. A good power walk to the park or store on a nice day is a great place to start. I have also been doing squats in the bathroom at work just to get the blood pumping. A few minutes here and there really add up. Keep logging everything you eat, if you need write it down and enter it in later. Then just get moving, even if you dance around the living room with the little one fore 10 min - Use the activity tracker and you will see the extra calorie burn add up =)

We are the Cootie-Tush family

Buttercup, my Husband Goober and our daughter Snotty.  =)

People who know

What are you on and where can I get some?

A: Because it was made by a boy.

Q: How many elves does it take to finish your work?

EKP - Those comments are harassment and you dont have to "Deal with it" just because you're pregnant. Talk with a supervisor or higher up about who is saying what and how uncomfortable you are. If you don't bring it to someones attention now if will just get worse, you have another 30 or so weeks to go. I would then start keeping a log of who said what and when and if it didn't stop after a supervisor was told I would start talking to an attorney. You shouldn't have to feel like that at work especially when you are going through this very emotional time. Those type of comments are absolutely unapporpriate and  unacceptable! Don't let people at work treat you like that. Co workers might scoff you for "telling on them" but who cares ,they can heep their head down and into their work and leave you alone. It just gets me irrate, I have been there and tried to suck it up in hopes that it would just go away and it doesn't. Don't stand for it!

Funny I should find this post today and leave a comment. I just had my first unwanted pregnancy comment at work. I stepped to into the supply room and a guy standing in the hall infront of another employee says" Hey, what are you doing there PREGGY?" I ignored his reference to me and told him what I was doing only for him to repeat himself as I walked off "PREGGY". I just kept my back to him and started walking.  I can't believe how asinine some people can be! I hope he got the hint when I didn't acknowledge his comment I can't promise that I will be professional if I have to confront him. It has got to be the hormones because I am raging about this!

I found this one on another persons profile from this site and really liked it so here goes:

"There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you."

Marianne Williamson

My daughter had just turned 1 a month before we took a 10-11 hour road trip. We left early in the morning - 4am - and tried to get as much driving in before her typical wake time of 11 am. When we got her into the car at 4 she was of course awake for a little while, maybe and hour she then fell fast asleep until around 11am. After she woke we made a pit stop for some grub and to stretch our legs. We still had a few hours to go so we loaded back up and made sure to have plenty of snacks and entertainment for her, books and toys and we took turns in the back seat to sit with her so she had company. My daughter sleeps well in the car seat and doesn't loathe going for a ride so that may have made the difference. Not saying there weren't a few fussy moments but we tried to keep her attention to something she liked. I think the key was driving during her normal sleep time so she could sleep through most of the trip.

Flying or driving one way or another will work better for you but you probably won't know until you get to know your baby's temperments. Which it sounds like you will have plenty of time to do since you are planning so far in advanced.

Bier - You always seem to say it best. 

Knowing you are not alone or the only one to have gone through an experience takes some of the fear out of it.

Family and friends always like to comment on my health and well being as if they are doctors themselves and know it all. My Brother and In=Laws are convinced I will have it again and will need bed rest. They criticize me from every thing I eat to any excersize I do.

It is refreshing to hear from someone who has lived it that it is possible to have it once but not again.

You'd think it would be easy but I have nothing to say.  I suppose that's something.   =)

Hello Whit,  You can never have too many congratulations, so, Congratulations! I noticed you had your first appointment last week and was wondering how you are doing? I myself am newly pregnant with my second and have my first appointment at the end of the month. My daughter is 2 1/2 and I have already forgotten how the first appointment goes but I imagine it really makes things sink in  =)