My 5th Preggo Journey

Alright...well.... Project Bikini Bod is permanently shut down LOL  

 all because 

We are now expecting Baby #5!

So now I have to shift my focus from getting fit and fabulous to having a fit and fabulously healthy pregnancy. Yay me. OK so what is that going to look like?
  1.  a healthy diet of nutrient dense foods once my appetite returns
  2.  glucose monitoring
         since i've had gestational diabetes with every pregnancy
  3. Safe and consistent exercise
    meh
  4. Doctor visits I hate all the initial visits...I only care for the scans and glucose tests...and the visits at the end where they check me and tell me dilated.

So here's my journey of all of that! Starting this month!

AUGUST 2017


How far along? Maybe 7 or 8 weeks

Estimated due date: March 15
Haven't seen a doctor yet. #fiapotzlyddat. 

 Symptoms: nausea, fatigue

Feelings:
Ummmmm....jaowklnrgo;akengoiakjdrngiaue4rhg029UJGOAEIRHGNAKDJFND

Translation:

Oh my gooooodness here we go again!!!! I'm sad to say that I'm really not excited about being pregnant and I'm not very good at hiding it. I'm trying my best to be excited and grateful to be welcoming another beautiful spirit but I hate the nausea and feeling tired all the time. Aljay is excited and I try to feed off of his excitement but then I'm like...wait...I have to carry the baby and deliver the baby and feed the baby and heal and try to get back on the fit train...hooiiiiiiiii....

 I know it's a blessing and that I should be grateful that my body is fertile and can give birth to kids. I was just hoping for a break for a little while. It's ok though. I'll get through this just like every other pregnancy. 

 So it goes.
WEEEEEEEEEEK 1
M  7/31 
T  8/1  Walked the Wolverine Mile @ work
W  8/2
Th 8/3
F  8/4 
S  8/5

 WEEK 2
M  8/7
T  8/8 Wolverine short mile
W  8/9
Th 8/10 Unloaded Mom & Dad's UHaul in the hot sun :(
F  8/11 Ward Camp (I did plenty of walking and lifting)

 WEEK 3
M  8/14 Mile walk
T  8/15
W  8/16
Th 8/17
F  8/18 Packed up our house
S  8/19 Cleaned out our house

 WEEK 4
M  8/21 Moved into our new apartment
T  8/22 Still moving and unpacking, lifting, loading
W  8/23 
Th 8/24
F  8/25
S  8/26
WEEK 5
M  8/28
T  8/29 
W  8/30 Lifted, loaded, unpacked, and broke down boxes at work. 
Th 8/31 
F  9/1  
S  9/2


HAhhahahah....wow look at all that activity lol

All goods. Life is already busy with working full time, Aljay running a business, two babies in school, and two babies at home. I'm happy with the amount of activity I've put in over this past month of madness.

I'm still having my nausea days and tired days. That annoying side effect of excess saliva is still there (so irrits). My belly is big. I look like most pregnant women's 8 month bellies, except I'm 13weeks along and have 6 months to go.


And that's the best recent pic I could get. I made the mistake of asking Aljay to take a pic right when he was attaching his new lenses he got for his iphone camera. What a fancy guy. Took forevers cause all I wanted was ooooneee picture and he haaaad to try every lense and do a video shot and zoom in zoom out zoom zoom and badaboom...but hey, we all know how he gets when he is excited about something. I'm just an impatient preggo.

Anyways....I feel huge and I'm only going to get bigger woohoo! lol I should really step up my physical activity lol and maybe take my vitamins more often. welp...goals for September lol (it's like almost half way through September already oka oka)




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