Heyla all!
Hope the weather, the weight, and the baby wiggles are all working together to make for happy mamas!
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Catching up- our local festival was fun... I put some pictures in my flickr account (the "dancing girl" link in my sig) but I think the high point for dd1 was getting her face painted, dd2 swooned over meeting the Very Hungry Caterpillar (part of a float that celebrates reading to your children), and I had a blast cheering on my fellow belly dancers (even though I sat this performance out). And the rain was pretty minimal.
From last week's thread- Puddle (and all)... I think the majority of adult women have been exposed to toxo, but it makes a beautiful excuse for avoiding litter box duties (which was what I was trying to suggest). I remember reading somewhere though that the rates of exposure in the UK are a lot higher than they are in the US. I don't think the article I was reading mentioned Canada or Australia though, and I don't think it discussed why there was a difference in exposure. Oh, and toxo is also a risk when gardening (feral cats making use of the garden soil) but very few care providers remind women to wear gloves while gardening. Possibly because gardening is fun and litter box duties aren't?
Weight- I take a full year to get back to my pre-preg weight, no matter how much weight I gain during the pregnancy. I would have LOVED to be flat bellied at a week... heck, I would have been happy to be flat bellied at a year! But the belly never went back to what it was (though the Tupler Technique did help), and although my weight before this pregnancy was less than it was pre-baby number one I still wear a bigger size because of my hips. My shoe size is also a full size larger than it was before my first babe, but at least it has stayed constant through three pregnancies!
Hope the weather, the weight, and the baby wiggles are all working together to make for happy mamas!
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Catching up- our local festival was fun... I put some pictures in my flickr account (the "dancing girl" link in my sig) but I think the high point for dd1 was getting her face painted, dd2 swooned over meeting the Very Hungry Caterpillar (part of a float that celebrates reading to your children), and I had a blast cheering on my fellow belly dancers (even though I sat this performance out). And the rain was pretty minimal.
From last week's thread- Puddle (and all)... I think the majority of adult women have been exposed to toxo, but it makes a beautiful excuse for avoiding litter box duties (which was what I was trying to suggest). I remember reading somewhere though that the rates of exposure in the UK are a lot higher than they are in the US. I don't think the article I was reading mentioned Canada or Australia though, and I don't think it discussed why there was a difference in exposure. Oh, and toxo is also a risk when gardening (feral cats making use of the garden soil) but very few care providers remind women to wear gloves while gardening. Possibly because gardening is fun and litter box duties aren't?
Weight- I take a full year to get back to my pre-preg weight, no matter how much weight I gain during the pregnancy. I would have LOVED to be flat bellied at a week... heck, I would have been happy to be flat bellied at a year! But the belly never went back to what it was (though the Tupler Technique did help), and although my weight before this pregnancy was less than it was pre-baby number one I still wear a bigger size because of my hips. My shoe size is also a full size larger than it was before my first babe, but at least it has stayed constant through three pregnancies!
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Got a 3D shot of his little face, too, but his foot was all smooshed into his nose so he's all pugilist-looking.
I'm at the end of August so it still seems pretty far away to me. I'm expecting a 40 weeker so having a baby at 37 weeks will really take me by surprise.
About 5.5 weeks early!
I also came back a little anemic last week - I had a Hemoglobin level of 10. They told me to increase my Iron intake by food choices, luckily. My bowels can't handle any more than what my prenatal already has!!!
