today marks our 16 week point and I will say that it has been a pretty good day! I have worked out the last two days, and plan on working out again today - it is helping my back and my other aches and pains...not to mention it makes me feel so much better!
My eyes have been very dry and itchy as of late - which means that i avoid eye makeup at all cost...yet another "benefit" I guess!
I also discovered Amazon Mom today - which is pretty awesome all the way around. Not only can you register through Amazon - so you can pull things from many different places as opposed to having to find everything at one or two stores...but you can also sign up to autodeliver important things like diapers, wipes and even formula and receive free two day shipping and 30% off. I have set us up to receive a box of diapers every month from now until the baby is born (i am guessing we will have to up that once the little cockeye gets here and starts putting the diapers to good use) and because of that - I can get a box of diapers (180 ct) delivered to my house in two days for a total of $28!!!!! I am finding that it is the small things that really get you through!
its weird to think - but in less than a month - we will know if the cockey is a boy or a girl...and then let the fun begin!
the cockey is the size of an avocado and about 4.6" long and 3.5 oz. We have to watch what we say because the tiny bones in the cockeye's ears are forming which means that he/she can now pick up our voices. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are all starting to fill in and taste buds are forming.
Mike and I have been talking more and more about a birth plan which is bringing up a lot of questions that I have to ask our midwife - but I want to make sure we are as prepared as we can be - although I am pretty sure it all goes out the window once the fun starts.
I also got my first issue of Fit Pregnancy (a lovely gift from Lindsey and Josh Lubenow) yesterday - and there was a three page article on the 33 reasons as to why working out is so good for you when your pregnant - it gave me the motivation I need to keep up the lunchtime workouts!
Just to share a few -
- you're likely to gain less weight
- Labor and delivery may be easier
- you lower your gestational diabetes risk by as much as 27%
- you get a "high"
- you are less likely to feel the aches and pains of pregnancy (I can personally say that this is the case)
- you're less likely to get constipated
- you have more energy
- odds are you will deliver a svelter baby
- you are more likely to avoid a forceps deliver, c-section or other intervention
- you will feel less like a beached whale and more like a hot momma
- you labor may be shorter
- you may boost your child's athletic potential
- you bounce back after delivery
that's all for now - happy Wednesday!
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