First of all, I was wrong about something I put in yesterday’s post…
The Build Your Bundle Sale isn’t Buy 2, Get 1 50% off, it’s Buy 2, Get 1 FREE! EVEN BETTER! Now, to figure out what I want! But, that’s another post for another day.
So, an interesting turn of events this week. I went from one sick mama to feeling GREAT! As in, so great, I ran down the stairs last night without thinking about the fact that I was hefting a baby belly with me!
Yay for 18 weeks!
I am cooking again. I’ve even gone back to eating Trim Healthy Mama style because it does such a good job of balancing my blood sugars and that always makes me feel better.
We are slowly catching up around the house, which included bringing up the better washer from the basement so I can keep a watchful eye on the laundry and buying 3 new bookshelves to control the book/homeschool chaos.
A note on the laundry…
Ever since we moved in February, we’ve struggled to find a good laundry system. Nothing was really working well. Then, I got pregnant and sick and let’s just say laundry began to stink…literally. Our remedy for laundry that ends up that way is OxyClean. I know, not super all-natural, but it works. It takes clothes that smell like wet-dog to clothes that are fresh as a daisy (as my sister likes to say). Using a lot of that stuff these days as we catch up. 😉
Honestly, now that we are back to one washer (and it’s upstairs), I think we’ll have an easier time with our laundry system. We will probably go back to the same one we had at the other house.
On the down side of all this 2nd trimester goodness is that all of my lovely first trimester fingernails have broken. This happens every pregnancy to me. I don’t have very nice fingernails to begin with. They don’t grown long unless I am newly pregnant. But once the pregnancy hormones level out at around 12 weeks, that’s it. No more nails. Boo hoo.
Oh, by the way…guess who has a sonogram coming up in a week?! Cannot wait!
Charlotte Moore says
I used to could grow pretty good nails. Since my retirement they have been terrible. Have no idea what could have happened. I am too old for it to be hormonal. Haha!!!
Jillian says
Glad you’re feeling better! Are you finding out what the baby is??? 😉 Can’t remember what you did with the others. The suspense kills me, so I always find out. lol
Tina says
SO glad you are feeling better. You have given me some ray of hope!
Amy says
You’ll get there! 🙂
shantzfamily says
yay! glad to hear you’re feeling well!
SaraA says
Amy, I am due just a week before you, and have read your DR series in the past. Was wondering, are your familiar with either of Julie Tupler’s books: Maternal Fitness or Lose Your Mummy Tummy? If so, could you recommend either one? Is LYMM more DR-specific, do u know? Thanks for any help! I am back on THM and feeling great, too! 🙂 Blessings!
SaraA says
P.S., my sonogram is in one week, as well!! 🙂 Yay, us!
Amy says
I’ve used LYMT with fairly good success. 🙂
SaraA says
Is that the book, or the DVD? Thanks!
Amy says
I bought the book first and really got a lot out of it (that was before the DVD had been made). I have the DVD too. That works well if you are a visual person and need that extra “understanding” of what she is talking about. The DVD is newer, but I still recommend the book.
SaraA says
Great!! Thank u so much! I am a book girl, so I was hoping u wouldn’t say, “go with the DVD,” lol. :). Blessings!
Jacki M says
Great to hear you are doing well. Laundry when pregnant was a tricky thing for us too!
Laura Lane of Harvest Lane Cottage says
Sounds like you’re doing well. So glad for you!
viviene says
Hey! Congratulations on your pregnancy!! I am also preggo with our first baby =D yay! I’m 32 weeks! I cant wait.. =D I had horrible pregnancy symptoms on my 1st trimester but it eventually subsided when I entered 16 weeks. I’m glad you’re on your toes again. Have a safe and happy pregnancy!! =)