For the last 10 weeks of my pregnancy, I thought I would give a weekly update on things.  People have been asking about how I have been feeling, growing and handling things, so here it is!

Body: Overall I feel great!  I have been able to work out 5-6 days a week still and I still have enough energy to make it through the day (my day usually goes from 5:15am-9pm – then I need bed!)  By about 8pm my back starts to get sore and  hurt until I lay down.  Other than that, I have small things that are annoying going on: sometimes I just can’t breathe or catch my breath, the baby will get stuck up by my ribs (which hurts) and really that is about it.  I can’t complain…at this point. 🙂

Eating: I have not had too much change with my eating. I take a big prenatal vitamin, calcium and folic acid pill each day.  I also eat more than I did before – but not a lot more.  The difference is that if I miss my snack or meal time – I am dying of hunger.  I am more loose about eating dessert or something I am in the mood for.  I haven’t really had any cravings lately (since the green bean casserole phase), but many times nothing sounds good to eat.  I am obsessed with fruit – maybe more than before! My eating schedule is usually:

7:45 am breakfast on the way to school – oatmeal with AB and fruit or toast with pb and fruit

11:15 am lunch at school – lentil soup and fruit with sourdough pretzels or leftovers

3pm snack at school while my kids are in specials – Luna or Cliff bar with fruit

7ish pm dinner.  – I usually post this! 🙂

dessert is often hot chocolate and usually chocolate chips

Workouts: I usually workout before school in the morning (I try for 4 days a week).  My workouts have been lasting for about 45 minutes of cardio – my lighter than I used to do.  Sometimes I will go to spinning, sometimes elliptical, sometimes stair mill and sometimes hill walking on the treadmill.  I like to change it up.  This week I went to cardio dance for a workout one morning.  Right now though (and through much of my pregnancy) I have enjoyed spinning.  You don’t have to stand up or bounce around, which means you don’t have to pee the whole time!

Home/House: We didn’t do much in the baby room this week. We have the dresser in and the room painted – but no other furniture yet.  We worked on a lot of home organization projects last weekend and we have more this weekend!

Work: School has been going well.  My classroom is upstairs so I usually come up the stairs out of breath in the morning with my school bag, my huge lunch/snack bag and my 2 liters of water. My day goes pretty quickly each day because my kids keep me busy!  I had a kid with fifths disease in my class this week so I had to get my blood drawn to check for immunity- luckily I have already been exposed to the disease and have antibodies to fight it!

Random:

I don’t know how I am going to make it for 9 more weeks of getting dressed.  I miss my real clothes!! I have quite a few clothes (maternity clothes) but I am sick of them!  I just bought like 3 more pair of pants and a few shirts last weekend to get me through – I love Gap and Old Navy maternity.

That seems to sum it up for the week!

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