wow, Congratulations to Laura

Laura one of our Writers, has found out that she is pregnant, couldn't be happier for you.

grats Laura

Happy Feet- pamper mission #1

Every woman deserves to be pampered, even if she has to do it herself. So here are some tips/guidelines for a great at home pedicure


*Use a foot file or pumice stone in the shower (or bath) to buff away calluses
*Dry feet thoroughly with towel after shower
*Soften feet with shea butter, coconut oil, or lotion of choice
*Trim nails carefully- don't cut them too short
*Gently push back cuticles - if you don't have the tool for this, use a pencil eraser wrapped in tissue
*Swab nails with polish remover
*Use a nail polish with 1 coat coverage
*Blow dry toes on warm for 2 minutes and then cold for 1 minute

Repeat as needed.
Make sure to show off your cute little toes, maybe in your favorite set of comfy flip flops?

Great Workout site

I recently found this website through an Ad of Facebook.
Their short workout videos explain each exercise clearly. I especially like the fact that the categorized it based on where you are in your pregnancy- by trimester, post-natal & active mom. If you are still trying to conceive, i assume any exercise listed under active mom would be ok to try...

...remember to consult your doctor before starting any new exercise program (Yes I HAD to say that)

http://blog.tightbodwithapod.com/workouts/

*hugs*
Lala

How healthy do you eat Quiz from What to expect, eating well when you're expecting :)

 Remember ladies, that you are choosing the most likely, the food substances won’t be exact, especially for Laura and myself :D And this is what you normally do, not what you did today. 

My typical breakfast consists of:
a) Bacon and eggs, wheat toast with margarine, calcium fortified oj,
b) Cheerios, with skim milk, and grapefruit( or some other fruit) on the side
c) Fruit loops no milk



My typical lunch consists of:
a) Tuna salad on an onion bagel, bag of chips
b) Grilled chicken with arugula, roasted red pepper, mozzarella cheese, and portabella mushroom, on multigrain bread
c) Chocolate from the vending machine

My typical dinner consists of :
A) Canned veggie soup, 2 slices of frozen pizza, and frozen yogurt
B) Grilled fish, Broccoli and cheddar on a baked potato with skin, red leaf lettuce salad and fresh fruit
C) Fast food burger, fries, apple pie, coffee with creamer

Early morning meeting leaves no time for breakfast so you grab:

A) Corn muffin and a decaf latte
B) Yellow peach and a carton of yogurt( any fruit really)
C) A prenatal vitamin and can of diet soda

A typical snack during the day is :
A) Packaged crackers and cheese
B) Dried apricots and walnuts
C) Potato chips and onion dip

Your favorite fruit is:
a) Raisins
b) Cantaloupe
c) Fruit roll up

How many fruits do you eat daily?
A) 1-2
B) 4-4
C) Does a fruit roll up count?

How do you get your vitamin c?

A) A glass of orange juice
B) A fresh orange
C) Prenatal vitamin

Your total calcium intake for the day usually includes:
A) Calcium fortified OJ cheese on pizza( yes that really counts) Frozen Yogurt
B) Skim milk in cereal, fruit and yogurt smoothie, cheese sandwich, steamed broccoli
C) The yellow square they out on burgers…. And how about that creamer?


The color of your bread is?
A) White
B) Brown
C) I gave up bread because it’s a carb

What types of drinks do you have in your fridge?
A) 2 percent milk and apple juice
B) Skim milk, calcium fortified oj, water( sparkling counts too)
C) Diet Soda

What’s in your freezer?
A) Frozen Pizza, Frozen Chicken Nuggets, Frozen Yogurt
B) Frozen Veggies, Veggie Burgers, Blueberries
C) Frozen Candy Bars

Your Salad is made out of :
A) Ready- made iceberg mix with carrots and cabbage, cucumbers
B) Romaine lettuce, red peppers, tomato, sunflower seeds
C) What’s a salad?

Your Favorite Grain is :
A) Quick brown rice in a bag
B) Bulgur wheat or Quinoa
C) White rice

What’s in your pantry?
a) Canned fruit in syrup
b) Canned fruit in water
c) Candy

How many glasses of fluids do you have a day?
A) About 6
B) At least 8
C) Coffee counts… right?

Your Favorite desert is:
A) Fresh Peach Pie
B) Fresh Peaches
C) Death by Chocolate cake

When you want something to munch on while watching tv you reach for :
A) Salted pretzels
B) Raw vegetables, and fresh tomato Salsa
C) Chocolate chip Cookies

What’s your oil of choice?
A) Vegetable oil
B) Olive or Canola oil
C) Margarine melted

Where do you keep the fruit in your house?
A) In a fruit bowl on the dining room table
B) In the center of my fridge
C) What fruit?

































now for the addition!
For every a you get 1 point
for every b you get 2 points
for every c you get 0 points


howd you do?

31 - 40 you are on the right track!@! good for you!!
16-30 not bad at all! With just a few tweaks you can totally be right on track!
0-15 get ready! your diet needs a major over haul!




And in case you were wondering... I got a 31 :)

Work, Sex, Sleep... There HAS to be more! There is!

Fire up the romance, by getting away from each other! :)


Sometimes, you just can't handle being in his presence for one more second, you eat together, sleep together, make love with only each other. Shower together, sometimes * oh the embarrassment* pee while he's in the bathroom! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I know the feeling ladies, I have the added bonus of also WORKING with my Husband, Laura and Heather also know all about that!

Yeesh, nothing takes the sexy out of romance like no surprises, and nothing to talk about... no joke!

You may ask yourselves, how do I get us out of this rut?

the answer is far more simple than you may think.. you get yourselves out of the rut by simply getting away.... from each other.

Honey I know that you have friends or family out of town who you want to see, but he never can "make the time" which translates roughly into is too lazy to go with you, so awesome!!! Offer him a chance to go with you, and when he refuses accept it gracefully and go anyway!!!!

I know that when you get back, the sex will be great, the conversation will be sparked, and the love that was beginning to dull with OVER POLISHING if you catch my drift, will be back and ready to work! :D


It's nice to have you time, you need to drive int eh car and listen to YOUR favorite radio station, or go to a baby supply depot ( Burlington coat factory, or babies r us) and totally freak out and daydream over your baby's room.

we all know that we have gone to mother hood maternity ( or another store just like it) and tried on the baby bellies, just to see what we would look like pregnant, and realized how freaking perfect we will look as mothers.


So take my advice, and get out of the house, without your spouse. Go do something spontaneous and amazing. :) You know you want to! <3


*Sarah*

Why you should eat to concieve!

Many people ask the question, why do I have to eat right to make a baby? people accidentally make babies all the time. Right but if you were the type of people who could accidentally make babies all the time you probably wouldn't be reading this post.

You have the amazing ( Though disheartening sometimes)_ Chance to decide you want to have a baby before you have to have a baby. :) So it only makes sense that you should eat correctly now, to start the habit during pregnancy, which will then carry over in to breast feeding if you are, and then into the baby's solid food intake. Talk about creating a solid foundation huh?

The choices you make today, from buying a new car, to a bag of cheetos vs carrot sticks and ranch will effect the future, that means your baby.. and since I know that all of you want a healthy baby, and a healthier you, I suggest you talk to your doc, about getting referred to a nutritionist, or do what I did, and get What to expect, eating well when you're expecting, read it through, figure out which recipes you can stomach ( Salmon pocket? *GAG*) And which you can't, and go from there.

Don't start adding those extra calories to your diet until you actually recieve the news that your bun is in the oven please. no need to give yourself that extra padding, while it will just make it harder for those of us who are not dainty to conceive.


Anyways, just my 2 cents!! *huggles and good luck as you pee on the stick this month!*


Sarah

Caffeine and Nicotine, fertility fuck ups?

If there is anything that can hamper fertility, it's nicotine, and the over consumption of caffeine!

Nicotine, put the cigarettes DOWN, you do not want them, nor do your ovaries.

If you are already pregnant and still smoking, consider this, you are trapping your baby in a womb that is filling with smoke on a daily basis. He or she can't get away from the poison. That's right Poison, it's Poisoning the precious bundle you are trying to nurture. So put it out!

Caffeine, Not so bad in moderation, no more than 200 mg a day, that could be as many as 4-5 sodas a day! Just moderate moderate moderate when it comes to chemicals that act as stimulants. Sometimes take them completely out of your life.

Drugs: Weed, Crack, Heroine, Speed... Stop doing those, this may sound silly, but think about it, those drugs are affecting your baby's brain at this very moment! Do yourself, and your unborn child a favor and get off the drugs.


Remember ladies, these rules aren't just for the luckily expecting, it's also for the desperately trying/hoping.

All this tracking has me feeling like a hound dog!

It's been months, years, I've been tracking forever! I am tired of taking my basal body temperature, and tired of checking my Cervical Mucus, and Tired of feeling around for my cervical position!

I know, It's tedious, it's obnoxious, and to be quite honest, it hasn't worked all that well up to this point! well Dear, it is working. It's helping you find out more about your body, and your natural cycles, and rhythms, and things of that nature.

Not only that, but it's helping rule things out! It will tell you how long your normal cycle is, it will tell you when to expect an interruption of the "regularly scheduled sex" because of Aunt Flow, and it will become the proof your dr needs to start you on Fertility drugs if needed.

So keep it up Momma to be! It will all be worth it in the end when you are holding that beautiful baby in your arms! :D

To test or not to test, and speaking of.. which test is best?

So I know this is an important one on everyone's mind! To test or not to test!

I'm not sure if I"m pregnant, I feel weird, and it' s too early/late to be my period, I'm bleeding, but not period bleeding, crampiness.. could I be ovulating? Could I be pregnant and encountering implantation bleeding?

So many questions swirling around in my head! I can't seem to make a decision!

Lets make this easy! Every two weeks, pee on a stick.
It doesn't matter if it's a dollar store test, or a 20 dollar test, if you test every two weeks, you will figure out pretty darn quick when you are expecting!

I personally prefer to use the Clear Blue Easy tests, they are just easier to deal with, and I feel like I"m really getting my money's worth when I can buy 5 for 22 bucks!
That doesn't make it the best test out there, and to be perfectly honest, in the end, the best test out there is the one that says positive! Right? lol That's what I thought.

So Choose a day of the week, and make sure that once every two weeks, you pee on the stick, make it part of a nice routine, do the deed, and then start the water for a nice warm bath, apply a facial mask, and put up your hair.


After you are done with that, three minutes should have passed, look at your test. Either way, whether it's positive or not, it doesn't matter. You can relax the stress of a negative result away with the bath, or quickly scrub off the mask and screech your way down the hall holding the test above your head as you tell your hubby! :)

Easy advice huh?

Enjoy your testing days, they may lead to a small bout of depression, but at least if you test every two weeks, you can pin point the date of conception easier. :D

Hope that helps all!

All I want for Christmas is two pink lines

Well hello there ladies! if you are reading this, it's because you are TTC, Pregnant, Have just lost a baby, or been told you can never have kids.

What we want to Accomplish with this blog:
Knowledge! I want to empower all of you ladies to take charge of your fertility!( yes that's a book title, get it read it :D) I want you to understand the signs of fertility and be able to take advantage, or avoid them.

Answers! I want to put answers to questions in here, so that you can have a little relief. Talking to your dr is hard! and most of them don't want to take the time to ahve an in depth conversation about your problems, " Take these pills, have sex" ok..... not good enough for me! and I"m sure it's not good enough for you either!

Give Advice! There are Three of us here, and none of us are Doctor's, we Just know what it's like to hear the works
" You'll never have Children"
" You are medically Infertile"
" I"m sorry Ma'am, you've lost the baby"
" No dear, I don't want to have kids"

We have all felt the shock, cried the tears, then we figured out that the doctor's aren't always right, that our bodies heal, and that as our relationships strengthen Hope can return!

Busting through Embarrassment! You shouldn't be embarrassed by your body, that's not fair! You should be in tune with your body, understanding it's needs, and clues.

Cervical Mucus! OMG I said it! It's natural, and it's the only thing that will make sure his swimmers reach your egg(s) without dying!

Screw Guilt! I want you to know right now, that we have all had the thought,

" Why is it that I want to get pregnant, a nd can provide a good stable home for a child, yet can't conceive, yet Suzy dropherpants over there is pregnant once a year?"

Yeah, that's normal, don't feel guilty, it's human nature to be jealous, and want what we don't have, and covering it in a righteous anger is also normal.

In a nutshell Education. Support. Sympathy.

We are the blessedbethemommas3, and we are here for you.

Thank you for reading! <3

A grand adventure is about to begin. -- Winnie the Pooh

http://barebaby.typepad.com/barebaby/2007/08/triplets-vs-bri.html

A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die.
-- Mary Mason

A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside... when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.
-- Author Unknown


Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.
-- Mandy Harrison

Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of Mother's Love.
-- Maureen Hawkins

Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.
-- Carrie Fisher

Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
-- Elizabeth Stone

Pregnant women! They had that weird frisson, an aura of magic that combined awkwardly with an earthy sense of duty. Mundane, because they were nothing unique on the suburban streets; ethereal because their attention was ever somewhere else. Whatever you said was trivial. And they had that preciousness which they imposed wherever they went, compelling attention, constantly reminding you that they carried the future inside, its contours already drawn, but veiled, private, an inner secret.
-- Ruth Morgan

The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
-- Jill Churchill

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it.
-- Irena Chalmers