I guess my instincts were correct, we are having a girl. Needless to say, we are both a bit shocked. Everyone kept telling us it was a boy--the Chinese prediction calendar, Chris, my Dad, his parents (on the basis of familial history). Anyway, it is a girl and in true fashion, our child refused to turn over during the ultrasound, so they were unable to examine her heart or her face. As a result, we have to back for another ultrasound in two weeks. I also received some troublesome news that I have placenta previa. Supposedly, this is very common early in pregnancy and often self-corrects. Hopefully, such will be the case with me. Until another ultrasound at 24 weeks to determine progress, I am to do no physical activity. Should be rather easy since I am not a faithful gym goer as it is, however, kind of ironic as a colleague asked today if a group of us wanted to work out together. I agreed with an abounding "yes." I guess someone has other plans for me. Sad. All in all, we have pleased few. Jessica has her baby with "no penis" and Olivia has her first girl cousin. Not bad. Bring on the pink!
Yes, indeeedy do. 0.0 is exactly the amount of weight I lost this week. Irritating! Here's the breakdown: number of times I cheated on my diet--ZERO! number of times I worked out--FIVE!! (running, no less). Now that is a mean, mean slap in the face. After I picked myself off the floor and resisted the urge to throw the scale through my window, I've come to realize that it is time to call in the big guns. There will be no messing around. Through a very valuable (HA!--sense the sarcasm) inservice this year, I've learned that I am "Green," meaning logical, research based, problem solver, mathmatical thinker. I am applying the same thought and strategy to my 'get fit' adventure. There will be no relying on the treadmill to tell me how much I've burned. That thing lies, LIES, LIES!! Take for example, the fact that each time I worked out, I burned at least 300 calories--most often 350, my pulse was around 87 (which is pretty much a near death resting ...
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Congrats on the Girl! I look forward to a niece!!
Lisa
I guess I was right after all! YAY! I am soo excited to have another niece! I hope I wasn't the last one to be called though!