Vitals
200lbs
110/77 bp
General Mood: feeling tired, due to busy schedule.
Ok so food has not been going good this past week. I have been eating out. Mostly because we have been soooo extraordinarily busy. I mean extremely busy. But I have been trying to eat in moderation when eating out.
Meaning for lunch I will have soup and salad, or soup and a half sandwich.
Snack is normally an apple with almond butter, second snack towards the end of the work day is peanut butter crackers, and I drink a ton and I do mean a ton of water.
There are some things that are the same this pregnancy, I am remember around week 7 I started to get hungry and have some nausea. This pregnancy is the same. I need a snack at least every 2.5 hours or I start to feel nauseated. I have to make sure my meals are not to big because if I eat to much I feel like sick.
Other than that this pregnancy has been so much smoother thus far than my Layna Bug. I threw up with her all day every day from 6.5 weeks to week 13. I was also a lil more tired with her. This lil one I am tired, and do have days of exhaustion but it isn't to the extent i remember with her. But that may be because your first pregnancy is so new and every memory of it seems exaggerated. One thing I do now that I did then is pray. I pray over this child all day every day. And I have a very special prayer time in the morning.
During my morning prayer. I pray for this family, I pray for this baby, I pray that the Lord's peace, love, grace and mercy dwell in this family from now to the tenth generation. My prayers encompass my life, so I pray for work, to be a better wife and mama, to really hear the Lord speak to me through the holy spirit and walk by faith and not by sight. It is the best time of the morning. I feel like praying in the morning helps me, helps this family and keeps me in lock step with the Lord.
I marvel at the fact that I conceived. Conceived without medical intervention, conceived a healthy happy baby..When every doctor i went to outside of Dr. Miller was like um lets give you these unbelievably strong hormones etc etc. I just thank God. He heard my cry and answered my prayers. Now i am not saying that medicine does not have its place because had i not conceived we were planning on going to the fertility center at the beginning of the year but Hubby was not really for that and i was scared, but more scared of not trying. I just thank God that when I prayed to try one more time without any doctors He heard me and delivered me.
Just a side note, last night Hubbin and I were chillin and watching late night videos ran across a couple of rap and rock video's. I was like oh my God are our kids watching these folks, pass of this muck as music. One rapper in his video actually had a quick scene where he turned into the devil, makeup, horns and all. Another video the singer her visuals were so out there and they felt just wrong. I firmly believe that we need to monitor diligently what our children watch and listen to. I believe in art for art sake, but only to the extent that it doesn't border on devilish unbelievably offensive type of behavior and images. I think I am just changing as a person. That is all for now LOL cause i am sleepy.
Battle Cry:
All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Prayer 4 am
This post is about prayer...
Every morning, almost every, I wake up at 4 am and pray for my child. I pray for her health and strength. I pray for my health and strength. I pray against Satan and any anxiety or fear that all these hormonal changes may cause and most of all, I pray the blood of Jesus over this child from conception through pregnancy to delivery and beyond.
Jesus is a way maker, a deliverer, and a father. I continually try and cast all of my cares upon the Lord because I know he cares for me. Being a mother, to a child in your belly means you pray all day, at least I do. I pray because as I have said to Hubbin from the very first moment you know you are pregnant you feel a deep responsibility to your child. Your whole person is uniquely attuned to the fact that there is a child you have to care for in your womb and that it is not just staying healthy and feeding the child. No caring for Amayah for me is praying for her, rubbing my belly telling her I love her...believing God for her. It is acts of love on a consistent basis because who I am is tied up so intrinsically into this family, into being a wife, into being Alayna and Amayah's and eventually Elijah's mama that I pray for them all day long.
The Lord heard my cries, there were many, and delivered me and He will see this pregnancy through to completion. I believe God for this healthy happy baby.
I feel as though my gift is prayer. Intercessory prayer to be specific. As most Christians know prayer changes things, Satan wants to keep you disconnected from God, and indulging in sin and all manner of busyness so that you forget. Forget that the Father cares for you, and you can come to him in prayer. You can bend your head in the car and pray for your family member, for your marriage for your unborn child. You can pray to the Holy Spirit. God hears all of your cries...Eventually when i publish some of this blog, I hope this entry will find the person who needed to hear this small message in a message. Praise God.
I am eating ok. This weekend was not the best but we were coming off of the exam weekend last weekend and i was tired. I am going grocery shopping today- so I can get us back into consistent home made meals, that are not loaded with bad stuff.
Exercise, I did find a set of four dvd's that are specifically made for pregnancy so that I can exercise Hubbin is going to go and get them from the library. that was important to me because I have only been able to walk on the weekends, because by the time I get home it is dark. But i will not let go of my workout regimine. My blood pressure is excellent 111/75...
I want to keep it that way and I will.
Praise God today.
Battle Cry"
Be yeah anxious for nothing but in all things through prayer and supplication make your request known to God and the peace of God which trandscends all understanding will guard your hearts and mind in Christ Jesus.
Second scripture Ephesians 6:14-18
Every morning, almost every, I wake up at 4 am and pray for my child. I pray for her health and strength. I pray for my health and strength. I pray against Satan and any anxiety or fear that all these hormonal changes may cause and most of all, I pray the blood of Jesus over this child from conception through pregnancy to delivery and beyond.
Jesus is a way maker, a deliverer, and a father. I continually try and cast all of my cares upon the Lord because I know he cares for me. Being a mother, to a child in your belly means you pray all day, at least I do. I pray because as I have said to Hubbin from the very first moment you know you are pregnant you feel a deep responsibility to your child. Your whole person is uniquely attuned to the fact that there is a child you have to care for in your womb and that it is not just staying healthy and feeding the child. No caring for Amayah for me is praying for her, rubbing my belly telling her I love her...believing God for her. It is acts of love on a consistent basis because who I am is tied up so intrinsically into this family, into being a wife, into being Alayna and Amayah's and eventually Elijah's mama that I pray for them all day long.
The Lord heard my cries, there were many, and delivered me and He will see this pregnancy through to completion. I believe God for this healthy happy baby.
I feel as though my gift is prayer. Intercessory prayer to be specific. As most Christians know prayer changes things, Satan wants to keep you disconnected from God, and indulging in sin and all manner of busyness so that you forget. Forget that the Father cares for you, and you can come to him in prayer. You can bend your head in the car and pray for your family member, for your marriage for your unborn child. You can pray to the Holy Spirit. God hears all of your cries...Eventually when i publish some of this blog, I hope this entry will find the person who needed to hear this small message in a message. Praise God.
I am eating ok. This weekend was not the best but we were coming off of the exam weekend last weekend and i was tired. I am going grocery shopping today- so I can get us back into consistent home made meals, that are not loaded with bad stuff.
Exercise, I did find a set of four dvd's that are specifically made for pregnancy so that I can exercise Hubbin is going to go and get them from the library. that was important to me because I have only been able to walk on the weekends, because by the time I get home it is dark. But i will not let go of my workout regimine. My blood pressure is excellent 111/75...
I want to keep it that way and I will.
Praise God today.
Battle Cry"
Be yeah anxious for nothing but in all things through prayer and supplication make your request known to God and the peace of God which trandscends all understanding will guard your hearts and mind in Christ Jesus.
Second scripture Ephesians 6:14-18
14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Carbs
Ok so i have added carbs back into my diet because I am pregnant. However I now realize even in pregnancy I am going to have to limit the carbohydrates to fruit and veggies and some rice some time.
Today so far I have gained about three pounds, that isn't a lot but I don't want it to increase. My food consumption has not been the best but not bad either.
-This morning I had shredded wheat with grapes for breakfast
-Snack was a yogurt parfait with fruity (problem with this yogurt was sweet, had to many carbs, carbs in fruit and granola.
-Lunch was a piece of leftover steak, brocolli and (mistake fried okra)
-Dinner was a salad and pulled pork (no bread).... by no stretch of the imagination is this a horrible diet, however, yesterday I indulged and had two small doughnuts for breakfast, that is too many carbs back to back with today...
So tomorrow for breakfast and lunch I am going back to my protein packed breakfast and lunch, snack will be a carb, then second snack will be nuts mixture.
Water water water is typically my drink choice. I walked a mile yesterday, instead of my two because it was getting dark. Now I am realizing I will need to walk on the treadmill at home two days a week, if i don't get home early enough to walk outside and of course my weekend walk will be outside.
Today so far I have gained about three pounds, that isn't a lot but I don't want it to increase. My food consumption has not been the best but not bad either.
-This morning I had shredded wheat with grapes for breakfast
-Snack was a yogurt parfait with fruity (problem with this yogurt was sweet, had to many carbs, carbs in fruit and granola.
-Lunch was a piece of leftover steak, brocolli and (mistake fried okra)
-Dinner was a salad and pulled pork (no bread).... by no stretch of the imagination is this a horrible diet, however, yesterday I indulged and had two small doughnuts for breakfast, that is too many carbs back to back with today...
So tomorrow for breakfast and lunch I am going back to my protein packed breakfast and lunch, snack will be a carb, then second snack will be nuts mixture.
Water water water is typically my drink choice. I walked a mile yesterday, instead of my two because it was getting dark. Now I am realizing I will need to walk on the treadmill at home two days a week, if i don't get home early enough to walk outside and of course my weekend walk will be outside.
Choices
"The heart of a woman holds many secrets"
Truer words I have never heard. Today I got to thinking about choices. Choices I have made knowingly and the ones that were inadvertently made by choices I didn't make.
In this time of rampant opportunity in my company. I am choosing to be a wife and a mama... Which means that I can not pick up my family and go cross country or even a couple or one state over to pursue my career. Whenever you have a family, some choices you had before diminish and the trick is to not mourn the loss of those choices, because a couple of things in life are true.
1. Most opportunities in life have a way of coming around again- most often at far more appropriate times.
2. God is correct he knows what you need to be doing in the Now of your circumstances.
I have decided not to mourn my decisions, I have decided to be thankful for this family and not sad that the type of woman and mama that i want to be has made decisions that are contrary to the young lady i once was. I go to God at these times.... and he gives me peace.
Truer words I have never heard. Today I got to thinking about choices. Choices I have made knowingly and the ones that were inadvertently made by choices I didn't make.
In this time of rampant opportunity in my company. I am choosing to be a wife and a mama... Which means that I can not pick up my family and go cross country or even a couple or one state over to pursue my career. Whenever you have a family, some choices you had before diminish and the trick is to not mourn the loss of those choices, because a couple of things in life are true.
1. Most opportunities in life have a way of coming around again- most often at far more appropriate times.
2. God is correct he knows what you need to be doing in the Now of your circumstances.
I have decided not to mourn my decisions, I have decided to be thankful for this family and not sad that the type of woman and mama that i want to be has made decisions that are contrary to the young lady i once was. I go to God at these times.... and he gives me peace.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Huuuuunnnnngggrrrryyyy
Today i swear my hunger went in to over drive.
Here are the stats,
Half a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast with some sausage
then a boiled egg at work and a piece of bacon (i got up at 5,this second meal happened closer to 9)
snack mid day, nuts
lunch, home made black bean soup and a salad
snack again around 3...nutrigrain bar
snack again around 5 peanut butter crackers
random at mama house a salad
finally dinner steamed broccoli, cabbage and corned beef.
I never eat this much in a day.... But today i was hungrier than hungry... Felt a little nauseous on the way to get the hubbin, and had a unexpected hot flash early afternoon....having another one now.
I am exhausted, I am believing and praying for Amaya's health and happiness and for a successful pregnancy and successful wonderful delivery.
Here are the stats,
Half a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast with some sausage
then a boiled egg at work and a piece of bacon (i got up at 5,this second meal happened closer to 9)
snack mid day, nuts
lunch, home made black bean soup and a salad
snack again around 3...nutrigrain bar
snack again around 5 peanut butter crackers
random at mama house a salad
finally dinner steamed broccoli, cabbage and corned beef.
I never eat this much in a day.... But today i was hungrier than hungry... Felt a little nauseous on the way to get the hubbin, and had a unexpected hot flash early afternoon....having another one now.
I am exhausted, I am believing and praying for Amaya's health and happiness and for a successful pregnancy and successful wonderful delivery.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Alayna--The Wonderful
My daughter Alayna is the joy of my life. I didn't know two year olds were so hilarious. Tiresome, but hilarious.
today she did two things that made me smile. She is by nature curious, so potty training to say the least has been an adventure. Apparently at school, she sits on the toilet, starts to pee and then stands up on the lil stool they give them to watch it go down. Uhhh baby girl wrong move, pee all over the floor, poor teachers. When i got the text message from the hubbin about the incident i was at first upset, but then before I knew it I was laughing hysterically. My Layna girl always trying to see 'the how'.
Secondly, on the way home. I am tired, cross, ready to eat and my Layna tells me moooommmmmmyyyyyyyy, and i say 'yes Layna'....mommy, mommy can I have a necklace like yours. Now this is funny because this morning, I put on a necklace. Layna said mooooommmmy I want a necklace I said ok baby I will get you one, now lets roll so we can get to school. Layna runs to the car talking about 'Lets ROLL Daddy'....now 12 hours had past there bouts but she has thought about this necklace enough to ask me about it 12 hours later out of the clear blue sky.
You know what this means right? You got it, mama gonna go get her lil a necklace...
I love this kid, she brings such light and joy and wonderment to our lives. Her spirit is sweet and adventurous. She is not a follower but she is somehow, amazingly, wonderfully empathetic, and kind. I pray that God continuously has favor and grace and mercy follow her all her days.
Although you give up a lot my life is 10*10000 times better with Henry and Alayna in it and now little Amaya....Praise God today....
One day someone may see this blog, and I hope they take encouragement from my battle cries. God is the answer, he is the author and finisher of our faith, he is the provider, and nothing is impossible with Christ Jesus at the helm.
Psalm 113:9
He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
today she did two things that made me smile. She is by nature curious, so potty training to say the least has been an adventure. Apparently at school, she sits on the toilet, starts to pee and then stands up on the lil stool they give them to watch it go down. Uhhh baby girl wrong move, pee all over the floor, poor teachers. When i got the text message from the hubbin about the incident i was at first upset, but then before I knew it I was laughing hysterically. My Layna girl always trying to see 'the how'.
Secondly, on the way home. I am tired, cross, ready to eat and my Layna tells me moooommmmmmyyyyyyyy, and i say 'yes Layna'....mommy, mommy can I have a necklace like yours. Now this is funny because this morning, I put on a necklace. Layna said mooooommmmy I want a necklace I said ok baby I will get you one, now lets roll so we can get to school. Layna runs to the car talking about 'Lets ROLL Daddy'....now 12 hours had past there bouts but she has thought about this necklace enough to ask me about it 12 hours later out of the clear blue sky.
You know what this means right? You got it, mama gonna go get her lil a necklace...
I love this kid, she brings such light and joy and wonderment to our lives. Her spirit is sweet and adventurous. She is not a follower but she is somehow, amazingly, wonderfully empathetic, and kind. I pray that God continuously has favor and grace and mercy follow her all her days.
Although you give up a lot my life is 10*10000 times better with Henry and Alayna in it and now little Amaya....Praise God today....
One day someone may see this blog, and I hope they take encouragement from my battle cries. God is the answer, he is the author and finisher of our faith, he is the provider, and nothing is impossible with Christ Jesus at the helm.
Psalm 113:9
He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
Life, food, and a Monday
Okay Okay Okay, so i said i promise to keep a tabs here on what i eat during the day.
This pregnancy, I have vowed to watch my weight and to only gain 25/30lbs. Last time i gained 57, well maybe more but i stopped counting at 57 that was right around 36 weeks.
Anyway, went to the dr, nutritionist, she advised i stay on a yeast free diet. I concurred with a little big of wiggle room. One i will still have some rice very seldom. I will drink dairy, and i will get to have one sweet potato a week... But I agreed with her and will not indulge in pasta, bread, white potato's, chips, crackers, candy, sweet things in general....
So that brings me to today.
Breakfast was eggs and bacon
snack was cashews/dried cranberry
lunch was small piece of steak, steamed broccolli with butter and a small salad
dinner was black bean soup
snack again was walnuts and a kosher pickle
That my friend besides water sums up my food intake for the day.
Some days I will splurge, I am sure... but at least I can start off trying to maintain a healthy weight.
I am about 4 weeks along I believe at least that is what the due date calculator has said. First Dr appt in Oct.
I believe God for a healthy happy baby, I pray for her all day, talk to her, talk to God about her. I know it will be a 'she/her'....I feel it.
Battle Cry for the day: Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
Friday, September 6, 2013
I'm Pregnant
Thank you Thank You Thank You Jesus.
I had to recount this day on this blog... OMG.... so here goes, the hubbin and I were actively trying in August, and I was like, praying praying praying to the Lord to conceive. Well today I was like okay my P has not come yet, temps are up, peeing like a bandit, but my legs are aching this is a sign of P right.
Still something told me to go ahead and get a pregnancy test. I took the hubbin to work stopped by CVS on the way to work. Got to work almost ran to the bathroom, took the test, thinking ahh whatever lets just get this out the way. If you are not preggars, wont let it ruin the week.
I looked down at the dang gone test and saw that plus sign. I jumped clear off that toilet saying thank you Jesus.
All day long i was thanking Jesus, saying praising God for his wonderful blessing. I have cried writing this blog, I have prayed, i have screamed, I have prayed and screamed while crying. But the Lord heard my plea, and from the moment I found out I am expecting another miracle, I have been praying for her, for her health, for a healthy baby and healthy pregnancy.
From point forward this blog is now about Amaya, and about this pregnancy journey. About growing as a woman and thanking God he heard my cry. I want to grow even closer to God not because he gave me what I wanted, but because I know there is an assignment for me yet. I love the Lord for who he is, I thank him for what HE has done.
I approx 2.5 wks preggars and I thank God that I didn't have to take any fertility treatments. I lost 40lbs, and I cut back drastically on the carbs.
I will outline what i eat daily, I always read pregnancy journals were they are like eat healthy and i was always like well duh what does that mean, what foods are you actually eating.
I will try my best to outline a lot of that here.
I plan and hope to only gain 30-35lbs this go around. Last time i gained 57lbs.....Yeah Yeah.....I know that is a hella lot.
Right now vitals are good. I am on a prenatal vitamin from walmart. (yes i bought some asap on the first day i found out)...I also am taking armour for my thyroid....
Here we go, battle cry for today: Exodus 24:25-26
25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
And the keynote scripture I have said to myself over and over again, inserting my name for Abram's
Genesis. 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
I had to recount this day on this blog... OMG.... so here goes, the hubbin and I were actively trying in August, and I was like, praying praying praying to the Lord to conceive. Well today I was like okay my P has not come yet, temps are up, peeing like a bandit, but my legs are aching this is a sign of P right.
Still something told me to go ahead and get a pregnancy test. I took the hubbin to work stopped by CVS on the way to work. Got to work almost ran to the bathroom, took the test, thinking ahh whatever lets just get this out the way. If you are not preggars, wont let it ruin the week.
I looked down at the dang gone test and saw that plus sign. I jumped clear off that toilet saying thank you Jesus.
All day long i was thanking Jesus, saying praising God for his wonderful blessing. I have cried writing this blog, I have prayed, i have screamed, I have prayed and screamed while crying. But the Lord heard my plea, and from the moment I found out I am expecting another miracle, I have been praying for her, for her health, for a healthy baby and healthy pregnancy.
From point forward this blog is now about Amaya, and about this pregnancy journey. About growing as a woman and thanking God he heard my cry. I want to grow even closer to God not because he gave me what I wanted, but because I know there is an assignment for me yet. I love the Lord for who he is, I thank him for what HE has done.
I approx 2.5 wks preggars and I thank God that I didn't have to take any fertility treatments. I lost 40lbs, and I cut back drastically on the carbs.
I will outline what i eat daily, I always read pregnancy journals were they are like eat healthy and i was always like well duh what does that mean, what foods are you actually eating.
I will try my best to outline a lot of that here.
I plan and hope to only gain 30-35lbs this go around. Last time i gained 57lbs.....Yeah Yeah.....I know that is a hella lot.
Right now vitals are good. I am on a prenatal vitamin from walmart. (yes i bought some asap on the first day i found out)...I also am taking armour for my thyroid....
Here we go, battle cry for today: Exodus 24:25-26
25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
And the keynote scripture I have said to myself over and over again, inserting my name for Abram's
Genesis. 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
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