by Angela McAuliffe | Feb 19, 2016 | Second Trimester
During week 26, I had the pleasure of having my glucose test done. Being a first-time mom, I had no idea what to expect so I turned to others for a little inside scoop. The most common response I got was, “OMG the drink is so gross…good luck!” Either I’m a sugar addict or just weird, but I didn’t think the drink was that...
by Angela McAuliffe | Feb 12, 2016 | Second Trimester
As the weeks pass by and my stomach keeps growing, I can’t help but get more and more excited to meet McBaby in 15 short weeks! Boot Camp ends next week and I started thinking about if I wanted to sign up for another 6 weeks. My initial thought was, ‘holy shit I’m going to be 33+ weeks pregnant – how the hell am I going to do this?” But then I quickly realized I need my Boot Camp…I need each and every one of them that is in that...
by Angela McAuliffe | Feb 5, 2016 | Second Trimester
This week we had our first baby scare and I don’t know if I could go through another one. On Tuesday night I noticed that I wasn’t feeling a lot of movement during our nightly 9PM play time. I didn’t think much of it until I woke up the next morning with a tight feeling in my stomach and still not feeling any...
by Angela McAuliffe | Jan 29, 2016 | Second Trimester
Even though I had a terrible work week and I unfortunately let it get the best of me a few times, week 23 was still amazing. One of the best things about pregnancy is that it puts a lot of things into perspective. Things you use to worry about aren’t even on your radar and things you never thought were important are now number one of your...
by Angela McAuliffe | Jan 22, 2016 | Second Trimester
By week 22 you would have thought I would be a professional at dealing with people’s comments, but I’m not. Growing a human is hard work and I’m doing the best I can. I’m trying to balance work, married life, and my fitness/nutrition and sometimes somethings got to give. My biggest struggle comes from people’s comments about my weight...
by Angela McAuliffe | Jan 15, 2016 | Second Trimester
Since finding out we are having a baby boy, the million dollar questions has been; “What’s his name?” To be completely honest, Tim and I have no freaking clue. We started a list of names, but both came to the conclusion that we don’t want to make a decision just...
