Baby Blog

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for visiting my site. As you already know, I'm pregnant!!! 6 months now! I am so excited and happy to be pregnant with my first child and a boy at that! I wanted a boy so badly and did everything I could to make sure I had one through positive thoughts, speaking, praying and having faith that it would happen just as it was supposed to. I know that ultimately, God is in charge so I guess it was all in the plan for my husband and I.

I have been so blessed to have such an easy pregnancy so far. No nausea, morning sickness, food cravings or out of control weight gain. I always pictured myself being this HUGE pregnant chick because I am 5'11, usually weigh about 175 pounds and love to eat. After all the food craving stories I have heard from other women, I just knew I was in for it. But it has not been that way at all, thank God! I have been eating like I normally do while paying extra attention to make sure I eat more nutrient rich foods to make sure my child is as healthy as possible. Oh I still have my sweets- but in moderation. I just can't give them up because I love sugar! I get that from my father who loves his cakes, pies and ice cream.

I also work out 5 times a week when I am not too busy shooting American Gladiators or traveling. (By the way, eating right on the set was so challenging because even though there was healthy, clean food available, there were also 5 kinds of desert every day too!)  I get in an hour of cardio and light weight lifting which seems to be working for me. Of course I don't love the way I look right now. Sometimes I stand in the mirror naked and think "wow! look how big my butt is and why won't my arms stay toned!". But at the same time, I know that I am doing the best I can to stay fit and my body is supposed to go through these changes. Then after having those thoughts, I mostly feel like I can't wait to face the challenge of getting back to my best after giving birth!

What can I say - being pregnant has been a wonderful experience for me and I expect it to stay this way until my son is born.

I will keep you all posted as to how things are going along the way. I have some exciting news that I can't wait to share with you after I do more research! Take care and thanks for all the support.

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