More About Me

I lose interest in blogs where the posts are long so I will try my best to keep these pretty short. I will also keep things candid. I don't believe in sugarcoating.

I'm a 5th (and final - hopefully) year graduate student getting my PhD in Biomedical Science. If I time things right, I should be finishing up in the fall of 2012. I am aware that God may have other plans but hopefully we're on the same wavelength this time. LOL. My husband is a Chef. I am 26 years old, he is 27. We've been married for 1.5 years but have been together for 5. We bought a house right after we got married so we could have a yard for our two dogs to run around and play.

I am a licensed Zumba Basic, Aqua Zumba, and Zumbatomic Instructor. I swear by Zumba because it helped me lose over 70lbs. Two of which I have gained back due to the pregnancy. HAHA. It's psychologically damaging to think about gaining almost half the weight I worked REALLY hard to lose back because I'm pregnant. I'll get over it.

My pregnancy strategy: Go with the flow. I teach three Zumba classes a week and will do so for as long as I can stand. Exercise combined with healthy eating habits should keep the weight gain at only what is necessary. To hell with the "I'm eating for two" crap. I also plan to have this baby naturally. All of my prenatal care is at a local freestanding birth center with Certified Nurse Midwives. HELL YEA! There will be more about my philosophy on natural childbirth in later posts.

This post is getting lengthy. I'll stop it here. The next series of posts will be dedicated to what I've experienced through my first couple of months of pregnancy regarding symptoms, birth center visits and all that good stuff.