Let's try this again

Well, here we go again - another pregnancy! This makes the 4th one (although, I think I may have had another one last month, but it was never confirmed). Since I'm not sure of the actual start date of my last period (do I count Sun, Jan 11 when there was really light spotting or do I count Wed, Jan 14 when it really kicked in?), but for now I'm going with Jan 11. That makes me currently 5 weeks and 2 days. Both of the previous miscarriages happened at exactly 7.5 weeks, so we're on pins and needles for the next few weeks. Well, actually we'll be nervous the whole time since we don't have a good track record!

I have made a lot of changes in the way I do things. I'm going to *try* to get some form of exercise every day - lately it's been 30+ minutes on the stationary bike. Once my heel stops hurting, I'd like to mix it up with a fast-paced walk on the treadmill. I also have a prenatal yoga DVD that I'm going to try to do at least twice a week. I bought a heart rate monitor so I can make sure that my heart rate doesn't get too high while exercising.

The other big change is my diet. For now, I've given up caffeine (including chocolate!) and artificial sweeteners. The hardest for me is going to be sweet tea when we go out to eat, but I discovered that Kroger sells caffeine free sweet tea by the gallon so I'll have a bit at home. Maybe that'll encourage me to eat more at home. :P

I have an appt on Friday for an ultrasound. I think it's just to see how things are progressing. It's also a good time for me to ask about things I can do to try and avoid another miscarriage (although from what I understand, it's not really possible to avoid a miscarriage unless I'm doing really stupid things like flinging myself down stairs or picking up heavy objects). The next main appt won't be until 11 weeks.