Saturday, July 31, 2010

My Little Princess is 23 weeks today


Dear Momma,
I weigh 1.25 lbs. & am nearly a foot long, I am almost completely formed
I am 23 weeks and 2 days old!
If you turn on the radio and sway to the music, I like to feel you dance. And my ears are starting to hear the sounds that the world makes. I am getting use to the dog's barking being loud.  
Go ahead, sing me a lullaby. I like it! 



Friday, July 30, 2010

Shutterfly


I have never used an online photo company, yet recently, I was searching Shutterfly for birthday invitations and birth announcements. Little Man is going to be one and I am pregnant with Little Princess. These are important events for our family and I want the best. 

They have a huge selection in all categories, but the selection of Baby Boy's First Birthday was surprising! There were 3 full pages of selections! All simply adorable. They did not make the selection easy! Just look at a few of these amazing cards! 

Cute, trendy card.

Elegant

Cute!

Equally amazing is the selection of birth announcements. They have them categorized as Baby Boy Birth Announcements, Baby Girl Birth Announcements, Twin Birth Announcements, and Holiday Birth Announcements. Since I know I am having a girl, I delved into the Baby Girl Birth Announcements. Wow! They are just stunning! I have selected a few to show the beautiful quality, but let me tell you, if you are looking for birth announcements, you need to go take a look. The limited amount I am showing you, just does not do justice to the large selection of announcements available!








Okay,okay, it's hard but I will stop!

I also checked out the Photo Christmas Cards. I have never done a photo card, but I am thinking I may do so this year! It will be easier, since I can make selection from the comfort of my own home. And remember, I am due November 25th. I think there will be a lot of online shopping in my future! They have a lot of great options and I selected a few of my favorites to show you:








Now that you've seen just a few of my favorites in these categories, you can see just why I want to work with Shutterfly! 
Don't you want to see what you want to make for your special occasion?










Extended! The Myself Trainer Review & Giveaway





Are you tired of spending money and time on pads, extra laundry and dry cleaning for bladder leaks and accidents?

The Myself Trainer can help you restore your pelvic muscles - yourself. It doesn't just pad the problem; it corrects the most common cause of the problem

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can help you:





  • avoid bladder leaks, accidents
  • avoid frequent urges
  • speed pregnancy recovery
  • enhance sexual pleasure





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Think of the time and money you spend on pads, additional laundry and dry cleaning year after year.Women spend nearly $750* each year to manage bladder leaks and accidents?
When used regularly, The Myself® Trainer can save you money each year, help make a dramatic difference in bladder leaks, accidents, sudden urges — and in the quality of your life.






PERSONAL GUIDED WORKOUT

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The Myself® Trainer 
is a personal, guided muscle strengthener, that can help you safely and effectively exercise your pelvic floor muscles and help keep them strong.
Your doctor may have recommended Kegel exercises (also known as pelvic floor muscle exercises) to keep your muscles toned. The Myself® Trainer helps you do these exercises correctly, giving you real-time feedback about the strength of your pelvic floor muscles during exercise.
Through simple, easy-to-follow, 5-minute, guided workouts, The Myself® Trainer  helps you isolate, lift and flex the correct muscles, which can be very hard if you do these exercises on your own. Imagine trying to do a bicep curl with an imaginary weight.





The Myself® Trainer
 works by helping women identify the correct muscles, providing resistance for the pelvic muscles to squeeze against, measuring the strength of pelvic muscle contractions and providing immediate feedback and motivational cues during the exercise.
The stronger the squeezing action by your pelvic muscles, the greater the number of colored bands that light up across the display on the screen.





MEASURING YOUR PROGRESS

Strength Levels
As the muscles get stronger, The Myself® Trainer tracks progress and moves you up through three different strength levels over time.
Seeing measurable, positive results is very motivating. Women using The Myself® Trainer have reported dramatic results that can be life changing. A strengthened pelvic floor can allow a woman to feel more confident and resume a lifestyle with more activity, socializing, travel, and freedom.

My Review

In the old days women did not discuss issues that arise from having babies, menopause, bladder issues,etc. Not today! Today's women share what is going on with them in hopes that 
1) Someone may have tips or advice for them
2) It may help someone else
That is what I am here to do for you today. My bladder is very weak from the way I carried my son. (I also have massive stretching and stretch marks. It looks like I had multiple babies.) I can giggle and dribble. I constantly feel as if I need "to go". Mine isn't too bad,as I can just wear a pantyliner. However, many women have the need to wear more. With that, comes the expense, as well as the worry that the heavier pads made for this may be showing through your clothing. I worry about this with a regular pad for my menstruation, much less these thicker pads for bladder leakage!
Sure, there is surgery for this. Who wants to pay thousands of dollars and have the inconvenience of the after- surgery experience?
This is where the The Myself® Trainer comes in. The Myself® Trainer can help you resore your pelvic muscles. The Myself® Trainer helps you identify the correct muscles, provides resistance for the pelvic muscles to squeeze against, measuring the strength of pelvic muscle contractions and provides immediate feedback and motivational cues during the exercises. 
  The Myself® Trainer is really very easy to use and I plan on maintaining a schedule of use to strengthen my bladder. I highly recommend this as a tool to assist you in correcting this issue. Cheaper than surgery. No downtime like with surgery. Easy! 





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