Ok, so don’t hate me forever…I am saving this week’s “Meg Makes It On Monday” for Tuesday. It’s going to be a really good one though — sweet potato soup! I can’t wait to try it. So why did I not make it tonight? Well friends, the past two days have been really rough for me. While some pregnancy symptoms (i.e. all-day nausea) have packed their bags and moved on, I now have a new and mean-spirited visitor: round ligament pain. Basically, my uterus is expanding to make room for our growing baby, and all the stretching and pulling going on in there is causing horrible shooting pains, and at times, it feels like my insides are being squeezed like a lemon. Ouch!

I called my doctor today to calm all my irrational fears (what if all this pain is because something is wrong with the baby?!), and it seems that what I’m going through is perfectly normal. As long as there’s not any symptoms associated with the aches — fever, chills, spotting, etc. — everything is A-OK. Good news, but unfortunately, I was told there’s really nothing I can do to ease the pain. And trust me, I’ve tried! Last night, I did Summer Sanders prenatal workout to try to stretch out and took regular Tylenol (which is on my approved medicine list), but to no avail. I did tough it out at work today, and went to the grocery store tonight, but I could barely make it through the aisles I was so uncomfortable. So no soup for us tonight, since I’ve decided to take it easy and rest, but hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

On a happy note, I did achieve my goal of working out 5 days last week! Yay for me! I was going to reward myself with shoes, but I saw something at the store tonight that seemed to be just the thing I need right now:

I can’t wait to fill up the tub and soak in some of this mineral bath. It smells so good, too! (And no, I was not compensated or asked to endorse this product. Ok, FTC?)

And a big shout out goes to my husband for starting his own weight loss plan today! He wants to lose 25 pounds by August, and joined Sparkpeople.com to track his calories. I’m so proud of him — love you, honey!

Have a wonderful week, everyone!