tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326819132024-03-05T11:49:36.900-05:00Muscles and RAI am 37. I have rheumatoid arthritis. Having RA doesn't mean I can't also be an athlete. I have a daughter, Andra Kate, born 12/12/08, and am due with daughter #2 due 12/12/12.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.comBlogger402125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-60975959795004082622013-03-01T18:05:00.001-05:002013-03-01T18:05:58.483-05:00GrooveGetting there. Went to the school fitness center after school Wednesday and Friday and ran 2 miles and did core work both times. About 30 minutes total which is fine for now. Routine and regain basic fitness. Being back at school is fine...easier going back than with Andra, maybe less guilt. <br />
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My neck is in the process of being fixed by the chiropractor. The rheumatologist said I "risk paralysis" but he was speaking pretty generally and I have no degeneration in my spine so I figured it would be ok. I can actually turn my head now. I knew it was more muscular than RA related, despite my previous flares, from what the physical therapist said. Nothing he did helped but it helped me decide to try chiropractic. Hopefully it will keep improving a bit more. <br />
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Overall life is good. 5k for sandy hook Mach 23.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-52247808432276453042013-02-22T13:35:00.001-05:002013-02-22T13:35:09.578-05:00Back to workHead back to work Monday. Good thing too...I need routine. All the time in the world while on leave (well, not really, babies ARE work, even ones like Nora) and I couldn't find time to work out consistently. I ran a bit, lifted a bit, took a week off here and there. I'm not in worse shape, but I'm no better. I could run a 5k no problem, but it would be slow. I signed up for a 5k (Run for Sandy Hook in Hartford, it will be mobbed and that's my excuse for whatever my time will be) in March. In a month, in fact. My plan is to work out right after school twice a week and, if the snow ever melts, to run once on the weekend. That's not much, but it would be enough. I do still have a gym membership, but I don't use it much and don't plan to renew in June. I plan instead to go to CrossFit for the summer. Yeah, we'll see...all that free time might get in my way again...but that's the plan. With nursing, I won't drop weight. I am fine, but soft. Muffin top. Bigger boobs. Just have to go with the flow til I have more control. Nora is still an amazing baby. Chill, go with the flow, nothing bothers her for long. Love.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-77203621472024032282013-01-06T20:39:00.001-05:002013-01-06T20:39:25.818-05:00Making PlansChecked the race calendar for 2013. Ran 3.5 miles today. Just trying to be consistent to the tune of 3 times a week. Not quite there yet, but I'm good with 2. Nora can just go to the gym daycare now, so hopefully 3 won't be hard anymore. Speed? Eh...when I do a 5k this spring, I would like to be under 29 minutes. So, no pressure. Just want back out there. <br />
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Nora? Still perfect. Doesn't cry, barely fusses. Almost smiling. Great sleeper but still wakes to eat...but goes right back to sleep 90% of the time. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-89129252559561991652012-12-03T10:36:00.001-05:002012-12-03T10:36:18.508-05:00Pictures of the baby I never want to grow up...I've never been very sentimental but...I want Nora to stay tiny forever. <br />
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Plus a picture Andra drew. She is way into people and writing everyone's name except her own. 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Contractions started at 9pm and by 10 I figured this was it. We dropped Andra off at her cousin Zach's to go back to sleep and got to the hospital about 10:30. I was a little worried that I was 1.5 hours in and it was bearable. Andra's labor was only about 2 hours of pain plus her water broke before anything else and this baby's water was still intact. By about midnight I asked to be checked again and when they said I was only at 4-5cm I asked for an epidural. Hey, I did one naturally, I had nothing to prove. I was at an 8.5 by the time the epi was in, and got about half an hour of relative rest before pushing. The epi only really worked on te left side... It was weird. Eventually it kicked in more on the right but not fully. I admit to being skeptical of people who said their epidural a didn't work, but now know better. When they work they work!! I was checked again about 1:45 and her head was right there. Four pushed and she was our, piece of cake. Recovery has been way easier too. I am ready to go home, but Nora has a bit of jaundice and needs one more night, so since officially I get one more too I am staying. I thought I would get to walk down to the cafeteria or gift shop but I can't. They said I could be discharged and still stay on as a courtesy but I figure I might as well stay. The down side is they will keep bugging me in the middle of the might to check vitals where as they wouldn't do anything if I wasn't officially here. <br />
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Otherwise... 7lbs 3 oz and 19 inches at 37 weeks 4 days. Almost identical to Andra though she was 38 weeks 5 days. Nora latches better and has had her eyes open much more, I think Andra slept for 3 weeks straight. <br />
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-43456986623572260572012-11-20T11:15:00.002-05:002012-11-20T11:15:21.652-05:0037 weeks tomorrowMy doctor continues to be "impressed" with the contractions I have. NSTs are weekly now. I'm 2cm, so not much change. I do think she dropped lower as I feel more pressure, but at the same time, I don't think anything is imminent. Unlike the doctor who has been saying for weeks that it could be any time now. I'm 37 weeks (full term) tomorrow. Saturday would be a good day I think. I don't really want to have to go back to school Monday.<br />
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I weighed myself this morning...I started out 2 lbs heavier, and am about 3 lbs lighter than I was a 37 weeks last time. And I don't work out AT ALL any more or eat particularly well. Total weight gain has been about 15 lbs (148 to 163). Baby was measuring in 65th% at 35 weeks (6lbs 1 oz if you trust those things) so it's not like she is small. Maybe I'll get luck y and won't gain 10lbs while nursing this time.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-28958220809394029032012-10-27T10:13:00.000-04:002012-10-27T10:15:56.664-04:001.5 cm, steroid shots at 33 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This pregnancy has been pretty similar to the first. I was in the hospital for monitoring yesterday, and they decided to give me the steroid shots for lung development this time. They talked about it last time, but I kind of talked them out of it. This time, I am already 1.5 cm dilated, they only give the shots up to 34 weeks, and I do just have a feeling this baby could come by Thanksgiving (37 weeks) or a little before. There appears no real down side to the shots (and the upside for me? My awful neck pain is a little bit lessened!) so better safe than sorry as even if she is just a little early her lungs will benefit. I go get the second shot (and 2 hours of monitoring) today. I'm pretty sure my doctor would write me out of work if I wanted, but I can't. Not ready! I will take a lot of time this week (assuming we have school? Hurricane Irene put us out of school for a week, Sandy might get us a few days!) to get thing more in order. Found out I should have the same sub as last time so that helps. Here's a belly pic at 33 weeks:Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-88924323000938532622012-09-22T22:37:00.001-04:002012-09-22T22:37:19.535-04:00Long time...all is wellOK, I've gone nearly 2 months with nothing to say. Bad me, as I like looking back at this blog. But I guess honestly, there's just been not much to say. Baby is doing well, I am not working out much (some walks, some water running, some TRX at least until they changed the schedule and took out any classes for working people...yeah, they got a piece of my mind on that one...), school started, blah blah blah.<br />
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I did go lift today. Warmed up (walked .1, ran .1 for a mile), then started with kettlebell squats (not sure exactly what the move is called). OUCH. My inner thighs were not happy. I need to get back into lifting so that I am actually able to push this baby out!!<br />
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My ankle has been fine despite no NSAIDs anymore. My neck, on the other hand, is a mess. Sleeping at night is no longer interrupted by peeing, but rather by turning over in my sleep and waking up in severe pain. It's not like the flares I've had, but the right side of my cervical spine is a mess. Starting physical therapy Monday to see what it can do...can't hurt. The pain isn't debilitating or anything, but it's annoying. I can't turn my head much, so backing up while driving is tough. Sudden turns of the head when I forget really smart. And the whole sleep thing.<br />
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Maybe I'll check in again before I give birth. Oh, and I'm too lazy to take a belly picture (sorry, kid) but it looks approximately 8 months pregnant compared to me last time and approximately 5 months pregnant compared to a normal person. I'm 6.5, for the record (28 weeks).Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-71538642450728142682012-07-29T23:01:00.003-04:002012-07-29T23:01:36.422-04:00Subtalar jointI need to make another appointment with the foot and ankle doctor, but I am kind of wondering what they could even do while I'm pregnant? No x-rays. Maybe a cortisone injection. At any rate, my pain is not (or at least is no longer) in my talonavicular joint, it's now clearly (after lots of google image searches, haha) the subtalar joint. It will be FINE enough for me to run (the tiny bit I still do) or walk, but then randomly if I sit, or sometimes when I sleep, the pain starts and it HURTS. I just today went off the Voltaren (causes heart problems if taken in the third trimester, so at almost 21 weeks I want to be off of it) so am kind of worried it will get worse, but it's such a random pain. Not related to using it, more related to rest...almost like it just gets itself into a weird position and then if I force myself to walk around on it (can't do full weight bearing, but I hold onto furniture or the wall) it usually will work itself out in a few minutes. So, different from all my other RA pain. But that's the way it is.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-2836774325402335352012-07-16T22:26:00.003-04:002012-07-16T22:26:53.437-04:00The same...Rereading July 2008. I am about a week ahead of last pregnancy. Rereading it a blast...turns out BOTH girls were uncooperative at the first anatomy scans, both curled up into tight little balls and wouldn't move. Felt movement with both around 17 weeks. I said the kicks got stronger at almost 20 weeks, which would put me at around this coming weekend...we'll see! Friday I get anatomy scan round 2...<br />
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One difference is the working out. I was still doing 2-a-days and running (at a pace I would now consider "fast!"). Ha ha. Well, at least the weight gain is similar...I am maybe a pound over (6 total, versus 5 at 19 weeks). I just don't get hungry during pregnancy. No snacking, tiny meals. Whatever, I will pack it on while nursing. I hate that everyone says nursing makes you lose weight. Maybe if you gain a lot, but not for me! Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-62507172306543646792012-07-13T21:25:00.001-04:002012-07-13T21:25:16.061-04:00Another girl!!So after a downs scare Monday, I had an amniocentesis and got the results back Wednesday. Healthy. Girl. Yay & yay!! Started going through the old clothes and so happy I can reside them. Since I am due on Andra's birthday, the seasons are all the same. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-85685859453125785912012-07-05T21:42:00.001-04:002012-07-05T21:42:35.431-04:00BellyA few pictures. Not keeping track of things like I did last time. First two pictures are at 15 weeks...one with a maternity shirt (that I did NOT buy) and second with a normal shirt. Last picture must have been 16 weeks. I definitely do look pregnant, way more so than last time. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPofURwglZAKrSbqUIg0Vr6CRAGo-NS6_VUpfJ4k2dB6ue7viJXz7Yj02u-2_S7PgPRaJq99jJtxsIfdOktlbKDeO4OFWT8fMwP8E-4edbIcBl_i8W8xGvKqbfvxEvPV-K7-M/s640/blogger-image-680740189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPofURwglZAKrSbqUIg0Vr6CRAGo-NS6_VUpfJ4k2dB6ue7viJXz7Yj02u-2_S7PgPRaJq99jJtxsIfdOktlbKDeO4OFWT8fMwP8E-4edbIcBl_i8W8xGvKqbfvxEvPV-K7-M/s640/blogger-image-680740189.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTcGFNYMnF3dnmE1pequdMbOvLDFvhyzFZ-3ULo21wpZTVG3iLJhm8KpZKGE2Q6ZNLA-VJryDF8jC0gdnev6tHQEAQJIP67K3gPvtlkUzCjEUZFdpWHBh-fncI_UVs7ypOBEF/s640/blogger-image--1265790449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTcGFNYMnF3dnmE1pequdMbOvLDFvhyzFZ-3ULo21wpZTVG3iLJhm8KpZKGE2Q6ZNLA-VJryDF8jC0gdnev6tHQEAQJIP67K3gPvtlkUzCjEUZFdpWHBh-fncI_UVs7ypOBEF/s640/blogger-image--1265790449.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBwq9uFTn0rlHO_fi2yaBP_IZCSfjCHYTDkuKtQQeoF8zNaGhn_i9zVh8IYfXXeHepkwZEp4E9Vea3UNCzmJruVS5GEXq_Sz8Kh6_S-GCmn8EQNmJuqKF0AtpNoJK-CSKv-rM/s640/blogger-image-865521772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBwq9uFTn0rlHO_fi2yaBP_IZCSfjCHYTDkuKtQQeoF8zNaGhn_i9zVh8IYfXXeHepkwZEp4E9Vea3UNCzmJruVS5GEXq_Sz8Kh6_S-GCmn8EQNmJuqKF0AtpNoJK-CSKv-rM/s640/blogger-image-865521772.jpg" /></a></div>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-9123763299021014832012-06-28T14:13:00.004-04:002012-06-28T14:13:50.009-04:00Athletes with RAThere's a new facebook group that <a href="http://www.rustedrunner.blogspot.com/">Wendy</a> started...Athletes Beating RA. Lots of like-minded people out there, who knew? I guess if you're reading this and want to join, just search for it?<br />
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With this week off (and a few more to go before school starts up again) I've done hour+ workouts every day. I feel great. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-61013573842037304622012-06-12T14:22:00.001-04:002012-06-12T14:22:32.176-04:00Holy Moly I forgot...How much fun it is to shop for cloth diapers.<br />
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Trying to hold off til we know the sex (July 11!) but it's so hard.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-28483886650312251602012-06-07T21:08:00.001-04:002012-06-07T21:08:17.627-04:00All goodHad NT scan and bloodwork, all the numbers came back better than the age-related risks so no need to ponder a CVS or amnio. Anatomy scan will be July 11. Gut says it's another girl...maybe just wishful thinking since I have all the stuff and all the clothes in the right seasons??<br />
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Have been walking a lot this week...no real desire to run. I figure, if my ankle feels good enough again to walk, why risk even that by running right now? Especially since there's no reason to run...I am out of shape, pregnant, no plans or goals...so walking is fun and low stress and just enough right now.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-77523380180818828162012-05-26T08:30:00.001-04:002012-05-26T08:30:22.336-04:00Belly 11 weeks 3 daysSo maybe I am not fat as I feel and I don't really look pregnant yet. Funny that seeing from the camera's perspective is so different. <br />
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My ankle has been bad the past few days. Very swollen. No running, no walking. This could be a swimming and lifting summer (thinking no cycling too since I am not in shape and the belly eventually will grow...though I made it til August or Sept last time). <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT6lLLxMl2nf7cNXjF_2KZfnbPnh8aDFi465tMs5l_ql2h6v5z299gnsN7xbsQzAZ-iM0ilYW9sjUKXCP01Mkrbo_Zl8KxlsvLDD79q7aDoOyuXmBtisfm9U67P7ah4k9D6Y0/s640/blogger-image--1012990743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT6lLLxMl2nf7cNXjF_2KZfnbPnh8aDFi465tMs5l_ql2h6v5z299gnsN7xbsQzAZ-iM0ilYW9sjUKXCP01Mkrbo_Zl8KxlsvLDD79q7aDoOyuXmBtisfm9U67P7ah4k9D6Y0/s640/blogger-image--1012990743.jpg" /></a></div>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-60896451701835271662012-05-23T21:02:00.001-04:002012-05-23T21:02:07.244-04:00There is a headNot much going on lately. Work, tutor, hang out with Andra, go to sleep when I put her to bed. Repeat. Occasional work outs... Three a week is a good week. This week isn't one of them. Ankle acting up again, like the disease is active in it again. Not sure if it's here for a while or not. <br />
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Had ultrasound today, 11 weeks. Squirmy little thing with a head. All looked good. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-26805510880819628422012-05-10T18:28:00.001-04:002012-05-10T18:28:46.818-04:00Still exhaustedSo I walked for 40 minutes today instead of taking a nap. It was a good idea until about 2 hours later. I need that nap. Plus my legs are exhausted, not sore but exhausted. Ugh. 9 weeks. I don't remember feeling this tired but at the same time last time I could take a nap anytime I wanted after school. Not so much anymore. Still on progesterone shots... Tonight probably the last one as I just waiting for blood test results. Then I guess I am just a normal pregnant lady. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-81197556111663516682012-04-30T21:02:00.000-04:002012-04-30T21:02:13.589-04:00One cravingSo I don't feel so fat anymore...I think I'm back to looking normal. Still tired but today wasn't as bad. Ate pretty healthily today which might help. I am finding that I actually have a craving this time...JUICE. It's all I want. The sweetness, plus the fact that I'm so darn thirsty ALL THE TIME. Actually ran on Sunday. Well, ran/walked. But it's more cardio than I've done in a while. I promise myself to go back to working out when school ends...7 more weeks. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-10046014473078707012012-04-25T19:23:00.001-04:002012-04-25T19:23:20.710-04:00Still beatingSeven weeks today, another ultrasound but this time at my OB's office. Everything looks good. I have been exhausted, hungry, thirsty, a super salivater (like I'm going to spit all over my students when I'm lecturing) and I feel less fat and more like I am already looking pregnant. It's not just my lower belly, it's the whole round thing from the boobs down. Whatever...I just wish I had more time (as in less tutoring), more energy, and more WORKING OUT. This is 100% different from last time...oh well. I can't live in the past. It will all get better....Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-50652400441700859482012-04-19T18:24:00.001-04:002012-04-19T18:24:11.152-04:00Fat6 weeks 1 day. Today was the first day of hunger/nausea (not bad just noticeable). I know I started this pregnancy not in good shape (compared to marathon PR shape last time) and it's pregnancy number two and I had a couple (3?) pounds on my starting weight from last time (149 vs 146 but more fat this time) but I did t expect to look like this so soon. And feel like this. I posted a pic at 15 weeks last time and I think I look worse now. I hope it doesn't continue. I feel like I have stronger abs this time but more fat on top of them. I know I hated the fat but not pregnant looking phase last time but it's so early andover last longer this time. Argh. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-66569177338927433512012-04-16T16:46:00.001-04:002012-04-16T16:46:03.889-04:00Heartbeat!Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-16889399548749167452012-04-12T09:15:00.001-04:002012-04-12T09:15:38.429-04:001400Levels doing what they're supposed to do. Ultrasound Monday at 5w5d.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-2178584158661396872012-04-06T15:07:00.001-04:002012-04-06T15:07:12.094-04:00214So more than doubled. That's good. More bloodwork Wednesday then ultrasound Monday the 16th. Almost 6 weeks then but probably too early for heartbeat.... That'll be nerve wracking. Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32681913.post-78623185223795257162012-04-04T15:10:00.004-04:002012-04-04T15:15:19.047-04:0087.5Positive. 87.5, they said anything over 50 is good and it doesn't seem high enough to be twins.<br /><br />I'm still not allowed to relax though, huh?<br /><br />I can say this now, though. I KNEW this one worked.<br /><br />(Thanks for the comments, RunningMama and Nitsirk...)Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062114889126850617noreply@blogger.com7