Yesterday, I had an appointment with the midwife. All is well, and at 23 weeks, I was measuring at 25 cm. Still ahead of the curve! Can’t help but think that it’s just my luck that I’ve decided on a non-medicated home birth and the kid is huge. Well, so far anyway. Maybe he’ll slow down in the coming weeks. Although, I have a nagging feeling that he won’t…outstanding.
The one thing that isn’t so fabulous is my weight gain. Apparently, my face is “really round” and I’m looking “puffy”. I was then scolded (albeit in the nicest way possible) that I really need to watch what I’m eating and watch the weight gain. I am, after all, only 5’2″. I cried. But, if I’m honest with myself, I know I haven’t been eating really healthfully. I haven’t necessarily been over-indulging…really, I’ve just been eating normal amounts…of junk food. Not sweets, because those still make me gag for the most part, but GREASE. Burgers, french fries, bacon…
So, I need to cut back. If you see me eating something bad, you need to start mooing at me. Seriously. If you’re my friend, you’ll tell me.
On another note, my midwife just delivered a baby girl on Saturday…the importance of this is that this couple had gone to a doctor (the same one we went to) for an ultrasound…and he had told them it would be a BOY. Apparently, they were shocked when the plumbing was on the inside instead of the outside. First time ever this doctor has been wrong…fabulous. Let’s hope he didn’t get ours wrong…I’d be pretty ticked…and he’d be coming over to help re-paint the blue walls pink. (Not that I’ve painted already, but we will be eventually). Needless to say, I’m holding onto all gift receipts…
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You and Andy should look into getting a 3D/4D ultrasound. They are really neat. After she was born, my little one looked so much like she did in the ultrasound. It was amazing. And that way you can get a 2nd opinion of the baby’s sex. My ultrasound tech at the doctors office said girl and we asked the 3D/4D tech what she thought and she said girl, too. I figured since I had 2 “girls” I could paint the baby’s room pink with confidence… or you can always wait until after the baby is born to decorate the nursery – My baby slept in a pack ‘n play in our room for her first 3 months.
Puffy?! Sad! I would have cried also. (I refuse to moo at you if I see you eating something unhealthy by the way.)
you know what? relax and enjoy your pregnancy! when else can you gain weight and not worry about it? with david i was super careful–and he was born with a genetic disorder. so with matty, i thought, screw it, i’m gonna live it up–and he came out healthy. i realize this makes no sense and the two are completely unrelated, but it does show how little control we have and really you shouldn’t stress. you are beautiful. enjoy.
seriously, i’d cry too. and i agree with brianna that there will absolutely be no mooing. if blood pressure isn’t an issue (always is for me), then enjoy your grease. pregnancy is the only time your body is allowed to look exactly how it wants to look and not how the world thinks it should look. i find it quite a relief to find out i’m pregnant and don’t have to worry about *losing* weight all the time. i realize i sound a little bitter at the moment. sorry about that! anyway, enjoy your food! you’re creating life. you deserve it!!!
oh, and zeb’s profile *still* looks like the 3D/4D ultrasound we had of him. and i’m sorry, but if you really saw the boy parts, they don’t just disappear. for both our boys the parts were soooo obvious.