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Their Scale Must Be Broken
By Mommie | November 10, 2008
I had another prenatal appointment today. They had to hook me up to the baby heart monitor machine, as the baby’s heartbeat was dipping during last months ultrasound. I guess all is well, as the doctor says that it looks like a healthy baby boy. I was relieved and happy.
And then I asked the fatal question… “How’s my weight doing?”. See, I must explain that this was a “substitute” doctor, as mine just had a baby. She doesn’t know me, or my sense of humor or what I’m sensitive towards. My weight is one of those issues that my regular doctor would have dealt with in a much different manner…
Because I’m short and have a little frame, they only want about a 25 lb weight gain. Ya, as of today, I’m at 21 pounds. So great, I have 4 pounds to play with for the next 16 WEEKS!!! That’s never going to fly! I wasn’t to happy with it, but of course I’m responsible for it. With my son I gained about 35 pounds as I recall, but I didn’t care. It came off pretty fast.
But, as a great Leo, I’ve got a plan. I’m going to start walking again (even though I live in Colorado and it’s November), cut out my evening snack 
, and do either the Wii Fit or Yoga once a day. With the holidays coming, I think there is no way I’ll be able to drop weight, but maybe I’ll break even! I eat ok still, although the Halloween candy definitely had it’s way with me!
I’ll keep you updated on my progress!
Topics: Pregnancy |
November 11th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Just so you know, 25 lbs is an arbitrary number, there really is no “correct” amount. I gained 85 lbs with my son, lost it all. Currently I am 35 weeks and have gained about 45 lbs, I am 5′5. the body really doesn’t produce babies bigger than you can handle - there are a lot of birth myths out there - with some exceptions (including change in environment/diet, and hormonal / medical issues).
I worked in pediatric physical therapy and amazingly the children with the most problems / hypertonic, etc. came from these anorexic looking mothers who gained only 15 lbs during pregnancy - I assume lack of nutrients can contribute to this.
As a labor coach I would say, smile, relax and don’t sweat the small stuff. I don’t do regular weigh ins because I have issues with body image and weight, I do blind ones where I don’t ask, they don’t tell.
November 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I gained about 55 lbs with my pregnancy so I’d say you were doing good! I still have 10 lbs to lose and it’s been 12 mos.