My weight at the office is a lot higher than my weight at home. Of course, I don't usually have on clothes when I weigh at home, but 5 pounds difference? It's giving me a complex! My clothes can't possibly weigh 5 pounds, can they??? Oh well. I'm going to try and not worry too much about it...
Anyway - here's this week's photo. It is um, more obvious that I'm getting bigger in front this week. She said it will be in the next couple of weeks that my uterus moves out of my pelvis so I wake up one morning and seem "ta-dah!" pregnant. At least when that happens, I won't feel like I just look fat to people who don't know I'm pregnant...unlike this photo:
"Hey, sister, lay off the cheetos!"Anyway - the ultrasound is coming up soon, so make sure you get your guesses in for baby's sex and also weight, birthdate, time, length...all that good stuff!
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I didn't know you were using a midwife. They are not allow to practice in AL, and I have too many issues to use one. Medical issues...when I'm pregnant. Anyway, I have a girl friend who uses them. Good luck with it all. At the most your clothes and shoes should only add 2lbs. And most of that is shoes. I weighed my clothes one time and they didn't show up anything. You are doing great...and look great!
Emily - Yeah, we decided that a midwife at a birthing center was the best option for us! We really like the midwives at the center, and would be happy with either of them delivering the baby :-D
Well, I guess that's just the difference between scales...I guess if you account for clothes, 3 pounds difference between scales is probably pretty standard! Plus, I haven't been eating like crazy this week or anything like that, so I KNOW I didn't just gain three pounds in two days. LOL. Unless it's fluid, and I don't seem swollen!
I'm just trying to eat like I always have - eat when I'm hungry, have some small, healthy snacks. But I actually can't eat as much at one time as I used to. I think everything is shoved up and squishing my stomach :-)
I always go with the scale that gives the weight I like! I would pick-out my clothes with getting weighed in mind. No heavy shoes, light-weight pants(no jeans) and light-weight shirt. If cold, just wear a jacket you can take off. I'm sick, I know...now everyone else knows too! I just have a complex about my weight...who doesn't? right?
BTW, you look great! I'll enter my guess soon.
Oh, sweet Rachael. You look FINE. In fact, you look GREAT. I worried about gaining weight in my pregnancies (but obviously not enough), but just try to enjoy this time where it is actually OKAY to gain weight and get big. It will come off, I swear, because I know you won't let it stick around like yours truly over here. You're going to gain weight, your baby needs you to gain weight...nothing excessive, but try not to fret so. You are almost halfway there and barely out of your skinny pants. I hate pregnant women like you usually. :)
I don't think I ever told you congratulations, did I? So, congratulations. I'm always heavier at the doctor's too. It seriously felt like I woke up one morning and couldn't see my feet. It's amazing to me that your body can really get that big. But I don't think I really had to wear maternity pants until I was five or six months PG, so I pretty much just looked fat and not pregnant for the majority of my pregnancy. And then at the end of my pregnancy, I looked fat AND pregnant. But you look all awesome and glowy!
Sara - HA! I did wear VERY heavy pants, which was a poor move on my part. But my weight is consistent at home, so I will just go based on that weight from start to finish to know how much I gained overall, because they didn't weigh me for the first time until I was 10 weeks already. So I don't have a starting weight on their scale, but it would have been higher than on mine, for sure.
Jeni - I cannot enjoy it. It horrifies me too much. I can maybe not freak out TOO bad, but I can't enjoy it. Everytime I eat something that isn't the best choice, I really scold myself for it. Which isn't good, either. Of course, my stomach also scolds me with heartburn (which I had for only the 2nd time last night after a crazed binge on junk food for dinner).
Cheyenne - Thanks! And yeah, I'm waiting to have an "Omg - today I'm pregnant" moment. So far, I really have just looked fat. My clothes fit, but not really...and so my shirts are all a little short and tight, and my pants pull funny...not that I am in any hurry to have a big belly, but to have one that is clearly baby and not "hey - cheetos!" would be nice!
Oh, you are funny! I was the same way with Isaak. I hated every minute of the gaining weight...I can sympathize. I'm excited to know what you are having...I think Girl, but that's just me.
The poll is currently slightly in favor of boy, but it is VERY slightly...by like 3 votes or something, the last I checked. I would prefer to NOT have a girl...but that preference is exactly why I think it's a girl. LOL
We'll find out soon enough!
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