My Weight

Convo with nurse at Perinatal Office last week:

Nurse: How are you feeling?

Me: Good. Puffy. But good.

Nurse: Good. How much do you weigh and how tall are you?

Me: Ummm.....at my last OBGYN appointment I weighed 190. What was your other question?

Nurse: How tall are you?

Me: Oh - I'm very VERY tall.



I started this pregnancy weighing somewhere around 175. Not my slimmest, that's for sure, but I still fit in my clothes! My last regular OBGYN appointment was March 5th and I weighed in at 190lbs. (That's 15 lbs in 17 weeks.) That is the appointment where I was warned to watch my weight gain. The doctor told me I should only be gaining 2 to 3 lbs per month. Needless to say I left very scared. Putting on the first 15lbs was EASY. Especially because I didn't really eat any differently than I normally did to get that way.

Saturday Eric took out the scale to weigh himself and jokingly I said, "Oh, how about I just pop on there and see how much I've lost - ha ha ha ha". How dumb am I?

Eric: "Ya! Get On it!"

Me: "Hell no"

Eric: "Seriously, you really should."

Me: "Um. No."

Eric: "Just get on it!"

Me: "FINE!"

wait....wait....wait....wait....

I'm so happy -- SO HAPPY -- to report that I still weigh 190. Which means as along as I don't gain too much before Thursday (April 2nd) I should have a good weight report at my appointment! Yay! Relief!!! Weight gain/loss during pregnancy feels so out of my control. Between the swollen ankles and the mad appetite -- it seems so unfair to have to weigh in every month!