Monday, March 30, 2009

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!

2 comments:

Keelee said...

That's great! A year ago I was my slimmest ever at 154, and then by summers end (much beer later) I was 168. My first appointment I was 178 and I just recently weighed in at 209. I think this is why the doctor freaked on me- I have gained 50 pounds. FOr the pregancy I have gained almost 30...but overall I think the doctor was scared for me. Damn...I am scared for me!!!

we will loose it all! Let's skype our weightloss together!!

Jessiedc28 said...

Moms giving me her old computer so I should be able to download skype really soon!