Just reached 31 weeks yesterday. 6 weeks until I'm considered officially full term. 9 weeks to my due date. HOLY. MOLY.
I am feeling LARGE AND IN CHARGE, these days. Okay, maybe not really in charge. Mostly just large. I feel like just suddenly I am feeling so much more movement...sometimes it's constant. And I'm trying to figure out how I can possibly grow any bigger and what THOSE movements will feel like. But, it most certainly will happen--not too long from now.
Cory and I attended our first birthing class last night. I really liked the instructor. It was a small, and pretty quiet group. Learned a few new things, and practiced some relaxation and coping techniques for labor. Best part--the 10 minute massage I got from Cory!
I was talking to an acquaintance the other day, and she was telling me that she was chatting with another mutual acquaintance as they were out walking one afternoon. They were talking about pregnancy. The subject of weight gain and diet/nutrition during pregnancy seemed to be the general topic, and this person was saying that you choose how easy you make it during pregnancy--that you are in control and that you just decide that "this is how I'm going to eat", and you can be in control of your body. Now, I want to say that I wasn't there for the conversation, so maybe I'm speaking out of context. But the way the conversation was relayed to me was that the tone came across as "I just don't see why this is an issue for people--you are in control of what you do". The thing I find most funny about these statements is that this particular person has never been through pregnancy. It came across to me like they were stating these things as facts. But really--COME ON! How can you know? You can't. Don't be dumb. I remember thinking before I became pregnant that I would be resolute in eating as healthily as possible and would keep my weight gain down. But wow--my cravings and aversions sent me in the complete opposite direction. And though I certainly could have made better choices...my hunger and the things that didn't make me want to toss my cookies were completely beyond personal choice. My body has been doing most of the choosing. I probably took the conversation a bit personally...I'll admit that. But I am fairly certain the conversation came about because of me. I can't know for sure, but have good reason to suspect. I'm not shocked that these comments came from this particular person. It's just so silly, is all.
I'm feeling better about my eating habits these days though. I've been much better about portion control, and eating smaller, more frequent meals to keep my hunger at bay. At my last visit with the midwife on Monday, I had only gained 1.5 pounds over the last 4 weeks. That is a huge improvement over the previous 28 weeks! I'm working hard at maintaining a much lower/stable gain through the end of my pregnancy. Partially because I don't want to have to work so hard to lose it after the baby. But, mostly I don't want to increase my pregnancy risk factors. I am a low risk pregnancy, but I want to ensure the baby, and labor/delivery have the best chance of a healthy outcome! It helps that the nausea has mostly stopped!
Next appointment is in two weeks--it sounds like I will probably need to have one more ultrasound. TMI ALERT--Again with my major weight loss--the extra skin I have makes it difficult to tell the exact position and estimate the weight of the baby, so Sally (our Midwife) would like me to have another. That makes me wonder though how it will be when I go into labor. Babies can still twist themselves around...so will they be able to tell position at that point to know that baby girl Calhoun is in good position to deliver naturally? I'll have to ask that question next time.
Speaking of food...HUNGRY. Time for lunch! What's going on in your lives??????????
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