Food, Glorious Food
I've really wanted to just go and eat a lot these days. Especially sweets. This kicked in shortly after my doctor told me I'd gained a bit too much this last month and should cut back on the starches (potatoes, breads, pasta, etc.) to about half of what I normally eat and then eat whole grain when I do. Now, I know that's good advice anytime, but it still got to me. I vacillate from being annoyed with my doctor to concerned about my health and that of the babe's.
See, I thought I was doing ok for weight gain this pregnancy - in fact, the 9 lbs he's concerned about is the only weight I've gained at 24 weeks so far. (Unfortunately, I gained it all in 4 weeks!) Now, this could just be a quirk of the scale and circumstances (ex. - unusally low at last weigh in and higher at this one) or, it could point to gestational diabetes - eek! I have my glucose screen test in another 2 weeks and in the meantime, I'm trying to be happy with fruit and veggies.
So how do I deal with the maddening desire to walk into my kitchen and back myself a batch of biscuits!
Go enjoy your ice cream and cookies for me, people!
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How far along are you? There are statistics that show that weight gain plateaus (like, no gain the first three months) are usually followed by spikes- and as long as you aren't eating awfully you shouldn't be worried. Of course, this is coming from a girl who gained over forty pounds with both babies. But I lost all but ten of those pounds in the first six months after both times!
Exactly what I'm trying to remember!' ;)
Just nursing had me back down to 140 in four months, and I lost the last ten pounds just before getting pregnant again. In fact the baby had me getting dizzy spells due to going into negative calories towards the end.
I breastfed for awhile, and that did help, though, as I mentioned above, I was actually gaining, or at least, not losing, for awhile because of depression and just being home around food all day.
I've never heard of one having 'negative calories' at the end, though I could totally see how it could happen. That coupled with the possibility of low blood pressure could totally make dizziness easy!
I have started trying to keep his nursing down to five times a day and fill the rest with solids when I can help it now. Eating for three would be too hard for me.