Sixth Prenatal Dr Visit

We had our sixth prenatal Dr visit today.  The baby is healthy and we got hear the heartbeat again with the Dr’s handheld machine.  She measured my stomach with a tape measure.  Apparently my uterus has stretched up to being above my belly button now.  However, I’m still gaining weight too quickly.  In fact, there hasn’t been a change in my weigh gain since last month.  I gained 5lbs last month and 5lbs this month.  I actually did alter my eating habits this past month to eat more salads, cook at home and cut out fruit juices going back to water but I guess it didn’t help.  I don’t think I’m capable of cutting out sweets completely but it’s not like I eat them everyday.  I could try cutting back portion sizes but I’m not supposed to diet. 

I started out at 135lbs and am now 148lbs.  So, I have gained 13lbs total since becoming pregnant.  My Dr said that the bulk of pregnancy weight gain is supposed to happen after 24 weeks which I’m not even at yet.  It should be one pound a week starting at 24 weeks for the duration of the pregnancy.  I’m supposed to gain a total of 25 to 30 pounds during the entire pregnancy. My Dr suggested cutting out fruit and taking 15 minute walks in the morning and evening so I’m walking at least 30 minutes a day.  Too bad my neighborhood sucks for talking walks.  What with the drug dealers on the corner and all.

Joe mentioned how much our baby was moving and kicking and our Dr said to wait until the third trimester when it’s bigger.  It’ll feel like full blown punches.  Then she mentioned that she has one spot where her baby keeps kicking her that kind of starts to hurt after a while.  She just wants to tell it to get out of there.  It’s pretty interesting because it feels kind of strong now.  She got all our second trimester ultrasound results back and knows not to reveal the gender of our baby but it’s still exciting to know that she knows and could tell us if we asked.  The anticipation has already set in and I had to keep myself from asking her.  Just have to make it 18 more weeks or so and then we’ll get to meet our baby!