24 weeks pregnant and gaining weight

Aug 12, 2012

Hi folks! I can't believe I'm nearly 24 weeks pregnant! The rest of this pregnancy is going to zoom by!

So I'm finally starting to gain weight, which is a good thing for baby, but really difficult for me to handle. I lost 35 pounds in the first 21 weeks of my pregnancy and have gained back almost 7 in the last three weeks, so I'm still at a negative gain for the whole pregnancy, but it's so hard to see the scale go up and even harder to force myself to be okay with it. I've been worried about baby's growth, but the weight gain plus the fact that my uterus was measuring a week ahead at my last appointment brings me comfort that he's doing well in that department. I just feel so conflicted because I'm both comforted and bothered by the weight loss! How is that???

Everything else is going good. I feel pretty good. Already having problems sleeping, so I don't have a whole lot of energy throughout the day, but it's better than it was in the first trimester. The nausea is completely gone aside from some random bouts that are usually completely my fault through either eating too much or too fast or eating junk that I know will make me feel sick. I'm starting in on the nesting stuff, but trying to take it easy at the same time. Starting to feel a little uncomfortable and get a little impatient for December to be here. But at the same time I have so much going on starting soon that I wish time would slow down a little bit. School starts in a little more than a week and I'm stressing about how things are going to work out with finals. If my baby boy decides to come before his due date that will be convenient because I wouldn't have to worry then about missing anything too important and would be back in school in a few days time. Hopefully that stress will go away once I have a chance to talk to my instructors and work on a plan with them. September will bring our baby shower, October is our daughter's birthday and Halloween, November brings Thanksgiving and my due date is only 2 weeks from then! Yikes!

Mr. Izaak moves ALL THE TIME and is so very strong! I'm not sure if it's more attributable to my weight loss or to our little guy's strength, but even hubby has been able to feel baby moving from the outside since about 18 weeks. I can also already see some of his jabs and kicks to my tummy. I love feeling him move every day. He's letting me know he's thriving in there :)

For those of you wondering what my eating/exercise plan is: here you go. I eat whenever I'm hungry. I do not pause to think about whether or not it's head hunger or physical hunger I'm feeling. I just eat. I try to focus mainly on healthy foods, but I have not deprived myself of many of my unhealthy cravings. My exercise consists of the little walking I do on campus/in the grocery store/etc. I figure I'm working so hard to get enough calories in for me and my baby it absolutely doesn't make sense to go burning them off. If I start gaining too much too fast, I'll make adjustments and add in a little more exercise, but will only do so if my doctor starts to be concerned with my weight. Other than that, the WLS "diet" and exercise can resume after baby is here and healthy. I do have to say I miss going to the gym SO MUCH. I seriously cannot wait to get back to it!

That's my update. Not a whole lot different going on since I wrote last. Here's a comparison picture of my baby bump from 8 weeks to 23 weeks. I am starting to definitely see and feel a difference but at the same time I think I'm starting to see the 'skinny' me underneath the bump, which is exciting :)

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