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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Pregnancy and Weight Gain and Life- I'm more than just a VSG!

So, pregnant women are supposed to gain weight- we all know this. What they don't tell you as a female WLS patient who has not had children yet is that it is a mind game when it happens!

I'm 17w4d pregnant. Last year I got down to I think 178-9 pounds. After a rough winter of bordom, and limited finances = higher carb count than normal, I found myself gaining 20-25 pounds. I filled up the house with a WLS friendly supply of nutritious foods to work on losing the weight and found out I was pregnant. I quit smoking right then and probably ended up gaining another 5 pounds. At my first doctors appointment I weighed in at 210. I went down to 209 at the next appointment and was told by my doctor that had I not been pregnant it would easily have been closer to a 5 pound loss in that month. *sigh* oh well.

So, at my last appointment I tipped the scale at 217. My doctor is calling it a 7 pound pregnancy gain due to my starting weight. He thinks that is wonderful and that the average woman has gained between 5-10 pounds at this point.

I'm swollen and lets face it- I weighed maybe 190-195 when we picked out our wedding rings- I can't wear the wedding band, but my engagement ring fits... My double chin is creeping back in and I have a meltdown just about every morning while getting ready for work and I have to look in the mirror. Then I remind myself that I am growing another human being- a human being that I love so much more than I could ever love myself... Be it skinny self or 300+ pound self- I love the baby more!!

So, I'm okay with the weight gain. I plan to breast feed and everyone says that will help whip me back into shape a little faster- plus I'll be taking off three months when the baby comes so I won't be tempted by all the take out the girls order for lunch.

Now, I'm going to give you guys a huge photo dump.

Also, we've named our son. He will be named Nathan David and we love him so much. I love listening to his little heart with the doppler. Sometimes we can also hear him moving around with it. For a few weeks I've been able to get a sense of when he is active inside me, but not really feel him like feel him feel him. Well, two days ago I'm pretty sure I felt two little jabs at different points in the day.

We <3 him and can't wait to meet him!





This photo is me 4 weeks pregnant (on the left) and on the right at 17 weeks pregnant