I had the first of my every 2 week appointments today with Dr. Strachan (have I mentioned that I love her?) and everything looks great. The heartbeat was 132 bpm today (boy???) and I need to slooooow down on the weight gain. whoooops! I leave the amount of weight gained for the 33 week round up as I'm a bit embarrassed. :)
A funny thing happened today and it got me thinking. I work with one of my best friends, Randi, and for those of you who don't know her- she's like a little sister to me. Anyway, I sit down at my desk, she peaks her head over and says, "Whoa! your lips are huge! Like Angelina Jolie! You look like you got them injected!" I had noticed this too, to which I replied "yeah, but look at my nose- it's huge too!" and like a good, honest friend, she laughed at me and agreed. My nose has also grown.
This leads me to think of all the crazy changes that that pregnancy has brought on. Yes, my lips are bigger, but so is my nose. My boobs are bigger, but so is my butt. I always have an excuse if I don't want to do something, but I really am tired so it's not really an excuse. Ryan gives me lots of massages, but my feet and back really do hurt (don't get me started on my cankles- ryan says they are like sand bags). My face has TOTALLY cleared up (strange, I went through a week phase when I broke out and now, I've never had clearer skin), but my face is also double in size. I love donuts (thus, the weight gain and donuts are something I've never really liked in the past) and not too keen on meat (strange for me). There are many more, but it's just kind of funny the things that I certainly didn't expect to happen going into this!
oh cara. i feel for ya.
ReplyDeletei totally got pregnant face with brigg. and i gained 45 pounds with him!! talk about embarrassing! there is hope though. i learned my lesson. pregnancy 2 and 3 only yielded 30 pounds and no prego face. so that was nice. but maybe it's a boy thing. i was STARVING with brigg but not with nalani or ayla. my doctor told me that when you are preggers with a boy, their testosterone is in your system and makes you more hungry. so i just went with that. :) but my doctor was very nice and he quite possibly could have been lying to me!
just enjoy.
and another tip...if you nurse, the weight literally FALLS OFF. i was at my thinnest in my adult life a few months after giving birth to lani.
try to embrace these last weeks of pregnancy. you'll miss feeling baby h kicking you from the inside!
take care!!
Don't feel bad. When people talk about gaining a lot of weight during their pregnancy, I always say, "I gained about 50lbs. when I was 'pregnant' with Tate. Only thing is, we adopted him." Oops! Ha. ;)
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of pregnancy face until this- what in the heck?!? My girlfriend was seriously so funny, she honestly thought I got my lips plumped... until I pointed out my nose and she laughed her ass off because it's SO big. Oh, and I forgot to add that I have the "mask" of pregnanchy too and my face is blotchy and looks like it has a big birthmark on it. and the weight gain. Awesome. 40lbs and counting! ha! oh well. Baby's worth it :) Hope you loveys are well- I love your posts on those Hawkeyes... I've become a psuedo fan!
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