I am officially 33 weeks preggo as of yesterday and on my 37th birthday. It was such a strange but great birthday. I got so many "Happy Birthdays" from Facebook (since they do remind all your friends and all) and for those not on Facebook I got lots of calls/texts. My sisters, both Nancy and Lorena, my mother, Sis in law and mother in law....friends from church. It was cool. Alani drew me two pictures and taped 4 quarters to the pictures which was cute. That was the only money she had in her new Hello Kitty coin purse and she gave it to me. I wanted to give it back but I figured she'd ask me for change for the church vending machines for her beloved Hot Cheetos at some point lol. My husband got me two presents. Pearl earrings (I have real pearl earring finally at 37 years old he he) and my Gio perfume (purple one) which I had run out of a couple of months ago. I was actually pretty shocked cause we usually don't make a big deal about birthdays (I mean for the kids we do). Then he took me out to dinner. I wore my long blue-teal/black stripped Old Navy maternity dress that use to look cute on me before my large large belly came into place. I mean, I got home and looked in the mirror before changing and thought "I don't look THAT big" but I can tell I have a large belly cause people stare at you. I never really forget that I'm pregnant but when I'm shopping or just walking around I do...then I get that feeling that someone is peering at me from somewhere...I look up and sure enough.... I hope I don't stare at pregnant ladies when I am not preggo. If I do I am a changed woman....cause I can sympathize. You wonder....what are they thinking?? Like WHOA look at HER? I guess I'll never know. Anyway, we were going to go to Souplantation but I can't seem to control my eating at "all you can eat places" as of late and since my blood sugar has been SO out of control this past week and a half I thought we'd just head on over to Super Mex where I can get in some sort of veggies..I got grilled chicken fajitas w/rice and beans but I somehow managed to eat all 4 tortillas they gave me instead of just my limit of 2. Seriously, I didn't even realize I had eaten them all. I ate my WHOLE plate plus chips and salsa. When I was done I sighed and Serg said "I was wondering if you were going to stop or eat the whole thing" then I said "wow, I'm so full....I know!! Remember when I would only eat half??" reflecting back to my weight loss/workout days and where I had self control.... Then I said "it's ok I'll be back there in no time". I officially have 7 more weeks to go. Since I usually have my kids 1 week early, I'm hoping at the very most 6. I am still waiting for my maternity paperwork to be mailed in and I'm starting to get nervous because Kaiser takes like 3 weeks or so to complete disability paperwork and my last day I decided was going to be 2/1 which is a Friday. That gives me about a week roughly to be off work and no baby. With Gabriel, he was born about 2 weeks early because I was starting to show signs of pre-eclampsia. From reading my blog when I was pregnanct with him, my previous appt. with Dr. started to show signs of protein in my urine but the next weekly appt. he didn't even take me into his office. The urine test you give the nurse at the beginning of the appt. showed even more urine so he sent me straight to the hospital. I think I was 38 weeks...and the protein spill started at 37 weeks and at that he was 9lbs 14 oz. I can't imagine what he would have weighed at 40 weeks! That's what has really scared me this time and I've really been working hard at getting my high blood sugars down after meals is I DO NOT want to have another very large baby. Recovery time from Gabriel was tough. This week though I have to say I feel like I've actually gained FAT. Not baby FAT but fat...my upper legs are looking mighty chubby and when I tried on my green sweat pants I looked totally pudgy so I actually changed out of them...I didn't think I was going to feel like that until like 36-37 weeks :-( My fault though I've been eating waaaay too much junk and sweets and I should not be. I have one more week to go before my Dr. Appt (on Wed) and I limited myself to 4 pounds weight gain and I've already gained the 4 pounds as of Monday....so this week was "Maintain weight" week and "Workout week". I feel myself barely hanging in there for those 10-15 minutes at a time and I am really starting to feel so much more sleepy. Right now I think my weight is at about 234..trying to stick to 241 MAX at birth. This week overall I'm just starting to feel much bigger, weight wise not just belly wise so I'll try and keep that in check. Tiredness has kicked in. Oh I got Gabriel's room partially preped for baby crip. Baby clothes are washed and now I just have one more load of baby clothes to fold. Serg was supposed to build the crib today which I was in no hurry to do so but he went somewhere with Chanton and took Alexis candy selling. She wants to go to Winter camp and that will be money used for that. Ok well I guess that's it. Until later, God Bless.
After new Years 2012 I started my weight loss journey and lost almost 50 pounds. Then on June 8th I found out I was expecting baby #4. I am now 31 weeks along....and time has really flown by. I should have a new baby by the end of next month or early Feb and it's a little bit surreal. I have eaten lots of junk this pregnancy but not all day everyday and I have consistently worked out my entire pregnancy which I have NEVER done...like ever. My last pregnancy I documented here on my blog and from the looks of things I was pretty miserable. I gained what looks to be about 50 pounds. I didn't document my actualy weight gain but from piecing things together thats about how much I gained it really looks like I wanted that baby out by now. This pregnancy has been MUCH more pleasant and I think it's because I have really worked out and eaten a healthier diet. Right now I am on 61 units of NPH insulin at bedtime and on 10 Regular insulin before lunch. I am thinking I need to go up soon because my fasting numbers are creeping up to the 100's again. The only other thing I can really complain about is some sciatic nerve pain down my lower back and right leg, leg cramps at night and just being HUNGRY at night. The earlier I go to bed the safer I am. My weight gain: I am at about 232-233 as of today. My last Dr. weigh in was 231 and that was last week. I think I'm more 232 because I had Panda Express last night so scale read 233.8. I'll re-weigh tomorrow. I've been working out for 1-2 hours a day for 3 days straight. I took a workout break after last Wednesdays Dr. Appt. I usually eat crappy for 2 to 3 days after my appt. then I'm more strict for 1 to 1 1/2 weeks before my next appt. lol.. My start weight was 205 so I have gained a total of.... 27 pounds and I OFFICIALLY have 9 more weeks to go. So if I allow myself to gain the "1 lb per week allowance" I will be at 36 pounds gained = 241 which will STILL be almost 10 pounds LESS than what I was NOT PREGNANT at this exact time last year. Crazy considering I will probably have an 8-9 pound child in my stomach, extra blood volume, placenta and everything else that is in there pregnancy-related. I am praying to God that I lose about 25 pounds right off the bat. That would leave me with only 11 pounds to lose before I get back to 205. THAT would be excellent!! My next Dr. Appt is on Jan 2nd and I'll be 34 weeks. I believe I start my NST appts at that time which will be twice a week according to my Dr. We are getting excited and nervous at the same time!!
