Checkin' In

This week's weighin was a little later than planned. I weighed in this morning at 203.8. I'm still hanging out in the 203's. Which is cool with me for now. I'm still under 30 lbs of total weight gain and that is right on track with my last PG.

This summer heat is about to drain me, but other than that...all is well.

Weekly checkin

This week I weighed in at 203.8...up just one pound. Not bad since baby should be going thru a big growth spurt. Last week when I peeked at my weight the next day, it was down 2 lbs. Seems like I go up on Monday because of weekend eating and then go back down with my normal weekday eating.

We had a nice father's day. I think my 2 years olds tantrum during the brunch at the country club kept me for over indulging.

Weekly Update

Today's weigh in is 202.8. I think I'm holding steady. I'm around a 26 lbs overall gain. And overall that isn't too bad. I'm at the same place or a little behind the same place I was with my 1st son.

I'm encouraged that I'm not gaining too much too fast. The battle to lose will still be there, but it I remain steady, the battle shouldn't be as hard.

I'm already eyeing the treadmill and thinking about getting back on track. I have a ways to go, but by September I should have a new routine.

Update

I wish I could say this was a weekly update, but I have falling off the blogging wagon a little lately. Today's weighin was 202.4. Up a little more. Since I found out I don't have GD, I haven't been strict with my diet. I have added more fruit, but also more Dr. Pepper, more milkshakes and more fastfood since we have been traveling.

I am official in the last phase of this journey with baby and me. I think by Oct. I will be on a more focused weight loss track. Once I have nursed a good while and feel the time is right. Just in time for the holiday season. A great way to test ones resolve to lose weight right?!!? HA! I just love to torture myself.

Oh HAPPY day!

Oh it was such a happy, happy, happy day yesterday.




Friday I went through my 3 hour glucose test. I still have the bruises from the 4 needles to prove it several days later. Monday I kept waiting and waiting for that call telling me all was the same as last time and I had GD.

Well at 4pm, still no call. But I was out of town so I thought, well they have left me message somewhere else with the news. So I call my Dr. office and leave a message that I am out of town and to please call my cell with the lab results.

30 mins later I get a call from the Dr. office and they leave a message. I still have the message saved because I like hearing it. It said" Hi! This is Amy with Dr. L's office, everything from your lab results came back totally normal. Congratulations. You don't have gestational diabetes"

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!

I was so happy to get that news. On so many levels. No extra dr. appts, no weekly non-stress tests, no weekly sonograms, no daily poking my fingers numerous times, no taking meds that I really don't want to because I'm pregnant. So many reasons.

Mid week update

I weight again this morning, just to peek and see if I was right about last week's eating out contributing to my extra gain. I think I was! I weight 198.4 this morning.

I am currently 22.4 up from my low of 176 last fall. That is 22.4 lbs @ 26.6 weeks PG.

I have a 3 hour glucose test this week. I'm not looking forward to it, but the Dr. says they will get everything they need to know from the 3 hour test this one time instead of a 1 hour test again, and then maybe having to take the 3 hour test after that.

I'm still crossing my fingers that I won't have GD this time. I just read something in this article that I have a 30 to 84% chance of developing GD again with this pregnancy. 30-84% ...that is a pretty wide range.

I have also read on line several places of ladies not developing GD with the 2nd PG. So I will remain hopeful.

Moving on up

That is what my scale is doing...movin' on up. I am at 200.2 officially on my bathroom scale. I have a 3 hour glucose test on friday..yuck! The Dr. and I agreed to forgo another 1 hour test and skip straight to the 3 hour test. so not fun, but a 1 hour test then another 3 hour test is really not fun.

I think I'm up 4.2 lbs from my last official blog weigh in, but that was several weeks ago. I'm just 6 lbs shy of my heighest pregnancy weight. I really don't want to much past that, but looks like I might.

I am also hoping this extra gain is due to being out of our house for about 1 week, due to some home renovations. We ate out most every meal, so maybe this will go down some by next week.