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May 2012 Moms
sulilina
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Sonograms & OB visit today
sulilina
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So tomorrow I have a follow up visit with the perinatal because during my anatomy scan, LO wouldn't roll over so they couldn't get the last view of the heart. I was perfectly okay with her *not* fighting him so that I could have another ultrasound a month later 
My question is, if it wasn't for this ultrasound tomorrow, when should I expect another one? When do they do another ultrasound to check on baby?
Also, today I went for a regular check up, listened the HB on the doppler, etc and it was all good. the only thing is that I brought up my weight gain to my doctor. I told him I have no appetite but somehow I have ballooned 30lbs already. He thinks a lot of it is water which it could very well be. however, before I got pregnant I was running daily, low carbing with weight watchers. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, bam! All I wanted was carbs and I think I retained a ton of water from that. Anyway, he told me 30 is too much (obvi, as I am now 40lbs overweight) so I asked if I could restart weight watchers/calorie restriction and he said yes and to couple it with exercise everyday because lots of weight gain = big baby = C section.
Is anyone else calorie restricting? I know it's controversial but I really can't be going down this path I'm on - I will end up 60+ lbs by the time I deliver. No friggin way.
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Re: Sonograms & OB visit today
I would try to focus more on staying hydrated by drinking lots of water and picking up your exercising. Also try to only eat if you are hungry. Fruits, veggies or high protein snacks will also help.
I personally wouldn't do weight watchers while pregnant because the calories you need are a lot different now than before and most those programs won't recommend a type of diet for a pregnant women.
I can't say that I calorie restrict. I just watch what I eat, and I workout every day. However, my cousin just had her baby in December, and she was the same way with the carbs and weight. She ended up with GD, and they made her watch her calories. She recommended an app called my fitness pal to help track everything. Her baby ended up only 9 lbs in the end. I hope it all works out for you!
Yikes. GD is scary. my next appointment is the blood glucose test. After about week 9, I stopped with the carbs. I hate carbs again. I don't completely rule them out - like I still have bread and pasta once in a while - but it is not every day.
I agree with PP - I will be writing everything down and just trying to get in more water. I'm terrible with water consumption. Yesterday I packed cherry tomatoes, carrots, broccoli and cucumber slices with 3tbsp of light yogurt dressing as a dip. And then I had chicken noodle soup for dinner with a slice of toast. I have been changing up what I eat so I am definitely going to continue to do this and start exercising. *sigh*
I'm starting to get better about watching what I eat and cutting back on my soda. For a while there I was drinking a TON of soda bc I was so sick of water and if H was having a beer, I wanted somethign fizzy too (lots of ginger ale, sprite, root beer, coke, etc.) so now I've started making myself drink a glass of water in between glasses of soda (which tends to fill me up so I dont have the soda).
I also make an effort to treat eating like I did before I got pregnant. My OB says I only need the equivalent of a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk as extra food - pregnancy shouldn't be a free-for-all with eating, and for a while there that's what i was doing - just eating with little accountability for it , thinking "I'm pregnant, its fine." So now I make an effort to just think before I eat- am I actually hungry? will a glass of milk or water help take the edge off? Am I bored? Should I go for a walk instead? etc etc.
I'm by no means calorie-restricting or even counting my calories, but I did kind of zone out there for several weeks in terms of what I was eating (and the holidays did not help!) so now I'm just trying to be more aware of it. I also fill up much faster now so I'm trying to eat smaller portions so I dont feel disgustingly full all the time.
Finally, sparkpeople has a pregnancy website - BabyFit - I just joined - no clue how it works haha, but it may be an alternative to Weight Watchers to help you keep an eye on what you eat, etc.
I used to the the calorie tracker at www.Livestrong.com/thedailyplate and I think I'm going to do it again just to get a handle on how much I'm eating and make myself more accountable. I know I'm eating too much junk food instead of real food.
I like the Livestrong calorie tracker because it has a huge food database- you just start typing the name (or brand) of food you are eating and it comes up. It counts your protein and carbs and you can track your water intake too.