28th March and 28 weeks today - only 9 weeks till classed as full term!
man it is getting scary now, and so is my weight lol.
17stone 9lbs eek - Jeez that's 4st 9lb of this pregnancy weight to go plus another stone, so so far got...da da.... 79lbs to lose! but at least I have an excuse this time for it :)
28 weeks
28 weeks
Saw my GP the other day and she actually couldnt believe what I am weighing and said I looked really good and blooming, looking really healthy and to not worry as I wasnt that big lol. I said I wasn't worried as I am in the mindset to lose all this weight again and reckon I will do within 6 months. Well I sounded really confident about this at the time... I have got her a 6 month old t shirt with 'My mummy is a yummy mummy' on it so I don't want to let her down!
Most of the weight does seem to be on my belly anyway, and water retention is taking up the rest of my body. My legs are hurrendous and I had nothing like this from just being overweight (see pics below!)
then after a night of resting them up swelling goes down alot.
The joys of pregnancy! Swollen legs and feet! My thighs must be carrying a few litres at a guess! And under my knees I have like tight bands of water that make it hard to bend my legs. Apparantly my mum suffered the same having me, so payback time! These pics should be embarrassing but LOL what the hell... let's blame it all on the baby!
The only way I can control this is to keep my feet above my heart and the only place i can do that is in bed. Thankfully lately I have spent most of time there as I am just really really shattered all the time. I can feel the baby getting stronger everyday and i think she is sapping my strength.
As long as she pops out healthy though that's all i am bothered about :)
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Wow it's been a long time since I have updated this!!!
I am well out of the loop with everything weight loss and thats because I am currently nigh on 27 weeks pregnant, and feeling it!
I have a lot of catching up to do with everyone!
I told in August last year how I was having troubles with my pregnancy, well unfortuntely that ended in a miscarriage but we were fortunate enough to become pregnant again pretty much straight away - and we are having a little girl who is due in June!
She is measuring only a few days ahead so is on target to just being average, which is fine by me!
I think I might have to lose all my weight again and maybe then some, but we'll see as I am carrying lots of fluid in pretty much my whole body!
My legs especially from the start blew up and they look like they are just filled with water under the surface.
I am hoping I havn't gained too much by way of fat, but I think I am kidding myself there haha - oh well, I did it once I will again and I am just grateful that everything with this pregnancy has gone fine although I have worried from the start... the babies health comes first.
The good news is my blood pressure has remained static all the way through, not had any protein in my samples, no sign of anemia and my blood tests were all extremely terrific! So on the face of it I am doing well, but I am struggling a tad with the water retention and the fact I broke my tailbone 15 months or so ago hasn't helped either, as sitting here on a computer chair is sometimes excrutiating.
I am also fighting sleep constantly, i can never get enough some days and then other days even though shattered I toss and turn.
I plan on breastfeeding which I hear uses up 500 calories a day! So we'll try that till I am target weight haha (if she's like 5 lol, I mean come on... 500 calories day!!) and I wont be able to ''diet'' in that time, but with taking up my exercise again I think (hope) it wont take that long to get back to where I was.
Well thats pretty much the update from me - still in the mindset that I want to get the weight off afterwards - I admit I have just gone with the flow on food, and becasue I have to watch my caffeine I couldnt rely on diet cola anymore so have added a heap of fluid calories like fresh orange and milk, but hey ho, all in a good cause!
Here's a progress picture of my pregnancy so far. I wasnt as bloated as with the first one, I think that just went all wrong from the beginning. This time I think I have done OK, not brilliant and have gained far more than I thought I would but seeing my expanding belly jump from my little girls hands and feet makes it worth having, although I wont pretend it hasnt been hard seeing my ''old belly'' re-appearing and it is hard to get your head round the fact that it isnt really it just looks like it!
...and a belly pic at 26 weeks lying down! (weird angle shot I know) but shows where my baby girl is, I am carrying low. My uterus reaches not far from under my boobs now and I have been lucky not get any stretch marks yet, but that's probably cos I have plenty from my fat days!
And a couple of pictures I just like taken last night at 26+4 :)
She kicks him when he lies on my tummy like this! I don't know how much longer he'll be able to sit on my tum like this! I definitly think he knows someone is in there.
He ends up in the huff like this!
