I'm a barn swallow, jealous of your peacock finery. You look so beautiful! And I like your face makeup better than the girl from the costume party wedding reception. Yours is "peacocky" without becoming at all vampy.
(And what's all this about big bellies? I've already gained about 25- YES, 25!- pounds, and you don't look like you've gained an ounce! You need to pass along your exercise regime to me. Better yet, to make it easier on me, we could just trade arms, legs, and faces! I'll immediately ship mine USPS Priority if you're up for it.)
I am really nervous, actually, because I have a doctor's appt. today-and last time the Doc asked me if I knew how much I was SUPPOSED to gain-because I had already exceeded my allotted amount for the first trimester. That was my first visit and the only reason I "GAINED" so much-was because the hospital scale was inconsistent to my MIL's scale. OH well. Now I HAVE gained weight-I have eaten far too much candy these days. I am REALLY nervous what he will do to me now that I have earned his wrath! My only consolance is that I HAVE been working out-on a bad week 2/3 x's and on a good week 4/5 x's. Maybe I will earn bonus points for that...or maybe he won't even believe me. :-(
Pish posh! During my first pregnancy, my midwife told me to limit my SKIM milk intake to 3 glasses a day because I was gaining closer to 35 pounds than to 25. I ignored her, of course, gained more weight than I was "supposed" to, and it melted off of me really fast after Millie was born.
I do think it's important to not shove off any amount of weight gain with the "Ah, who cares, I'm pregnant!" excuse, but I'm also convinced that some doctors and midwives are too concerned with a tidy weight gain that falls exactly within 25-35 pounds. I didn't fall into that bracket with either of the girls (tho', granted, I should have fallen closer to it with Annie!).
My sister-in-law Sarah ate very healthily during her pregnancy. She's 5'9" and the skinniest girl I've ever known. She gained at least 50 pounds during her pregnancy, which was at least 15 pounds more than she was "supposed" to, and she looked like her old self in no time at all after delivering a very healthy baby boy.
You're even taller than 5'9", and as long as you know you're eating things that provide you and the baby with good nutrition (apart from the occasional and quite permissable bit of junk) and you're exercising, I wouldn't care a fig about gaining more than you "should" (within reason, of course; I don't advocate a carefree, 100-pound weight gain!).
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You are the prettiest peacock I've seen, even though the photo doesn't show your feathers!
I'm a barn swallow, jealous of your peacock finery. You look so beautiful! And I like your face makeup better than the girl from the costume party wedding reception. Yours is "peacocky" without becoming at all vampy.
(And what's all this about big bellies? I've already gained about 25- YES, 25!- pounds, and you don't look like you've gained an ounce! You need to pass along your exercise regime to me. Better yet, to make it easier on me, we could just trade arms, legs, and faces! I'll immediately ship mine USPS Priority if you're up for it.)
I am really nervous, actually, because I have a doctor's appt. today-and last time the Doc asked me if I knew how much I was SUPPOSED to gain-because I had already exceeded my allotted amount for the first trimester. That was my first visit and the only reason I "GAINED" so much-was because the hospital scale was inconsistent to my MIL's scale. OH well. Now I HAVE gained weight-I have eaten far too much candy these days. I am REALLY nervous what he will do to me now that I have earned his wrath! My only consolance is that I HAVE been working out-on a bad week 2/3 x's and on a good week 4/5 x's. Maybe I will earn bonus points for that...or maybe he won't even believe me. :-(
Pish posh! During my first pregnancy, my midwife told me to limit my SKIM milk intake to 3 glasses a day because I was gaining closer to 35 pounds than to 25. I ignored her, of course, gained more weight than I was "supposed" to, and it melted off of me really fast after Millie was born.
I do think it's important to not shove off any amount of weight gain with the "Ah, who cares, I'm pregnant!" excuse, but I'm also convinced that some doctors and midwives are too concerned with a tidy weight gain that falls exactly within 25-35 pounds. I didn't fall into that bracket with either of the girls (tho', granted, I should have fallen closer to it with Annie!).
My sister-in-law Sarah ate very healthily during her pregnancy. She's 5'9" and the skinniest girl I've ever known. She gained at least 50 pounds during her pregnancy, which was at least 15 pounds more than she was "supposed" to, and she looked like her old self in no time at all after delivering a very healthy baby boy.
You're even taller than 5'9", and as long as you know you're eating things that provide you and the baby with good nutrition (apart from the occasional and quite permissable bit of junk) and you're exercising, I wouldn't care a fig about gaining more than you "should" (within reason, of course; I don't advocate a carefree, 100-pound weight gain!).
Plus, you look great!
So let it be known that I strictly forbid any shipping of body parts.
Hmph. Killjoy.
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