Its interesting to compare what I wrote about my last pregnancy (on this blog) with what is going on now. I remember with Brooke I was having a lot of Charlie Horses ... that is actually not true this time around. I've had maybe one, but with Brooke they were pretty frequent. So despite the fact that I have had more trouble this time along, at least I'm not getting all the pregnancy symptoms I could possibly get!
I had my 24 week appointment last Friday, which was almost at 25 weeks. My appointments tend to be all over the place due to my schedule, whereas with Brooke they were pretty much spot on to development. Anyway, I had my glucose screening test and a quick visit. Turns out I have actually lost two pounds since my last visit. I'm pretty sure I can thank my recent puke-fest for that. Anyway, I weighed myself this morning (as I do every Monday morning) and have had no additional gain.
I am up a total of 14 lbs as of today, with a suggested 25-30 total lbs of gain for a whole pregnancy. Two visits ago I was told I should only gain about .5lbs a week from now on. I remember with Brooke I pretty much either gained nothing, or 1 pound. There were no 1/2 lbs anywhere :) Well, assuming I do gain the recommended .5 lbs a week from now on, that is 7.5 more lbs (assuming I dont go over my due date). That would put me at a total of 21.5 lbs of weight gain for this whole pregnancy. That would be less than I gained with Brooke ... and even less then the recommended amount. Do you know what that means???
That means I have a few extra pounds to spare :) It's cookie skillet time!