May 4, 2010

Gaining Weight....
Everyone knows I had Gastric bypass, it was a year ago on May 11th. I have lost about 120lbs and now I am pregnant with Twins and possibly triplets! So weight gain has been on my mind. Yes weight gain is perfectly normal when pregnant and my concern is not new. When I was pregnant with Noah I only wanted to gain 15lbs, I was way more over weight then but still. Now I am reading and depending on how many babies I could gain anywhere between 40 and 60 lbs!! OMG That freaks me out. I know I need to make sure I eat enough for the babies, but is that much weight gain really necessary to nourish me and the babies? With Noah I gain 22lbs and then another 8lbs at the very end of straight water weight (you should have seen my feet!). Being as over weight as I was with Noah I did a good job not gaining to much, but I wasn't eating as healthy as I do now. Isn't it reasonable to think that if I eat healthy and keep as active as possible that the babies and myself will get everything we need with out gaining 60lbs??
I know it sounds like I am being selfish, but if I gain 60lbs being healthy and active then I gain 60 lbs. But the idea that it is a rule of thumb and normal kills me. I mean 60 lbs in 9 months is a lot of weight...


Gardening
YAY! I planted my garden today! It felt so good getting the tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapenos, and flowers planted. I may plant some other things but I am not sure just yet. I should probably plant a leafy veggie or maybe a root veggie...yum... I can't wait for it to start growing. Our crop of Tomatoes were soooo good last year.

Being Pregnant
So it's weird that I already feel pregnant. Tomorrow is 7weeks and my belly has already started to round and firm. I am tired all the time and I feel like I am always hungry. This is going to be a long pregnancy if I am already feeling it this early!

Twins or Triplets
So in my head I started prepping myself for triplets. I figured it would be easier to step back the planning. I thought hey it will be less overwhelming if you plan on having three now, rather than add on later. Well my head didn't consider my heart... So in my heart I have already started loving three babies. Not smart of me considering it could only be two, then I will feel sad, like I have lost a child. And who knows I could have lost the third or it could have just been an abnormal blip on the screen. I know I will be fine, but I probably should have considered everything before I started planning on having three kiddos.

Boy or Girl
I really really really really (I could keep going) hope that there is at least 1 girl in there. I want a daughter so bad! Don't get me wrong, little boys are a blast and I adore being a boy mom, but I want a little girl too! But we won't know anything until July... Oh the wait is going to suck! Ideally if it's 3 I would love 1 boy and 2 girls that way we are even. If it's twins as long as 1 is a girl I am cool (I will be cool with 2 boys, but beyond happy with a girl)

Well it's nap time for Noah, so I better wrestle him to bed. Have a great day!

May 3, 2010

So I checked out this great book from the library; The Hot Mom to be Handbook and it has monthly journal questions that I want to answer. It being a library book I think they would generally look down on me writing in the book, so I figured I would answer the questions here!

Month One (I am technically 6.5 weeks along but close enough)

1. What were your first words or thoughts when you found out you were pregnant?
My first thought was its about time! I sat in the bathroom at 4am and cried tears of pure joy. I wanted so badly to wake Nick, but waited for him to wake.

2. What are you the most excited about? What do you fear the most?
I am most excited about completing our family. For Noah to have siblings to play with. I am most afraid of not having enough time for Noah. He has been our everything for 3yrs and by the time the babies come it will be almost 4. I don't want him to feel sad about the change that is going to occur. I hope that Nick and I are able to balance the needs of the babies and Noah.

3. What was the funniest thing that someone said or did when you told them about "the bun"?
Well I guess that honor goes to Nick. I sent Noah in with a big brother tshirt and told him to show daddy. So Nick sees the shirt and instead of looking at me with a "really we are?" face he looked at the shirt and was like yeah it's nice. I said did you read it, and he said yeah where did that come from. So I whispered into Noah's ear to tell daddy that "mommy was going to have a baby" but Noah said "I want mommy to have a baby" to which Nick responded I know, I know we are working on it. Finally I looked at him and said, "No Mommy IS going to have a baby." Finally he got it! He thought the shirt was a hand me down we got from a friend or something...

4. Once you are pregnant you notice every baby in the world. How many babies did you see today?
Well I didn't leave the house today so the only babies I saw were on tv. I guess 4-5 maybe..

Well that's all for this journal, no worries I will be back with another one soon as I hit 2 months very soon!