I have some advice for pregnant women everywhere.
After you’ve been on vacation (and therefore eaten more
delicious/unhealthy food than usual), and especially if you’ve eaten whatever
you want for your entire pregnancy, weigh yourself at 9 pm. It’ll be fun and
you’ll be so happy you did.
Nope. You won’t! Learn from my mistake…and my husband’s (he
suffers from foot in mouth syndrome on the daily, poor guy, and most of the
time it’s not really his fault.)
Last night, as I filled up our large (awesome!) bath tub
with warm water and a relaxing lavender-scented bubble bath, so I could relax
after a long day of work, I decided that it would be a good time to weigh
myself. So I jumped on the old (nope, it’s not old, it’s new and super accurate) scale and WOWSA! I was
surprised. I’ve gained 20 lbs.! In 20 weeks of pregnancy! For all you
unreasonable (overly healthy/diet conscious) people out there…yes, I realize
that if I wanted to gain 25-35 lbs. total during this pregnancy, as recommended…it
ain’t lookin’ good. Ooops. For all you reasonable (food loving, intelligent,
charitable) people out there…I know, I know, I’m growing a baby here! With my
own body! And until 3 weeks ago I felt like vomiting 24/7 and the only thing
that helped was snacking on delicious things all day long. I don’t blame myself
either.
Anyway, back to my husband’s foot in mouth syndrome...
Me: Johnny! I’ve gained 20 lbs.! In 20 weeks! I’M FAT!
Husband: Oh honey. Maybe you should try to eat a little bit
more healthy. Like you could try to stop eating seconds at dinner. Because when
you do, you complain afterwards that you are so full that you feel sick. So
maybe you could not do that.
Me: WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY OUT LOUD TO YOUR PREGNANT WIFE?!
Husband: Oh no babe, I didn’t mean it like that. I just mean
if you want to not gain so much weight you could try to eat a little bit more
healthy.
Me: TRY ONE MORE TIME.
Husband: ……. You look great. Really, so beautiful.
Me: Yeahhh. I mean really, I think it’s actually fine. I weighed 15
lbs. less when I got pregnant with this baby than I did when I got pregnant
with Jack. So, you know, 20 lbs. gained, minus the 15 lbs. I was under…5 lbs. 5
lbs. No big deal!
Husband: Yup. Definitely.
So today at work, in honor of the weight gain, I switched my
morning snack to something a bit more healthy (i.e. I had John pack me only
half of the delicious sour cream & onion crackers that I love to dip in
hummus, and instead I ate some crackers + 6 baby carrots.) Go me. I was really
proud of myself.
Then after lunch, I ate a churro and a piece of homemade
nectarine pie (my coworker’s creation with this delicious buttery French crumble
topping.) YUM! I mean what is a pregnant mama to do?! Sometimes you just need “lunch
dessert.” And sometimes, you just need two lunch desserts.
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| I love this part of pregnancy...the ol' "No, I'm not pregnant! Just a regular sized lady!" ....and then BAM! There's that baby bump! |
