26-3-2009 - 28 week check up

My mood while writing this blog: hmmm

I weighed in again at the doctors...yet again I have gained a lot. In the past 4 weeks I gained 9 pound. That's about how it has been for the past 3 visits! The doc says that I have only gained a few more pounds than expected though and that I should cut my meals down by 15%. Apparently the hormone that causes our increase in hunger comes from the placenta--I knew there was a physical change in my appetite! I am NOT normally like this!!!! I need to cut back in my food craze, but I honestly don't know how I will do...Also, I measured 29 weeks this time which means the baby probably really did grow a lot.
I had my blood glucose level checked but I am still waiting on the results. I hope that my uterus measuring a week larger does not mean I am going to be having a huge baby. My last baby was just less than 7 lbs and I had a difficult time getting her out. My mom, a nurse who used to work in labor and delivery is concerned and hopes the baby is not very large. My mother and sister get gestational diabetes and have had very large babies. Anyway, I am not thinking that I have GD I just hope I am not eating so much that my baby will grow to be huge. My mother had 6 children and her first was the only normal size baby. As far as exercise, I started using the elliptical machine at my gym. It helps my mood more than anything to exercise. I did not exercise last week since my sister was in town and we played, but now I need to get my lazy self back in the gym! I can really tell that it affects me emotionally. Anyway, that's what’s on my mind right now. Well, that and food...I have to say I do really well all day and then I go crazy at night! I feel like Templeton the rat from Charlottes Web when he goes out at night after the fair closes!