Week 10 done, Starting 11

Monday, 29 January 2007

Ok, now I'm feeling as if I'm just kind of along for the ride with this pregnancy. The weight gain is stressing me out a bit. I know something's up with my digestion, but can't really get much medical help on that front during pregnancy. I do have an appointment on Valentine's Day with the digestive disorders doctor, and will push a little more for SOME diagnosis, though I realize there's not much they can do during a pregnancy, unless there's an immediate need.

I'm trying to adapt to eating differently to avoid bloating up two pant sizes every time I eat a meal. I normally do the little meals all day long, and I've been eating really healthy and walking, etc. However, yesterday, we had our vegetarian potluck at our house, and though I don't feel I overate, I only had fruit for breakfast, then "saved space" for the afternoon meal. So, I ate a bunch of different things all within an hour or so period. I really paid for that. I was so bloated last night, the skin on my stomach felt tight like it does in the last months of pregnancy. Then to get up this morning for my Monday weigh-in and be at 150 pounds was just absolutely discouraging to me. I feel like all the effort I've put in over the past couple years has radically changed my habits, and I feel like I'm continuing to just do what I've been doing, and all of a sudden my body is just reacting totally differently. If it were just the pregnancy, I'd feel better, but this was happening a month or so before I got pregnant, so it's got me worried a bit.

So, enough whining for one day. I'll try to focus less on the scale, and more on the success of each day eating well, exercising, relaxing, etc. I have my first prenatal appointment next week, so I'll bring up my concerns then and maybe start working on the elimination/rotation diet, to see if I can find anyway to improve my symptoms that way. At least the crushing fatigue seems to be passing, though I really have to be careful to not overdue the physical stuff, like moving furniture, picking up kids or heavy stuff, etc. I'll just play the Eagles song "Take it Easy" in my head...