Tonight is our "Meeting with the midwives"
I am so stoked! We met our doula on Monday and she is the most awesome person ever! Can't wait for our next meeting. She had her 7 week old with her I couldn't see her cause she was in the sling the whole time but i though that was sweet
Another plus was that my IM took me and my kids out for lunch after the doula meeting YAY! That makes me feel great! I know it is a small thing, but it ment alot to me. They are taking me out for dinner tonight too...YAY!
Anyway. Another battle with the scale this morning...it said 239. UGH. 3 lbs. I don't feel quite so bad though, because the 18 week email said average weight gain for 18 weeks is 10-13 lbs. I would be outta my mind if I had gained that much this far. Now with MY kids, I had, but I was much lighter then...and knowing that I started out at 245 (then down to 236 after morning sickness) this time around, I KNOW I cannot justify gaining 40 lbs this time. When you are heavy to start it is better to gain 20 lbs or less because you just don't NEED to gain the extra weight...so I think I am on track.
0-20 weeks: 5 Lbs
20-30 weeks: 10 lbs
30-40 weeks: 10 lbs
That is my goal and so far I am on track. I figure I will give myself some leeway and say no more than 30 lbs total. Knowing about 20 of that should be baby related (since there are 2 and they will make up about 10 lbs of that alone then add in fluid placenta and BOOB)
If i could just stop eating a family size bag of M&Ms every night I would be ok.....
