Oh, Dear!
“O, Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath. Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint . . . ” – Psalm 6:1-2a
Today I read these verses and claim them as my own . . . I am gaining too much weight. I have seven more weeks to go and have already gained about forty pounds.
I usually gain like this, so it’s normal for me, but this time I have a different midwife and she does not like the scales going that high . . . But I am in survival mode with the busyness of life . . . and so I too lift up my voice to the God of heaven and petition my Lord.
Note: God has graciously taken the pounds off in a few months after baby so that each time I’ve gotten back down below 130 and even most of the times down to my wedding weight . . . but does that make it ok to gain so much each time? What about self- discipline? Oh . . . . yeah . . . I defiantly could use more of that in my life . . . but it seems (to me) that peoples bodies react so differently to many things about pregnancy . . . Ok . . . maybe you just need to pray for me . . . I just can’t seem to do it any other way . . .
September 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
wow if you lose the weight in a couple months your body mustneed that extra. I gain 30 and lose about 15 of it and in 2 weeks I can start gainig again…. groan.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I will pray…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
You’re right about everyone’s bodies behaving differently during pregnancy. I barely gained 20 pounds (and my doctor kept worrying that it wasn’t enough, but have struggled almost a year to lose back down to pre-pregnancy weight. Wedding weight? Nowhere in sight. Nevertheless, I know how discouraging glimpses of the scale can be, so I’ll pray that you’ll either find a way to slow down, if for no one else’s sake than your own.
September 27th, 2007 at 2:31 am
Oh girl, do I sympathize………I gained 40+lbs. when I was pregnant with Kaylie and have already gained almost twenty with this pregnancy and I’m only a little past halfway! More details in a personal email…………=]
Don’t have any advice, except do what works for you. My doctor was not at all worried about my weight gain, and still isn’t this time around……there are different factors that enter in that make it okay, I think.
Don’t lose heart!
September 27th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Ennnhh. My attitude is – don’t worry about it. If you’re not really doing anything extra and it comes on anyways, just let it. Goodness, you’ve seen a pattern each time, and always it’s nothing to worry about. Your babies haven’t been too big to have, right? I wouldn’t stress out about it. We are hungrier during pregnancy for a reason, and I too am of the opinion that you need it. There is a time for self discipline, but I doubt you are really eating out of control. I say listen to your instinct. Anyways.