Blessings From Home

Pregnancy Worries

I'm really blessed when it comes to being pregnant. I don't have morning sickness, I hardly get nauseus, and I can't gain weight. In fact, I'm the only person I know who can lose so much weight during pregnancy.

Through all four pregnancies, I've lost significant amounts of weight, and with the previous three, have walked out of the hospital weighing in up to 30 pounds less than before I got pregnant.

This baby has been no different. Now with just over 8 weeks to go, I am down more than 25lbs from my starting weight. Now, before you get too worried, my starting weight was too high. I was overweight, and no, not the, I'm not fitting in my size 6's any more, overweight. I was in a size 16-18, and an X-LG in most other things.

I eat, not a lot, but I eat. For some reason I eat much healthier when pregnant. They say your body craves what it needs, such as iron, vitamin C, etc. And that's pretty much how I eat. If I need iron, I crave things like peanut butter or spinach salad. If I need Vitamin C, I crave fruit.

The doctors or midwife has never seemed overly concerned with my weight loss, until I get to the end when the baby is gaining a significant amount of weight on a regular basis. For instance, in the last week, I've lost 5lbs, and the baby should be gaining about a 1/2 pound a week. My appetite has not changed, but I continue to lose. This pregnancy, I have already lost more than all the previous ones, so I'm going tomorrow to buy some high calorie snacks and maybe some instant breakfast drinks. I'm so blessed with all the possible problems that can arise from pregnancy, that this is all that I have to deal with, but it's still a concern. My babies have all been fairly small, ranging from 6lbs 5oz to 6lbs 14oz at term, but if I continue to lose this little one may be my smallest one yet. So if you could, please pray that all is healthy with this little one and that my weight stabilizes so that he can grow healthy, I would be so grateful.

Thanks so much,

Blessings, sara 

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{ 08:15, Wednesday, October 8, 2008 } { Posted by sweetie }

Sara,
I did the same things when pregnant. I was approximately the same size as well....the doctor encouraged me to eat well but not high calorie, the baby will take what it needs, but small babies usually come from those like us over sugar levels, so try to up your protein and eat more complex carbs, not simple sugars or simple carbs. My doctor recommended lots of protein and strawberries, broccoli, and dark green vegetables. Its important that in taking what he/she needs that you are not robbed of the calcium and bone structure you need, so take care of you!
hugs
Sweetie