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| Same maternity shirt... but it fits very, very differently!!! |
Today I’m 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant and scheduled to be
induced tomorrow, so I figured I should probably give a quick synopsis on being
pregnant after having gastric bypass. My overall assessment is that it has been
an awesome experience! It has been so much fun to actually look pregnant and
have people rub my belly and not feel all weird about it. Both my husband and I
have been able to actually feel the baby move more and have been able to
actually distinguish body parts because they weren’t hidden by layers of fat! I
haven’t had to worry about getting stretch marks—because I already have them—so
I really have been able to just enjoy being pregnant (at least as much as you
can when pregnant) J
I’m very proud to
report that I’ve been able to keep my weight within reason. I’ve gained a total
of 20 pounds this pregnancy which is still actually under average, so I’m happy
with that. I was able to work out daily until around 35 weeks when exercising
started contractions so I had to slow things down a bit, but I’ve always tried to
do something active everyday even if it was just taking a walk during my lunch
break at work. I hate to admit that this past week I haven’t exactly eaten well
as I’ve been doing crazy amounts of stress eating trying to plan my husband’s
30th birthday surprise party while worrying that I’d go into labor
at any minute. But it has made me feel so yucky that I’m actually looking
forward to getting back into diet mode again and getting the baby weight off.
That’s definitely going to be the hardest part about this
entire pregnancy though… getting back into pre-pregnancy shape. I know I can do
it though because I’ve already done it!!! Well, I’ll try to keep this blog
updated about how my post-pregnancy weight loss goes, and hopefully it will be
good news. J
