Friday, October 8, 2010

Hobbit-ish Potpurri: Making Progress

Hey Humble Readers!

Things here on the flatland are pretty quiet these days.  We've finally had a bit of a stretch of nice weather.  It feels like autumn should, and I have always loved this time of year.  (mental note: I must remember to clean up the balconey before the rain starts again)  I've been slowly making some progress on my to do lists.  Just a few things a day, but I'm getting there. 

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The ultrasound earlier this week went very well.  I know that these things are notoriously wrong, but the Halfling is measuring in the 90th percentile (I can't figure out what that means in practical terms).  At least I can stop worrying about the baby not gaining weight as I lose it.  I was nervous beforehand, but then I always am until I see that little heartbeat.  I know at this point it's silly, but I truly keep expecting the other shoe to drop.  I have this fear that one day there won't be movement, that I'll go see Dr. U and the baby will just not be there anymore.  He/she will just have vanished.  That this will all have been something I made up in my head. 

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Speaking of weight loss, I am starting to get a little concerned.  I'm dropping weight like mad.  I'm down 6 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight (according to my scale... the doc's scales weigh me a least three pounds lighter all the time), although I did go up about 6 pounds in the first trimester, so all totalled I've lost 12 pounds.  Dr. U isn't concerned, but this is just so unexpected.  I have always expected that I would gain at least a bit when pregnant.  I'm eating all the time (three meals and at least two snacks a day... way more than I normally would). 

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Thanksgiving is this weekend for those of us north of the 49th parallel.  I want to do something different this year, so I'm thinking about making a sausage stuffing.  Any suggestions?  I normally just do the usual bread, celery, onion mix.  I have also become obsessed with pumpkin desserts.  Well, desserts of any kind, but I really want to find a good pumpkin dessert that I can make with Sple.nda.   It's only going to be the two of us, so I'm planning on freezing a bunch of the leftovers for next month.

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I'm thinking that I might put up our outdoor Christmas lights next week.  I know it's early, but I think I want to do it while it's still nice out.  I won't plug them in of course, just get them out there.  One other piece of Christmas planning that has recently been taken care of... we are getting a free (artificial) Christmas tree!  Our last tree was a cheap-ie that we bought our first Christmas together, and it dropped more needles than a real tree would.  We tossed it last year after the holidays, fulling intending on buying a new one this year.  With the hit our finances took last month, we were thinking we were going to be going without a tree this year.  I mentioned it a couple of weeks ago at work, and one of the new girls told me that she and her husband had bought a new tree last year, and were wanting to get rid of their old one.  She wants to give it to me for free!  It's a 7' tree, only a few years old.  I'm stoked!

4 comments :

  1. Do not worry about the weight loss. It is one of the truly wonderful parts of being plus sized and pregnant. Until I put on 25 pounds of water, I was down about 5-6 pounds, too. Since Baby G's birth, I've dropped 51 pounds. 51. I am now more than 20 pounds below my pre-pregnancy weight and Baby G was a nice size (7lb 2oz). Your body is taking care of the halfling, enjoy the free weight loss.

    Also, by the tape measure I measured 2-3 weeks ahead and by the ultrasound he measured 75%-80% and was born a perfectly reasonable size (at 38 weeks) and pretty long 20.5 inches. So, it's possible that yours isn't overly large from the GD GD, they may just be long. Plus, I think shorter, heavier mommies measure ahead. This theory was poo-pooed by my OB, but anecdotally this seems to be true.

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  2. I've lost 20 pounds since I got pregnant and I have to admit that I am quite pleased about it. I was concerned that the baby would be too small, especially when we were closing in on month 7 and I still wasn't showing. But he's measuring right where he should and everything looks good so I'm not worried about it anymore. My CNM said that she had one patient who lost 30 pounds so as long as I am eating well, she isn't concerned about the weight loss.

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  3. Sweetie...don't worry about the weight loss. When I was pregnant with Gabe, I lost 20 pounds before I started to gain anything at all.

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  4. Then there is me, putting on too MUCH weight. LOL. It's fine, hon, babe gets what he/she needs :)

    Ugh, I'm cancelling Christmas...we can't afford it...AT ALL. No gifts for anyone this year. LOL. But I'm allllll about the sausage stuffing.

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