WOW!!...No wonder I feel this way!

31 weeks 2 days

I went in for my appointment with Dr. Duke yesterday and received some interesting...ok shocking news.

First of all, I have gain ANOTHER 7 pounds totaling 30 pounds gained! Whoa MAMA!! But with an explanation. Over the last month or so I have not been able to eat hardly anything. I try but I get so uncomfortable and end up not being able to breathe well. So it was very hard for me to believe that I gained 7 pounds in 2 weeks. That is just crazy. I figure that I'm taking in between 1000 and 1200 calories a day...not that much for a pregnant girl. So she checked my legs and ankles and said "Veronica, you are very swollen! The weight you are gaining is not hips and thighs it's pure water weight. Are you drinking water like you should?" To which I had to reluctantly say "Nooooooo." And, of course, she told me that I need to be drinking a ton more water than I am. And cut down on my salt intake. (Yeah, like that is going to happen.) I'll try my best with the salt but I am for sure going to pump it up on the water drinking! And she also said I need to get my feet up as much as I can. Then she looked at my blood pressure and said that it was on the verge of being high but said there was no protein in my urine. Which means at the moment I am not preeclamtic. Praise Jesus. I guess water weight, high blood pressure and protein in your urine means you are preelamtic.

On to the next topic.

I told her that for the last few weeks I have been extremely uncomfortable. And that I know I don't look that big for the outside but I just feel "full" and huge from the inside. It is very hard to move, get off the couch, get out of bed and frankly, even get off the potty. I then asked her approximately how big Paisley was and she said the average baby at 31 weeks is about 4 pounds. But she pushed on my tummy and felt around at Paisley and said "Veronica, no wonder you are uncomfortable. Paisley is around 5 pounds. You have a big ol' baby inside of you!!" She also said to be prepared to deliver a large child!! haha GREAT!! I wanted a chunky monkey anyway!! Then she measured me and I am, of course, measuring 2 cm larger than my gestational age. She said she would not doubt that I will go early! WHAT?!?! EARLY.......I DON'T EVEN HAVE A CRIB OR PAISLEY'S ROOM PAINTED......SHOOT, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PACK N PLAY SHE COULD SLEEP IN!!! Mama needs to get with it!!

I have an ultrasound tomorrow night so that will tell me what Paisley actually weighs. And then I have my specialist appointment Tuesday.

So my new goals are:
1. Watch my salt intake
2. Drink water until I float away.
3. Get my feet up as much as possible.
4. Start working on Paisley's room!!!
5. Ward off labor for a few more weeks!! haha