Baby Weight

On (or around) Aug. 9, the Harringtons will welcome baby #2 to the family! Yup, Vivi will be a big sister and a great one at that (we'll have to work on the jealousy issues, I'm sure). This second pregnancy has been much different from the first so far...most of the time I forget I'm pregnant because I'm chasing Vivi around, not sleeping, and not thinking about the baby 23 hours per day.

Physically, it is different, too. My back already hurts sometimes, my abdominal muscle strength is gone so those muscles hurt, I'm not as sick (which, apparently means we're having a boy) and I'm also feeling movement a lot earlier (because now I know what it feels like).

However, one thing I hope is different: the weight I gain. Last time I gained 40 pounds and I really don't want to gain that much again; it took me about one year to lose. At my last check up, my weight gain was great (minimal), but just in the last week or so, my fat jeans stopped fitting! What the heck! I'm not eating as many sweets, I'm only eating when I'm hungry (or sick because I haven't eaten in a while), etc. But I am still pregnant; here's a Facebook post from last week:

"my healthy spinach salad for lunch may have been offset by the two pieces of bacon I put in it (I was hungry!), but I think the cottage cheese and blueberries offset the bacon...but I think the amount of dressing I put on the salad offset the cheese/berries...so I might as well have a chocolate :)"

While I don't think about this pregnancy as much, I'm so excited for what means for our family.