Good half time scores for me
So every week I get this email from www.babycenter.com telling me what week I'm in, how I may be feeling and what developmental stages my baby is going through. This week I got:
"Hello, Dinka!
Your baby is twice as big as he was last month, but he still weighs only about 7 ounces. (Meanwhile, you've probably gained as many as 14 pounds, most of which is from amniotic fluid, placenta, and water retention.) Though things may seem calm on the surface, your little one is kicking....blablabla"
Get this. I gained only 11 lbs so far!!! Me! Me, who usually does not waste any permitted pounds. I have them all. Up to the very limit... and beyond. And now this. I gained LESS than they think the average woman would. I am so happy with myself. Oh I know that can still change, I can still end up gaining 50lbs total, but hey, I will enjoy this incredible achievement while it lasts. I will not mention that it's not really my merit at all because had I had a healthy appetite for the last 3-4 months I would have made use of that special time in a woman's life where she is actually supposed to eat and not just pretend she's eating while she counts calories and has pictures of chocolate cake for dessert.
Anyway, I told Lincoln, as every clearthinking and rational woman would immediately do, that means that aaaaaaaactually I LOST some weight since I'm sure this baby used up all the energy it needed, so if it only had me add 11lbs of the 14lbs I'm supposed to have, it must've taken 3lbs from somewhere else.... and, you guessed it, it must've been from "stored energy" (read: fat) lingering around somewhere in my body. I wouldn't know where of course, because, uhm, I know no such thing as "stored energy" when it comes to my own body. :)
Just to let you know though - so I don't get any upset comments - I'm not really concerned with my weight gain. I just want this baby to be happy when it comes out. I'll take care of the aftermath. Now if it was only July...
Posted at 07:58 PM on February 22, 2003
...school would be almost over!
oh, sorry, I don't think, this was, what you wanted to say or was it? :)
(Don't understand me wrong, I'm also desperate to see your baby, Hilda, it's only this incredible desire for holidays...)
Gratuliere zur Halbzeit!
Genieße den Rest und die Vorfreude!
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