I am Fat After All - WAH!!!!!!!!!!

How Mommy Feels:

• Fat
• Bloated
• Happy!
• Thirsty

Cravings: fried foods

Morning sickness: no - yay!

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The first routine item you do at the OB is you get weighed every visit. Well, on this visit I found out I've gained 5 pounds.

5 pounds!!!

I should have only gained about 2 pounds - if any weight at all. The baby and the placenta don't even weigh a pound. But the nurse and doctor weren't overly concerned and Donna (the right hand gal, if you remember) just waved it off and said "This is generally the worst time to get pregnant because of the holidays and it's Winter. I wouldn't worry if I were you, just blame the season."
So I'm glad that the staff doesn't seem to think it too out of the norm - but I do. I fear I'm going to become one FAT momma. Ewww....
Anyway, on to more wonderful news. First, I got to see the baby again today. And boy was he/she just hopping and dancing around! The little bit couldn't sit still for one moment. Needless to say all that movement made it sadly impossible to get a decent picture of the tyke. So no physical picture to post today. (sad!) I'm wondering if all that hustle and bustle in the womb will be present in the coming months and after delivery, but we'll see. And it was so awesome to see this new U/S because I could see the little legs and arms and I could see the cute little profile. And when the baby turned towards us - or facing my belly button - I could see the skull of the baby and the eye and nose sockets... it's was so neat and wonderful and indiscribably joyful. I felt exhilerated after the exam and completely excited for the coming months.
Dr. Hansen said my baby looks nice and healthy and the heart was strong, and my blood pressure was good, and my nice pee sample was free of UTI traces.... yeah, I know you all wanted to know that! In short, this was a good visit - minus the weight gain.
As for my next visit, I will be waiting out five and a half weeks until my next appointment. Dr. Hansen said I could either come in the traditional four weeks, or I could come in five and get to find out the sex of the baby.
I was sold (as Rob put it) to waiting the additional week so that I can find out the sex of the baby. And it'll be just before Christmas too, which is what I wanted. The only thing I've truly wanted for Christmas was to know if I was having a boy or girl - and now I'll know. My only dilemma now is to be patient (or maybe put on the persona of patience) and wait out the five weeks until my next appointment. Which will be on Tuesday December 23rd. I can't wait!