Thursday, September 22, 2011

B3LLY P1CS!

We started taking pictures on 12 weeks and then approximately every 4 weeks after. Here they are so far.






Every pregnancy is different. Every body shape is different. I joke to Hubbostrich that I can be one of those celebrities who conceal their pregnancies until late term.

More postings is imminent to journal Belindy's prenatal growth. Next post...ultrasound pictures? We'll see...

But before that, I have some concern on my weight gain. Beware of CPL/spreadsh*t maker in action. See chart below.



Based on data up to 20 weeks, I did great on the first trimester and half of second trimester. And then, I started to gain about 1 lb/week at weeks 18 and 20. With this weight gain rate, projected weight gain at full term (let's say 38 weeks) is a whopping 28 lbs. Based on this guideline, I was only planning to gain 20-25 lbs--I already fell into the overweight category pre-pregnancy. 28 lbs is still tolerable. But wait, here is a what if scenario. What if the weight gain rate reaches, say, 2 lb/weeks, this will result in megatron weight gain of 46 lbs! Both Belindy and I are doomed!

What do I do to prevent this from happening? I have tried to stay active every other day with a gym, yoga, or swimming. But some weeks I slipped from committing, blaming work, being lazy and just circumstances. Next is to control my diet, this is proven to be not quite so stellar. You should see how many cakes and snacks have I been making the past 2 weeks. Pure no self control. Forgive Mommy, Belindy. Hope you're not going to be macrosomic.

5 comments:

Inok said...

You're doing prenatal yoga, right? Normal one isn't recommended for pregnant women, esp as your belly's getting bigger.

Xinda said...

I am with the "normal" class but Instructor and I modified positions (no lying on the back, easier warrior 1, no belly crunching positions, etc..) that are safe for pregnant woman. She was doing a much intense yoga than this one when she was pregnant!

Xinda said...

Guideline is if you have done some activities pre-pregnancy, than you can continue doing those when you are pregnant, just tone them down a bit, also use common sense.

Inok said...

That's pretty cool that you and your instructor made modifications! Yoga's probably the best way to bring more oxygen to the baby. I'll have to modify some of my weight exercises too, but dunno if I'm gonna keep or just scrap it for more swimming. Anyway, hope I didn't look like wagging my finger on the previous comment, was curious what kind of yoga you're doing.

Xinda said...

Nah! Don't worry...

Today's yoga was good. She showed me more modifications.