24 Week Appointment

This week I had a routine appointment. So routine that Craig got to skip it. I thought it would be the standard weight, blood pressure, heartbeat, and questions. It pretty much was except the scale in the Dr's office showed that I had a 14 pound weight gain in 4 weeks! My scale at home and the Dr scaled have been within a pound of each other the entire pregnancy and I was expecting about a 3 pound gain, so when she told me what it was I was in denial. Since I was the first appointment of the day they had no other complaints of the scale being off, but I am sure that it was.

The "rapid" weight gain plus the swelling I have been having raised the pre-eclampsia flag and there was some worry. As always my blood pressure was perfect and they tested for proteins and I was clear...my swelling are just cankles. My baby bump is a perfect size for how far along I am and the baby's heart is beating right where it should be.

I find this part funny, in light of my weight gain it was suggested that I cut back on fruit. Okay...they assume that fruit is the worst culprit in my diet. They should be telling me to cut back on the Cheez-its and frozen yogurt. No. Instead I am told that I should stop eating watermelon because it is so sugary. Alrighty then, I'll skip the watermelon and go straight to the fro yo.

Seriously I have upped the water intake and it seems to have flushed a few pounds away. I think being away and eating out the long weekend paired with long driving spells that prohibited the drinking of water didn't help any. At the same time I am convinced that the DR. scale is WRONG!