First off, I know that I am very blessed with a healthy baby, and being able to get pregnant so easy. I realize this, but until you go through a pregnancy yourself you have no idea! I am very thankful for a healthy baby. I however, have had a super hard time with a lot of these wonderful pregnancy symptoms. Number one being the weight gain. When I was in my senior year in high school I lost 30 pounds on weight watchers. I have since then always watched what I was eating, and have been very self conscious about gaining weight. Of course I yo-yoed a lot through college, but have always seemed to get right back on track to my "goal weight". I am having a super hard time with the pregnancy weight gain. Yes I know I need to gain weight for the baby, and when she is born I can diet again. It is just so hard to get on the scale and see the numbers constantly go up. I am having a super hard time with this. Second, I am literally going bald. My hair comes out in chunks in the shower some times. Really gross! I have several bald spots on my, and I bought a special shampoo and have not noticed a difference yet. The third thing is my constant acne. It has not gone away, and is now scaring my face. When one zit leaves 4 or 5 replace it. Also, really gross! All of this with my lovely raging pregnancy hormones made me have an emotional breakdown that Tuesday. I must have cried every hour that I was awake that day. I had ton of problems at work, nothing was going right. I was way past my breaking point. I was super depressed and one huge hot sloppy mess. I called my doctor hoping for some kind of help with the acne and hair loss. Her reply was "Well unfortunately for a small percentage of pregnant women their hormones never stabilize, and they have constant acne with their hair falling out. This only happens to a small percentage of women though". Cool, but I don't care that it is a small percentage of women....it’s happening to ME. So basically I got shot down for any type of topical ointment for my face...which was followed by another emotional breakdown. Poor Dustin had to leave the house when he got home. I was such a wreck...I wouldn't want to hang out with me either.
The good news is that Wednesday I felt much better. I had lunch with my Mom and Brent, and went for some "retail therapy" after. My wonderful Mom knew exactly what I needed....A couple hours at T.J. Maxx! When I came home to these beautiful flowers from my amazing husband:
Who else would put up with this crazy, emotional, sloppy hot mess, and pregnant lady!
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We all had those days Casey, so don't feel too bad about them. I remember crying my butt off at the silliest commercials on TV and Justin just watching me quietly never saying a word about it. I still cry at almost all the Disney movies and I am no longer pregnant & haven't been for 3 years.
I know it's hard to say don't worry about the weight, but it's the one time in your life, where it's ok to eat and gain (it's all the baby's fault). Just breast feed and it'll come off quick. Although I am still working on the last 10lbs, three years later, so maybe don't listen to me.
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