Re: weight gain, stomach sleeping & other 1st timer stuff :-) LISA

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Congrats, sweetie!

You will NOT hurt the baby by sleeping on your tummy. I am a

bonafide tummy sleeper and though I tried early in the preg to stay

on my side or back, I gravitated to my tummy. At 30 weeks now, I

find when I wake up almost on my belly I am uncomfortable. is

right - your body tells you what is right, so no worries about that.

As for weight gain - I was 9 mos post op when I got prego in Feb. I

had lost 104lb and was within 15 or so lbs from goal. I share your

fears of the scale going up and dreaded it so much. Its been really

hard on my self esteem to see the numbers going up, my appetite

increasing and clothes being too tight...But, it is getting better.

As a first time mommy to be, feeling the baby kick me and move and

getting to know her has been a reminder to me that its okay that my

body is changing. As my hubby says, this is what we were put here on

this earth to do...I am trying to trust in my body and hope that

when my baby is here safe and sound, it will revert back to the pre

pregnancy weight, with alot of effort. I am not afraid of hard work

and if it takes a few mos to get it off, then so be it...My reward

will be this beautiful little girl...

All the best to you...Hope this helps,

Hugs,

EDC: Nov 10

>

> > Hello again. You all are so wonderful, and I so

> > enjoy coming in here

> > every morning to read what's going on. I am 18

> > weeks pregnant with

> > my first and have finally started to gain weight. I

> > know some of you

> > have gone through this, but I am really having such

> > a hard time with

> > seeing the scale go up. Do any of you know of any

> > good books

> > regarding pregnancy post-WLS and how to deal with

> > the mental stuff?

> > I get on the scale and I cry. I've gained 2.5 lbs

> > so far, which I

> > know is perfectly fine, normal and good, but I'm so

> > scared of being

> > fat again.

> >

> > Second, if it's still comfy for me to sleep on my

> > stomach, is it ok?

> > I read that I'm supposed to sleep on my left side,

> > but no matter how

> > I start off sleeping, I end up on my back or my

> > right side. I don't

> > want to hurt the baby.....I am thinking of buying

> > pillows or tying

> > myself down when I sleep. Any thoughts?

> >

> > And finally, and this really scares me, I don't feel

> > excited or

> > joyful about this pregnancy. I always wanted a

> > baby, and I want this

> > one, but all my husband and I do is fight right now

> > and I have so

> > much stress in my life that I have no joy. How do I

> > get that? I

> > want to be excited. Please help.

> >

> >

> > open RNY 4/01

> > edd 2/01/05

> >

> >

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