weight gain during pregnancy

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OK, so now dra. A tells me i have "advanced" most of the weight i am supposed to gain throughout this pregnancy. she says that since i started out "overweight" (OUCH!), we cannot follow the recommended 1 lb per week weight gain. ahay.

but when i talk to other young moms i know, palaging sinasabi sakin, "ay naku wala ka sakin, i gained 50 lbs!" "wala yan, me i was so big then i already forgot how much i gained!" "ano!? e parang tiyan mo lang lumalaki sayo e. basta kumain ka ng mabuti!"

you see, i used the same excuse with my OB. i told her, "e doc, di nga ako magana kumain e. at tiyan ko lang naman lumalaki, all my normal clothes still fit." kulang na lang sabihin nya sakin, "weh?? e ano yung 8 lbs weight gain mo last month, hangin!??" hahahahaha!

now i have cut down my rice intake (half rice na lang lagi and no rice sa gabi). i don't like sweets as much since i got pregnant (gosh! ako pa rin ito promise!) but since we get a steady supply of lindt and munz chocolates in the office, i just have the tiniest piece (having 1 piece of lindt lindor milk now). bulong lang sa ibog. have also cut down (stopped actually!) on eating mangoes (we have a steady supply from our neighbor grrr!). as much as possible, no cakes, cookies, cupcakes, etc. allowed in the house haha! but i did buy a box of globake's brazo de mercedes last week kasi wala talagang dessert sa bahy. wawa naman kami hehe

but i do believe that this is all for my benefit, since it'll be difficult to give birth when me or the baby become too big. here's hoping that all this cutting down makes me gain less weight next month (fingers crossed). :)