rawandama
04-28-2006, 06:18 PM
Today I had a check-up with my midwife/mom and here's how it went:
I lost two more pounds and she really harped on me about it. She says that I seem like I have an eating disorder and that I have my own interests at heart instead of the baby's best interest.
I admit I am a little bit compulsive about it, and I am glad when I lose weight, but I don't feel like I'm hurting my baby. This baby moves ALL the time (except when I'm moving a lot), the height of my fundus is showing 1 week ahead of what my dates are, my blood pressure and heart rate are excellent, and the baby's heart rate is 140. I feel healthy: my teeth are whiter, my breath doesn't get stinky and neither does my body, my skin is clear, I have more energy, my hair has stopped falling out, my nails are strong and grow very fast. So, why do I feel guilty?
Maybe because it's my mom telling me that she doesn't want me to lose weight and I'm such a people pleaser.
One strange thing, though, is when I had my urine sample taken. I had leukocytes as high as they can go on the dip stick and I was spilling protein. Nitrites were normal, everything else was normal. I know it's not preeclampsia because I had low blood pressure. I went to the hospital and had them run a test to make sure it wasn't a UTI, I won't find out until after the weekend. My mom was a little stumped about the leukocytes. Any ideas??
I lost two more pounds and she really harped on me about it. She says that I seem like I have an eating disorder and that I have my own interests at heart instead of the baby's best interest.
I admit I am a little bit compulsive about it, and I am glad when I lose weight, but I don't feel like I'm hurting my baby. This baby moves ALL the time (except when I'm moving a lot), the height of my fundus is showing 1 week ahead of what my dates are, my blood pressure and heart rate are excellent, and the baby's heart rate is 140. I feel healthy: my teeth are whiter, my breath doesn't get stinky and neither does my body, my skin is clear, I have more energy, my hair has stopped falling out, my nails are strong and grow very fast. So, why do I feel guilty?
Maybe because it's my mom telling me that she doesn't want me to lose weight and I'm such a people pleaser.
One strange thing, though, is when I had my urine sample taken. I had leukocytes as high as they can go on the dip stick and I was spilling protein. Nitrites were normal, everything else was normal. I know it's not preeclampsia because I had low blood pressure. I went to the hospital and had them run a test to make sure it wasn't a UTI, I won't find out until after the weekend. My mom was a little stumped about the leukocytes. Any ideas??