10:25 am October 15, 200830
Oh, hello. Come in, come in. I didn’t see you there. Mostly because my face was shoved into this plate here with pie on it.
I know, I know, again with the pumpkin pie! I can’t help it! The bakery is my pusher, and I’m like a jaded teenage junkie roaming the streets of New York while my grief-stricken parents back in Iowa or Minnesota wonder what has happened to me. Where did they go wrong? And why? WHY??
Hold on, there’s a large crumb of flakey, buttery crust that has fallen down into my shirt and needs my full attention for a moment…
Okay. Done. Yum.
Anyway, today was my 30 week check-up. Things are lookin’ A-okay. Baby boy’s heart sounds strong. He is very kicky and “active”. My belly measures right on target. My weight gain looks perfect…
Wait, did I just say my weight looks perfect? Why yes, I did. Because that’s what the doctor told me. Even though I have been eating what would seem to be an inordinate amount of pie lately. Because — hello — 2 pie posts in, like, a week? But I hopped on the scale at the office today — after removing my really heavy, clunky shoes, and then explaining to the nurse that my jewelry was also quite bulky today, and my thick cable knit sweater, forget about it — and I hadn’t gained hardly anything since my last visit. Like, maybe a pound. I optimistically hope this to mean that the baby is taking all necessary dietetic stores from my large-ish butt. That would be ideal for both of us.
But now that baby and I are down to the last 10 weeks, I know that I can realistically expect to gain about a pound a week (so saith most pregnancy sites) between now and the end. That’s another 10 pounds. Another 10 pounds puts me dangerously close to… well, a biggish number for me. A scary number. A number, that — when I hear it — makes me think it could take months upon months to get back in running shape afterward. Because right now, my sister and I are planning to do this together in April. And I have delusions about Jon and I doing this next fall for our anniversary trip. And all of that seems a little more difficult to train for with my current strict regimen of a lot of sleeping, alternated with brief awake periods filled with pie eating. And while I know that I am supposed to gain weight with pregnancy (and believe me, I have), it still makes me a little bummed to think about the mushy, untoned aftermath of childbirth. It bums me out to think about starting over at square one, where I can’t run more than a tenth of a mile without being on the brink of my lungs exploding and my weak little ankles snapping like autumn twigs.
But for now, I suppose I’ll just go with it. I’ll be happy to feel his little feet up under my ribs, which leaves me wondering where his growing feet can possibly go as he gets bigger. And as I write my letter to Santa asking him for a longer torso, I will continue to eat pie… though perhaps with a little more moderation in mind. And I’ll do more of my nightly “stretches”, which I will continue to call “yoga”… even though I know this to be fake… because there is no proper yoga pose that includes pressing play on a remote to select the next episode of “John Adams”.
30 weeks. And for the most part, loving it.
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Hey, Grandma Crunkleton has a good recipe for pumpkin pie and it’s all about quantity. You ought to call her. I’m sure she’d be happy to oblige your cravings. And that picture…wow, pregnancy looks good on you, girl!!!
Comment by Joan — October 15, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
You make pregnancy look pretty. I heard rumors of such wonders, but wow. You are so lovely.
Comment by Lisa Milton — October 15, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
I want to throw a pie at you for looking that good at 30 weeks! You must not be eating anything else! I have yet to put on my running shoes after having Miles almost 2 years ago, well, I did once in a 5k race I thought would/should have been a breeze and Marisa outran me by about 10 minutes – Pathetic.
Comment by Shahara — October 16, 2008 @ 5:42 am
You look beautiful! Baby boy is healthy and you’ve got a free pie pass for 10 more weeks. ENJOY IT!
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