weight gain

Obese pregnant women, especially those with diabetes, should monitor closely their weight gain during pregnancy since they are more prone to have bigger babies which usually causes a caesarian delivery. Usually it’s recommended to only gain 11-20 pounds for obese women as compared to 25-35 pounds for those who have normal weight. I’m aiming to have a normal delivery as much as possible so I’m really trying my best to discipline myself. Before I got pregnant, I was trying to lose weight so that I would be healthier. When I resigned from work in June I was at 240.5 lbs. At around 4 months I already lost 20lbs but a lot happened (parties, outings, xmas holiday, etc) and I started gaining again. And when I got pregnant I was around 226lbs. Two weeks after I got hospitalized so that my blood sugar would somehow normalize, I lost around 2 lbs which alarmed me a bit and got a bit paranoid, hoping that my baby is still getting enough nutrition. I’ve been trying to be really careful with what I eat and how much I eat so as to have a steady normal weight gain. It really is a struggle especially that I’ve been super hungry lately. It takes a lot of discipline in ensuring that I eat at the right time and at the right amount. Sometimes I just get super paranoid since I might not be eating enough for the baby and that our baby is not getting enough nutrition. But my sugar level can really go crazy at times that even if I don’t eat as much it, shoots up within an hour just like the other day (ex. breakfast: 2 gardenia pandesal 2 scrambled eggs –> blood sugar level: 178 1 hr after) but turns to almost hypo in 3.5 hrs (blood sugar level: 69!!!). I would easily know that my blood sugar is low since my hand would be a bit shaky already and I would usually panic a little in finding something to eat. At 12 weeks I already gained 3 lbs. So far I think that’s good progress. But I was starting to get paranoid again since I weighed myself this morning and I lost 1 lb, to think that I only last weighed myself the day before yesterday. Oh I just hope my baby is doing alright. Is it because I didn’t eat any rice yesterday? I’m trying to avoid rice since it’s usually the main culprit when my sugar shoots up. This whole diabetic pregnancy can really be challenging. It entails careful food planning if I want to ensure that my blood sugar is at a normal level and that I would be gaining just the right amount of weight and that my baby would still get all the nutrition that it needs to develop into a healthy normal baby. We still have a long way to go but I’m more determined to become better at this all for the sake of our baby.