Dr's Appointment Update & Some Exercise

Yesterday was my doctor's appointment. I went in with a few questions and concerns and only ended up remembering to talk to him about one of my concerns. So I have some questions next time I go. My appointment was at 3:45pm and I was out by 4:15pm. With Claire I always made my appointments for the morning and ended up waiting for hours. With this pregnancy I watch Baby Anna so I have to make my appointments for the afternoon, and I think the longest I have ever waited this time was 1 1/2 hours! Anyway, so I got weighed (the fun part!). I weigh 171.2 lbs. I started the pregnancy at 170 lbs, so I have only gained 1.2 lbs. Yea! I lost 9.8 lbs though during the first trimester. So really I have gained 11 lbs. I told myself and Kevin at the beginning of the pregnancy that I didn't want to weigh more than 179.4 lbs because that's what I weighed at the end of the pregnancy with Claire. Kevin reminded me that I was 29 lbs heavier at the start of this one than with Claire, so it would be okay if I weighed more. I told him that it wouldn't be okay! ;) So, according to me, I can only gain 8.2 more lbs.

The concerns that I had wanted to talk to him was about Lindon's activity level. I did remember to talk to him about that one. He said boys are different than girls, and also that babies differ. The heart rate was 145 b/m so he said that Lindon was perfect and moving. Dr Long had to chase him a little to get his HR. I also wanted to talk to him about Lindon being small. The ultrasound tech kept saying he was little so it has been worrying me. I went back and read my journal from when I was pregnant with Claire to see how much she weighed when we had the ultrasound. She weighed 12 oz and Lindon weighs 11 oz. So there's not much difference. Claire came out okay. She weighed 6 lbs 11.9 oz when she was born, so maybe it means Lindon will be around 6 lbs also.

The question I wanted to ask him about was that I have been getting a pain in my chest that moves to my back. It feels like I have an air pocket in my chest, like when you burp and hiccup at the same time. That pain goes to the middle of my back between my shoulder blades. It's kinda painful and more annoying than anything. I asked my mom about it last week, and she said it might be acid reflux. I didn't tell her at the time that the pain went to my back also. I tried taking tums. That didn't help so I asked her about it again and told her how the pain moves into my back and she said it sounded like when she would have gallbladder attacks when she was pregnant with my little brother, Jarom. She ended up having to have surgery after he was born.

If anyone has any suggestions or knowledge about these questions and concerns feel free to share!

So today I was sitting on the couch in the quiet. (The girls were actually taking a nap at the SAME time!!) I was thinking about not gaining anymore weight and decided to exercise. I pulled out my poor neglected elliptical and worked out on it for 30 minutes. It said I burned 461.2 calories. (which isn't right, I don't think) Anyway, so I feel much better! I don't know why I don't exercise more since the feeling afterwards is SO AWESOME! I guess cause I'm LaZy!! LOL Why does it take so long to get into shape, but it only takes weeks or days to get out of shape. I used to do a 5k on the elliptical which took me about 2 hours. When I did 30 minutes worth my legs were SO sore and tired, and I could breathe! SO NOT FAIR!

Okay, I'm done ranting...