During yesterday’s pregnancy routine visit, the doctor gave me a warning.
He told me, although my blood pressure was acceptable (122/80), and there was so protein in the urine, he found I had gained too much weight (40 pounds already). Besides, there was a trace of suger showing in my urine.
Even I passed the glucose tolerance test (GTT) (see Survived the GTT), it doesn’t mean I will be completely safe for gestational diabetes, a high blood sugar condition that some women get during pregnancy.
Therefore, suggested by the doctor, I need to pay attention to my diet and do my best to slow down the weight gaining.
How come I gained so much weight? I did follow the guidelines of Healthy Eating and Special Concerns.
It must because I ate too much carbohydrate, especially at night.
I have always worrying about my baby doesn’t get enough nutrition (see Understanding fetal movements, part 1), so I began to eat at night since my second trimester, sometimes at 3 am, sometimes 5 am and sometimes both.
After entering the third trimester, I became lazy and didn’t want to get up at midnight. So I ate a huge bowl of cream of wheat or six slices of whole grain bread around 10 pm, before I went to the bed. Sometimes I ate another huge meal at 5 am. I did get a whole night of sleeping, but obviously at the cost of my health.
I think that is why I gained so much weight whithin such a short time.
Following the doctor’s advice, I need to cut down the volume of carbohydrate consumption, and eat more vegetables and fruits instead. And if I feel hungry at night and need to get up to eat something, just do it.
If I do it right, there will be no shortage of supply to my baby, and I will control my weight gaining. In addition, there will be less work for me to do to lose the weight after she is born.
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April 24, 2008 6:45 am | 
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