36 Weeks Pregnant - I’ve never weighed this much before!
I weighed myself today and saw a bigger number than I have ever seen in my life before! And I am very unfazed. So far I’ve gained 4kg more than I did in my previous pregnancies, and we’ve still got a month or more to go! I feel like it’s pretty much all showing up in my belly, as I’m not experiencing swelling or fluid retention. Probably a bit on hips/thighs, but honestly I’m glad to have a bit of extra “padding” before going into breastfeeding, since that requires SO much energy!
So, let’s talk a bit about weight gain in pregnancy - what is normal and is it something we should be concerned about?
29 Weeks Pregnant - is my baby too big to be born vaginally?
When I had my morphology ultrasound around 21 weeks, the sonographer commented that baby was measuring in the 96th percentile, and that my provider would probably want to schedule growth scans during third trimester to make sure baby wasn't getting too big. I just smiled and thanked her, but I knew that we would not be planning any growth scans based purely on this comment...