Weight

I woke up ridiculously early, so I'm going to write a post I've been thinking about for a while, but was brought to mind at our doctor's visit yesterday.

A lot of women worry about the weight they'll gain during pregnancy. Most of us don't want to gain too much. For some reason this is just not something I'm super worried about. Sure, I'm not looking forward to the work (mostly the dieting) that will likely be needed to take it off post baby, but even that I'm not stressed over. I mean, I have a goal weight limit in mind. Two in fact. Goal A is to not weigh more than Seth (185 lbs) which puts me right at the ideal weight gain. Goal B is to not weigh more than 200 pounds. But even if I don't make those goals, I am really looking at it from the mindset of my body will do what it needs to do to make and deliver a healthy baby. If my body needs 80 pounds to do that, then that's what it is. I will worry about that after my body has done its present (and most important) task of making and delivering a healthy baby.

I'm a little surprised at how laid back I feel about everything concerning the baby. I'm usually very Type A, a little uptight, and need to plan everything and know all details about everything. I think this baby is a good thing for me. For whatever reason, I'm okay with not knowing things and just have faith that everything will be fine. Not that I'm usually a big pessimist, doom-sayer type, I just generally feel fairly relaxed about the baby. Which I think is actually a good thing.

Anyway, I went off on a tangent there. I just wanted to say that weight is a big issue for a lot of women (understatement of the year?). I'd be lying if I said it wasn't an issue for me at times. This is just not one of those times.