21 weeks
So I'm back to give a bit of an update on my pregnancy so far. I'm back up to 215 lbs. That's about 11 lbs up from my lowest weight, and I'm in my 21st week. I think that I'm gaining at a healthy rate for this pregnancy. I'd like to keep my weight gain at or below 40 lbs, which is what I gained with my last pregnancy. If this one goes like my last one, I'll gain the bulk of my weight in the last month. I gained 10 lbs in my 9th month last time, although I think most of it was water weight. At least that's what my swollen feet and ankles indicated!
I'm doing well so far. We've had two ultrasounds neither of which have been able to determine the sex, which was a little bit disappointing, but at least the US's showed a healthy baby! This time I'm attempting to have a vaginal birth. I had a C-section with my son, so there are some extra factors to having a VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean). Since it is less than a year between my two conceptions, I went and spoke with my previous OB, although I am using a midwife for this birth. He had two recommendations for me. One, that I get another blood sugar test done at 28 weeks. I've already had one done and tested normal, but he wants to make sure that I don't develop Gestational Diabetes later in the Pregnancy. I'm not too worried about it, I was fine my last pregnancy. Two, he wants me to have another Ultrasound closer to my due date, to determine the size of the baby. Size is an important factor in VBAC's, since larger babies, stretch the uterus and scars more. He also said that 2nd babies are almost always larger than the first, and since my son was 9 lbs 11 oz. (12 days overdue) there is some risk of a large baby.
He told me that I am a good candidate for a VBAC, depending on a few factors. Basically we are all planning on a VBAC, and we will reassess at my Due Date. The Dr. measured my fundal height yesterday, and I'm measuring 22 cm at 21 weeks (they should be equal). So I'm already measuring large. :
