Bad news? Okay. I have to eat more calories to make sure my dieting is not harming my breastmilk, because baby Elvis lost weight since his last appointment.
It's nice to not have to limit myself but I feel like this means I won't be able to lose weight now. I felt like I was giving myself plenty of calories, but the dr. wants to make sure that Elvis is getting everything he needs. His head circumference and length were both 75-95 percentile, but his weight has dropped to the 5th percentile.
So. I don't know what's going to happen now. I'll keep exercising and drinking water. I dont' want to give up on nursing because I went through 3 months of major stress and h-e-double-toothpicks just to get to this point.
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Oh no! No wonder he's been so unhappy (like you need me to point that out...). Well, at least you have an answer. Did the dr have any suggestions for how many more calories you need? I bet he'll eat as many as you add in (Baby Elvis, that is,) not the dr) and you can't worry about that anyway. If you're exercising and eating the right, even with the extra calories, you should be fine. Baby Elvis comes first.
ReplyDeleteIt's always something, right? Remember when I was all about the gym and broke my wrist just I was on a roll with my pushups and dips?
Guess how I spent the afternoon? Wallowing in self-pity with ICE CREAM???? WHAT???? Yeah, nice way to react to finding out I might not be able to lose weight...by eating ice cream. I are so smart.
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