"Good God, have some self control!!"

I need to hire someone to stand in my kitchen and say that to me every time I want to eat Cheetos for breakfast, or 4 oatmeal pies for lunch. I am gaining weight faster than I ever thought was possible. And I want to be clear, I have never been that person who thinks well I need to eat more for the baby. No, I'm not an idiot,babies don't need a ton of extra food, I'm just lazy and started craving sweet food very early in pregnancy. I don't crave anything in particular, I just can't say no to junk food. I just had a blueberry muffin and a Kit Kat bar for breakfast.

I had my 36 week checkup yesterday (even though I'm not 36 weeks until Thursday) I gained 8lbs in 2 1/2 weeks!! GROSS. I have been retaining more water lately, so that might make up a tiny portion of that weight gain, but still. My doctor is slightly concerned about how quickly I'm gaining the weight. He said I should aim for .5lb per week. I guess this would be achieved by eliminating Cheetos and oatmeal pies from my diet huh? Grrr.

Aside from the weight gain, my doctor said everything is going well with Isla. He also said it is rare to have someone with such an easy pregnancy, as only about 50% or less of his patients do. I feel very thankful to have not thrown up once (knock on wood!), have had no major problems associated with pregnancy, and have generally felt pretty good the majority of days. Granted I'm still exhausted, I have headaches, and taking iron SUCKS, but I know there are people who have had much worse pregnancies, so I feel very lucky. If weighing 172lbs (I know, I seriously fainted upon seeing that) is the worst thing that is going to happen, then I am fine with it.

Andy and I toured the hospital yesterday which definitely made the whole giving birth thing much more real. I can't say it made me excited though. Pushing a human out of my body continues to terrify me, no matter how much positive thinking I do.

30 more days!