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I ended up calling the office yesterday -- basically he's a one-man-show and they talked up his relationship with the L&D nurses. Still not 100% satisfied, and I wish I had thought of this way back when, but my previous practice is full for Aug/Sept so I'm stuck unless I want to try and see if the other group practice has space.
He said I needed to cap it at 25lbs. But they base that on pre-pregnancy BMI, and lots of literature shows BMI to be a load of crock, sp I'm not sure I'm convinced that the weight gain is as big of a deal as he's making it out to be. I can't find any evidence supporting the claim aside from the whole increased pregnancy weight gain *may* result in a larger baby. He wants to do a measuring U/S two to three weeks before the EDD, but I know those are inaccurate -- they did one with DS, but they were predicting he'd be 10lbs, and he was under 9... My mom VBACed the sister under me with a midwife and she gained 60... But, I'm going to try to be a good patient and have started a sugar elimination diet today and downloaded an app to help me track my sugar and protein counts. I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm hoping that I prove him wrong about it being a problem and show a little weight loss next month, not 10lbs or anything, but enough make him uncomfortable in his previous assessment :mischief
He said I needed to cap it at 25lbs. But they base that on pre-pregnancy BMI, and lots of literature shows BMI to be a load of crock, sp I'm not sure I'm convinced that the weight gain is as big of a deal as he's making it out to be. I can't find any evidence supporting the claim aside from the whole increased pregnancy weight gain *may* result in a larger baby. He wants to do a measuring U/S two to three weeks before the EDD, but I know those are inaccurate -- they did one with DS, but they were predicting he'd be 10lbs, and he was under 9... My mom VBACed the sister under me with a midwife and she gained 60... But, I'm going to try to be a good patient and have started a sugar elimination diet today and downloaded an app to help me track my sugar and protein counts. I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm hoping that I prove him wrong about it being a problem and show a little weight loss next month, not 10lbs or anything, but enough make him uncomfortable in his previous assessment :mischief