...about this recent study from Yale on the relationship between eating chocolate (particularly dark chocolate, like the 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips I'm enjoying as I type) and a decreased risk of developing preeclampsia. Excellent. The article does conclude by warning that this doesn't mean you can eat all the chocolate you desire, what with excess sweets leading to weight gain and the like, so I guess I should stop while I'm ahead but it's good to know that my daily fix might actually be a good thing.
In other news, we had our usual check-up this morning and scheduled the rest of our appointments (going to weekly visits after our 36 week appointment in a couple of weeks) through the week after my due date (just in case...if I haven't gone into labor on my own at that point, the doctor will likely recommend scheduling an induction by about June 22nd). That's just crazy! And Baby G seems to be progressing according to schedule. The doctor again felt pretty confident he was head-down based on external palpation. He was really active throughout the appointment. Just when I think he's got a pattern down, he mixes things up. So we're lucky to get any "baby belly time," as I like to call it, first thing in the morning this past week or so, but he makes up for it all afternoon and evening. Maybe this means he's not a morning person, sleeping in late after he makes his grand entrance. Wishful thinking, you say??
All things considered, I'm still feeling pretty good. I've definitely felt more emotional lately; sometimes, I'm not even sure why I'm crying. I go through all of the potential reasons in the little bit of my brain that's still functioning rationally but nothing seems to warrant the kind of sobbing I'm doing at the time. I've had a cold this week so my already pretty modified exercise routine has taken a back seat. The third trimester modifications for my yoga routine pretty much put me to sleep, but it still helps with the hip and lower back pain, in particular. My blood pressure has been higher than it had been the past couple of visits but the doctor reassured me today that it's still in the normal range. And my weight gain has not exactly slowed, as they say it usually does in the third trimester. According to my scale at home, I'd only gained about a pound since my last appointment two weeks ago. But according to their scale, I've gained five pounds! I find that hard to believe, since I find it difficult to eat a full meal without suffering the consequences of the worst heartburn I've ever had and a sleepless night. On the other hand, we were the lucky recipients of Haagen-Dazs' viral marketing scheme, which delivered three pints of ice cream, one pint of frozen yogurt, and four "snack-size" ice cream bars to our door last week. Unfortunately, I'm not at all lactose-intolerant.
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