17 POUNDS!! Yes 17!! Can you believe that I have gained a total of 17 pounds in 3 months? Yesterday at my doctor’s appointment I was hit with this news. I wasn’t sure if I was overindulging in the fact that I am an expecting mother so I did what I like to think any woman in her right mind would do. I asked my doctor if my weight gain was normal and what should I expect. Sure the books give an average of 5 – 8 pounds for the first trimester with an overall total pregnancy weight gain of 30 pounds; however at the rate I’m going I was sure I would hit nearly 200 pounds by the time I gave birth, doubling my initial weight. Of course I was just freaking out. My doctor reassured me that I was well within the realm and that I could expect to gain no less than forty pounds by the end of my pregnancy. It was very relaxing once he and I discussed the breakdown of my actual weight gain versus baby weight gain. He explained that it is best I put on at least 10 extra pounds being I am a smaller woman than most. It’s a good thing I am feeling better and able to move around a lot more or else I would be a blimp. A quick word of advice never give into the cliché “ you’re eating for two” which we all know is not true.