Confusion?

I had my 24 week doctor appointment this afternoon. I had the last appointment of the day because of my work, so I ended up waiting a very long time to actually see the doctor...okay it was only 25 minutes but still.

The nurse brought me back and they weighed me first. I stepped on the scale thinking I've probably put on some weight since my last appointment over a month ago. I looked down at the scale with a confused look. The nurse then said "looks like you're the same weight as your last appointment". I just kind of stood there....thinking "what, how is that possible? I mean, I am pregnant". I then asked if the scale was broken....bad idea to ask that question. The nurse promptly responded in an irritated voice, "No, our scales aren't broken. That is what you weigh".

I followed her to the little room where she told me to wait for the doctor. After several minutes, he came in with my chart of information. He asked me several questions and checked out my other vitals. He listened to the heart beat and measured me. He said everything looked good and healthy.

I assumed this was pretty much the end of the appointment since I had no questions. Then he pulled up his chair next to the table I was sitting on. He talked in somewhat of a low voice like he was about to give me bad news. I started to get worried and then he said, "I'm a little concerned about your weight". You haven't gained anything the last 6 weeks according to your chart and you have gained less then 15 pounds total over the last 24 weeks". I gave him the strangest look of absolute confusion. "What in the world was he talking about?" I thought, "I feel like a blimp and I'm wearing maternity clothes, something isn't making sense with this whole thing".

I continued to tell him how I thought maybe the scale was broken or that maybe I was just wearing really heavy jeans at the last appointment or maybe the nurse wrote it down wrong. Everything I was saying seemed to annoy him (note: I actually really like my doctor, by the way). He gave me a brief explanation that their chart and scale were both correct and that I needed to make sure I was eating the correct amount of calories. Again I looked at him with a incredibly confused face like maybe he thought I was someone else or something. I didn't want to argue with him even though I was laughing inside my head the whole time thinking "there is some sort of mistake here". He continued for several minutes about the amount of portions I need to be eating and the correct amount of weight I need to put on. That lecture ended the appointment and he walked me out.

I immediately called Mark and told him what had happened. I told him that none of my shirts fit and I'm wearing maternity clothes like I'm supposed to, so I wasn't sure what was going on. I look bigger and feel bigger, but apparently the scale wants to keep that a secret. The only thing Mark could come up with is that maybe my body weight it just shifting, so it feels like I'm getting massive but in reality, my weight is just moving around to my stomach and I didn't actually gain anything this last month. After Mark's weird attempt at an explanation of what he thought was probably happening, I was still very confused. I decided not to worry about it because I am eating 3 meals a day and the baby is measuring normal.

That was the bulk of my appointment today. I should be thankful that everything looks healthy and the baby is very, very, very active right now! Constantly moving and it often feels like he is walking around or something in there! Maybe he is just burning all the calories that I eat....okay, that is probably not possible:)