Weight control

According to the hospital scale I gained less than 30 lbs with this pregnancy - about 12 lbs less than with Kayla!  Yay!  But...

• I feel bigger
• I'm pretty sure I look bigger
• I've been MUCH more uncomfortable for the last 6 weeks or so, and it seems to get worse every day.
• I got sciatica with this one along with some pretty bad shin splints so I had to stop exercising at the beginning of May.
• I got the worse stretchmarks you've ever seen all over my whole belly.  ughhh
• I have trouble getting up and moving after sitting or laying for more than a few minutes.
• The end weight is the same because I hadn't lost that last 10-12 lbs that I had gained with Kayla.
• My maternity clothes are tighter this time than they were with Kayla... to the point where some of them no longer cover the bottom of my belly... oops. 
• That last point could be because I am carrying differently - all belly - no major differences anywhere else.  With Kayla I was more round.
• I waddle.  Yep.  I'm that big pregnant lady you see waddling in and out of stores... very slowly. 

But...

• I'm pretty lucky to have pretty easy pregnancies... no gestational diabetes, no swelling, no preeclampsia, no high blood pressure.  You can't complain about discomfort much (even if I do) when, medically, you're in great shape.
• I'm still able to hold my little girl (for short periods of time).

What more could you ask for?