The Baby Weight

Lately I've seen a lot of discussion and articles floating around on Facebook about pregnancy weight gain and losing the weight postpartum. Part of me wants to chime in with my experience, but I know mine is not usual. At the same time though, no one will have the same experience, so here is mine.
To give an overview of the past year, I'll start with my wedding day. I've never been athletic, and did not feel the need to work out prior to getting married. I was in school, working part of the time, trying to find an internship, and of course, planning a wedding. My normal used to be 140 but I was heavier than I had ever been. On my wedding day April 14, 2012, I weighed 155 lbs.

I found out I was pregnant in the middle of July. I am guessing that I weighed about 160 lbs.
Immediately, I got really sick. Because of this, I lost a lot of weight. By the end of July, I was down to 145. My lowest point was 135 in the middle of September. It was then I was put on Zofran and I was able to gain weight. Right before delivery, I was 168.

Overall I lost 25 lbs then put on 33. Parker was 8 lbs 3 oz when he was born. Between his weight and the amniotic fluid, I literally walked out the the hospital lighter than I was when I got pregnant. However my body is still very different. Most of my clothes still don't fit. My bum and legs are smaller than before while my chest, hips, and belly are bigger. Even though I wasn't in very good shape before getting pregnant, I am even worse now. With being sick and not very active, I have lost a lot of my muscle tone.

This morning I weighed 145, 10 lbs lighter than last year. Along with my anniversary, I have my 6 week appointment this week. I am looking forward to being able to work out again. More than loosing weight, I'm excited to be strong again.

As I think about future pregnancies  I wonder how my weight will fluctuate. I hope to go into another one stronger. Also, if I am on medication from the start, hopefully I won't loose weight while being pregnant. If I don't loose anything and gain 30+ lbs, that's completely alright. We put our bodies through the crazy experience of pregnancy and labor to have these sweet babies and that's way more important that any number some scale says.