i gained HOW MUCH???

so my 38 week appointment was yesterday...some things were a bit different than normal, but apparently nothing too out of order.

my urine showed a little bit of protein, which i'd never had before. i asked the nurse what that meant and she said "nothing, really". oh? then why did you mention it???

my blood pressure was 120/72. typically, my blood pressure has been around 105/70.

my weight. yikes. it didn't seem too bad until i remembered it had only been a WEEK since my last appt. at my last appt, i had lost 1.5 pounds. yay me. this time, i GAINED 5. what??? the dr. said it's probably fluids and am i drinking too much pop? he got me on that one. what used to be a "once every 10 days or so" treat has become a "i promise i never have more than one a day" fiasco. he thinks the sodium in the pop is causing me to retain fluids. woo-hoo. i may have forgotten to tell him about my recent obsession with graeter's and ice cream in general.

as for any other progress, that was a little depressing too. even after all those contractions over the weekend, i am still 1cm dilated, 75% effaced, -1 station. i was really hoping for just one more cm. but, as they say, these things can change quickly. so progress or lack thereof is not indicative of when the baby will come. yeah, i know that. but another cm would've been nice.