I am half way through my pregnancy and I have yet to gain any weight. In fact I found a print out from a scale at the GNC store where I weighted myself a month before (June) I conceived and I was 160 pounds and 4 oz. At my last prenatal visit I weighted in at 149 pounds. The LPN said to me, "what's going on, you're supposed to be gaining weight . . . you're 18 weeks already." So now I have a complex! I've been reading the message boards from the Bump.com that corresponds to my expected delivery month and most of the girls on there said they have gained at least 10 pounds. Sh*$?, if they have gained that much weight by their fifth month by month eight they are going to be big as houses. I so don't want that to be me. To tell the truth just this week (week 21) is when I began to feel hungry more than twice a day. It's weird. I asked my mother how much weight she gained when she was expecting me and she said 50 pounds. DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNN!!! That is just not going to work for me.
Vexed . . .
Anyway this is not what I wanted to discuss in this blog post. Last night I couldn't get comfortable enough to fall asleep before 2:00 a.m. so I did a little research. I began my search by looking for the best maternity care hospitals. This is what I arrived upon. The following hospitals have the best ratings in New Jersey.
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Long Branch, NJ |
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Livingston, NJ |
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Englewood, NJ |
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Lakewood, NJ |
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Teaneck, NJ |
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Palisades Medical Center - New York Presbyterian Healthcare S. |
North Bergen, NJ |
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Princeton, NJ |
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Jersey City, NJ |
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New Brunswick, NJ |
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Morristown, NJ |
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Ridgewood, NJ |
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*Atlantic City, NJ |
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*Pomona, NJ |
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Hackensack, NJ |
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*Newark, NJ |
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*Newark, NJ |
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Woodbury, NJ |
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Paterson, NJ |
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From here I checked out specific information about the hospitals my OB has privileges from ICAN of NJ.
