I have a question

1st, dont worry about weight....as long as u are eating healthy all is fine :)

and for the whole cat thing....they say cats like to lay on babies heads because they 'smell like milk' -- but i really have never heard of thing being true, just kinda a old wives tale

Regarding the cat question: NO.  Do not worry.  I mean, like any infant - you shouldn't leave them unattended w/ cat (or dog, or ANYTHING for that matter) but the "stealing breath" thing is a huge myth.  We have 3 cats and have no intentions of getting rid of them.  We do plan to put either a canopy over the babies crib so the cat can't jump into the crib to snuggle with baby, OR an inside type screen door on the room to the nursery so the cats can't get in.  You just have to watch, thats all - but you would be anyway, cats in the house or not.  Most cats will be kinda "freaked out" by baby and will stay away altogether...just keep an eye on baby & cats when they interact.

 

I have heard of cats laying ON the babies face, killing them, and this is where it came from. When my nephew was a baby, my sister found her cat sleeping in his crib next to his face.... Scary. So made sure she kept his door shut. As for the weight, maybe since you have been pregnant you have been more carful of what you eat, and are eating healthier? Yea! 

That's a good idea..... With my other cats, they all stayed away from my son when he was a newborn.  But we have a new cat, so I don't know how she would react. 

Quoting honeybee0927:

Regarding the cat question: NO.  Do not worry.  I mean, like any infant - you shouldn't leave them unattended w/ cat (or dog, or ANYTHING for that matter) but the "stealing breath" thing is a huge myth.  We have 3 cats and have no intentions of getting rid of them.  We do plan to put either a canopy over the babies crib so the cat can't jump into the crib to snuggle with baby, OR an inside type screen door on the room to the nursery so the cats can't get in.  You just have to watch, that's all - but you would be anyway, cats in the house or not.  Most cats will be kinda "freaked out" by baby and will stay away altogether...just keep an eye on baby & cats when they interact.

Hi!  The weight thing I wouldn't worry about as long as you are eating and taking care of yourself.  I hear women's weight can fluctuate throughout pregnancy and also different scales measure differently.  We have two cats and didn't have any problems with them around DD when she was a newborn.  She slept in our room for the first 2-3 months and then when she went in her own room we kept the door shut so the cats couldn't go in there.  Other than that they didn't really seem too interested in her during the day.   

dont worry about the weight part.  as long as you are eating and drinking as best you can to keep yourself nourished you are fine.  also, ive never heard that about cats.  i guess i wouldnt trust the cat to be unsurpervised with the baby.