30 down, 10 to go

I have now hit the 30 week mark. It's gone by very, very fast!!! I am racing towards the finish line at blazing speed. Although everyone has been complaining about the sucky summer we have had, I have actually enjoyed it. The cooler temps have made the pregnancy much more manageable and I haven't had to deal with a lot of swelling, until a week or so ago. Now I have permanent cankles and I can't see my ankle bones anymore, as they have just morphed in with the rest of my foot. I've noticed swelling in my right hand, but not my left so much. I can no longer wear the ring I usually wear on the pointer finger of my right hand, and I am getting close to not wearing my wedding ring anymore, for fear that one day it will not want to come off!

I have an appointment on Monday with the doctor, we'll see what he has to say about everything.

My mom is coming over today to help me do some stuff around the house. If I am lucky maybe she will help me put the tree wall decal on the wall....I am dying to get that up!!!

My shower invitations have been sent and already there have been RSVP's--yay!!!! Only a month away now...need to get cracking on that too!

Glucose Tolerence Test Take 2!

On Friday, August 14th I had to go back to the doctor for the dreaded 3 hour Glucose Tolerance Test. I had to eat a high carb diet for 3 days before the test, fast the night before and not eat or drink anything until after the test was over. By Thursday night I felt like the stay-puff marshmallow girl! The time of the test went by fast, I bought and read 3 magazines cover to cover and my blood was drawn every hour. I was finally out of there before noon. I came home and ate, thinking I would feel better but I didn't. I started to feel worse! So, I basically laid around, napped and felt like crap all day long.

Today I got the results and I passed! Yay! It's definitely worth it, but there should be a better way to find out if you have gestational diabetes. The route I went was crappy and I never, ever want to do that again!

I am now just over 28 weeks. Wow--the time is flying by. I went and registered at Babies R Us yesterday with Jenn. It was a great day and I had a lot of fun picking out stuff for the baby. Our shower is coming up at the end of September and I am looking forward to celebrating with our friends and family!

Here is a picture of me at 28 weeks and 5 days!

I got a F in Glucose Testing

Yep, I failed the glucose tolerence testing from Friday. I was 13 points over the maximum. Now I have to go back on Friday and do the 3 hour test, which consists of me eating a high carb diet for the next 3 days, then fasting the night before, a blood draw at 8:30am, the sugary drink and then blood draws every hour for the next 3 hours. Oh yeah, and, I can't leave the doctor's office! Oh joy! I guess I better stock up on things to read while I am there! I also have to take an iron supplement because mine is on the lower side. We went and bought the ones that were recommended to me and they are $9.50 for a box of 30 and I have to take them 2 times a day. Great.....I guess these are the baby Gods getting me back for having such a good pregnancy so far! Oh well, if this is the worst of it before birth, I guess I can handle it. It could be worse, that's for sure!!! Oh, the good thing is I can pee in a cup properly! My urine test came back just fine. Figures....I get an A in peeing, and a F in glucose testing.

Glucose Tolerence Test

Went for the glucose tolerence test yesterday. I had to drink this orange sugary stuff down in 5 minutes and then wait 1 hour to have my blood drawn. The orange sugary stuff had a good taste to it, it just left my tongue kind of numb from the sugar! Hopefully I will pass on the first try and not have to go back for the long, dreaded 3 hour test! I should know on Monday if I passed or failed. While I waited for the hour to go by I saw Dr. Leach. I've met him briefly in the past as well. He seems to be a nice guy. He said everything looked good--my blood pressure, my belly measurement, even my weight! Whoo hoo! My next regular appointment is August 31st. It's hard to believe that I am due 88 days from now! So excited, but so scared at the same time!!! The crib is put together and the changing table is here, now we only need to get the tree wall decal up on the wall and rearrange the room and decide what else we may need in there. We might need a chest of drawers and we will definitely get a glider and ottoman. It's a rainy day today...maybe I can get John to wash the wall and we can start on that tree!

6 Month Appointment

Today I went in for my 6 month appointment. I started the rotation of seeing each doctor in the office and today I met with Dr. Hutton. We've met before, months ago, but it was still nice to sit down and chat with him. My blood pressure was good, the belly measured good, but that pesky weight thing came up again. Yep, did it again. Gained another 7lbs in one month! He wasn't mad, but did tell me all the things that I shouldn't be eating: carbs, bread, sweets---those are all the GOOD things I told him! LOL! What he may not realize is that I didn't gain any weight until my 5th month, that's when it all started. So, really my gain isn't all that bad. Right? RIGHT? Don't argue with the pregnant girl! Ha!

We got the crib on Friday and the changing table came today. Beautiful, just beautiful. I like the color and the design. I can't wait to get the crib together (nope, as of today, still not together), but that's ok. The daybed that I had hoped to keep in the room just isn't going to work out, so it looks like it will be heading north to the Higgins Lake house for a while. And once that happens I will probably order the matching chest of drawers and look for a rocker with ottoman and the room will be complete. I ordered the cutest tree wall sticker mural thingy yesterday. It stands about 5.5' tall and about 4' wide. It will have a brown trunk with rust and olive colored polka dots as the leaves. It's just the cutest. So excited to get it! The room is a neutral beige color (pecan to be exact), the bedding is orange spice, so it will be very gender friendly. We'll acccent with color once the baby comes and we know if it's a boy or girl.

Planning on registering soon, getting the shower invites out and then nesting! John doesn't understand nesting. Can someone explain it to him please...and also tell him that it's not the best time for him to pick on me or cop an attitude with me? It's just the way I am right now and it's mostly my hormones talking????

Month 6!

I am now 24 weeks and 2 days--beginning of the 6th month. Wow--time sure is flying by. On Monday I felt the first official kick in the belly! I had just eaten lunch at work and was listening to friends of mine talk, when all of a sudden--KICK! I don't know if that meant the food was good, or if the food was bad! LOL! Either way, the little pumpkin inside made his/her presence known! I have really been feeling movement for about 2 weeks now. It's an amazing and wonderful feeling. I am really enjoying the pregnancy and can't believe how fast it is going by. Sometimes I get choked up thinking that soon it will be over...but then I think I will finally meet this little person inside of me and our life will completely change forever.

Today my dad and I went and picked up the crib from JC Penney. I peeked inside the box and it appears to be the right color. I am hoping we can take it all out of the box and inspect it tomorrow and maybe even start putting it together. I started moving things out of the baby's room today--an old dresser of mine, the paper shredder, etc. This room was basically a catch-all for things. I also moved the daybed from one side of the room to the other. We thought leaving it in the room may benefit us after the baby comes, but I am not sure it's going to work out in there. We'll have to see how the crib and changing table, once that arrives, works out in there. If not I am going to have to rearrange my office to fit the daybed. Ugh! The thought of moving around another room......oh well. It's worth it!

I go to the doctor next week, July 22nd for my monthly check up. I also start the rotation of doctors in the office--getting to meet each one....I can only hope they are all as cool as my doctor! Stayed tuned...I'll let you know what he says!

Whoa Belly

Here I am at 22 weeks and 5 days preggo! Yikes! Looks like I popped a little over the holiday weekend! Must have been all that good food I ate making the baby grow big and strong! It's hard to believe that I only have about 17 weeks left to go. We shopped at Babies R Us on Friday (2 of their stores--John wasn't too happy), to look around and get an idea of what we like pattern-wise for the stroller, pack and play, etc. We also looked at furniture and narrowed it down to 2 we both like, however, we each favor one over the other, but we don't favor the same one! FIGURES!!! Anyways, a decision needs to be made and the order needs to be placed! Time is tick, tick, ticking away here!

Still feeling good, definitely cannot complain. In case I haven't thanked you today, Thank You God for making this a smooth ride so far. I'm not sure how or why, but I will take it!!! :0)