29 Weeks, 2 Days

So here are the updated pictures of me, ever growing! Things are good - Jerred and I had a nice date night out at the Guthrie Theater on Wednesday, a beautiful dinner at Cue inside the Guthrie, and just a fabulous night! The Celtics are NBA Champions - now if only the Bruins would catch on to the winning game in New England!!!! I still feel great - getting more and more tired, out of breath easy, etc. - but as my doctor said last week, the honeymoon is over now!

So the only hitch in this pregnancy was revealed on Wednesday - I have gestational diabetes! Despite gaining exactly as I should, not indulging in lots of sweets, and showing no warning signs, I failed my glucose tests. So I go next week to get my glucose meter and testing supplies and have a session with a nutritionist and figure this out. I started on the diet already this week just to get myself used to it. It's not horrible - but it's hard to balance sometimes. And I miss being able to have something bad every now and then, but I'm saving my cheat days for my showers and my trip to NYC! My next regular doctor's appointment is this coming Thursday the 26th, so hopefully everything still looks good at that point! Then it's only 10 weeks until due date!!!!!

And just a general thank you to everyone for their generosity for all the baby goodies we keep receiving every week! All of it is greatly appreciated and everyone is so generous! Thank you so much!

Off to start the weekend!!!! One more week until RI!!!!!

28 weeks!

So I hit 28 weeks yesterday - third trimester here we go! :-) Feeling pretty good, starting to feel pregnant in the aches/pains sort of way, but generally doing well!!! Definitely getting practice at the not-sleeping thing, since I'm awake at least every 2 hours or so.... at least when the baby is here there will be a good reason to be awake like that! Right now it's just frustrating!!! :-)

Had an appointment yesterday ~ everything was great except ..... I failed the one hour glucose test by miles!!! So now on Tuesday I have to sit at the doctor's office for 3+ hours for the second level test. Really stinks!!! So everyone keep their fingers crossed that I pass this 3 hour test, b/c I really don't want to end up with gestational diabetes! I would be miserable if they restricted what I eat!!! And for all those that are thinking it's all the ice cream - I have no sweet cravings so that's not it... eating too many carbs and going too long between meals so my blood sugar doesn't balance itself well is most likely my problem. So we'll see if I can learn to eat more like 6 small meals a day instead of 3 big ones.

Things are coming along with Ben's room - we'll hopefully hang some curtains soon and once his crib comes in (in about 2.5 weeks), we can finish with a lot of wall hangings and such!

And everyone keep your fingers crossed for my friend Gia today - she might be having her little boy today depending on test results (to see if he's fully cooked!).... so all fingers crossed that he's done and ready to make his appearance!! Wishing her the best of recovery and a beautiful healthy baby boy!!!