Ultrasound and Nutritionist Appt

We had the followup ultrasound on October 1. The baby was measuring right on track and was at about 4.5 lbs, so it was good that it seems to be doing well. They said it was up to my doctor whether or not I may be sent back for another ultrasound to check growth again. We'll see. Anyway, they gave us a few pictures to take home, so here's one:

This, in case you can't tell from the caption, is the baby's face. You can see one eye, the nose, and the mouth. When we were there watching, we saw the eyes open and close and we could see the lips moving because it was sucking. It was kinda cute. Most of the rest of the baby was really hard to see. It looked really cramped in there, so we had to take the lady's word for it when she said, "here's a leg, here's an arm, etc." We did see the stomach, bladder, and heart, but I wouldn't have known the stomach from the bladder if she hadn't told us that was what we were seeing.

The meeting with the nutritionist went well. She gave me a glucose meter, a meal plan, and some logs to write all my meals and blood sugar levels down. I have to take the logs along when I go see my doctor so she can monitor and make sure I'm doing okay. So far so good. My levels have been right on, but I do miss eating whatever I wanted to. I have to count carbs now like crazy, and I only get a few at a time because I have to spread them throughout the day in 6 meals. Well, at least it's only for about another month.

I go see my doctor on Tuesday. I can't remember when she'll start checking for progress, but I'm anxious for that...I'm really hoping this one will come a bit early like Caleb did. But I know it will come when it's ready and not when I'm ready. Patience has never been a strong point of mine. :)

3-hour results

Definitely positive. So I have gestational diabetes. Now I have to talk with a diabetic nutritionist about a special diet, and I will have to record everything I eat, plus monitor my blood sugars. If the diet ends up not being enough, I will have to be put on insulin. But my doctor was hopeful that the diet will be enough...apparently it takes care of the problem for 85% of women.

I was pretty bummed about it, but my doctor kept telling me I didn't do anything wrong and that the baby's going to be fine as long as we keep it under control. Oh, I also have to go back for another ultrasound to check growth, because apparently high blood sugars make bigger babies...as if I didn't have big enough ones already. I was hoping this one would turn out smaller than Caleb was! Oh well, I'm trusting that God will take care of everything and that the baby and I will be just fine. Still, it's kinda scary and I'd appreciate your prayers.

I'll continue to keep you updated.

Glucose Testing

So apparently I was wrong about passing the 1-hour glucose test. My results came back "slightly high" -- not sure the exact numbers, but anyway, my doctor wanted me to go for the 3-hour test. I did that this morning and I'm hoping my doctor will get the results before my appointment tomorrow. I guess we'll see what happens. I hope everything will be fine...I'm sure it will work out okay. I guess I'll post another update after my appointment tomorrow.

Another Boring Appointment

I went to the doctor yesterday and everything is right on track. Then I went for my glucose tolerance test and that went smoothly. I'm assuming I passed fine, but I guess I'll find out in a few days or so. The sugar juice really made the baby very active!

I go back again on the 23rd to hopefully another boring appointment. :)

Don't worry, in about 8-10 more weeks there will likely be some more interesting updates!

Tuesday's Appointment

I went to see the doctor again on Tuesday. Everything seems to be right on track. The heartbeat sounded really fast to me, but she didn't mention what it actually was. She was too busy asking me questions about if we are going to buy a new crib or move Caleb or what. And, let's see...I got my paperwork to go get my glucose tolerance test done, so I guess I'll have to do that sometime soon. I'll probably do it Saturday morning.

I'm now to the point where I will be going back in 2 weeks instead of 4, so my next appointment will be on Sept 9.

I think I mentioned awhile back that we were going to move Caleb to his new room and paint his current room to be the new baby's nursery. We have decided to wait to do all of that until the new baby is a few months old. We think it will be easier on us and on Caleb, since we were planning on keeping the new baby in our room for at least a few months first anyway.

As for names, I think we have a very high potential first name, but we are going to borrow one of those name books from a friend and take a look through it to confirm that we really like the one we have picked out. Now we just have to find a middle name to go with it. By the way, this is a boy's name I'm talking about here, since we already had the girl's name decided from the beginning.

Jonathan keeps going back and forth on me. One day he says he thinks it's a boy, then a few days later he'll say he really thinks it's a girl. Obviously he doesn't know any more than the rest of us. :)

I saw a funny maternity shirt that said "I'm 50% sure it's a boy." That would be a good one to have.

Well, only 12 weeks left. Potentially as few as 10 weeks to still be full term. It still sounds so far away to me. I'm quite tired of being pregnant and ready to have this kid already. Oh well, maybe it will come sooner than it feels like now. I kind of hope so.

I'll let you know how my glucose test goes.

Weird Dreams

Last night I had a series of rather unusual dreams. In one, I went to McDonald's and ordered a whole bunch of food and the cashier lady made fun of me and sarcastically said "You must be hungry" and I glared at her and said, "Yeah, I am." That one was strange, but not that bad. The next one is the good one... I had a dream that I gave birth to a milk carton. What on earth is that supposed to mean? I've heard of women dreaming about giving birth to puppies or something like that, but a milk carton?? It wasn't even a gallon, it was like one of those little half pint sizes. Oh well, I'm sure pregnant women have had much stranger dreams, but that's about the weirdest one I've had yet. Thought you might find it amusing.

I go to the doctor next week, so hopefully there will be a good update after that.

Yay

Hey, so I think I'm in the third trimester now. There's not much new to say except that for a couple of weeks now we have actually been able to see my stomach move sometimes. I don't have another doctor's appointment until the 26th, but I think things seem to be progressing just fine.

I'm going on another work trip (my last one for quite awhile probably) to Florida near the end of September for about a week. Jonathan will be going to Chicago for work the first week of October. Then hopefully we can all stay home until the baby comes. :)

Guess that's all for now.