31 Weeks

Posted by Me Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:53:00 GMT

I’ll be 31 Weeks tomorrow. :) I can’t believe I am already in the 3rd Trimester. My due date of 1/28/07 doesn’t seem too far off. Yowzers!

I am certainly starting to feel the effects of Jack’s size in my belly. Finding a comfortable position to sleep in is getting a bit tougher but I do enjoy feeling him kick throughout the day & night. As of late, he’s been having more hiccups which according to Dr. H is a good sign. He likes to hear that the baby has hiccups – apparently a sign of a healthy baby. I hope that’s true! :) Speaking of Dr. H we had an appointment with him last Wednesday and everything checked out. Jack’s heartbeat came in around 140 and my fundal length was measuring at 30-31 weeks – so right on target. Since we didn’t do the whole Pam Smear/Culture checkup in the beginning I had the pleasure of doing it at the last appointment. Boy, are those fun. I hadn’t had anyone “down there” since my Dr. Bow Tie days! :)

Anyways, overall the appointment went well. I see him in 2 weeks again since now we are on the every other week schedule. Once we are in January, I’ll switch over to the once a week schedule. Yay!

This coming Wednesday we have our first “meet & greet” with a potential Pediatrician. We asked Dr. H for more recommendations since the last one he recommended unfortunately didn’t take our insurance. I’ll be making a few more “meet & greet” appointments and hopefully we can settle on a good one before Jack makes his appearance.

In other news, I saw my parents, my sis and her fiance, and a slew of relatives from my mom’s side a week ago. I had the first of 2 Baby Showers and it was a lot of fun. In lieu of actual gifts, a lot of my relatives gave us some checks to help with the preparation of baby’s arrival. Every little bit helps and LOML and I certainly appreciated everyone’s kindness. My parents were generous enough to give us a stroller that comes with the Car Seat so that’s pretty cool. We haven’t installed it yet in the car – one of the many things on our “To Do” List. I have another Baby Shower on LOML’s side this coming Saturday (12/2) so that should be fun. It was great to see family and getting pampered for a while with good food. I’ll see them next in a couple of months when Jack is due to arrive.

Thanksgiving we spent with LOML’s parents and it was really nice. We opted to go out to eat instead of slaving over a hot stove. It worked out really well. The place they picked out offered a really yummy Turkey dinner and the great thing was we didn’t have to clean up. :) Stress-free Thanksgiving works for me!

Other than that, I have been busy working and finishing up our Christmas shopping. I am pretty much done. I try to do most of it via the Internet since I absolutely hate the crowds at the mall/stores. Gotta’ love the Internet! :) I have a few more things to finish up but overall that should be pretty set. Yay! I am waiting for the things to arrive so I can wrap them and be done. Ahh – I can’t wait!

Despite everything going on – you’d think I’d be distracted enough, I still have my moments of anxiety. I don’t think it ever goes away. I still get some scary dreams (on the off chance when I actually do manage to get some shuteye!) which aren’t so pleasant. Jack tries to reassure me though by offering up a swift kick so it makes it all a little better.

I do have to admit that I am getting more nervous about the last few months as the reality sets in that eventually he has to come out. Also, I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t worry that something could go wrong. The Childbirth classes were pretty informative but also admittedly a tad intimidating. I am so grateful for every week I pass and continue to pray that all goes well and that Jack arrives without any complications. My biggest worry is and will forever be his welfare. I will endure anything as long as he is safe and healthy.

All righty, I am going to take it easy for the rest of the evening – take a shower and have a snack. The last few weeks have been really busy with family gatherings, work, and preparations for both baby and X-mas. I can’t imagine that the next few weeks/months will be any different. Days are just whizzing by at a speed that’s hard to comprehend.

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving and managed to enjoy some good family/friend time.

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I passed!!!!

Posted by Me Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:18:51 GMT

I called Dr. H’s office to see if they got my results back yet from my lovely 3-hour Glucose Tolerance Test. His trusted Nurse had to call me back since they hadn’t gotten the results. When she did though, she let me know that I passed and all is well. I was all set and didn’t have to worry about it. Yay! :)

Woohoo! I am glad I passed. I was sure that I would fail it but luckily I didn’t. I am going to eat better though and continue my walking regiment. It doesn’t hurt but can only help. I am happy though that I won’t have to go in for weekly blood tests or break the news to my Mom. She is worried as it is – this would have just made it all worse.

Speaking of familu, my sis and her fiance are coming in tonight from Orlando for my Baby Shower (one of 2) on Saturday. My parents will be here Wednesday Night and have more relatives coming in on Friday. It’ll be great to see everyone though I am slightly stressed since I do have work to do while they are here and since I work from home it’ll be a little harder to stay focused. I hadn’t seen my parents since I was about 4 months along and was hardly showing so now that I am quite huge I’ll be a sight to behold! LOL I haven’t seen my sis since January so it’ll be nice.

Anyways, just wanted to write a quick post and update everyone on my GTT test! I passed! Woohoo! One less thing to worry about – I still have loads of other things to worry about but at least I can cross that one of my list. :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

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Failed My Test

Posted by Me Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:02:00 GMT

So, I just got the dreaded call. I failed my 1-hour Glucose Test. Ulgh! I have to go back on Wednesday for my 3-hour Glucose Test. I am bummed and worried. I hope I don’t have gestational diabetes. Jack is a big baby so I don’t know – the likelyhood is there I guess. I know there is still a chance that I pass the 3-hour one, but I don’t know…it all sucks. My levels from the 1-hour one was 150 which is quite high.

I was worried about this since my Mom has Diabetes as does my uncle so I definitely have a family history of it all. :( I know I’ll be able to manage, but I don’t know I had hoped to pass the first one.

I guess we’ll see what happens on Wednesday. Oh well – will have to let work folks know that I am out for the morning on Wednesday due to this long blood drawing test. :(

Yeah – I’m bummed and worried. I didn’t want to get the call. Oh well – I guess we’ll see what happens. LOML & I are going for a nice long walk tonight and tomorrow – I have been trying to walk more but fell a little behind this weekend. :( Gotta’ be better about it.

I guess I shouldn’t have had some left over Twix bars from Halloween today! Ulgh! :(

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27w5d

Posted by Me Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:59:00 GMT

Yesterday we had our big appointment. I drank my orange flavored glucose test drink prior to my appointment and got my blood drawn. I hope I don’t fail the test. I really, really, really don’t want to have to come back for the 3-hour version of the test and find out I test positive for diabetes. Yikes! They said they’d call me if I failed! Ulghh! I really hope I don’t get the call.

After my blood test, we had our ultrasound to check on Jack. He has grown so much and I am happy to say that the cysts are gone and my placenta has moved up so all is well. The u/s lady didn’t see anything else wrong with him either and declared him to look great. As usual, it was amazing to see him so much bigger. And bigger he is. Apparently, “little” Jack now weighs in at 3 lbs! 3 lbs!!! Chunky little monkey, huh? That puts him in the 91%! His feet measure about 2 inches now and he had a nice resting heart rate of 129. Oh, and yes, he is still a boy. He let us peak between his legs again! :)

Since the lady had some time in her schedule, we went ahead and did the 3D ultrasound. That was really cool. Jack is starting to look like more of a baby. Since he is already getting bigger, it wasn’t surprising to see him starting to run out of room. He had his foot right up against his head. At first he was just slumbering using the placenta as his pillow, but eventually he got himself moving. He kept opening and closing his mouth…at one point in time even sticking out his tongue. It was amazing and oh so cute. He even smiled at some point and tried to eat his umbilical cord which is not good – but then again thank goodness babies aren’t born with teeth! :)

In any case, I could gush on forever but I won’t. It was great to see him and check out what he does in there. He seemed content for the time-being and that made my heart soar. :) We’ve got some cool pics of him and the lady was really nice taking her time to get some good shots.

After our very cool u/s, we had our appointment w/ Dr. H. It was short and sweet since he had to rush off to an Emergency C-section. However, before he left, he said everything checked out well. Cervix long and closed. Cysts gone. Placenta moved up. Blood Pressure is good. Weight gain is excellent. Measuring on target. Now, if I just can make sure I passed that Glucose Test I’ll be happier. :)

So, overall we had a good appointment. I go back in 3 weeks. After that one, I’ll be switching to every other week so on and so forth! :) I hope all continues to go well. I am going to start my kick counts to make sure Jack continues to thrive as he should. I sure hope he does. :)

Last night also marked the first (out of three) Childbirth Education Classes given by the hospital. It was good. Very informative since it isn’t a Lamaze class but covers everything from what to expect when you are admitted to medications etc. The class was pretty full, but everyone seemed pretty nice. The instructor was thorough and knowledgeable so I think it was good that we signed up for them. We have another one next Thursday at which point we’ll actually get a tour of the Labor & Delivery Ward. That’ll be cool.

We are also trying to line up a pediatrician. Dr. H gave us a recommendation but unfortunately that Dr doesn’t take our insurance. Bummer! :( So back to the drawing board. We’ll have to ask our Doc for another one when we see him on November 22nd. Hopefully, we can find one we like and who takes our insurance.

Well, I have written a novel. I really do need to try to get on here more often so I don’t end up writing a huge post every time. Time has been more limited though between work, appointments, house chores, classes, and nursery decorating! :(

I hope everyone is well!

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Shoot Me Up!

Posted by Me Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:01:38 GMT

Just got back from getting my Flu Shot. First time I ever got one. Hopefully, I don’t experience any adverse reaction. Dr. H suggested I’d get one so off I went to the nearest Flu Clinic and get vaccinated. :)

It was a pretty quick process. The prick of the needle hurt a little – you’d figure with all my IVF experience it’d be nothing…and compared the the Progesterone Shots it was. In any case, I was out of there in under 10 minutes and am now sporting a lovely band-aid on my right arm.

Other than that, I am being good about my water intake and therefore my bathroom runs are increasing. The good thing is though that I am back home and have a bathroom always near by. As lovely as Hawaii was, it was getting old to keep looking for a restroom.

Ok, just thought I’d do a quick check-in. I am still anxious but oh well. All righty, work beckons!

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