Week 28 - LOTS to share!!! :)

Holy cow - first of all, I get to label this 3rd trimester.  Crazy!!!

This week went by FAST (again)!  I'm feeling pretty good though my heartburn is back and I have to be REALLY careful about it or I'm miserable.  Other than that, I'm getting tired pretty quickly again and getting swelling in my feet and hands (especially if I don't walk around).  That is totally ok though!  I've been feeling kind of crummy today - really tired and hot - again I think that is just fine.  Yesterday I think Grace found a spot to rest that was great for her and terribly painful for me - I had one spot at the bottom of my belly that HURT - ouch.  But this morning it was just fine!  

Grace kicks and moves a LOT.  It's pretty cool.  I'm now having trouble remembering when I DIDN'T feel her kicking throughout the day and evening. :)  Sometimes those little kicks are kind of shocking!

Week 27 - or - where is the time flying to????

D'oh!  Week 27 is almost over - and still no post (!)  I can't believe I forgot to post about my appt last Tues!

Week 26

I was thinking this morning about the fact that last year, we were waiting for our appointment with Dr. Heiner to figure out what we needed to do to start our family - now we are finishing a nursery, looking forward to baby showers, about to start classes on parenting and labor and delivery, etc.  Quite a change after several disappointments and years of hoping for our family to start! 

I think I started reflecting on this because a very dear friend of ours is going through a miscarriage - heartbreaking.  I think it is normal that once you start getting excited and have your due date in mind, you start thinking through the next months, wondering what you will look like, wondering if it will be a boy or a girl, thinking of the season it will be, etc.and getting VERY excited - then if something happens it's just a horrible loss.  My prayers are with her and I hope she will not be afraid and will get to start her family soon.

I read a paragraph that I keep reflecting on - it is especially salient when you think about the challenges some of us face in our baby hopes:

"Having babies may be as natural as the sun rising in the east, but it's still a miracle every time it happens.  If you feel anxious at times, it's just your humility acknowledging that having a dream come true is a blessing, not a right.  And when yours does come true, you will appreciate it that much more."  Vicki Iovine ~ The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy

OK - week 26 - I'm feeling better as long as I take Claritin D and benadryl - hate to do that daily, but it sure helps!  Blood sugars have been good except for today - I may have to change my pump site - that's my only guess as to what the heck is going on.  Gracie is kicking a LOT now - sometimes it feels like a Mexican jumping bean - you can sometimes see my clothes move the kicks are so strong!  Blake has been working really hard to assemble furniture we bought at Ikea for the nursery - he is finishing the dresser now.  I'll post pictures from the room transformation soon. :)  Oh - my stretch marks are getting worse and my stomach is getting itchy!!!  Not too bad, though.

Quick appointment updates...

Thurs night I had my LAST "NuMom2B" study appointment until Grace is born - weird!  Anyway, Blake came with me, and we got to have an ultrasound to look at her measurements - for the most part, she measured in the 60-70th percentiles for her gestational age.  She is estimated to weigh 2 lbs right now - 77th percentile.  My amniotic fluid index was 19 cm (10-24 cm is ideal) so all good!  I'd been feeling quite uncomfortable so it was kind of funny to see her head was resting squarely on my cervix - ouch - that could be contributing!  She was wiggly like always - the tech was trying to show us her profile but I don't think Gracie liked that much - she kept turning away - but from what we saw for a moment, cute. :)

Fri I had an appointment with Dr. Jim (Chamberlain) - I think I'm going to have to refer to him as "Dr. Jim" since I'll be taking Grace to his wife, Dr. Michelle Chamberlain (will likely call her "Dr. Michelle") :) - anyway, my HbA1C is 5.7 again, which is just great!  We made a few adjustments but nothing major - he checked my feet and they're just fine.

So things continue to tick along pretty well.

Week 24/25...

Oops!  OK - week 24 got away from me.  Or I simply chose not to include it subconsciously - it was pretty rough in some regards.  So... though it will make this long, I'm going to include info on both weeks!