A class and a celebration...to be had

I met with the gestational diabetes nurse today for some education and guidance about this dietary change!  It was not a whole lot that I didn't already know but good to hear and she gave me a lot of great material. The center itself will be a great resource, they provide lactation consulting and in home consultations if needed.  Still feeling pretty good and have been keeping my readings within the limits (except for two....and I know exactly why!!). I am definitely feeling the drag by Wednesday now as I am still working long hours and not sleeping all that well - thanks to our super active baby...future kickboxer I am beginning to think! How this will flow 2, 4, 6 weeks from now I am not so sure. We are extremely busy and chaotic at work right now, the 2 nurses are both out on maternity leave (together, they are married) and so all of their tasks have fallen on the research nurse Gina, Diana (the other NP) and me. I just keep telling myself, "only 8 more weeks....." 

I could not be more excited to see Mom, Dad, Liz, Cat and Zach next weekend - they are all coming out to see us!  It has been hard being so far away from them and seeing them so infrequently. 

Sunday is Mark's and my one year anniversary!!  A year already. When I sit back and think about all the life changes that have taken place in the past year I am blown away. It has been a great year, I am so blessed in so many ways and am so prayerfully thankful for my wonderul husband - I am excited to embark on this next journey with him and starting our family. I love you Mark!! 

30+ weeks

Finally, some pictures of this ever blossoming belly. It still amazes me on a daily basis and believe it or not there are times I forget I am pregnant....until I open a door and bump my belly, walk by a table/chair/another person and bump it/them with this new 'appendage'!

I am feeling well, just quite tired by the end of the day but nothing less than I would expect otherwise working the hours that I do. The pitting edema in my ankles is super sexy as well! Many thanks and praise on Mark who is Mr. Wonderful and offers to rub them every night (yes ladies, I am lucky).  I feel really fortunate after hearing some of the stories of other pregnancies that left people bedridden due to complications or in pain/extreme discomfort. Maybe this is agreeing with me after all.......

Day#2 checking my blood sugar and not a reading out of range yet. I am thinking as long as I stay away from straight sugar items (I have had my last brownie I am afraid) managing the diabetes will be fine. I love it that when I called my gluten free sister and told her about the diet changes and such her response was, "now you will eat like me!!" Yes, this has been true so far, bring on the veggies and protein. I am going to a gestational diabetes class next friday for some more guidance on diet modifications which I am looking forward to. 

Hard to believe we have ten weeks left give or take, I will try and be better with the picture taking though there may not been too much observable change from now on - what does 2,4, even 6 weeks of baby growth look like??!! (I am a little frightened to tell you the truth!) 

This weekend's goal - buy the crib/nursery furniture. Wish us luck!!! 

test results are in.....

Well, had an appt with the OB today. Baby looks great, (HR 145), my BP is great (117/72), no problems with my urine, but........hello Gestational Diabetes!!  Yes that's right, the 3 hour glucose test results, while not extremely out of whack were just enough to say goodbye carbs and sugar. I am fine with the sweets thing being a no go (haven't been too crazy with it) but I have been eating fruit like its going out of style. Watermelon, strawberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, etc etc etc. All have to be drastically cut back, 4x a day glucose checks. I called the insurance company today and they are sending me a glucometer (in a week) so chicken and green beans for dinner and hold the bread. 

On the fun side, we get to see baby boy at 37 weeks with an ultrasound to check how big he is getting and the Dr stated she WOULD NOT let me go over my due date - we get to meet our little guy sooner rather than later!!  

Belly pics to come.....

I have had many requests for the blossoming belly pics (which is definitely is, along with my hips...thighs.......face!) - I plan on getting some on here soon, I need to find my digital camera though....I haven't seen it since June.........

Stay tuned! 

First Post!

Here is the first post to our blog (yes, I am referring to it as 'ours' though I hardly think Mark will post here and he rarely - if ever - even logs onto facebook...)!!

We are 29 1/2 weeks pregnant with the most incredible blessing imaginable - our son. We will celebrate our first anniversary here in just a couple weeks - August 23 - and knew we always wanted a family but were SHOCKED to say the least to find out February 15th of this year that we were expecting.  After dealing with the "big C" in my younger years (it's the cancer folks) and living the dream of bald at 15 and radiation sunburns - I knew that not being able to have biological children was a very real possibility. No problem, I had resigned myself and felt very sure that the Lord would lead us to our family in whatever way that meant. Leave it to my wonderful, positive, slightly over-confident husband to ASSURE me early on the I was fertile, he could "just tell". I guess I should have listened because 6 months into our marriage we apparently were not the most consistent with the prevention methods.......above is our 7 week old miracle.