Friiiickk!

Official diagnosis: Gestational Diabetes.

Still feel very irritated about this. No family history of diabetes...AT ALL. I have not gained an absurd amount of weight, I work out, I try to eat fairly healthy, in general, I'm a healthy person! This is soooo not fair!

So, now I get to poke my finger SIX times a day, and there's a special diet to follow if needed. However, so far I have been eating like I normally do and my sugars stay within a normal range....maybe I'm just a bad test taker?

I even got my very own glucometer...and it has a pretty pink cover (per my request :). Of course, to add insult to injury, it's right during Christmas....and all the yummy goodness that comes with the holidays....and, to top it off, my fingers hurt!

Grrr....so frustrated, but I'll do whatever I have to for a healthy baby (she'd better appreciate this later ;)

Oh Crap

Yeah......so much for hoping I don't have to go back for the 3 hour glucose test. Got a call from the Dr. today, she said I failed the 1 hour test miserably. The three hour test is scheduled for next Tuesday, and as an added perk, I get to be poked before I start and then every hour on the hour for the remaining 3 hours....AWESOME. Just looking forward to it because it went so well the first time.

Update

How far along? 27 1/2 weeks

Total weight gain: 14 pounds (blaming that on the TWO Thanksgivings we had).

Maternity Clothes? Uh, yeah.

Stretch marks: No. ::knocks on every piece of wood in the house::

Sleep: total crap. I wake up every morning between 3 and 4 a.m.

Best moment this week: Visiting the family in Oregon!

Movement: baby's Rocky impressions continue.

Food cravings: minimal...but cinnamon rolls rock my socks.

Gender: still a girl, I hope. With the amount of clothes we have, if it's a boy, he's gonna have to get tough real quick, because he's going to be wearing a buttload of pink.

Labor signs: none.

Belly button in or out? In. I do believe it'll remain that way.

What I miss: A good night of sleep.

What I'm looking forward to: Wrapping presents and CHRISTMAS!!!

Weekly Wisdom: If a phlebotomy STUDENT asks if it's ok if SHE'S the one that draws your blood today....say HELL NO. Lesson learned.

Milestones: Finally in the third trimester!

We had our OB appointment today and the Dr. said I was measuring at just over 28 weeks...a little ahead of schedule, so she's pretty sure my amniotic fluid level is just fine, though in the ultrasound at 22 weeks it looked low. We don't even have to recheck it, so good news. In the not-so-good-news department, I had my 1 hour glucose test today. Fasted all morning (can't be too good for my weight gain momentum). Ah well, at least I jumped right back on that wagon afterwards (hello Taco Time, my old lover). I was called back so they could take some blood to check my sugars first. They had a new student who asked if it was ok that she drew my blood. Yeah, sure. I'm a nurse. I get it. Everyone has to learn. Needles don't bother me. No sweat. Fast forward to 5 min. later, where she is STILL fishing for my vein. Finally a regular took over and got it....whew. Now that I'm a blubbering mess on the floor in the fetal position, they decide to give me a GINORMOUS cup of "fruit punch". Ladies...if you think you're getting a treat...it's a LIE!! It is a tremendously sweet, thick, syrupy-type substance with red food coloring that must be downed within 5 min. Then, I got to sit in the waiting room for an hour while I feel my kid getting a sugar rush. After the hour is up, I go back so they can wreak more havoc on my veins. The right arm doesn't look great, so the girl drawing my blood thinks it'll be an AWESOME idea to go in the same arm that the student has already disabled. Same spot. Still more fishing. No luck. So, she tries the right arm that "doesn't look good". Poke, more fishing. "Oops, that's a tendon, not a vein," she giggles. B!?*# is lucky she still has her eyes. Poke number three in the right arm...in a vein this time. Interesting thing happened when she hit the vein....she got BLOOD (funny how that works). I had better have passed that little test, because I do NOT want to go back for another one.

Dining Room

We have finally (for the most part) finished the dining room! Here are some updated shots of it.

This is the dining room BEFORE:

....and from another angle

And the AFTER....I *heart* wainscoting :)

New windows, trim, and a dining room table.

And this is the "after" built-in china cabinet. You can catch a peek of what it used to look like in the above "before" pics.

Just for You, Mom

How far along? 23 weeks!

Total weight gain: 9 freaking pounds ::dies a little inside::
Maternity clothes? yep.Stretch marks? Not yet...Sleep: Depends...I tire so easily that if I've had a busy day, I sleep like the dead.

Best moment this week: Absolute 100% confirmation of a girl.

Movement: Every day!Food cravings: Still loving the milk and milk products, including...that's right. CHEESE!Gender: GIRL!Labor Signs: None

Belly Button in or out? InWhat I miss: Mmmm...beer. Or wine. Or vodka. Lemon drops anyone?

What I am looking forward to: Our trip to Boise. We're leaving tomorrow and I get to watch the Boise State game and my husband look like a cute fool supporting his first true love.
Weekly Wisdom: When the husband tells you he thinks it's "cute" that you're waddling now, he means it to be endearing. Don't throat punch him.

Milestones: Into 100% maternity wear now. Not even attempting the humiliation of fitting into pre-preg clothes anymore. I've learned my lesson.

This is our diaper bag that finally came in. It's neutral, so Drew won't be embarrassed carrying the pink monstrosity I had threatened him with (yeah, I'm nicer than that). It even has orange and blue. This way, Drew can REPRESENT Boise State, while being an awesome dad, and looking cool changing diapers. A multi-tasking man...priceless.

Just Another Day at Work

So, you think you work in hazardous conditions? You don't. Let me tell you a story.

This last week, I worked in the ER. Well, I'm psyched because I get to do all kinds of exciting things in the ER...like save lives! Well, one of our "emergent" patients came in with a very dangerous condition....a butt boil. We're not talking just any butt boil, but a spread-the-cheeks-dig-deep-to-lance-that-sucker butt boil. So, the Dr. is doing his thing with the scalpel, and I stand dutifully at his side to hand him instruments. He lances the boil and decided that there's still more goo in there, so he applies firm pressure. The butt boil freaking SQUIRTS out three feet, straight towards my round ass! If I hadn't had the quick reflexes of a jungle cat (albeit a pregnant jungle cat), I would have been covered in butt boil juice!

Needless to say, butt boil guy felt much better. That's right, people. Just a lone ER nurse, saving lives.....one butt boil at a time.

It's Definitely a Girl!

So, we had our "official" 22 week ultrasound yesterday. It took almost an hour for the US tech to get all of her measurements because the baby was folded almost completely in half, trying to chew on her feet; and she wouldn't stop moving. Guess that teaches me to eat before an appointment....oops :) But, everything looks really good, complete with 10 fingers, 10 toes and a four chamber heart that's beating perfectly. The baby weighs a whole pound now and is about a foot long! The tech also commented that the baby was sitting right on my bladder (which definitely explains some things). We are so excited and relieved to know that everything looks healthy....and our tech confirmed that there are "girly" parts!

This is my 22 week belly pic....it's amazing what a few weeks will do!

A pic of the profile...I think the poor kid is going to have my nose :)

This is the "toilet shot". The arrow points to the non-penis.

This is a frontal pic of her face peaking through....still a little creepy, but a bit less alien-like.

Her fingers and toes, but I still can't figure out what position she's in.