Forgot!

84 days left... Officially in the third trimester. How scary/exciting is that?

And Erika is on her way up! I'm going to try my darndest to make sure she gets a pic of Jon and I. We don't have any of us together with the baby bump. I meant to have my mother take on Christmas, but completely forgot. I forget a lot these days... :)

28 week appointment

I had my 28 week appointment this morning. My glucose/gestational diabetes test was "perfect". I had the nurse practitioner, who I'm starting to not like. She's the one who messed up my due date before. And today, she tried doing it again. She noted the due date, looked at her date wheel and said I was 27w5d today. No... I'm 28w1d.

Heartbeat was good. She measured my belly and said that was good too, but didn't tell me what it was. No matter. My weight is still 4 lbs under my starting weight. On the way out, she told me that she is ordering another urine test because mine had some protein in it. Dr Dedelow was standing at the counter when she told me that and he asked her how far I was. She said 29 weeks! *sigh* He looked at the chart and said no, 28, so come back in 4 weeks. Oh, and stick around, drink some more water and we'll do the other urine test now. Ok, fine. I sat there and watched Oprah and waited. Finally had to go, did the test and left. After my next appointment, I'll have to go every other week till he comes.

26 weeks pics

1st pic - I still fit into some of my (and Jon's...) regular shirts.



2nd pic - Amazing what a clothing change can show! This is what I typically wear to work now. I'm somewhat slouching in this pic though. Jon took forever to take it.



3rd pic - Obligatory belly pic.




So instead of yesterday being a day of relaxation, we met mom at Once Upon A Child in Orland. Now we have a crib. It's a Simlicity Aspen 4-in-1. Not one of the recalled ones. Jon was going to put it together already last night, but we went grocery shopping instead.

Happy New Year!

We have no plans for tonight other than grocery shopping. I doubt I'll make it till 12 am. Momma needs her sleep.

I do have new pictures (seriously). I promise to upload them either tonight or tomorrow and get them posted. Jon took them last weekend, so at the beginning of 26 weeks.

Baby Connor has been moving all over the place this week. A few days ago, Jon had a bad day, and as he was telling me about it, he was raising his voice. Connor can definitely hear now! Apparently he wasn't thrilled with Jon's tone :) and let me know by kicking (or punching, not sure) repeatedly.

We've got mostly everything out of his room. We just need to go through the closet and find new homes for some games and the vacuum.

If you're going out tonight, please be safe!!

Yuck

I had my gestational diabetes test this morning. Yuck. It's a sweet orange drink, like flat orange pop. And it had bits that were frozen floating in it. I had to sit there for an hour afterwards. They took 3-4 vials of blood. I better pass... it's not fair to test for that after Christmas :) If I don't pass, it'll be a 3 hour test.

Appointment Dec 15th (24 weeks 1 day)

I lucked out. Dr wants to do the gestational diabetes test in 2 weeks (at 26 weeks). The nurses want me to fast for 8-10 hours, and my appt is at 8:10 am. No problem. I'll sleep in, feed the horses, drive 2 mins to his office, do the stupid test, then have breakfast.

Heartbeat was 142 bpm. He's measuring 24 weeks 2 days, so right on target. Weighs 1.5 lbs. According to their scale, I am up 4 lbs from my last visit. But seriously, that goes up and down every other day. And because of the scale, my blood pressure was high. Of course I had to pee in a cup... and when I walked out, I was just thinking "Room 1..." and tripped over the damn scale. They have it right outside the door. Then the nurse came and took my blood pressure right away and it was high. Gee, wonder why. I almost faceplanted in the hallway! She said that even the nurses trip over it. I think it's time to move it...

We did get some ultrasound pics, but none good enough to scan in. We could see him gulping and the tech says he has a strong chin and long legs. Everything looks good.

Mini Update

Our next appt is Dec 15th, and I am going to scan in the last ultrasound pics and the new ones that day. I haven't had time (or ambition?) to get to Walgreens to do so yet.

Everything is still going well. I still feel fine for the most part. I think he was growing yesterday. I was so tired and exhausted. We did nothing this weekend. We were going to put up the Christmas tree yesterday, but yeah... that didn't happen. I did get some Christmas cards done, but apparently lost my address book at some point. I looked all over and can't find it.

I am really missing my flannel lined jeans. They don't make them in maternity sizes. I am wearing sweat pants to feed the horses. My maternity jeans and work pants are paper thin. The wind and cold goes right through them. At least I can still wear my Carhartt jacket.

eta: A week or so ago, someone posted on one of the baby boards asking if anyone can still see their feet. I thought, well of course... I stood up and checked. Um no. Missing. When did that happen??