Still here and moving right along. I have my monthly growth scan on Friday, so I am excited to see how much she weights, but according to my apps, she weights about 5.5 pounds and is as big as a large cantaloupe.:)
Being on steroids has helped my asthma, and maybe even my pelvic pain (or that's just subsiding for a little bit), but my blood sugar? Ummmm, yeah. Nightmare. Prednisone makes my sugar spike (even with no carbs). So they put me on more of my GD meds. Well, I apparently respond to well to both of those and it has been a balancing act since then. Today is my last day of prednisone and I could not be happier! It has gotten pretty high, but the scary thing is when it get to low. I ate pretty much the entire day and night on Monday to try to keep it high enough to keep me out of the danger zone. I told my nurse that if I have gained 10 pounds this week, she can't be mad at me! Juliette actually woke me up Monday night. She was kicking pretty hard and I was trying to ignore it and it she finally kicked me just the right amount of times for me to get up and switch positions. In the process I realized I didn't feel right and I took my blood sugar and it was very very low. So I ate a full meal and then set my alarm to eat every hour. That was a sleepless night for sure, but thank goodness for Juliette!
It's been getting hot here, which means swelling (mostly in my calves). Not horribly, but enough to where it's rather annoying.
We went to a birthing class last weekend. Because I have done so much research already, I didn't learn to much, and Ned was bored out of his mind (it was a crash 7 hour course that took up two beautiful weekend days!). They talked all about birth, interventions, and even feelings (?!?) But we are both thankful that we took the class. More to reassure us for things we may use down the road (epidurals, what's safe and not safe). We also got everything else off the the registry that we think we will need. So all we have left to do it hang the video monitor, install the carseat (and get it checked out), and clean the fan! Everything is sanitized, cleaned, ready!
I am getting huge. Ned keeps saying, wow, your belly is really getting big! I think he leaves for work, and then comes home to think that I will be normal size again and I am just that much bigger (almost like body dismorphia)! He is really loving getting ready, although he probably is ready for me to be done. I wake him up all night long by going to the bathroom. I can't do lots of things (like vacuum, as it hurts my stomach ligaments) and he overall has picked up a lot of slack (feeding dogs at night, cleaning kitchen, picking up the house). He is a trooper!
We also had a dog trainer come. He gave us an entire different approach to helping Nina and Ragzie and I am excited to get things started. It's basically conditioning them to like people and not be sacred of them. Not correcting and yanking their collars, but giving them treats to think positively about the new things in their environment.
I figured I would tell about my Gd (gestational diabetes) in this post. I think I have had it since around 20 weeks as I have had the symptoms since then, but because people don't usually have symptoms, I didn't know what to look for. At my 26 week appointment, I mentioned that I think I may have it. I had recently gone down to my shower in Florida and realized that after I had big meals or especially something sugary, I felt really sick. I don't a eat a ton of sugar to begin with, so I wasn't noticing it on the regular, but I finally put two and two together. She said she doubted it and thought I was just having a sugar rush, but she will test me a week or so early. Sure enough I failed the first test, so I had to take the second (three hour) test. Both made me feel very sick! When they called to tell me, I almost giggled because I knew I was right. But it's just so weird because I really am not a huge carb eater anyway. In fact since then, they have told me I need to UP my carb intake in some instances.
So I saw a nutrition counselor who thought I could manage it with just diet, but I need some help with oral meds. So far it's pretty under control. I prick myself 5 times a day and make sure to eat very measured amounts. I started walking a lot more, but once my pelvic pain started, had to stop. It has been much more of a challenge though because on top of eating no dairy, or gluten, there is this. It's hard for me to eat out at this point!
I also crave a lot of things and I just have to deal with it. If you have ever been pregnant, you know a craving is not like a usual "I would love a brownie." It's a "If I don't eat a brownie this minute, my head will explode and I can't stop thinking about it until I get one in my belly!!!!." I have had some pity parties, but for the most part, I am ok. I think what helps me is feeling like crap if my sugar does spike. It also helps to know I don't want to hurt Juliette!
Ok, That's all for now. I will be back to talk about my showers, and nurseries and maybe even my favorite gear for now. :)
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