This Friday we have our next ultrasound and should be able to tell whether our baby is a boy or a girl!!! I am excited and counting down the days! Baby is about the size of a zucchini. It weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and measures 6 inches. Baby's brain is busy designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch.
The women at work said I "popped" this last week. Frankly I think I popped a little earlier and was just good at hiding it cause I had practice hiding my belly being overweight for so many years. But it was still fun to hear! I even got my first belly pat! :-D
I still feel pretty good. I am slowing down though. I think I was under the impression that I would be a Superwoman and pregnancy wouldn't slow me down. All those other people just like to whine a lot...right??? But I absolutely am noticing where being pregnant stops me in my tracks in some ways.
I'm having trouble bending over cause of the pressure it puts on my tummy (it doesn't really bend with me) so John has taken over feeding and watering the pets and emptying the dishwasher. I'm tossing and turning in bed trying to get comfortable while making sure I sleep on my side. This past weekend the backaches came on really strong and had me glued to the couch for the morning. John was amazing, he just jumped right into gear and started doing things around the house and taking care of me. I'm so thankful he is around and he has been making the past week or two so much more relaxing and enjoyable.
We began to gut the second bedroom this past weekend in preparation for putting together the nursery. Trash bins are getting full and I have a few boxes of things to sell. I'm eyeing our bedroom closet to donate some clothes to goodwill in the next few weeks. Trying to make room wherever we can. We've still got a lot to do, but this week I finally saw a significant dent in what needs done. Since we find out the sex of the baby on Friday my plans for the weekend are to go through the boxes of clothes are friends have given us and start filling the baby's dresser with the things we will use.
We are having a bit of a hard time with John's new schedule. He got switched to working 11:30am-8pm. This means that my lunch hour is taken super early and spent driving across town. No rest for the pregnant lady mid-day. :-( That is a complete bummer because I could really use some down time. Then by the time I pick him up we end up having dinner just as I'm about to fall asleep. Not exactly the best schedule for a pregnanct diabetic since it screws with mealtimes and such... But you do what you have to do right? It's not impossible, just inconvenient and requires some adjustment. The biggest bummer is that since John works so late it means we can't go to any of the nighttime birthing classes. We will HAVE to figure out something to work around that.
I've been craving Taco Bell A LOT! I could probably eat it every day, though John would never let me. I DID satisfy my pizza craving finally by finding a place that offers a whole wheat crust, Magpie's Pizza. It's a few more bucks than Pizza Hut but it's worth it to get a kick butt pizza I don't have to feel guilty about eating.
I do still think that some pregnant women whine unnecessarily sometimes. I have absolutely no patience with a pregnant woman whining because her husband didn't go get her eggrolls and ice cream at 1am so she wasn't speaking to him for 2 days. I suppose this is because I have to keep such a tight reign on my behaviors to have a healthy baby and I get annoyed with people who just indulge in the ability to "get away" with stuff, whether "eating for two" (which is complete crap) or just being emotional bitches (which is also complete crap). But, thinking about it I think those people didn't want to control their behaviors beforehand, now they just have something to blame it on.
Oh, my other pet peeve is women who are scared of the Gestational Diabetes test they do around week 24. I just roll my eyes and get disgusted that they are so scared to death of getting a positive result. I've had a positive result from Day One. WIMPS!!! :-P
Diabetes Update
I have no real complaints about taking insulin, its just part of the routine and what I need to do so I do it. And I'm beginning to understand how to work with it better and adjust the levels myself. Its funny how mundane and non-challant I feel about it. Needles a couple times a day? Sure, no biggie. :-P
My diabetes educator, Mary Margaret is completely awesome. She eased my mind a little at my last appointment by telling me of a few other diabetic pregnancies she's guided so I know I'm right on track and doing well. I was beginning to get scared at the level of insulin I was reaching but then relaxed when I heard that by the end most pregnant women have doses like 10 times what I'm currently at. I did finally get the fast-acting "meal-time" insulin added to my repertoire, couldn't hold it off forever. In fact, I actually asked for it because I was getting a little nervous without it. Right now its not needed at every meal, just as "insurance" if my number's are running high so I have a way to lower them quickly.
Mary Margaret also raised my prescription levels so I now have HUGE amounts of both insulins at home to see me through for a little while. John and I both feel better and more at ease knowing that we have extra insulin instead of praying that our supply will make it until the next appointment. BONUS: I have permission to take extra insulin and eat some mashed potatos on Thanksgiving!!!! (Simple thrills!!!)
I am SO THANKFUL that of all diseases I could have, I have diabetes which if you are willing to stick yourself a couple times a day you can pretty much compensate for a bad pancreas. I'm glad I live in this day and age and can be taken care of as if there were no risk at all.
Well, thanks for reading. I know I get a little long-winded sometimes, but this is only a little bit of everything that's going on. And I just felt like talking today. I'll probably send another email out later this week when we find out boy/girl!!!! I won't be able to keep it quiet!
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