Thursday, 28 Feb

Friday, 29 Feb

Monday, 10 Mar

Tuesday, 18 Mar

well my little girl has been quite active lately. Kicking me right in my bladder! She kicks sooo low it `s like she lives below my pubic bone. My husband can now feel her kicking if I lie on my back. I was a heavy woman before I got pregnant and I lost 40 pounds right before that, so my baby has to kick through a lot of insulation to be felt if I sit in any other possition LOL!! My husband asks what it feels like and there is no way to describe it. I can see slight movements from teh outside when she kicks hard, but I have a lot of skin in the way. She will only get bigger and stronger (Can `t wait!!!)

Wednesday, 9 April

I forgot to update my page because of all the changes. I had my glucose test at 24 weeks since I had already fasted, my doc told me I could take it early. Well two days later I got a call and was told that my sugar levels were elevated. He didn't say what the number was which kind of irritates me the more I think about it. He put me on an 1800 calorie low fat diet but it doesn't make any sense to me. It calls for a lot of fruit and whole grains, all of which have carbs! And plus a lot of the stuff on the list is not very appetizing. I tried it for a few days and was constantly STARVING!! I hate the feeling of being hungry. So I modified it to where I just have smaller portions and more protein and less processed foods. I asked when I will be scanned again to check my placenta and he said sometime around 32 weeks!! That is a long way off. I was also irritated because it seemed like he couldn't give me the time of day at the last appointment. Maybe it is just me being paranoid.... So anyway, everything is up in the air. I may or may not have GD and my placenta may or may not have moved up. The only good news is that since he was so busy he didn't comment on my weight gain which has been about 26 lbs so far. I feel fine and try to walk the dogs now that the weather is getting better. I just want a little confirmation that everything is alright and it seems hard to get these days :( Olivia has been very very active. Hubby can feel her all the time and I can see her moving. she freaked us out the other day when hubby had his hand on my belly and she rolled over. It was the wierdest feeling inside and out!!

Thursday, 17th April

I finally got Olivia's crib today!! Hubby thinks it is too soon but I want to get things together early just in case. I got a great deal on Craigslist. The seller had bought it at Babies R Us three years ago for $350 for the crib and $75 for the mattress and I bought it from him for $100...I couldn't pass it up. I will post pictures once I find out where we are going to put it. Hubby wants baby in our room so we don't have to give up our guest room, but I think she should have her own bedroom. I have 4 dogs and I don't want them waking her up at night in our room. Plus I want to paint and get a room all cute for her. Still early though, so I might be able to persuade hubby to give up guest room after all, I hope!!

Monday, 21st April

Today was a great day!! My hubby says that I am nesting a lot lately and "preparing for my young" I can't argue with that. He got home from work and we needed to take his brother to pick up his car at the shop. His car is old and not very reliable so we offered him to take over payments on our Toyota Matrix and we would get a van in its place. He said he couldn't afford a car payment, but that got us thinking about vans. So we went to Toyota just to see what kind of a deal they would give us on our car. It was still new and only had 9700 miles on it, but we got it almost a year ago when we thought we couldn't have children. Now we are expecting and need a bigger car. They gave us an absolute great deal and we took our new Toyota Sienna home that night!! Talk about nesting!! I've got it bad I guess... You know you have baby on the brain when you trade in a prefectly good car for a minivan!! But I thank God that it happened because a Matrix is kind of small to be a family car. I am happy today YEY!!

Thursday, 24th April

I had my 28 week checkup yesterday. The doctor was more attentive this time which was good. Well, it has been confirmed that I do have GD :( My sugar level was 170 and my hemoglobin test was also on the high side of normal. I am not on any insulin and I don't have sugar in my urine so it is still controllable through diet. I will try to cut out as many carbs as I can but it is hard because those are the things that I crave!!! Oh well... He also said that I will start seeing him every two weeks and that my next ultrasound won't be for another 7 weeks!! OMG, I will almost be ready to pop then. I wish I could get one sooner :(

Wednesday, 7th May

I had some spotting today which really freaked me out. I have placenta previa and was warned that I could start spotting around 24 weeks, but I never did so I thought that I was in the clear. Then today for no apparent reason I had blood on the paper when I went to the bathroom. It took about 4 - 5 wipes for it to be cleared up. I called the doctor and he told me to go to the hospital and have a urinalysis done to make sure that there is no blood in my urine. I don't think there was because the spotting has seemed to go away for now. I was hoping to get another ultrasound done to make sure everything is ok but I didnt get one :( I really want to see her again and make sure everything is growing properly. I guess I have to wait. I had my 30 week check up today. Everything seems to be going well. She has been very active lately and kicking really hard. Sometimes they can take my breath away! After reading on the site that someone had been told they were having a girl and then later found out that they were having a boy has really got me freaked! I better not be having a boy because he will not look good in pink dresses and in a pink bedroom! I will not have another ultrasound until June 12th, so I have a long time to wait :(

Thursday, 12th June

I had my 35 week US today and got to see my little Olivia again. It has been such a long time since 20 weeks. They say she weights 7lbs 2 oz already!!! I have GD so I imagine she is big partly because of that, but wow! She had her eyes open slightly and her hand in front of her face. The girl parts looked a little boyish but the lady guarantees that she is still a she. That lady better not be wrong!!! I hope I get to have her soon because I am getting really anxious. Even though it is hard to sleep at night and I get winded easily, I would not change a thing about this experience. I love being pregnant and hope to have another one soon after Olivia is born. Getting nervous :)

Thursday, 26th June

Well, had my doc apt yesterday and he said my cervix was soft but I was still closed up and 0%. He told me to go to the hospital today for a NST, so I went in. I was on the thing for and hour and a half because they took a long time to get me into the computer. No TV, no book, soooo boring. But then the nurse told me I was contracting. I thought they were just bh, but they were about 4-5 minutes apart. I got cervix chaecked again and I was still soft and closed, 0% with a cervix so high they couldnt feel the baby. So my doc told me to walk the halls for 45 min and then get checked again. I walked and started getting bad shooting nerve like pain in my back and felt heavy. After that they put me back on the monitor and I was having much stronger contractions that were about 3-4 min apart. They checked me again and I was 2+ dialated and 80%!! I was allowed to go home because they were manageable but I still had them regular 3-4 min for a few hours after I got home. They have since tapered off, but I am going to pick up the walking again tomorrow, it seems to work.