Glucose Tolerence day

At our appointment yesterday it was time for my 1 hour glucose test to screen for gestational diabetes. I was feeling a little nauseous before we even left to go to our appointment, then I drank the orange drink...it wasn't as bad as I was imagining, but i am soooo not used to such sweet drinks! I felt sick twice while I was waiting the hour for them to draw my blood, but thankfully was able to control it.....I was not going to do this again! They will have the results today, but my doc is off until Tuesday so I won't hear anything until then. Not really worried about it, I just know I don't want to do the 3 hour test!!! Otherwise all was well at our appointment, heartbeat was 160...high for him, must have been from all the sugar, fundal measurements good. My next appointment is in 2 weeks...on Sarah's due date! Wow! I can't believe that is so close!!! I think we should be scheduling an ultrasound again soon, too.... I hope so, it's been so long since we've seen him!

I went to a store in town and looked at cribs and furniture. Ron and I are going to try to make a decision today as to which furniture we want. I know what my choice is, but I think his will be different. We'll see! I have a ton of boxes so that I can start packing up my craft room, so that it can become the spare room and we can get started on the nursery. I think we will paint it blue and yellow, I want something bright and fun. But we haven't figured that out completely yet, either. Only 82 days left to go...guess we'd better get busy, it will be here before we know it!

Every other week

We had our doctor's appointment last Thursday (sorry to take so long to update). Everything was great. Atticus' heartbeat was 143 and he actually was pretty quiet during that part of our visit, so we could really hear it well....not just him kicking the doppler! We start every-other week appointments now. Next Thursday at our appointment I am also doing my 1 hr glucose tolerance test. I am really not worried about the test, just worried about how I am going to drink the super sweet glucose drink! Yuck! I shudder just thinking about it.

Today one of the pathologists at work asked if I would help his wife out.... She teaches a class to nurse practitioner students at the U of I College of Medicine in Rockford. She needs a >26 week pregnant lady to help her with class.... I still have to talk to her about it, but it sounds like they will just be listening to my belly and poking and prodding to feel where his head and butt are located. It sounds like it could be fun, I'm looking forward to it. I'll find out more when I talk to her next week.

The waiting game

Not much new with us; just waiting and waiting and waiting! I went to my first prenatal water aerobics class tonight. It was a half hour long and I really enjoyed it. I was hoping that being in the water would be really comfortable and relieve some of the pressure I feel in my lower abdomen when standing (due to how low he sits) . While I didn't notice any difference when I first got in the water, it was amazing how heavy he felt when I got out of the pool!!! I almost turned around and walked right back into the pool! Ron and I have been busy researching bedroom furniture for the little guy....we have made some headway, but still have to make some decisions. I ordered the pillows that go with his crib bedding so that we could match colors when we paint his room....again, another project that we need to start....soon!!! Not much else has changed....He is still an active little bugger! His kicks are getting stronger and stronger all the time. They just make me smile :-) I am starting to feel them more than I did previously at night. Luckily, the kicks have yet to wake me up at night....unfortunately I know that is coming!