Good Measurements

Jared and I got to see our little guy today b/c at my appt on Friday my fundal height was measuring 35cm compared to what I should have been at which is 30cm. They say that you should measure what your weeks are and on Friday I was 29 weeks and 6 days. So they wanted to do an ultrasound to make sure that this stubborn little boy wasn't measuring too big or that I didn't have too much amniotic fluid. The radiology tech actually happened to be my nurse practitioner's sister so that was cool! She was wicked nice and did a great job. After all the pictures and measurements she took, she confirmed that I am measuring TO THE DATE with my Jan 30th due date! More then likely it was just the position he was in when she was measuring on Friday. The rad tech asked if we knew what we were having and I told her that we saw one picture that it was a boy, but that if she saw something and wanted to really confirm it, that it would be fantastic! Needless to say the first picture she saw was CLEARLY boy, like all up in your face boy!!!! She was able to give us a picture of the "goods" which reaffirmed me b/c I have A LOT of boy things that really would have been a hassle to take back!! I cheated and looked in my medical record at work on the dictation by the radiologist and looks like he said that estimated fetal weight is 1587grams which is in the 52.3 percentile. Jared asked about how much she thought this little guy weighed and said that according to measurements he is right around 3 pounds! It's crazy to think that took 30 weeks to weigh 3 pounds but that in the next 9 weeks he will double his weight!!! He was face up but positioned head down, which coincides with all the jabs, kicks, and punches i feel on the right upper side of my stomach! Oh boy does this guy move! I will be laying on the couch and it literally looks like my stomach is having seizures! It is really cool to see though. I still have been feeling good. My ankles have been starting to swell, especially my left one. When I get home from work I elevate them right away and by morning they are back to normal. I have been having some pelvic/groin discomfort. Mainly just feeling sore and the nurse practitioner said that it is likely from my pelvic bones starting to move/shift and get ready for the delivery. Other then that nothing exciting has been going on. Jared and I are still having the name game discussion. We are still on Tanner or Connor, we do like Noah, but are always open to suggestions and ideas. Jared is currently getting backgrounded by Big Lake and New Hope police departments so send prayers our way for one of these to come through. I don't know why any department wouldn't want to hire him b/c he is going to make a fabulous police officer! We hope that everyone has a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving with safe travels for everyone!!

3 hours later and finally PASSED!!!

Since I failed my one hour glucose test I had to endure the 3 hours of sitting in the lab lobby 2 floors below my work not allowed to leave the lobby for any reason! My poor vein in my right arm was poked so many times I started to bruise. They had to draw blood 4 different times in order to obtain my fasting glucose levels. For curious people I will type out my level followed by the level it needed to be under so you can see the comparison (ex. 134/140). My original 1 hour test: 167/140 (bombed that one!). 3 hour test: Fasting level 94/95. First hour 145/180. Second hour 126/155. Third hour 63/140. As you can tell my levels were quite under this time which is good, for the exception of my fasting level (weird). When I finally was released from the locked cell of the lobby I went up to work and actually got quite light headed and nauseous since it had been 15 hours since I was able to eat or drink anything! You can tell why I got light headed since my blood sugar was 63!!!! I am very thankful that I passed this test because I did not want to have to deal with gestational diabetes. However, this gave Jared ample opportunity for him to nag at me for drinking pop. Everytime I would eat a piece of candy or crack a can of pop Jared would yell DIABETES!!! So supportive!! Just kidding! He has been very supportive, amazing, and interested through out the whole process (even though he likes the name Anakin!) It's hard to believe I will be 29 weeks tomorrow and will need to start going every 2 weeks to see my DR, CRAZY! Also, Jared and I have decided yet once again, to change DRs!! If you are shaking your head, I am right there with you! Due to an insurance change once again I will be seeing a DR at a Park Nicollet Clinic which is coveniently located one floor below me which makes it quite easy for upcoming appts as I can do them over my lunch hour instead of needing to take half days off of work. With this change that does mean that we will be changing hospitals for delivery also. Now, and I don't care about insurance anymore, we will FOR SURE be going to Methodist Hospital in St Louis Park. Right now we are registered for our birthing classes Dec 5th and 12th in which should be an interesting experience! We will get to take a tour of the birth center then so that will be fun! We finally got registered at Target and Babies R Us as Jared scanned EVERY SINGLE item on both lists. I did not once touch the scanner! My next appt is on Nov 20th so in the weeks to come you can check back for some updated information!

FAILED Test!!

No worries everything is fine!!! I had the pleasure of drinking the amazing orange sugar drink for my one hour glucose test and I bombed!!! My level was at 167 and my sister Julie told me that the cut off is normally around 140ish. So yeah, I really failed! Now I get the pleasure of drinking it AGAIN, and sitting in the lab lobby for 3 hours. I was instructed that I could not leave the lab to even go up and sit at my desk for work which is only 2 floors up!! This is going to be a blast. Not only do I have to sit there for 3 hours but I have to fast for 12 hours before also!!! Who honestly thinks a 28 week pregnant woman can go 12 hours without eating, seriously! The good thing is that my appt is at 7:30 in the morning! I may just go to bed at 8pm next monday night so I don't have to even think about how I can't eat anything. My hemoglobin was fine at 13.8.

I have been very lucky as I have not had any complications or problems with the pregnancy, up until now! This past Saturday night Jared and I actually went to the hospital to be put on the monitor. I was not feeling the little guy move as much as he normally does. I felt him Wed and a little bit on Thurs. I did not feel him at all on Friday or Saturday. I hesitated calling my doctor because I didn't want to be one of those first time pregnant mothers who freaks out over every little thing and thinks that every little thing is wrong with me. I called my sister Julie and my aunt Nicolle before calling my doctor to see what they thought and they both told me to call. I tried drinking orange juice and mountain dew along with poking the little guy to try to get him move. Go figure that once I got there and on the monitor he started moving! Stubbornness once again prevails!! I don't mean oh I feel a little kick here and there. I mean like full out body jabs like hello, I am here! With all the sugar I drank he had to be on a sugar overdose! The nurse was very nice and she found the heart beat right away and affirmed that it was probably just the position he moved into. Now he has been moving around just fine and even keeping me up sometimes at night.

Jared and I registered at babies r us the other weekend and holy cow! I preemptively apologize for the "big boy" toys on there like the Imaginext Batcave!!! Needless to say by the end he was anxious to get over to the "fun" toys!!! He actually scanned every single item as I did not touch the scanner once the whole time we were there. There are some things that we still need to get on there as Jared was wisked away to 2nd row Wild Hockey tickets that he couldn't pass up! It was really fun to register and we are looking forward to heading to Target to get that done too. That's all the exciting news for now!