Large and In Charge!

This is my 29.5 week picture :) (Yes, my pants are up past my belly button - I'm comfortable; don't judge me!)

We had another doctors appointment today. Rose's heartbeat is good and the doctor said that everything is fine. In 2 weeks, I will begin going to my regular doctor twice a week: each week they will monitor her via ultrasound for growth and then monitor her heartbeat for activity levels.

Our next appointment is on April 2nd with the High Risk Doctor to see how big she's grown over 10 weeks (this will start the monitoring process), so we will have pics soon.

We are well on our way to finishing Rose's nursery (pictures below). We have the furniture built and room painted. Our sister-in-law is painting a rose outline on the main wall; so we are excited to see how that will turn out. Both of us are in full nesting mode - we are working on perfecting the house for our future bundle of joy.

Almost 29 week update

What a week!
I went to the Dietician last week and was put on a very strict, low-carb diet. I learned about nutrition and was surprised at how many things have carbs in them! I also have to check my blood sugar between 4-10 times a day and write a log of foods I eat and activity levels.

I went to the High Risk GD (Gestational Diabetes) Doctor today. She is not happy that my morning blood sugar is so high; so she is putting me on a drug that does not pass through to the baby in order to keep my blood sugar down during the night. Apparently, my body is not processing sugar at night - and a very controlled diet is not helping. As my pregnancy progress, the need for stronger drugs may be in order.

She said that they will induce me around 38-38.5 weeks, which looks like May 24th-27th (OMG - that's 9 weeks away!!!!). We will be going to my regular doctor on the 24th and then back to the GD Doctor on April 2nd. The GD Doctor is going to perform an ultrasound to measure lil' Rose and see how her weight is progressing. I will have an appointment every other week until a month out (then it will change to weekly) where they watch to see how fast she is growing. This will help determine the type of delivery we can expect; the GD Doctor has no reason to believe that I will need a C-Section at this point.

Rose has been kicking away and seems to be enjoying life more in a sugar-free body. I can feel her moving more and more through the weeks and enjoy watching her make my belly shake and make weird shapes. Even though I miss my Sonic Blasts, I feel like a different person; I have energy, I am not sleepy all the time and I feel like I am really a part of this world and not a zombie! I am FULL all of the time because I'm eating 6x a day; so I haven't really missed sugar yet.

I will keep you posted on the upcoming appointments and will post ultrasound pics as I get them.
Thank you all for your prayers and support through this....

Gestational Diabetes

My test results came back and I do have gest. diabetes. BUMMER! I should go back to the doctor this week for "counseling". Baby is fine. Will keep you posted.

Aren't these heel-arious and cute?!?

http://www.heelarious.com/ava.php

My daughter is going to be fashionable (unlike her mother and father).

26 week checkup

We had our 26 week checkup last week - Rose is doing great. They checked her heartbeat; everything looks fine. I've gained 29 lbs so far so I'm really proud of that (not). I just found out that I did not pass the gestational diabetes screen so I am going back on Thursday for the dreaded 3 hour test.

We spent last week in FL for Blake's grandfather's funeral. Sad news but he is in a better place. I'll try to post belly pics soon - I'm behind!