28 Weeks

Well I had my 28 week appointment yesterday and got to drink that wonderful glucose drink (sense the sarcasm). Anyways, it is probably the worse thing I have ever had to drink, but sadly I didn't have good news, they checked my blood, and it looks like another pregnancy with Gestational Diabetes, I wasn't completely surprised, I was actually expecting it, considering the facts, I had it with Daniel, my dad is a diabetic, my mom had it with me and my brother. I was hoping for for some miracle that I could bypass it this time, but sadly no. So tomorrow I get to go do the 3 hr test so they test my tolerance to sugar so we know exactly what I need to do from here on out, basically whether or not I'll be able to control it by diet, or if I have test my blood after every meal, or in the worse case scenario I have to take insulin. I was able to control it with diet with Daniel, so I'm hoping that's the case here. The one thing though I'm not looking forward to is the "diet" they put you on, now I say diet, but it more of a diet to control the amount of sugar your taking in, so basically I have to pack away all sweets (you know the things you just love when your pregnant) like cookies, candy bars, chocolate, and basically all your concentrated sugars, then I have to watch my carbs, and try to focus on eating more protein. Anyways I'm not going to bore you with my diet details, but needless to say I'm not looking forward to it, but on the positive note at least its not going to last forever, only 84 days left! The rest of my appointment went rather well, my weight gain was right on, my blood pressure was good, but when he went to measure me I am actually a centimeter bigger than I should be, but regardless of the news I got, the appointment went very well an although it won't be easy, these little diet sacrifices will all be worth it when she arrives!

Only 96 DAYS!

So I just looked at my counter and couldn't believe it, only 96 days left until we get to meet our little girl! No longer in the triple digits! It just made me realize I still have so much to do and well the time is just dwindling away. I thought this time around I won't really have to do anything because we still had a lot of things from when Daniel was a baby, boy was I wrong, well come to find out we need a new car seat, I didn't realize after you have been in an accident with the car seat your suppose to get a new one, and considering our accident wasn't just a fender bender but we totalled the car, I thought I probably should listen to that advice. And then considering the fact that Daniel isn't walking I still need to find a double stroller, I have looked and looked and I haven't had any luck in finding the right one for us and our situation, because its got to be small enough to fit in our trunk, accomadate a toddler and a newborn, and then we are willing to spend a little money, but it seems the ones that I do like are like $400 and I just can't justify that. But hopefully we'll get lucky, and thank goodness we still have some time. Then I got looking at some of other baby gear and realized it was pretty worn out(spit up stains,torn in places), and considering some of these things were given to us, I should probably invest in some new stuff, I guess I really don't need to, but this is my way of getting some things out there that I have been eying. The only thing I haven't decided on is whether or not to get a swing, we didn't have one with Daniel, but it would have been nice to have, but there are so many out there, and I just can't decide, so if any of you have a favorite or can suggest one, please let me know, and if there is one you just don't like and want to warn me about, please let me know! But I guess the major thing is just making sure I have enough of the newborn essentials, like burp cloths, layette, bottles(unless I get lucky this time and am able to nurse), and you know all those little things required for a newborn. I just want to be a little more prepared this time, because it seemed with Daniel we were constantly having to make trips to the store once he came, because we didn't have this and we didn't have that, and I forgot to get this. But hopefully, I'll remember those things and have them handy and ready for when she comes. But anyways, enough of my rambling, but if any of you have any advice on any baby products please let me know, I was absolutely clueless with Daniel and honestly I still think I am, because products have changed so much.

sleepless nights already!

So it seems this last week has been full of sleepless nights, and the need to take a nap everyday, but we all know having a toddler in the house, we don't always get what we want. I remember this happening towards the end of my pregnancy with Daniel, but I didn't imagine it happening this soon. Waking up every two hours to use the restroom, waking up in between those two hours with leg cramps, and then waking up with horrible heartburn. But I guess these are all those wonderful joys of pregnancy everyone tells you about. ha ha. I think really at this point the only part of being pregnant I'm enjoying is being able to feel her move all around and getting excited when she does, and actually looking pregnant, not the in between phase anymore, and not the you look like your going to pop phase yet. I'm not saying this pregnancy is horrible or I don't like it, its just funny how you forgot about some of the "not so enjoyable" moments of pregnancy. But really when I look at my pregnancy at whole, I don't have it so bad, I haven't had any complications, my tests so far are all normal, and I still have my health. So in reality things are going well, I just have to get past these minor discomforts of pregnancy, and enjoy this time! Or least I'm really going to try.

Bedding and Clothes!

I'm not sure what it is but this last week I have had shopping fever for this little girl! And with a lot of success. I found the bedding I wanted, surprisingly I found it out at Gardner Village at the quilt shop, they didn't have everything I needed so I'll be picking it up this weekend, but as soon as I do I'll post some pics of it, but I think it is just darling, plus I found Daniels bedding too, we decided that within the next month we are going to finally make the transition and get Daniel a new bed and see how he does sleeping in a big boy bed instead of the crib. And so on top of that I have found the cutest little outfits! Not that I didn't have fun shopping for Daniel, but we have to admit, shopping for girls is so much more fun and you get to do all the accessories(yes I have already got a stack of bows waiting for this little girl). So needless to say that it has been a very successful shopping week, which at this point is kinda scary because we still have 16 weeks to go and at this rate we'll be broke! So I told Jason I'll slow down, besides I need to save up some money for when we go on our vacation because you know we'll be shopping at the outlets, and I know I won't be able to resist those great deals! I also had my 24 week appointment today, and as usual a success. Blood pressure and weight were good. It was actually funny though when she went to listen to the heartbeat, everytime she put the doppler on my tummy the baby would kick it away and everytime she moved to try to find it again she would kick it again. Yes we have a active little one in there! I love it though, I love this stage when you can see there kicks and even more I love it now because Jason can feel her kick! So only 16 more weeks to go!