30 week appointment

My appointment went well today. Measuring at between 29 and 30 which is right where I should be. Baby's heartbeat was 139 which is what she is normally at. I actually LOST 2 1/2 pounds since my last appointment which puts me at only gaining around 5 1/2 to 6 lbs this whole pregnancy. They said it's okay and that baby is doing perfect.
BAD NOTE....I have to do the 3 hours glucose test AGAIN since I threw up at the last one. On a good note with that though, I get to skip the diet part because that is what started to make me sick in the first place. So I guess that's not as bad.... I'm telling ya, by the end of all this I should be a professional at having my blood drawn. Lets just pray that I don't get sick this time and I can get through this test!!

Here I am at 29 weeks. Feeling good and looking huge! hahaha

Failed my glucose test.........

Well, I did the diet, fasted for the test and made it to the hospital.......got through my first blood draw as fasting. Next I had to drink the red drink in 5 minutes and go sit in the waiting room for my first hour test. I made it all of 20 minutes before ALL of that juice stuff came right back up. It was awful...shot out my nose and everything. So of course after I threw it all up they could no longer do the test for me. Not sure what they will do now. I don't know if I have to do it again or what. I have my 30 week appointment today so I'm sure I will find out what the next step is. I'm praying that since my fasting blood draw wasn't high..that maybe they will just let this go and stop torturing me. Here's hoping!!

Round two....Glucose testing!!! :(

So we got the results back from my first glucose test and apparently my sugar was to high..so NOW I have to go do a 3 hour glucose test at the hospital on Friday. Plus I had to start a 3 day special glucose diet on Tuesday that I have SERIOUSLY had enough of. I've never been a big fan of really sugary things so to have to add that kinda thing is nasty!! I will just be glad when this whole thing is over...having to have my blood drawn 4 TIMES in one morning is just really geeking me out. I have to drink the glucose drink 2 or 3 times every hour. So tomorrow morning i will be dragging my mom to the hospital with me to spend a lovely 3 to 4 hours there. OH JOY!

28 week ....glucose appointment

I had my appointment yesterday to do the glucose testing. I've been dreading this day for the last 4 weeks when they told me that's what would take place for the 28 week appointment hahaha. As far as the glucose orange drink... I have always heard horror stories about it, how awful it tasted so on and so on....I've got to say it really wasn't all the bad. it tasted more like a melted Popsicle or watered down kool-aid. Nothing like what girls have always told me. And it wasn't a whole lot to drink, I mean a few big gulps and it was down. Then came checking on the baby and measuring my fundal height. I am measuring at exactly 28 week, so I am right on target. Baby's heartbeat was around 140, which is pretty much what it has always been around....138-140. As for weight gain..I only gained 1lb since the last appointment in April, and TOTAL weight gain is only 8 POUNDS!! Which lets face it,on the one hand I am super excited about, because gaining a lot of weight during pregnancy is every girls nightmare........but on the other hand, my Dr. is a little concerned that i'm not gaining enough. But really... unless I start eating cheeseburgers and french fries everyday, i'm not really sure what I can change. I eat healthy and not so healthy meals (cravings get the best of me sometimes hahah) I drink a lot of water...but I also drink a lot of juices and green tea. Sometimes I even drink some soda when I REALLY need some caffeine. I eat when i'm hungry.. not full meals, but the snacking through out the day like they always say to do. So as far as the non-weight gain goes....I don't really have an explanation for it EXCEPT...maybe, it's because I lost almost 13 pounds in the first 4 1/2 months because I was SOO sick. At that point I couldn't keep anything down. She told me that she would LIKE for me to try and gain atleast 2 to 3 pounds this month....so we will see. As far as I am concerned though, as long as everything is going great and the baby is healthy and on track...I don't see any SERIOUS issues with my lack of weight gain. ................NOW....as far as the blood draw..MY WORST NIGHTMARE... I was dreading that moment to come....the minutes ticking by was torture..really I just wanted to RUN out of the building. I have had my blood drawn many times for different things, and I have passed out EVERY single time. I break out into cold sweats, I turn pale white, my blood pressure drops..so on so on.. and usually it lasts about..10 minutes or so hahaha. So needless to say I was not looking forward to having yet another needle sucking about my blood. So we're in the room, i'm watching her prepare the needle and get things ready..i'm totally fine, just talking baby stuff... and then it's time, so I lie back turn my head, i've got my cold washcloth ready for placement on my head..... and she starts... BUT WAIT...I don't pass out... I get a little cold sweat across my forehead.I turn just a little flushed...but SERIOUSLY... that was the best experience I ever had with blood draw. She was done in like 30 seconds I swear. SO for the first time EVER I didn't pass out.. I was so proud of myself!!!!! And Eric was proud too, he always tends to freak out a little when I pass out and what not. THANKFULLY...all blood draws are over with for the rest of the pregnancy..Thank the LORD!!!! I was just TRULY excited that it went WAY better then I ever expected it to. Which made for a very good day :)

27 weeks and counting....

I cannot believe that I am 27 WEEKS! This pregnancy seems to be flying by now, although I have heard that once you only have like 4weeks left, it tends to go in slow motion. Everything is going great with baby and me. I have my next appointment on Wednesday, so I will update then and fill everyone in on whats going on. :) Here are some pictures from 27 weeks :)

Nursery bedding STRESS!!!

So we found our perfect bedding, wall hangings...so excited to get it all set up...and then tragedy sets in. THEY STOPPED SELLING THE BEDDING!!!!! I thought I was going to loose it. It took us like 2 months to finally decide on that ONE and BAM gone....and we of course couldn't find it anywhere else..they have other versions of it, but not the one that we loved. So back to Target we went returning the wall hangings and little picture frames that all matched the bedding.
LUCKILY......we did find another one that Eric actually likes more then the first one from Babies R us shockingly enough. So today... we are going to get that! Talk about STRESS! It's already a very complicated thing to decide on the design and what not for the baby room...then to have it be taken away..NOT COOL!
Ya know what really bugs me though...and I'm sure there are other moms and moms to be that feel this way....how annoying is it that stores do not sell baby bedding IN STORE??!!! Everything is online, aside from babies r us, which they only carry a select few in store anyway. I mean, sure you can pull them up and look at the pictures...but once you get it, it never looks the same as you remember the picture looking...the colors are always a little off and what not. Now if you're like me...you find this ANNOYING. I want to see the bedding in person in a crib the way it's supposed to be. I mean is that so much to ask hahahaha????? They need a Bed Bath and Beyond for babies/kids. I'm a very visual person.. so just seeing things online in the tiny pictures that you try to zoom in as much as possible just isn't cutting it for me. THANK THE LORD....all the stress of that is OVER!!! Now we are just back to square one of finding the wall hangings and curtains to match the new design. Good thing the stripes we painted on the walls pretty much matches any girl bedding since it's just pink and white...I think I would have cried and screamed if I would have had to change that!!!
I will post pictures of all the NEW nursery items once we have gotten them all :) As for the pictures below of the stuff for the room....disregard..they no longer exist! :) hahaha