26 Weeks and Gestational Diabetes Talk

Sorry it's been a little while since I've blogged, but I've been so busy/exhausted lately!  We are now 26 weeks.  I feel like this pregnancy is just flying by now. 

My first baby shower hosted by my mom in Missouri is this weekend!  Can you believe it?!  It's already time for a shower!!  I feel like I have so much to do before he gets here so this shower will help us start getting the things together we will need for him.  My second and last shower with my girlfriends here in Nashville is on December 7th.

Ok now for the bad news.......

I took my 1hr glucose test in week 24 and failed with a number of 145.  So just five over.  I thought for sure I would pass the 3hr since I read that happens all the time to girls.  I went in last week for the 3hr test.  It wasn't too bad just really boring sitting there for 3hrs.  After the test I went and had lunch with a friend.  As soon as lunch was over my doctor's office was calling me.  I had failed the 3hr test.  Not good news.  I'm scheduled to meet with a endocrinologist that specializes in gestational diabetes and then a dietitian this Wednesday.  So basically I'll have a lot more answers after that.

In the meantime, I've changed my diet to low carb and high protein.  I already work out a lot so that doesn't need to be changed.  There are so many things I'm having trouble making peace with at the moment:

1. Will the baby be too big or have any health issues?
2. I'm worried about the placenta deteriorating
3. I really really wanted a natural med-free birth and now it looks like I might not get that.
4. Why does it have to be one thing after the other?  I thought if I had all that struggle getting pregnant surely God would give me a smooth pregnancy.  Guess that's not happening.
5. I'm scared to prick my finger several times a day.

I know this is all such small things in the grand scheme of coming out of this with a beautiful baby.  And of course I will do anything and everything for him to be healthy, but this situation sucks.  It's not the end of the world, but it sucks. 

Hopefully after I meet with the specialist I can let y'all know what this means for me and baby the rest of the pregnancy.

-L

23 Weeks!

I don't know how weeks have gone by so fast that I didn't update! Nothing super exciting has happened really. I'm lucky to have had a boring pregnancy so far.

Here I am yesterday at exactly 23 weeks:

We had our anatomy scan in the 20th week and everything looked perfect!  He is a pretty stubborn baby when it comes to ultrasounds so we go back next week to get better pictures of his heart. They said his heart looks perfect, but she couldn't get him to lay still enough for a good pic of all four chambers. This next u/s will apparently be our last time to see him before his birth!  Here is my little one from week 20:

I'm feeling pretty good these days.  I'm noticing its getting a lot harder to bend over though.  I have to maneuver myself just so to zip my boots or put socks on. Also, I'm very very nervous about my belly getting bigger. Two things I'm freaked out about is stretch marks and my belly button popping out. I feel like I will just wake up with a stretch mark one morning and that terrifies me. My belly button is already getting pretty shallow so I'm certain that will pop out at some point. And just as of last night I started having pain in/behind my belly button when I would turn over in bed or use my core muscles any.  For those of you farther along than me or who have already delivered, when did either of hose things happen to you or did they not happen at all?

Ok enough for now. Have a great week!

-L