No News....

So the old saying, "no news is good news" turned out to be true...

I had my glucose test scheduled for last Friday and to say I was dreading it would be a huge understatement. I had heard horror stories from my neighbor and articles I read on the internet about how horrible the drink is and I was dreading it like the plague. I even emailed my cousin asking her what I should be prepared for, she reassured me it wasn't that bad, but I still had my doubts. Before he left for work, Marcus opened the drink, smelled it and even begrudgingly took a little swig to calm my nerves. When I say little, I mean like maybe a half a teaspoon, not at all enough to make a difference. He told me it wasn't that bad at all, I took that to mean he was trying to calm me down so I would be able to choke it down. Turns out, he wasn't lying. I had imagined this horrible syrupy liquid that really just tasted a bit like orange Gatorade. So I followed the directions to a "T" (drank it all in five minutes, didn't eat anything two hours prior-very hard for a pregnant woman, and made sure I told them the exact time I finished it when I arrived at the doctor's office) and had the test done. The girl who did the test told me that I would hear back from them more than likely on Monday.

Monday came, no call. Tuesday came, still no call. I'm a bit of a worrier so when I asked Marcus if I should call today he said it might be a good idea (he knows me very well). Well, I made the call, and sure enough, no news is good news. We're clear on the gestational diabetes front! YAY!!!! I was waiting to post something on here until I got the results from the test : )

I know when I started this blog I mentioned that I got weekly emails from various websites telling me how big the baby is and how much he weighed in that particular week. I've been keeping tabs on this myself but I realized I hadn't posted anything about it on here. I was looking back at my first entry when I was 15 weeks along and in the 12 weeks since my first post he's grown quite a bit. He was four inches when I started writing my blog and now he is approximately 14 inches. Quite a growth spurt! I didn't put how much he weighed then (his weight was 2 1/2 ounces), but now he is up to a healthy two pounds and is scheduled to gain approximately half a pound a week from now until he is born. He's my growing boy!!

Double digit time!

I have been looking at my "days to go" calendar for some time now and this week we hit a milestone. We are in the double digits now. I can hardly believe it. It seems like we have so much to get done between now and July 25th. Time is flying by...and I can hardly believe how fast all of this is going. Marcus and I were talking this week about how it seems like a week ago that we were looking at that positive test result in November. Yet here we are, five months later and getting more excited and nervous as every day passes.

Good news this week on the epilepsy medicine front. My doctor's office called on Wednesday of last week to let me know that my levels were good and I didn't need to have any lab work done for another month. The doctor had increased it a week prior so fingers crossed everything will go ok. No more needles for a month! Woo Hoo!!! Wait, I take that back, I have my glucose screening done this Friday. I think I'm dreading this test more than any other one I've had thus far. Ok, awaiting the results of the quad screen was pretty rough, but not looking forward to this one either. The doctor's office sent the special "drink" home with me so I could drink it cold (supposedly this helps) and not have to wait in the office for as long. They check your blood an hour after you drink the yummy orange flavored sugar water. Can't wait!

It's getting more and more tricky to sleep now, evidently this only gets better as time goes on (sarcasm). I'll get semi-comfy and then he'll decide he'd like to be awake for a little bit and practice his kicking and just general movement of rolling around. Then I'll get semi-comfy and sleep for a few hours and he decides he'd like to play some more. I'm ok with it honestly, for now at least. After all of the worries we had about him, it just reminds me that he is healthy. Ask me again how I feel about this in June, I might have a different opinion. But for now, it's comforting to know that he is healthy and happy.

Good News!!!

We had our appointment with the specialist today. Everything went really well. He wasn't being too cooperative in the beginning, but by the end of the ultrasound he had moved himself around quite nicely. He gave me a few swift jabs for having to do so, but no matter, it was worth it. The ultrasound tech spent some time with us trying to get all of the shots she needed for the doctor. She couldn't get the one shot she needed, but the doctor came in and was able to get it taken. I have another ultrasound in four weeks just to have his anatomy checked, but the doctor said that unless my OB sees anything out of the ordinary, he won't need to see us anymore. Heart and spine are in the clear!!!

One of the best things about today's ultrasound was that the tech actually told us what was going on and what we were seeing. We got to check out his stomach and bladder as well as the other stuff they usually check out. She was so great! I think we'll have her next time too.

And now for the best part, drum roll please.......



HERE HE IS!!!!! It's a bit fuzzy, but I can still make out his little face. She completely surprised us by doing this. I had asked her if we could still see anything with a 3D one, I've heard that once the baby is past a certain point it can be tricky, and she said it could be. But, she was able to get this one for us!!!!!

He's quite the looker already!!!!

23 and 24

I seem to be writing these in two week increments now. We've had quite a busy last couple weeks with all of our traveling adventures so I'll use that as an excuse for now. We had a great time on our trip to see our families and friends in Tennessee and North Carolina and made some good memories with all of them.

I had my 24 week visit on Tuesday and my neurologist visit on Wednesday. Both visits went fantastic. I love my OB. Everytime I go in to visit her I bring a list of questions I have. Yes, I actually write them down and she asks me if I have my piece of paper : ) She reassured me that everything that I was feeling was normal. Aches and pains are starting up and she told me it would only get better which is fantastic, sarcasm oozing. My visit with the neurologist went well, maybe as not as good as the visit with the OB, but the visits with him rarely are fun. He increased my medicine, again. I had some lab work done on Tuesday and he went ahead and increased them without waiting for the results. I think it was a good decision for the both of us. I have to have my levels checked again on Wednesday of next week to see how the new dose is working and if it needs to be increased yet again.

We have our third visit with the specialist on Monday to check out his heart. One thing that's been awesome about these visits is that we get to see him every time. It's amazing how much and how quickly he's growing. I hope he is more cooperative so we can see his heart better and maybe his front side. We still don't know if they'll do a 3D ultrasound yet. That's kind of a wait and see thing. Fingers crossed he will be facing the right way. I want to be able to post some more pictures of him on here for you all to see.

I think that's it for this post. I'll post on Monday, aka week 25, after our visit with the doctor. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we get to see him a little bit better and can get some more pictures up here of our handsome little boy!!!