32 weeks

Gestational Diabetes Free

Thank God, Budhha, the Universe and anyone else I prayed to these last few weeks.

What a relief!

31 weeks and GBS+

Still pregnant… 31 weeks now (out of 40). I had a midwife appointment today. Everything looks good, except apparently I tested GBS+ months ago and the old OBs NEVER mentioned it to me. My midwives were discussing this today and casually mentioned it to me. Since I didn't know about it, they were a little shocked. She said my chart showed that my urine tested positive back in June. Were the OBs ever going to tell me??? So glad I fired them.

The GBS status means that I will need IV (or hep lock) antibiotics during labor and delivery. Not a huge deal, but a little more complicated than I was anticipating.

Also I had my second gestational diabetes screening today. I checked my own sugars right before they drew my blood and it didn’t seem high to me… I have to wait a day or two before I have official results though. I am praying that I’m in the clear and can continue to just eat sensibly. GD would mean a lot of extra appointments for me (including ultrasounds and non-stress tests). It’s hard enough managing the kiddo for the regular amount of visits, if I have to have all the extra stuff I’ll have to drag him to multiple appointments each week. Not fun.

Christmas card picture of the day…


My recent craft project…
fish for the upcoming swap. Each set has 5 fish with magnetic heads and one fishing pole (complete with string and magnetic “hook”). They are turning out super cute.

Sleep stuff is going well for all of you who know our current issues. We may have this kid on track after all...

New holiday card worthy photo...

Scratch #3 from the previous post.

So on Tuesday I discovered a pair of what I thought were adult footy pajamas at Value World. For $2.70 I figured they were worth much more in comedic value. Much to my delight, N also found them amusing and decided to throw them on before bedtime. Well, they are probably adolescent jammies... combine the skin-tight element with the adult wearing them and we laughed our *sses off. Needless to say, we are keeping them until the next time we need a good laugh.

Please consider this photo as our next holiday card... "The boys in their footy jammies"...

A little "Holiday" cheer early

So I can’t decide if portrait sessions are cheesy or worth it. In the meantime, I’ve been trying to get cute pictures of the kid to make photo books for the grandparents and this year’s holiday cards. Needless to say someone has decided that the minute you pull out the camera he should say “cheese” and totally ham it up. Here are some potential Holiday card photos… please vote for your favorite.

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Things are going well around here. We are recovering from the birthdays, Halloween, and now Daylight Savings Time.

Here is a picture of mama and giraffe before we walked the chilly streets.

I'm having some hip/pelvis pain... but I think that it's no worse than last time. I'm just feeling things sooner and longer than last time. I'm also starting to have some difficulty sleeping and on the rare occasion I have to join the kiddo in his bed, I'm miserable the next day. I'm also nesting like a crazy woman. I want to throw everything out!

N replaced the radiator in Roxanne and we thought he was going to have to put a new starter in Walt, but then he finally fired up. He will inevitably need a new starter, but it can wait a little longer. The boy and his daddy raked and bagged all the leaves this weekend. So much work for the guys... I helped as much as I could. I mainly supplied them with hot treats.