No Gestational Diabetes!

I just got an email from MyChart (online medical tracking thing used by Allina). This email brought me great news, that my 3 hour Glucose Tolerance Test was normal. Yay!

Here were my results:

I think to celebrate I may just have to have something sweet and yummy this weekend, or maybe I could bake those brownies that have been waiting for me for two weeks in the box in the cupboard!

Sometimes You Just Gotta Dig

Our baby has decided that one of her favorite pastimes is to "dig" away at my insides.

It actually feels like she is shoveling sand with her hands, or trying to. Usually it kinda tickles and just feels plain weird. Last night she was digging down and to the left which made it really uncomfortable to sit, lay down, stand, walk, etc. I kept saying "what in the heck does she think she is doing?" and John probably though I was going crazy! : )

She is definitely getting bigger and the proof of it is that she is running out of room, I believe which is causing the digging? Maybe? Maybe not? I can also feel her all the time, when she is awake. It's really cool, but I just hope she realizes there is some more room at the top of my belly and decides to stop digging lower.

Also last night John tried to see if he could hear the baby's heartbeat on the outside of my belly. According to the baby books this should be possible at this point. Instead he heard my stomach digesting the piece of chocolate cake that I had just eaten. Oh well, maybe next time!

Heartburn

So, does increased heartburn during pregnancy signify a hairy baby?

That seems to be the question on my mind lately. I haven't been having a ton, but a little every day. I found out this weekend that when John was a newborn he was pretty hairy, does this mean I am growing a monkey baby in my belly right now? : )

Waiting

No its not only the name of a super funny movie that will make you second guess any dining trip to Bennigans, it is also how I spent my entire morning!

I had scheduled my three-hour glucose testing for this morning at 8:15, which meant no breakfast for me since I had to fast for at least 8 hours before the test. When I got to the doctor, they were having issues with the power and circuit breaker that was attached to the lab. Instead of rescheduling I decided to wait it out. Only about 45 minutes later I was able to start my testing.

First they took my blood. I then had to drink another 100 grams of the oh so yummy sugar beverage (this time it tasted like syrupy coke with just a tiny bit of carbonation). Then I waited an hour. Then they took my blood. Then I waiting an hour. Then they took my blood. Then I waited an hour. Then they finally took my blood for the last time and I was able to leave.

It wasn't so bad, since I had Bride Wars to watch on my Ipod, but I do feel that I look like I spent the morning shooting up from the needle marks I am sporting on both arms! : ) Thank goodness my blood runs freely or I may have had to be stuck even more!

I will hopefully find out that I am not diabetic in a couple of days, until then you guessed it...more waiting!

Week 29

From week 29 to week 32, which is the seventh month of the pregnancy, the baby is about the size of a squash. Pretty unseasonal, I know, but it will have to do. : ) During this time she will range between 15.2 to 16.7 inches and weigh in around 2.5 to 3.8 pounds.

At this point she has tons of energy which is due to the fat deposits that are finally being stored underneath the skin. This month all five of her senses are finally functional, and her brain and nervous system are going through major developments.

Throughout the next 11 weeks of the pregnancy, the baby will more than double, maybe even come close to tripling her weight (hopefully she won't be too big!). This means instead of kicking, poking, and flipping, I will begin to feel her jabbing me with her knee or elbow instead.

I will work on getting the month seven belly picture up, and since there is supposed to be so much growing at this point of the pregnancy I will do my best to start posting them every two weeks instead of once a month.

Rh Negative

I happen to have the blood type of A-.

Usually this just means that I have a slightly rare blood type, but when pregnant it means that I am lucky enough to need a shot in the butt at 28 weeks and then again after labor.

Yesterday was my lucky day, and I received the only shot in the butt that I can honestly remember receiving. Leaning over the bench in the doctor's office made me feel like I was in a movie and was weird, embarrassing, and funny all at the same time!

Anyways, I thought that some people would like to know why I had to get the shot, especially if they have a negative blood type and have not had babies yet.

Rh-factor is a protein that is carried in the blood. About 85% of the world's population has this protein and are considered RH positive. Those who don't, like myself, are considered RH negative. This would not affect my current pregnancy, but antibodies would be created that would attack any Rh positive babies I were to become pregnant with in the future. To prevent this the pregnant mother receives a shot at 28 weeks, the shot is of Rhogam. The Rhogam prevents my body from creating antibodies, so in the future if I were to be pregnant with a baby that was Rh positive, my body would not attack it.

Now, if the baby's father is Rh negative as well, then there is no chance that the baby would be Rh positive and no shot would have to be given or received. In our case John wasn't sure what his blood type was so it was better to be safe than sorry (or else he just really wanted me to get a shot in the butt!!).

Anyways, now that I have gotten the shot I can tell you that you barely feel it and it really ends up being no big deal.

I Failed the Test

Today at my doctor's appointment I had to do the glucose level test. This basically means that I got to the doctor a half hour before my appointment, drank this nasty orange sweet drink, and then had to wait there an hour. After the hour is up they draw your blood and test your blood sugar. You either receive a pass or a fail, in my case it unfortunately was a fail.

A failed glucose screening means that on Monday I have to go back to the doctor for a three-hour glucose test. I'm not so worried about having the gestational diabetes, at this point if it is happening then I have no control over it. The major thing that I am not looking forward to is spending three lovely hours at the doctor, boring!

Ah well, good thing I can play tv and movies on my ipod!