Giulianna's Visit

Rachel posted some pictures from their visit to Buffalo!

Me opening my first offical baby gift!

Giulianna prefered to play with the tissue paper

Playing with stacking cups! They gave us a set for baby Regan too! Hopefully she will enjoy them as much as Giulianna does!

Cosmo payed little to no attention to the baby

The Girls

I can't wait until we get to see everyone again!

Onward and Outward...

Here we are at week 30 already and my belly is expanding! According to my pregnancy ticker we are 75% of the way there!

The other night Regan was so active I couldn't fall asleep! She was moving around like crazy, kicking me and jamming her head into my ribs with such force that it sometimes hurt! I called Kevin into the room so he could feel her moving around. When he started talking to her telling her to settle down, she actually stopped! Looks like daddy will have the task of handling her when she starts screaming... :).

This week was rather uneventful as far as baby stuff goes. The work week seemed to have taken its tole on my by Thursday, and my back and hips really started to bother me. I also started washing all the baby clothes, blankets etc. Little clothes are so much fun! Next step is to organize where things are going to end up in the nursery..., but I think I will take on that task after the baby shower.

Week 29

Well this week was kind of an eventful one. I started back to work on Monday, which was a boredom reliever, but they don't call it "work" for nothing. Thankfully our schedule was light on Thursday, so I stayed home and Rachel and Mike came to visit with Giulianna.

She is getting sooo big! They brought lots of goodies for baby Regan, along with lots of advice on baby related matters. Cosmo decided to be brave and stick around while the baby was here... though he did not dare to get too close... Pita on the other hand hid under the bed the whole time. Unfortunately Kevin couldn't make it home in time from work to spend time with them, but he was very excited that they got him a collection of Curious George books that he can read to the baby, and a "new dad" survival manual. Hopefully we can visit them at their house soon!

Also, this past weekend Kevin's parents came over and we got the bathroom finished (mostly)! Here are some pictures of the finished product. The new sink, and the floor turned out great... and we finished adding the baseboard and molding around everything.

All there is left is to find some towel racks and hang some artwork and curtains! I am so happy with the way it turned out!

Baby Regan has been enjoying her time in the womb this week with her head shoved very close to my rib cage! Little arms (I think) have been reaching out to tickle my side, and little feet have been tap dancing on my lower intestine.

Back from the Dr

Good News! No GD!

My blood glucose was exactly 100, and you have to be above 130 to go for the three hour test.

Also, check out the new background!

Week 28

This week has thankfully been uneventful. No natural disasters, no broken or dislocated body parts... so I will chalk it up as a success. I also have not herd the results of my GTT, so I am talking that as a good sign that I don't have GD.

I mailed out the invitations for the baby shower this weekend... the Grandmas are hosting a small gathering of mostly family in mid-February. I just wanted something small, and don't want to make a big fuss having a grand baby shower with all the trimmings. So,... people actually went out and bought things off our registry already! Do you know how exciting that is! I'm really trying not to look at it too much, but I have a feeling I will be stalking it everyday until the shower.

Today was my first day back at work in two weeks, and I feel very tired and sore. I ran around a lot today, and things were pretty busy. Now I just get to countdown till the day  I get to go on Maternity Leave! Which should be about one month and a week or two to go!

Tomorrow I have another Dr's appointment, so maybe I will update then if I learn anything exciting!

New Monthly Produce

Welcome to Month Seven - Squash"Baby’s energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin. (Have those kicks and jabs to the ribs tipped you off yet?) Baby is also settling into sleep and waking cycles, though -- as you’ve also probably noticed -- they don’t necessarily coincide with your own. Also this month, all five senses are finally functional, and the brain and nervous system are going through major developments. "

GTT Today

So today was my Glucose Tolerance Test. I had to fast for 12 hours before starting the test this morning, so I had my last bowl of ice cream at 8pm last night (rather ceremoniously, in case it turns out I have Gestational Diabetes).

So I went into Quest this morning, and was promptly handed the dreaded "orange drink" (pictured). Everyone makes this stuff out to be sooo bad... while I wouldn't choose to drink it every day, I found it "tolerable" (pun intended). The only thing I can equate it to is when your freez-e pop melts in its plastic sleeve, leaving you with cold gooey orange syrup. That's what it tasted like.

Then, I was told that I only had 5 minutes to drink 10 ounces of said drink. This didn't seem like it was'nt going to be a problem until I had only finished half of it in 4 minutes. So I had to plug my nose and chug the rest. Then we wait... one hour and 3 editions of PARENTS magazine later, it was finally time to draw some blood.

So they needed a mere three tubes this time, one for the GTT, and two for a CBC and anemia panel. So hopefully they will either call me with my results in a few days, or tell them to me at my next appointment on Tuesday.

These make me laugh...

Back From The Chiropractor

So my thoughts were correct. I have a sacroiliac dislocation, which means that the top of my sacrum is rubbing loosely on the iliac area of my pelvis. On top of that, by pelvis is out of alignment, so one side is higher than the other. Sound like fun?!

So he put a heating pad on me for a while, and used this massager to loosen up the muscles around the area so that he could adjust the area. I heard a big "pop" on both sides, but it didn't hurt at all. So now I feel a little sore in my muscles, but all in all I think this is going to help a lot. I have to go back to have it repeated on Thursday, and hopefully it will stay in place until I have the baby. He said that everything should go back to normal after the baby is born.

Next on the list - GTT tomorrow!

Week 27 Update

Well this week has been eventful, yet uneventful. I went to the doctor on Monday and they recommended that I see a chiropractor and stay home from work for the week. Both of these things proved easier said than done.

It took a while to find a chiropractor that I was comfortable with, because I am not fond of the idea in the first place. After my OB recommended I see a personal friend of his who was a DC. So I wasn't able to get an appointment with him until tomorrow morning.

This week my back has gradually gotten to the point of being bearable. The soreness gradually diminished and was gone by Friday. However I still had acute pain when I tried to sit or stand, get out of the car or out of bed, etc. This morning I woke up feeling the best I have all week. Not pain free, but definitely manageable. Just knowing that I am improving makes me feel so much better about everything... I was so worried that I was going to have to deal with that pain for the duration of my pregnancy, which would have been unbearable.

So hopefully the Chiropractor will let me know exactly whats going on with my body. After doing some research online, I have self diagnosed myself with Sacroiliac Dislocation/Subluxation, which seems to be a common back/pelvic ailment in pregnancy. We'll see if I'm right.

In other news, on Tuesday morning I will be going to have my screening for Gestational Diabetes. Basically I have to fast overnight, then go to Quest and drink this drink that tastes like Orange Pop without the fizz... then sit around for an hour reading a book, THEN get my blood drawn to see if my body has properly handled the glucose. If my readings come back fine, YAY!... if they don't I have to go back for a 3 hour test where they draw blood three times! I really hope I pass!

Happy New Year!

Today marks the beginning of my third trimester. Two-thirds down, one-third to go! It's so exciting to be only 3 months or less away from meeting our baby girl!

I have spent my free time this week promising her candy, a pony, a car for her 16th birthday, etc. if she takes her foot and pushes my tail bone back in place. So far she has not taken the bait... but I am feeling better day by day. The soreness is decreasing, so not I am basically dealing with localized pain, and really bad pain when I try to get up off the couch. Kevin has taken on the role of "man-slave" when he is home, so that has been helpful too.

I will update again after I talk to the doctor on Friday.