31.5 week Appointment

We went in for our latest appointment on the day after Christmas and it was definitely busy. My doctor was in an emergency C-section so instead of rescheduling we just saw her nurse practitioner. I am definitely still gaining weight, probably more than they would like but I am not too focused on that at the moment as long as I am eating healthy and the baby is doing well I am happy - if I gain a few extra pounds along the way I will lose them after this little guy is born. His heart rate was a good 142 bpm, my blood pressure was great at 114/66 and it appears he is currently head down (he still has time to switch positions but I am hoping he will just stay put). My next appt is in 2 weeks. It is starting to become more real as the length between appts is becoming shorter and shorter (and my belly is getting bigger and bigger).

Christmas was great this year as we received a lot of stuff for the baby and I had fun putting everything away in his room. I know we will eventually run out of room in the house and will have to reorganize everything in the garage once again to make room, but for now everything has its place. I have my list of tasks that I want to get done before he arrives and I am hoping that my nesting instincts will kick in here and help me out. Right now I feel tired and not motivated to organize everything, but slowly I am starting to get things done. Sleeping at night has definitely become more challenging, but something I expected and will get through. I try to go to bed as early as possible and take as many naps as I can sneak in. So far I am coping. There isn't much more going on at the moment, but I will try and post pictures soon.

Glucose is Great, Iron not so much

I received the results back from my Glucose test today. A few days late, but at least I passed the test. I took the test on Thursday and usually the results will be in by the next morning. Unfortunately for me the office was closed that Friday so they said I would get a call if something was wrong from the on-call person, but otherwise I would hear Monday morning. I didn't hear anything on Friday so I assumed I was in the clear but I definitely wanted to know for sure. Especially with this office as my blood results have not always returned accurate and every time I have had blood taken it has had to be re-done. But since I had not heard anything by Monday at noon I decided to call the office and find out on my own. I reached the nurse and she said she would call me back with the results as soon as she grabbed my chart. Well I didn't hear back from her until this morning. She said that I passed my Glucose test with flying colors, but that my hematacrite (Sp?) was low. I now get to take slow release Iron pills twice a day in addition to my pre-natal and folic acid pills. But I can't take them together as it will be very hard on my stomach and I have to take them all with food. Hopefully nothing else will be added to the list of pills as I am running out of meal times and don't really want to be eating all day long.

The low Iron makes sense to me and hopefully explains why I have been so tired all the time and the couple of episodes of dizziness and lightheadedness that have occurred in the last month. I might be able to regain some of my energy now that I am on the iron pills - at least let’s hope so!

28 Week Appointment

So I just returned from my 28 week appointment and everything looks great so far. This was also the appointment that I had to do the glucose test. It was not as bad as I thought it would be, but still not great. About an hour before my appointment I had to drink a bottle of super sugary fruit punch flavored stuff and then they took my blood an hour later to see how I reacted. I won't receive the results until tomorrow or Monday, but I am not too worried. I felt a little jittery and nauseous after drinking the glucola, but otherwise not too bad.

The baby's heart rate was at 140 again, nice and strong. My blood pressure was steady (don't remember the exact number but the nurse said it was good) and my weight was fine (gained more that I probably should have, 5lbs, but nothing huge). I also had to get the Rhogram shot today which was not bad at all. It was given in the butt, but didn't really hurt. My next appointment is in 3 weeks and then I start going in every 2 weeks for 2 appointments and then every week. That is what made me realize that this baby is almost here! I will post as soon as I get the glucose results.

Prenatal Massages are great!

On Saturday I decided that I could not live another day without a massage. My lower back has started to ache and my left leg is permanently numb while my right leg goes in and out of numbness. Overall I was just uncomfortable. I also had a gift certification to Inspa that Andrew had given me randomly a little while ago and this was the best excuse to use it. Andrew has been working so hard around the house trying to get all of the last minute house and yard projects done before the baby comes that he has been as exhausted as I have been lately, so I feel bad asking him to rub my back or my legs. But Saturday I called Inspa and was hoping that they would have an appointment open for either that day or the next. I was in luck and scheduled the next appt just a couple of hours away.

I have had a few professional massages but I never know what to expect when I get there. On Saturday I arrived a few minutes early checked in and filled out the questionnaire that is required for new guests. Sarah the Masseuse came out and introduced herself and showed me the way back to the massage room. She left me to undress and get under the blankets on the table. At Inspa they do not have the belly cut outs on the table like I have heard they have other places but she just asked that I lay on my side to start. When she came back into the room she placed a foam pad and pillow under my top leg and I was completely comfortable. The massage was great and during that hour I didn't feel my back hurt or my leg numbness tingling and I was able to completely relax. It was so nice that I have already scheduled my next appt for 3 weeks away and hopefully will be able to keep up that schedule until this little guy arrives in February (potentially March if he is really stubborn).

My next OB appt is on Thursday and I get to take the glucose test as well as get my first shot of Rhogram. Lots of fun to update in the next posting.