Update

Ok, so I've been crap lately at keeping updates! This past month has been hectic and life is finally (temporarily, I suppose) settling down. Rob and I moved into our new PHAT apartment, overlooking the mountains as well as Dublin City Centre. It's pretty amazing. Rob's birthday was last weekend as well, and we had a birthday party/ housewarming in our new flat. I'm hoping the weather warms up soon so we can begin enjoying our balcony.

Though we're moved in, we're still not unpacked, and now that I'm 7 months out, I'm tired a lot of the time, especially when I come home from work. I'm blessed to have such a wonderful husband who is doing the majority of the unpacking. I really need to start helping out more. Where is this whole "nesting" thing? Shouldn't I have it by now?? Sure, I have a desire for things to get done, but not the energy to do them myself! Not good, I know.

So yesterday I had a glucose tolerance test...the 3 hour one. I assumed I'd have one at 28 weeks, which is standard, but that never happened. My doctor decided to err on the side of caution and order one. My blood pressure had been fine, which is great, but I he wanted to make sure the whole sugar thing was alright as well.

Well...I failed the test. I like to think that maybe I was just eating too many white carbs and had too much sugar the past week. But for now, I'm on a no sugar added diet. Luckily, the endocrinologist feels that the levels of sugar in my blood were only slightly elevated, so I don't have to go on insulin...Thank God! Of course, this might change come Tuesday as they are going to retest me. So, hopefully this week of eating properly and cutting out sugar as much as possible will show that keeping this up will be all I need to do to curb my blood sugar level.

This does mean, though, that I will more than likely be induced prior to my due date. I've got just under 8 weeks to go (eek!), and often, those of us in this situation will deliver between 38-39 weeks. Which means my parents will be here for a full 2 weeks with the baby! Yippie! Always looking at the bright side, eh?

So I had a conversation with the dietician this morning and am pretty on ball with everything. I have to eat similarly to Weight Watchers, which is fairly easy for me, I just have to look out for hidden sugars. She told me that sugar substitutes are fine, but I'm not too sure about that. I'll try to limit that to Splenda and sucralose as the other fake sugars scare me, especially in regards to baby. Luckily, corn tortillas are OK! Hurray for crunchy tacos!! I do have to limit my milk intake, as the lactose isn't great. That stinks as my main craving is milk, but well, you do what you have to do. Baby needs me to get back on the ball and stay healthy, so that's what I'm going to do.

My Love Affair With Chocolate

I recently learned that my unhealthy relationship with chocolate is genetic! When my mom was pregnant, she used to tell dad that they needed milk, and she'd head out to the shop, but 2 or 3 candy bars and scarf them down on the way home!! Now I know why as a child I would always try to sneak as much candy as I could get my hot little hands on! My mom sneaking chocolate with me in utero has made me the chocolate fiend (and childhood candy snatcher) that I am today! My kids don't stand a chance!!

This is totally how I feel- Week 28

Thanking kindly baby-gaga.com

Third Trimester!!

As of tomorrow, I will offically be SIX MONTHS PREGNANT! The third trimester has come, baby! So now I get to start freaking out about being a parent soon. Crap! What am I thinking! And there's still way too much to do! I'm not saying that I'd like a pregnancy to last LONGER, but it would be nice to have a FEW more preparation months...

Antenatal Class

I had my first antenatal class today. Apparently at my hospital, they've split up the classes between two bodies... the physical therapists and the parent information. So I'm now on my physical therapy classes where we learn about pain, stretching, posture, labor and so on. It was actually quite nice to be in a room full of pregnant bellies. I have a few pregnant friends here, but we've yet to get together to compare notes (better get on that!). So chatting about pregnancy issues was really pleasant. The PT who did the class is the one I'm seeing one on one for my hip...which is just a little tender. It's too bad that partners aren't allowed in these sessions, though, as I'd really like Rob to be able to go and learn about these stages.... not sure how much I'll remember!!

I just found out today that I will start my parent info classes NEXT week! And Rob gets to go to those! Already my life is revolving around this little devil! I've got a PT appointment Monday morning, parent info classes Tues morning and PT classes Wed morning and GP baby visit Thur morning! When am I going to see the inside of my office to get some work done!

I've decided....

...that this whole flipping-back-and-forth-all-night-long-instead-of-sleeping thing is God's way of preparing you for the upcoming sleepless nights.

This Whole Weight Gaining Thing

I'm sure this is similar for all women, but I'm starting to hate gaining all this weight! For someone who lost over 40 pounds, to then gain a lot of it back is really annoying. I know it's all for the baby but I don't think I EVER felt so much like a cow as I do now.

Stairs are the worst. When I gained weight previously, it was always over an extended period of time and I couldn't necessarily feel the effects. But I can certainly feel them now. Walking up stairs is such a pain..I can FEEL the extra weight pressing me down. I never felt this way when I was naturally this heavy.

And then there's bedtime. Up and down, side to side...ugh! I find myself flipping back and forth from one side of the belly to another to keep my upper arms from falling asleep. But the whole flipping aspect is quite difficult. Now I have to flip an ever growing...and an ever heavier belly over as well, making the task that much more difficult. No wonder I'm tired all the time!

But I suppose I need to look at the up sides. Baby has started kicking to the point where I can feel it when it kicks my hand. That's pretty cool. I suppose I don't feel it as much as others what with my anterior placenta and all, but it is definitely fantastic. And, I'm nearing my 3rd trimester. Only 3 months to go!