Yeah, so it’s been like 6 weeks or so since I’ve blogged….Surprised?? I didn’t think so. Me either.. Anyways, there has been SO MUCH going on that I’ve thought about blogging all of our updates like a million times but to actually sit down and take the time to do it just has not happened. So that leads me to blogging now, at work, on my lunch break for lack of better things to do. I’ll warn you, this will probably get pretty long…Like I said, lots of updates.
From a pregnancy standpoint, I am 36 weeks along now and am SO READY TO BE DONE!! This pregnancy has not been easy… In my last blog I talked about being able to control my gestational diabetes with just diet alone but that only ended up working out for a couple weeks. After that, these crazy hormones of mine took over and all of my blood sugar levels started going too high and I was put on an oral med to help lower them. Well, that too was short lived and finally I was put on insulin. For someone who hates needles, this was a big deal but honestly by the time they put me on insulin I was just so ready to find something that works that I just went with it. It has worked out okay so far. I have to inject myself with insulin before each meal and am still checking my blood sugar one hour after every meal, so my life is surrounded by blood, needles, and carb counting. Ohhhh the joys! I know I shouldn’t complain because for some people, they will do this everyday for the rest of their lives and mine should *hopefully* go away after my pregnancy is over, but it is still not fun to do or to have to think about 24/7. On a happier note, we had another ultrasound at 33 weeks to make sure that my placenta had moved up away from the cervix and it had- which is good news! It was so fun to see how much bigger our little one had gotten from our 20 week ultrasound…. With the diabetes one of the big concerns is that babies get too big, but our little girl was measuring right on target in the 50th percentile for weight/growth so that was kind of a relief for us… She is still a very active baby although I can definitely tell that there is not much room left in my belly for her as her movement is much more restricted… I also had been getting a lot of Braxton hicks contractions so at my last appointment my doctor checked me and decided that I should be taken off exercise for 2 weeks and was told to “take it easy” because I had started thinning quite a bit and she didn’t want me to start dialating… No big deal really, but it did really bum me out as exercise does so much for me, both physically and mentally. I had grown to love my prenatal yoga classes and dvds, zumba classes, and walks, but for now they have all been put on hold. Hopefully I can resume some of them in the next week or so (at least the yoga and walking) because they make me feel so much better, but if not I just need to keep telling myself that I just need to make it four more weeks (or 3 weeks, depending on if they decide to do an induction at 39 weeks!)---hopefully time goes by fast!
September has been a busy month for us! Recently, Max and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We didn’t do anything too special, just had ourselves a nice little date night which included shopping and eating, of course. I really can’t believe it’s already been 2 full years since our wedding… 2 years later and I’m still glad I said “I do” :) -- Also recently was the start of school! Ryder was so excited to go back to preschool with “Miss Julie” and he is always talking about his new little friends in class. I think he is happy to have that routine back in his life, and I must say that his mommy is too, in a way… I started back to work for the school year and so far have been very happy about it! My job is not always one where you get to see instant gratification, but when you do, it’s very worth it… Plus, it has been a good distraction for me for these last few weeks before the baby comes! :)
Okay, enough updates for now…Time to get back to work and then head home for the day!
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