24 weeks and counting!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Hello everybody! I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas! I'll be taking a blog-cation for the next couple days, so don't worry if you don't hear from me. I'll just be off stuffing myself with cookies and other assorted goodies.
I guess you noticed from the title of this post that it is an update on the baby. Yep, I'm 24 weeks along now. More than half way! I had a doctor's appointment today and everything is looking a-okay. I had to take the less than fun glucose screening test. For those of you who don't know what that means, here goes. It is a screening test to make sure that your body is producing enough insulin for both you and your baby. I had to drink a "fruit punch" drink (glucose) and sit and wait an hour. I put the flavors in quotes because no fruit punch I have ever drank comes close to being that gross. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still wasn't a walk in the park. I think the worst part was that I had to drink it in 5 minutes. I finished it in 3 minutes (I wanted to get it over with) and felt sort of queasy, but managed not to toss my Christmas cookies. Then, I had to have blood drawn. Again, lots of fun. I get the results back in a few days. I will say that the worst part of the entire process was removing the foot long piece of masking tape from my arm that the technician used to hold down the cotton ball over the injection site. ha.ha.
Other than that, they just took the baby's heartbeat (which was good) and I got to find out how much weight I've gained so far. Want to know how much I weigh? Not on your life buddy! But, I will say that I have gained 6 pounds total now. Four of those have been in the last month. The doc said it would be pretty reasonable for me to gain a pound a week for the rest of my pregnancy. Great! Just what I need, my back hurting worse than it already does from sporting even more extra poundage. You wouldn't think 6 pounds would make that much of a difference, but when that 6 pounds is all belly, it is pretty noticeable. Oh well, I guess I'll live. But what fun would a pregnancy be if I didn't get to complain a little (o.k., a lot). ha.ha.
There was some excitement at the doctor's office, that didn't involve me but was pretty wild none the less. I am so bummed out that I missed it. But, hearing Matthew tell the story is pretty hilarious anyway. I had went to the bathroom and Matthew was standing outside in the hallway waiting, which is a pretty typical scene with us these days. He said all of a sudden a woman, presumably her husband, and another couple (presumably one of their sets of parents) comes around the corner. The lady looked like she had been crying so Matthew said he tried to look away because he just knew something bad had happened to her baby (she was very, very pregnant according to Matthew's description). Then the lady says, "I didn't know we were supposed to go straight to the hospital instead of stopping by here first." Matthew said he was a bit confused for a second until it all became VERY clear. The lady yells out, "Oh my God! Son of a *^@%!" and starts grabbing at her lower back. Then it hits him that this woman is in labor! The set of parents stands there dumbfounded while all the husband can think to say is, "Oh no, I forgot the suitcase! I knew I should have brought it with us!" Matthew was so excited to share the news with me when I got out of the bathroom. He said he doesn't think he's ever seen a woman actually in labor before. Come to think about it, I haven't either, except on t.v. Maybe it is a good thing I missed it, since that will be me in a few months!
I guess you noticed from the title of this post that it is an update on the baby. Yep, I'm 24 weeks along now. More than half way! I had a doctor's appointment today and everything is looking a-okay. I had to take the less than fun glucose screening test. For those of you who don't know what that means, here goes. It is a screening test to make sure that your body is producing enough insulin for both you and your baby. I had to drink a "fruit punch" drink (glucose) and sit and wait an hour. I put the flavors in quotes because no fruit punch I have ever drank comes close to being that gross. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still wasn't a walk in the park. I think the worst part was that I had to drink it in 5 minutes. I finished it in 3 minutes (I wanted to get it over with) and felt sort of queasy, but managed not to toss my Christmas cookies. Then, I had to have blood drawn. Again, lots of fun. I get the results back in a few days. I will say that the worst part of the entire process was removing the foot long piece of masking tape from my arm that the technician used to hold down the cotton ball over the injection site. ha.ha.
Other than that, they just took the baby's heartbeat (which was good) and I got to find out how much weight I've gained so far. Want to know how much I weigh? Not on your life buddy! But, I will say that I have gained 6 pounds total now. Four of those have been in the last month. The doc said it would be pretty reasonable for me to gain a pound a week for the rest of my pregnancy. Great! Just what I need, my back hurting worse than it already does from sporting even more extra poundage. You wouldn't think 6 pounds would make that much of a difference, but when that 6 pounds is all belly, it is pretty noticeable. Oh well, I guess I'll live. But what fun would a pregnancy be if I didn't get to complain a little (o.k., a lot). ha.ha.
There was some excitement at the doctor's office, that didn't involve me but was pretty wild none the less. I am so bummed out that I missed it. But, hearing Matthew tell the story is pretty hilarious anyway. I had went to the bathroom and Matthew was standing outside in the hallway waiting, which is a pretty typical scene with us these days. He said all of a sudden a woman, presumably her husband, and another couple (presumably one of their sets of parents) comes around the corner. The lady looked like she had been crying so Matthew said he tried to look away because he just knew something bad had happened to her baby (she was very, very pregnant according to Matthew's description). Then the lady says, "I didn't know we were supposed to go straight to the hospital instead of stopping by here first." Matthew said he was a bit confused for a second until it all became VERY clear. The lady yells out, "Oh my God! Son of a *^@%!" and starts grabbing at her lower back. Then it hits him that this woman is in labor! The set of parents stands there dumbfounded while all the husband can think to say is, "Oh no, I forgot the suitcase! I knew I should have brought it with us!" Matthew was so excited to share the news with me when I got out of the bathroom. He said he doesn't think he's ever seen a woman actually in labor before. Come to think about it, I haven't either, except on t.v. Maybe it is a good thing I missed it, since that will be me in a few months!
