29 weeks.... Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

Weeks are chugging right along and its seriously mind boggling that next week I'll be in single digit weeks until Thomas is here. Every week that goes by I breath a little more of a sigh of relief. I'm hopeful that he stays put until his eviction date (more on that to follow) but every week further along its a little further away from having a preemie so keep it up T!

GD update:
Last week was a bad week. I didn't eat nearly enough and forgot to check my sugar levels quite often. It was so bad that I felt that the alarms on my phone as reminders to eat weren't enough so I had to come up with some additional ideas. First, I decided to set a 2hour timer on my phone when I begin a meal. That way, no matter what I'm doing I cant get too wrapped up in it to forget when that annoying beeping starts up! So far that seems to be helping. I also made myself something that I'm calling my "pregnancy chart". Starting this week I'll have this on my fridge and have to check things off each day to make sure nothing is missed. Hope it works!



 

So far this week I've been making a more conscious effort to do the best I can and seems to be working. My fasting levels in the morning have been in the 80s and 2 hours after meals around 90s. Today I had lunch (well I had breakfast) with a friend and decided to do an "experiment" and eat my favorite breakfast meal and see what happened. I ordered the red velvet French toast w/fresh strawberries, a glass of milk , and a side of bacon. I only ate two circular shaped pieces of the toast (cream cheese is considered a freebie), didn't eat the whipped cream, and ate all the bacon and strawberries. I was very very happy to see that my after meal sugar was only 94 :)    So I can't eat tortillas but I can eat red velvet French toast? Yeah, I think I can live with that, LOL

 

 

MFM Appointment:

 

Friday was another growth scan with the MFM. Despite my previous issue with "irritability" everything still is looking great. Thomas weighs 2lbs 12oz now (getting close to that 3lb mark!!) and actually looks like a chubby little baby now. Jim and I jokingly said he looked like a little grandpa....he kinda does :)  I was really happy to see that his weight is appropriate for his gestational age because I haven't gained any weight recently. Matter of fact....in almost 2 months not a pound. Granted yes I know that the MFM told me she only wanted me to gain 15-20lbs max and I've been hanging out at 12lbs since before the GD diet even started but it still worries me because I want to be sure that Thomas has what he needs. Apparently he does! MFM had mentioned that its not surprising, and actually pretty common, that women with GD either lose weight or else plateau for awhile after beginning the diet or medication just because its such a restricted way of eating with a limited amount of calories but assured me that pretty soon some more weight will come on especially as Thomas gets bigger. Don't get me wrong, I feel very pregnant but sometimes I look in the mirror and think I look too small.....but then I lift up my shirt and check out the mass amount of stretch marks that form every day and realize something must be going on in there, haha!!

 

We also asked her for more clarification on when I'd be induced. Awhile ago all she said was that I wouldn't be allowed to go past 39 weeks so we asked her if that meant 38 weeks or 39 exactly? Since 39 weeks exactly for me is a Sunday she said they'd bring me in at 39+1 to start the induction of course that much is officially up to the OB. Now my OB for some reason seems to think my weeks change over on Fridays (no idea why) and so according to them 39 weeks would be March 27th. If they agree with me and the MFM about my due date being April 5th,  then March 30th may be Thomas' birthday.....or if it takes two days like I've read it can..... he may be born on April Fools Day. I think that would be funny to joke with him every year that we didn't buy him a birthday present. Haha Thomas, April Fools/Happy Birthday. Ok I'm demented. Either way sometime end of March unless he has other plans I'll be induced.

 

Here is Thomas' latest glamour shot and we were so happy that for once he was cooperative and gave a totally clear shot of his face. I think he's just tired of being poked so he's given up and going with the flow now.

 

 

 

Nursery Updates:

 

Today Thomas got a new blanket and lovey from my friend Krystal and her boys Conner and Ben. Its a giraffe lovey that says "Wild Thing" and a super soft blanket which is so perfectly fitting for his room! Plus a nice addition to the baby wipes stockpile :)  I'll have to post a picture one day this week since I was so excited to put them away in the nursery I forgot to take a picture (please see a few paragraphs below about my overly exaggerated nesting issues, LOL).

 

Earlier this week a friend of mine from high school, who is a very talented artist, had come by last week to do some paintings on the walls of the nursery. Since we're going with the "Where the Wild Things Are" theme its only fitting to have a wild thing on the wall right?!?  I also found a wall decal on Etsy but was worried that the colors they offered wouldn't show through the dark green color we painted the walls so she painted what the decal would have said instead! I was so so happy with how it turned out and it looks even cuter in person since its tough taking pictures in Thomas' room with how bright the lights are.

 

 

 

Speaking of how bright the lights are....the lamp came in too!!! Now we can have some light but not over brightness! Technically so did the frames for the prints but we still have to hang them on the wall. Here is the little lamp all set up and its perfect for what I needed in here! The noise machine fits perfectly on the top little shelf and then we'll have the bottom shelf for either a picture frame or maybe that Pinterest thing I saw where the binkies are all in a jar to keep them clean ....or maybe both, there is enough room on the shelf I think!

 







Basically we only have to put the mattress in the crib and hang the frames on the wall and this nursery is D.O.N.E. I will feel so much better when its complete. This nesting thing is for the birds....LOL pun partially intended. I have sooo much nervous energy and all day long while I'm working all I can think about are things that still need to get done for the nursery. I'm hopeful that once its done completely my mind will quiet down a little....probably not, LOL

 

 

 

Me and my weekly thoughts:

So yeah 29 weeks, wow. I've been thinking a lot about the fact that I'll be induced and I've been reading and pinning a lot of ideas for inducing labor naturally. Obviously I don't want him to come now but I have a bridal shower on March 22nd, which is 38 weeks, and so anytime after that if he wants to do it himself would be fine with me! After such a rotten, awful and so far from normal birth experience with Jack I really would like to have a "normal" experience with Thomas. Even if that only means going into labor on my own at home. Having my water break and having that  "OH SHIT!!!" moment when you aren't expecting it. Having non medicated labor pains and rushing to the hospital to have them say "Wow, what a surprise to see you!!" Granted, if it doesn't happen then it doesn't happen I just want him to get here as quickly and safely as possible. It just would be nice that's all.

 

Here's my picture of my last week in the 20s!!  ***Still able to wear non-maternity clothes!!***