GD or not GD. :)

Halle-freakin-leujah!

My doc's office called this morning and told me that the parameters for the 3 hour GTT are set a little low and my OB thinks anything 130 or less on the last one is fine. Mine was 128. YAY!!! No nutrition class and no extra monitoring -- for now. I took this as my wakeup call and still plan on sticking with a lower carb diet.... right after I finish this chocolate cake. :) ha. Just kiddin.


One other thing that has me convinced I need to stick with lower carbs is that my OB also wants me to consider taking weekly progesterone injections. These injections are to prevent having another preterm baby. So I told her I'd think about it while I researched it. From what I've read so far, the side effects seem to be: headaches, dizziness, and higher likelihood of gestational diabetes. Well, I'm already having headaches and occasional dizziness, so that will stink. And I'd more than likely (in my oh so not professional opinion) get GD, so I'm def sticking with the low carb diet to keep things under control.

The shots are not covered by my insurance and I'll have to get them from now until 36 weeks. They're not cheap, but from what she's told me, they're do-able. I just hope I don't have to consume a bottle of Tylenol before this pregnancy is over. :)

GD

I have Gestational Diabetes. Super.

Now I need to figure out what to eat. I will be attending a nutrition class next Wednesday and will find out if the doc recommends diet changes alone or if I should take a pill. I'm thinking dietary alone except the holidays are coming up. How can a pregnant woman eat HEALTHY during the holidays? Okay, I know it's possible....but seriously...the holiday food should be consumed in obscene amounts with atrocious amounts of calories. Just my opinion.

Second pregnancy is not as easy as it should be.

Spinning.

So this pregnancy so far is kicking my butt. I went about a week or two thinking, "Oh, this 2nd trimester is going to be easy! I don't even really feel pregnant!" Then I wake up yesterday morning and this morning with the room spinning. Horrible dizziness. I have to get up really slowly and then still feel icky for hours afterward. I've had to break out the Zofran again so I don't puke my guts up. Not a good feeling.

Tomorrow I go to the OB for my checkup. I'm just over 14 weeks and so it'll probably be too early to tell the gender. But I'm SO ready to know! I need things to PLAN.

Something here.

I think we finally have a boy's name picked out. Joe LOVES the first name and I like it, but am not in love with it. Hopefully it'll grow on me. The initials are pretty cool, though.

I'm 12.5 weeks and am beyond ready for the exhaustion to GO AWAY already. I have to have a daily 2 hour nap to function well.

Tired of frozen dinners for lunch and snacks. In a food rut. Hard to make fun stuff when you're broke.

Sorry this isn't longer, but I have to leave work and get to class. Ugh.

What's in a Name?

Joe and I cannot agree on a boy's name. We have a girl's name picked out already, but even that took me letting him choose a name and I gave final approval. We arrived at a middle name by going through a list of baby names on the internet and when I read the one we ended up choosing, we both immediately said, "I've never heard of that, but I like it!"

So if this baby is a boy, we are at the drawing board. Joe vetos EVERYthing. I love Mason, Bennett, Garrett, and Xander. He hates all of them but Xander. And he says he isn't sold on Xander, but maybe as a middle name. We also sort of like Xavier for a middle name. But we don't want too many "er" names because of our last name ending in "er."

We don't want anything super common or WAY out there. Joe hates last names as first names. I thought Davis was a cute name too. Nope. Last name. So, I already know how this will end up being resolved: Joe will decide on a couple of names he really likes and I'll choose the one I like. Hopefully I'll love one of them.

So I'm open to suggestions. No biblical names, Jackson is cute but there are WAY too many already. And it's a last name. He sort of likes Conner, but it's an "er" name.

And if you know me, then you know I need a name picked out for both genders just in case. And no, I'm not having twins. Just one baby. :)

First OB Appt

My first OB appt was last Friday, the 9th. I LOVE my OB! I had only met her once -- when I was delivering Bayley -- and it wasn't a pleasant meeting because I wanted more pain meds (never got my epidural) and I ended up delivering naturally. She got soaked in the process, so she didn't stick around to say congrats. So anyway.

I finally got to really meet her and she is SO nice. I can email her and she emails back the same day. I've tried it twice. :)

My due date was moved back a few days to April 15th, as the baby measured 8 weeks and 5 days on the 9th. So now I'm 9 weeks, 3 days. And according to a prego app on my phone, the baby is 1.5 inches and the size of a prune. They measure everything according to fruit. I wonder what they'll say when I'm about to give birth: "your baby is the size of a WATERMELON!! Good luck pushing that thing out!"

Cozy pants

I have had one pregnancy craving so far and it's still going strong: Taco Bell crunchy tacos. I want two of them with mild sauce. I have only eaten them a few times, but I could honestly eat them every night for dinner. Why can I not crave broccoli or something healthy? I do eat fruit and veggies, but I don't crave them.

I've been great about limiting caffeine. I like so many other drinks that it doesn't even bother me to have only 1 cup of coffee or none at all, to not have sweet tea (although I make it decaf with Splenda at home), or any other caffeinated beverage. I've been drinking sprite with fruit punch when I go out. Fun to mix them, like when I was a kid. Except I don't have all the flavors.

Finally got maternity clothes. I'm only 8 weeks (almost 9) but I feel bloated. My pants aren't buttoning, so I got some linen maternity pants from Old Navy and they have a stretchy waist but no panel. I had to roll them down so they'd stay on, but they are OH. SO. COMFY. And I got the softest tops that will stretch when my tummy balloons out. So nice, but they are more spring/summer wear. Fine for now, but I'll be getting slacks at some point. I also got a pair of maternity leggings. They were so soft and cozy that I wore them to bed last night. Slept like a baby. It was fantastic. I didn't care that I looked dumb...I felt cozy. :) I'm so thankful that most of my pregnancy will be during the colder months. I can pile on layers and thick, cozy socks and I'm getting all excited just thinking about it!

I'm so ready for fall.