Till There Was You...: Week 30

"We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted us what we asked of Him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord." - 1 Samuel 1:27-28

I know everyone has been asking about my glucose test. Good news is I passed (which I was pretty sure I would!). My doctor actually asked me if I had passed and I had to remind her that I was waiting for her to give me the results! Apparently the lab at the hospital isn't always on the ball. And my RN said "why don't you just go to Quest and get it done over there". She obviously did not have to get the 3 hr test completed because no one in their right mind would EVER suggest that having been through it. I was poked 5 times (getting used to this needle thing by now. I'm just happy I don't cry every time). By the 5th stick, it felt like rubbing alcohol being injected into my veins. On top of that I couldn't eat or drink (even water!) until 12:30 p.m. I eat A LOT in the mornings, so this was tough. And they expect you to give a urine sample every hr even when you can't drink anything. Ridiculous! I was also walking to and from the lab, going back to work every hour, so I was going a bit crazy by the end. However, the staff at the lab was really nice and took care of me in the best way they could. And the 3 hr tang (which is twice as concentrated as the 1 hr) was much worse; it actually burned going down (and you only get 5 minutes to chug it). As an RD I was more upset about drinking 400 calories (I would have much preferred to spend it on a piece of cake!) than anything!

Speaking of calories, I've gained 20 lbs!!! My goal was 20 by the end of the pregnancy and considering I have 9+ more weeks to go, I think I'll have to give that up. I don't quite get the math though. How is it possible that the baby is less than 4 lbs, but I'm up to 20?!?! Something just doesn't add up.

Speaking of baby size, James is around 18 inches and just over 3 lbs (which equates to a head of lettuce). These last 2 weeks, his brain has been getting wrinkly (which believe it or not is a good thing; means surface area is increasing so he'll be thinking a lot more, about what I'm not sure though!). He also is losing the soft furry coat (kind of weird to type that about a baby and not an animal) as his body is regulating temperature on his own. He can use all five senses, which is likely not too important at this time given the lack of activity to sense while in my belly!

Some of those first trimester symptoms are coming back around, I get the occasional wave of nausea, but nothing too bad. I go to bed pretty early too. I'm getting up in the middle of the night, which is not something I ever used to do, but I realize I need to get used to it at this point. And my newest issue is occasional heart burn/reflux. I also get winded just walking down the hall, which is kind of funny for a fast walker like me. I've had to learn to slow it down in order to just make it to my destination!

Otherwise, things are going well. I just purchased the crib today (yes, the Libra in me has a difficult time making choices!!) and will purchase the rest of the furniture in the next couple of weeks to get his room ready. We had our first shower this weekend (hosted by Kelly and Allison). I was overwhelmed by the amount of gifts and love shown to us. I have to say, I actually won the baby trivia game!! But also learned some very scary facts in the midst (like on average, you'll change ~7000 diapers in the first two years! Glad I'm thinking about cloth diapers after the first couple of months!) It would take me hours to list all of the things we received, but this baby has been spoiled beyond belief already! Can't wait for him to get here so he can start using them! I was not in charge of taking pictures, but as they come in, I will definitely post them.

Up for this weekend is Drew's and my Granddad's birthday celebrations! We're spanning 4 generations between our two sides of the family

And I added a couple of pictures until the shower ones make it my way!