I received some good news at my doctor's appt last Thursday: I'm up another three pounds! That's six lbs total, and closer to being on track (I should be averaging about a pound/week now). The overall goal is 25, but I'm not too concerned. As long as I keep gaining, even minimally, and keep my protein, iron and calcium up, we're good. And my belly measurement was where it should be and the baby's heartbeat sounded perfectly perfect.
I've got my glucose testing appointment next month, as well as another ultrasound session. I'll have more pics of the baby to share then, and can't wait to see how big he's gotten! I look forward to the ultrasound; I dread the glucose testing. I'm going to be made to drink some not-so-tasty sugar concoction, and then put into a panic getting my blood drawn to see how my body processes that sugar in testing for gestational diabetes. And there'll be some other unpleasant blood and lab work to suffer through. I hope the baby appreciates all of this...though I'm sure he's just hoping I come to terms with the needle phobia so that I stop stressing him out every time I go in for a routine blood draw. I'd do better if I could take a Valium...
I have heartburn pretty much every day now, have begun to have lower back pain when sleeping, and am still struggling with charley horses - the slightest pointing of my toes while asleep has me awake and yelling obscenities as I hop around waiting for the intense pain to run it's course. Honestly, the weekly leg cramps are worse then multiple, daily bouts of heartburn. Apparently, edema is a prominent ailment around this time, so I'm lucky at least to have avoided much swelling (and no foot swelling that I've noticed). I can't hold liquid anymore, apparently, so I'm curious how my body is getting any nutritional value out of the juices/water/tea I take in when it's peed out five minutes after ingesting. And there's been a lot of pressure in my belly, like experiencing internal muscle spasms. These are likely my ligaments that continue to stretch and make room for the growing baby. Sorta uncomfortable though...All in all though, still no real complaints (except for GD leg cramps...) and I'm a pretty happy pregnant woman. And my hormones have been fairly level, but you'd have to check in with Kenny for an unbiased report...
In baby news, he should be about 13.5 inches and 1.5 lbs. He can hear loud noises, feel things with his hands, and is starting to practice breathing through his nose. I'm so impatient to see him in the ultrasound pics!
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Contrats to you and Kenny! I've enjoyed your blog and I'm glad to see that you're having a happy, healthy pregnancy. I had a *feeling* that you were having a boy so it was fun to find that you are. Sorry to hear about the heartburn - I get that too and no Tums on earth can touch it. Also, years ago I used to get excrutiating leg cramps like yours. I trained myself to just never point my toes when moving or stretching (I do the opposite - pull my toes as close to my shin as they'll go), especially first thing in the morning. That has helped a lot and staved off more than a few cramps.
ReplyDeleteWell, hang in there in your third trimester. My girlfriend who had her baby yesterday says it's really only rough the last few weeks when the baby's so big you can hardly move or sleep. Let's hope she's right!! :)