If you haven't noticed my new layout reveals our baby girl's name. We've decided to name her Stella Grace. We love her name! We debated for awhile and then came to the conclusion that we couldn't name her anything else. We've been talking to her for months and we always call her Stella. How could we not name her Stella?
My appointment went well this morning. It was nice to have a normal, "I'm feeling great!" appointment. My bump is measuring right on track. I heard her heartbeat! I asked my doctor if there was any way to tell how she was positioned by feeling her move. I told her she was moving all the time and it feels like she's right underneath my skin. She replied with "Let's just look at see!" She whipped out the ultrasound machine and within seconds I saw our baby girl. One of her hands kept moving in front of her face. Her little mouth was opening and closing. My doctor said she was absolutely beautiful. I quickly agreed. I love my doctor and her spur of the moment ultrasounds!
Merry Christmas, a little late! Oh and Happy New Year!
Josh and I have been home with our families in North Carolina. It was so nice to "get away" for the week of Christmas. Now we feel refreshed and ready to take on the world again. Josh went back to work this morning. I went to our doctor's office for my three hour glucose tolerance test. I passed!
Here are my results:
* I couldn't eat or drink anything after midnight last night.
7:50 AM - My finger was pricked. My blood sugar level was 68. I had to drink two 50 mg bottles of "the orange drink." I only had ten minutes to drink both bottles.
8:00 AM - I finished the bottles on time...yuck!
9:00 AM - My finger was pricked an hour later. My blood sugar level was 156.
10:00 AM - My finger was pricked two hours later. My blood sugar level was 121.
11:00 AM - My finger was pricked three hours later. My blood sugar level was 56.
I'm going to spend the rest of the day packing up Christmas decor and cleaning our house. I want to start getting things ready for our baby girl. My parents bought her some closet organizers that I can't wait to get set up. I am going to start washing her clothes and blankets. I want to get everything organized. This is my only week off work before she arrives!
I've got an appointment tomorrow at 9:30 AM. It's my 28 week appointment. We've got appointments every two weeks now. Exciting!!!
Wow! I'm 26 weeks pregnant! I can't believe how quickly time flies during pregnancy. It sure didn't fly by when we were trying to get pregnant. I wish it were the other way around. I love being pregnant. As I'm typing right now she is moving and kicking. It's fun to watch. I decided to turn some music on for her. We're listening to a few songs from the Mamma Mia soundtrack. I'll take a video of her moving soon and post it.
Josh and I had an appointment yesterday. Everything went well. My bump is measuring perfectly -- 26 weeks. We listened to her heartbeat for a few seconds. I had my glucose test too. My doctor pricked my finger an hour after I drank that orange drink. By the way, the orange drink isn't that bad. It tastes like orange soda. My level was 140. She said it was right on the border so I am going to have the 3 hour glucose tolerance test after Christmas -- December 28th. It's at 8 AM. I'm not supposed to eat or drink anything after midnight. Then I think this following will happen at my appointment: draw my blood, drink the orange drink, draw my blood after an hour and draw my blood after two hours. If my levels are high then I'll be diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I'll have to go on a strict diet, prick my finger four times a day and have more monitoring appointments to make sure the baby isn't getting too big. I talked with a few girls at work today. Most said they had it or had friends that had it. They all said the babies that were born around 8 to 9 pounds, and were 2 to 3 weeks early. I'm not familiar with gestational diabetes. Any words of wisdom?
Here's a definition of Gestational Diabetes:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gestational-diabetes/DS00316
I have wonderful friend that will become a mother through the miracle of adoption...in two weeks! Her name is Q and I've blogged about her in the past. We've both been there for each other during fertility treatments. It's a blessing to know that we will both be mothers very soon. Q is adopting a baby girl that is scheduled to arrive on December 29th. This afternoon we celebrated with a baby shower for Q and her daughter, Mary Katherine. It was so much fun! I can't wait to see Mary Katherine in Q's arms. Q will be an amazing mother!
