The gestational diabetes is not as bad as I thought. I can manage it by watch my carb intake. I don't need to be watching what I'm eating for sugar, even though they fall under carbs. I can eat whatever I want, I just need to portion control. :)  Great news for me! I have to test my glucose levels 4 times a day, and so far I have been wonderful ( Read more... )

So, I have gestational diabetes.  Doesn't hurt me, but it can be a problem for my little one. Now I really need to be watching what I eat. Good thing I started buying sugar free stuff last week. But I still need to watch my carbs and calories.  Had my 30 week appointment today and Lily's heartbeat and size are perfect. My belly measures at exactly ( Read more... )

Finishing up the Christmas shopping today. I love shopping, but I hate shopping when I can't spend what I really want. I mean, we have money, but there is so much more stuff that I want to get Rik and can't. Yeah, it's the thought that counts and the spirit of the season and all of those other holiday descriptives, but I love buying him things. It ( Read more... )

This is not the beginning of a good weekend. I had a flat tire on my way to work this morning, while I was on the Old Hallowell RD in Chelsea. I drove it to the state parking lot across from AMHI. By the time I got there, my tire was toast, holes in it and everything. I was going to change my tire, but not only could I not get the lug nuts off, but ( Read more... )

So, I went for my glucose test last Friday and it came back high. Now I have to go back and have a three hour test done next Wednesday. I'm kind of nervous because I don't want to have gestational diabetes.  I feel like I'm hurting my baby somehow, too much sugar.  I'm just worried. I know it's a fairly common thing, but still. Only about 2 and a ( Read more... )

I'm so glad that I can listen to DVD's while I work. People are so nosy here, but I guess that's true for any office job. But there is one in particular that thinks she has to know everything that is going on with everyone. It's very annoying. And people here wonder why I don't talk as much as I used to.....    Why would I want the people that I ( Read more... )

SO I'm very much enjoying being pregnant. It's quite fun!  Lily is kicking so much now, and very strongly sometimes. Someone had asked me what it felt like and I told them that if your organs started moving, that would probably feel like this. It still amazes me that there is a child in me. And it doesn't feel like I've been pregnant long enough. ( Read more... )

So, Thanksgiving went perfectly. We were all there, we ate on time, no one was maimed. :)  Why is it that we had 2 turkeys and 7 pies, but now we only have about 1 1/2 pies and still a ton of turkey?  I feel like Bubba in Forrest Gump.  I guess I'm going to make a few pot pies.  I thank my sissa oh so vey much for cooking my 2nd turkey for me, but ( Read more... )

 So, I feel like I'm becoming a lump on the couch.  The further along I get, the more I want to sleep. What happened to the "wait until your second trimester, you'll have tons of energy!"  Well, I am and I don't. And when do I start to get warm? I'm always cold, as I write this I'm sitting here at work with socks, sneakers, long pants, tshirt, ( Read more... )

 Okay, so I haven't been on here for almost 2 months. Things have been busy. I had my first ultrasound a couple of weeks ago. That put me at 14 weeks, so now I'm just about 4 months along. My next one is in two weeks and we'll find out if we're having a boy or a girl. I can't wait, the anticipation is killing me! We are currently deciding if we ( Read more... )