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Did I scare ya? Cause all that belly sure scares me sometimes! In honor of Halloween, my lovely husband and I decided to take this opportunity to paint my belly…as a pumpkin! Hey, it is just one of the many fun things you get to do if you are expecting a baby in the winter! […]
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Whew. 33 Weeks already. Is had certainly crept up on me. I can’t even believe I only have five to seven weeks left. Eight at the very most. There was a point when it seemed like this day would never come. Now I sit here, watching myself grow bigger and bigger, feeling my baby thump […]
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There is a butt (or possibly a head–is it bad that I can’t tell the difference?) poking out of my stomach just under my right rib. I can push on it and it goes away…and then pops right out again. This is all well and good, but I gotta say it makes my stomach look […]
I had my 32 week doctor’s appt this morning and have this to report back:
Urine: Normal: no protein, no sugar (yea!)
Weight: lost 1 lb since last appt (back to 6 lbs total gain)
Blood Pressure: Nice and low
Baby’s Heartbeat: Normal, in the 180s
Measuring: right where I am suppose to be
I was worried once I got on […]
All signs are pointing toward the end of this pregnancy. My daily pregnancy emails all talk about preparing for birth and how I am just about done cookin’ my little one. Even my pregnancy tracker on my blog mentions how the baby is turning head down in preparation for birth. Things are suddenly feeling very, […]
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On Sunday Simeon and I gathered up all of our loyal friends, pulled on our rain coats and hiking books and headed out to the farm. Lakeview Farm, that is. We got lost in the corn maze (damn you, flower!), enjoyed some lovely fall treats, and picked out our very own pumpkins at the pumpkin […]
I met with a dietician again last night to follow-up from my first class. She wanted to check on my food journal and glucose levels and compare them to see if I needed to change anything. She said I was doing really well and thought I really understood the program….however she wanted to make an […]
Here is my lovely cat, Frodo, curled up sleeping with the Snoogle. See, it is great for the whole family!
Do you all know what today is? It is October 14th. And does that mean anything to you? Cause it sure does to me. It means I have exactly TWO MONTHS until my due date on December 14th. Aaagh! I am officially in my 31st week of pregnancy. Boy those numbers just keep getting scarier […]
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I would like you to meet my new best friend. I like to call him Spike. Yep, yep, yep. He is my personal glucometer. This part is the lancing device I press against the side of my finger tip (it hurts less than the actual finger tip, or so they tell me), push the teardrop-shaped […]