I love my husband

I woke up this morning and got a CRAZY leg cramp. It literally took my breath away. Thankfully, it went away quickly, but Man! That hurt. So I got up to tell Adam about it (he was up and making himself some eggs), and he said "Oh, I was going to make you breakfast in bed!" So I managed to get back in bed with the Jasp and my best husband ever brought me breakfast in bed! Scrambled eggs and cinnamon raisin toast. He is so wonderful :-) I just love him.

Good News

My blood glucose test thing came back normal! According to the range, I am at the top of the lower 30% (if my mental math is anywhere close to being correct... and if that makes sense and is possible??). Anyway, no gestational diabetes for me, Yay!!! Praise God!! My anemia test (as far as I can tell) came back a little low, but they said they would call me if my numbers didn't look good, and I didn't get a call, so I think I'm on the low side but ok. I've been taking an iron supplement off and on, not every day, but maybe 3 days a week. Maybe I'll try to take it every day? The main problem is that I typically take my iron at lunch, and I also typically eat a pretty calcium-heavy lunch... and if you consume calcium and iron at the same time, it inhibits the absorption of iron, which defeats the purpose of me taking an iron supplement!!

So I'll have to celebrate! Maybe I'll go to Olive Garden and get a few desserts... just kiddding! I'll celebrate by continuing to eat healthy and being conscious about my protein intake :-D And, let's be realistic, I'll still have the occasional treat, of course ;-)

I'll end with a bonus picture:



please note our fancy bathroom curtain... it's a towel

I think this one is a pretty accurate representation of what I look like now. Getting bigger every day! Grow, Baby, grow!! :-D

29 weeks

So! I'm a day early for 29 weeks, but I had my doctor's appointment today, so I'm just going to update now.

I had my glucose test (the one-hour one) and iron/anemia today - haven't gotten results yet. They said I should get results later today, and that they will call if the levels don't look good - so no news is good news!

My actual appointment went well - gained more weight, and I measured 30 cm, one cm ahead of schedule again. But my doctor said, as of right now, he doesn't think the baby's going to be too big and that I would handle labor well and I seem well prepared/in good shape. Listened to Baby's heartbeat, it was around 155 bpm. I also asked him about time limits on pushing, because in my reading, they say that some doctors put a time limit of two hours on the pushing phase. My doctor said there's no time limit, and that more often he has patients getting tired and asking for intervention before he would even want to get involved. Once again, I think that God has helped me choose a doctor who is going to be easy to work with and is open to letting me have a natural childbirth!! He also said that Baby is head down, again, so I was happy to hear that. He also notated in my chart that I want to have a natural birth - so it's officially on my record!

I think that's about it. Still dealing with heartburn... no specific trigger foods, that I've noticed :-/ Oh well!