Weekly Pregnancy Post - 28 Weeks

Things are moving along nicely I believe. I now see my midwife every 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to the extra appointments and extra reassurances.

I have a hilariously ditzy story about my appointment last week. I had the 1 hour glucose monitoring test that tests for gestational diabetes. I got to the clinic, and had to down this drink in 5 minutes. I've heard mixed reactions on the drink. My opinion is that it is tolerable, but it was a bit too thick for me, and I can go the rest of my life without trying it again. So, I guzzle this drink in 5 minutes, and then I had my appointment with the midwife. Everything seems to be going well. After the midwife appointment, I still had about 30 minutes to spare before my blood test. (The blood test needs to be done 1 hour after I drink the orange drink) So, I decide to walk around the hospital for a bit to kill time. As I'm walking, I ran right into a Subway restaurant, so I of course went to it and ordered a sub. And I was feeling EXTRA hungry, so I ordered a foot long sub, and a large lemonade. I was sitting there and eating, and checking my watch to make sure I wouldn't miss my blood draw. As I'm almost done with my food, I had a moment of clarity. Holy crap!!! They are going to test my glucose levels!!! I'm NOT supposed to eat between drinking the orange goo and getting my blood drawn. CRAP CRAP CRAP!!!

I went back to the clinic for my blood draw, and the nurse mentions that as soon as this is done, I can go eat lunch. (It was 12:30 by this point) I explained to her that I accidently just ate, and that I'm usually MUCH smarter than that. She just laughed at me. She said she would still take my blood, but that there was NO way I would pass this test, and if I did, it would be a miracle. But she said after eating all those carbs, and the sugar in the lemonade, I was definitely failing. She said she would let me retake the 1 hour test though, instead of jumping to the 3 hour glucose monitoring test. A small feat I suppose.

So, I went back to work, and an hour later the nurse called. She was ecstatic on the other line and said that I had PASSED the test, and that my score was 109! She said, I quote, "You can eat dessert for dinner the rest of your pregnancy." Seriously. She said that.

I am very happy I don't need to retake the test.

In other pregnancy news (Okay, this post is too long already but I must bring this up) is the whole kick count thing. My clinic mentioned that in the 3rd trimester, women should occassionally count their baby's kicks, and that a baby should kick at least 10 times in an hour. Well, this has my a bit alarmed. You see, my baby seems to have two active periods every day. Once in the morning, right after breakfast, and once in the evening. I have hours in the day where I don't feel anything. So sometimes I poke my belly, and I'll get a little poke back. But I'm wondering, is this normal? Should I feel my baby more? I'm wondering if I need to be calling my clinic. Yes. . . I've been a bit worried about this.

So that is my pregnancy update for this week.

And below is the reason cameras on cell phones should be banned! T and I were grilling in our backyard on Sunday, enjoying the beautiful day, and he snapped this photo on his cell phone, and I had no idea! He showed it to me, and we both got a big laugh out of it. And his response was, "well, you said you wanted pictures of yourself while pregnant!"

This is SO not what I meant by that. ;-)