Doctor’s Appointment

Nothing too interesting from yesterday’s weekly appointment.  Audrey tried to sleep through most of the ultrasound and non stress test, which led to a lot of poking and prodding by the ultrasound tech.  She did manage to wake up during the second test, before they had to tase her (they have this thing that vibrates and makes a noise, and they use it when they want the baby to wake up… no electrocution involved, I promise!).

She has flipped, so she’s head down now.  The flip (no pun intended) side of that is her butt is now firmly lodged underneath my ribs, which has made sitting at my desk (or anywhere else that doesn’t offer reclining) rather uncomfortable! 

Dr. B. said everything looked really good, she had a good laugh at my weight, though.  I didn’t gain anything this week (not even a tenth of a pound), so I am still around –8 pounds for the pregnancy so far.  She’s not worried about it, she just laughed and said “Hey, a diet and exercise… what do you know, it works!” which is basically what I think.  She also said I could stop testing my blood sugar 4 times a day, just test it in the morning and pick a meal randomly to test after.  I think I will continue to test all 4 times, though.  It doesn’t bother me that much, and I’m not sure I can be trusted if I know a meal isn’t going to “count.”  Call it the goodie-two-shoes in me, but it’s a lot easier to stick to my diet when I know that my “teacher” is going to be looking at my “grades” every week.  But I will give myself permission to relax occasionally, which will be nice. 

Not much else to report… they didn’t check her weight or length, so I don’t know any of that.  But she did all her moving, breathing (after we got her to wake up), and fluid looked good, so I’m good for another week! She’s been moving a lot, too… she moved so much the other night that she woke me up in the middle of the night.  Actually, that night, BOTH of my daughters woke me up… guess they’re getting me ready for being a mother of two! :)

Can’t wait to meet this little girl!!

Ultrasound!

Well, I know they won't be so exciting in about 6 weeks, but yesterday's was still pretty cool! I started my weekly ultrasounds yesterday, and Josh decided to come with me this first time, 'cause he hadn't seen Audrey in a long time, either!

Miss Audrey is apparently not as open to pictures as her big sis, b/c she was all tucked up and hiding, but we did manage to get a few good pictures... definitely the best part of the weekly ultrasounds-- lots of pics!

A face shot... kinda scary still, since she doesn't have much fat yet. But... notice the chubby cheeks and the Holt chin... yeah, I think she might look like Laney!! :)

A profile shot, with her foot up by her head. It amazes me how bendable they are! Her hands and her feet were up by her face constantly (thus the lack of good pics!).

Anyway, she was napping through most of the ultrasound, although she did wake up long enough to do her practice breathing and move a few times for us. So that was good... And the non-stress test was nice and, well, not stressful! She was still pretty quiet, until I had to cough, and then she moved so much that my little marks looked like one solid black line for like 3 inches!

Then I had my OB appointment, where we talked about the ultrasound, etc, and she said everything looked great. Audrey weighs about 2 lbs, 12 oz, which is in the 61st percentile. Which is about where Laney was, Dr. B. said. Not too big, which is what we're worried about, so that's good! My sugar has been pretty well controlled, except for one incident involving a milkshake! I did gain about a pound and a half, which puts me around -8 for the whole pregnancy... not too shabby for being almost 7 months along!! :)

The Wii has really been my best friend this pregnancy, because I can get on my Wii Fit and work out for 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 45 minutes, whatever I have time for. And it keeps track of my weight, which is fun.

That's all there really is to report... I've cleaned out a few more closets in the last months, and am about ready to start picking up some different things for her- buying a few at a time will make it easier to pay for it all! There's really not much to buy, though, which is nice. And Laney is getting used to the idea of having a sister, although I still don't think she really gets it. She does say she will share her new book with Audrey, so I guess that's a good thing!

Anyway, stay tuned for more pics and updates, with weekly appointments I'll probably be posting more often! Ready for Audrey to arrive...

26 weeks

Well, I've made it to the third trimester, as of this week! :) Hard to believe, since sometimes I still don't feel pregnant, and I've actually still lost 10 pounds! But, oh well! I do still have a little bit of a belly, though! I'm still mostly in normal clothes, though, so that's nice. My pants all still fit pretty good, but my nice shirts are starting to get too short... weird! :) A belly pic, since there is one now...

I did have a doctor's appointment on Dec. 30th, but didn't learn much new. My blood sugars have been pretty good, especially considering it's been the holiday season and I'm the main cookie-baker!! It's been frustrating for me, though. There have been times when (I'm assuming) I have been going through hormone surges, and then the blood sugar is just totally unpredictable, especially in the morning. Since those mornings are usually right after a night of really weird dreams (something I didn't notice when pregnant with Laney, but which have been CRAZY with Audrey!) and usually come with an upset stomach, I'm guessing hormones are to blame! I've started working out on my Wii Fit every night before bed and every morning before breakfast. It seems to help some...

On the fun side, I've been feeling Audrey move for the past month or so, and I don't mean little flutters but MOVE. She's quite the thrasher. Josh has even been able to feel her for the last few weeks, especially at night. It's one of my favorite times of day, when I lay down she starts to really go to town, and it's a really fun time to just lay there and feel her move around. Still one of the coolest feelings ever! I'm excited to let Laney feel her at some point, she's just never been active while Laney's around. Probably because I'm not very still when Laney's around!!

I've definitely been feeling some nesting this time around- I feel like the whole house is too cluttered, but haven't had time over the holidays to do anything about it. We finally got all of the Christmas decor put away (and I was ready for it to go, which is VERY unusual for me), and I'm hoping over the next month or two I can start going through closets. I get the feeling we're going to need every inch of space we can find! The girls are definitely going to share a room, and I found a cute toddler bed at Walmart that is a cherry wood color, and a sleigh bed, so it'll match what's already in there really well. We'll have to buy that and a mattress, and a double stroller, and that should be about it. Well, at least for big stuff- we'll still need binkies, bottles, clothes, etc. And I'm planning on putting a second bar in the closet for a second set of clothes! And dividing the dresser drawers, too. It's gonna be interesting! :)

Anyway... enough nesting nonsense... that's really about it from here. It has been a relatively uneventful pregnancy, minus the diabetes. At my appointment last week we did schedule my c-section. We decided to go with a c-section because of the diabetes- a VBAC would have been great, but complications are more likely with the diabetes, so they are more likely to want to take her early again because of the diabetes, and they won't induce, so we'd probably end up c-section anyway. And this way at least I know that we'll both get to be there for this one! Anyway, so the official date is April 9th, we're to be there at 0600 (seriously?! Who wants to be anywhere by then?!). And I start my weekly ultrasounds/non-stress tests/ob visits January 20th, so there will be lots more posts with ultrasound pics then!!

Hard to believe that I'm really into my third trimester already... this baby is coming, whether we're ready or not!!! :)