29 weeks

Bump Watch:

Taking in the view while drinking some glucose juice

Bump updates:
29 weeks! Yeah Finally in the third trimester. This week I had to have my glucose check. They check every pregnant lady for gestational diabetes. It's because the prego body ends up needing more insulin then before and some times the body doesn't keep up. I guess it happens in 18% of pregnancies. Well I did my 1 hour test and sorta failed it. They have you drink this sugar drink and then an hour later check your sugar level. Mine was just a little high- at 142. They wanted it at 130 or lower. (maybe I shouldn't have drank a Mt Dew with my breakfast that day? ) So right now that doesn't mean any thing it just means that I have to take the 3 hour test. You have to drink the juice again and they watch your levels over a 3 hour time period. I had to take the 3 hour test with Axel and did just fine. So for now I'll wait and see.

Heart Rate: Baby A is trucking along right at 130-135. The nurse midwife had a hard time finding his heart beat and keeping it on him because he was moving SO much during my visit. I can now see my stomach move from the outside when he is really kicking around in their!

Measurements: I have gained weight- oh yes. I think so far around 30 pounds. Yikes! It's about the same with my other two pregnancies so I guess it's just what happens to my body. I'll worry about it later this summer. They also measure your fundus height- which sorta tells your the size of the body. Not an exact science. They do it with a tape measure from your pelvis to the top of the uterus. (pelvis line to top of tummy) Well so far I had be measuring right on to the week of gestation. But this week I measured at 33 weeks! Umm...which is like almost 4 weeks ahead. Maybe baby just went through a growth spurt and will level out before my next visit? I do feel quite round but that's what I should be right?

How I'm feeling: I feel pretty good for the most part. I'm starting to feel very achy and sore a lot. My hips hurt all the time and it's hard to get comfortable when I sleep. I'm still working full time- 12 hour shifts. By the end of my shift I am very tired and sore. I hope to keep working as long as I can. My blood pressure has been good so far. I ended up with hypertension- or high BP- with both of my other pregnancies. With Axel is didn't happen until 36 weeks and Abel it was at 30 weeks. So we keep watching it closely but so far so good! I haven't been getting headaches and that was a the first sign last time. Just keep getting by a week at a time.

Things are starting to get close. I know I feel it's really far away but in all reality I am going to have a baby boy to hold in 10 weeks! Holy Cow. I can't wait. I finally had a baby dream last night. I haven't had one yet. He was so cute and I couldn't stop kissing him. All for now :)