34 weeks
I am 34 glorious weeks pregnant. I didn't think I'd ever hit the 3rd trimester and now it's actually going by pretty quickly. After my last ultrasound where we were told we could possibly be having a baby in 3 weeks, my doctor came back in to town, calmly looked over the results and decided that he wasn't going to be changing the due date and that if I had to have a ten pound baby--I'd be having a 10 pound baby. The goal is to keep him baking long enough that his lungs are fully developed and he is READY to live on his own outside the womb. I felt totally fine with his decision so after discussing things further, we decided on October 10th as Baby White's birthday. 10/10. I like it. I'll be 38 weeks at that point and that is pretty standard delivery time for someone with gestational diabetes. 4 weeks until D day!
I feel like I'm at the hospital all the time. I could drive there in my sleep. My bi-weekly visits to the Maternal Fetal Medicine docs have been reassuring. The NST's {non-stress tests) consist of checking my amniotic fluid to see that baby's kidneys are working properly, checking my blood pressure and then monitoring the baby for 20-40 minutes to check for heart rate accelerations and movement. It takes a chunk of time out of the day but I honestly don't mind. I like hearing the heart beat and seeing him on the ultrasound while they're measuring my fluid. It's amazing that with each NST, they can basically predict that the baby will be okay for the next 72 hours. It's very comforting to me considering the fact that stillbirths are more likely when the mother has gestational diabetes which is treated with insulin.
My most recent visit to the diabetes doctor showed that my A1C had dropped to 5.8 which is awesome because it is steadily dropping. After going over a month without gaining any weight at my last visit, I was bummed to see that I had gained 7 pounds in a month...but I shouldn't be surprised since the baby is growing and I am starting to swell like crazy. My blood sugar has been well controlled but for some reason, my second reading of the day {2 hours after breakfast}has started to creep up too close to 120 and sometimes just above. Since we want to avoid problems with baby White having super low blood sugar after he's born and producing too much insulin, we want to get that in control ASAP so I've started taking 2 units of regular insulin with breakfast. I'm already stabbing myself twice a day with the Lantus so what's one more? I want to do everything I can to keep my numbers in a good range.
Overall, I'm feeling and sleeping pretty good. Yes, I'm uncomfortable and am peeing a million times a day and yes my hands, feet and ankles are huge at the end of the day but that is totally doable and it's a sacrifice I will make a hundred times over considering how blessed I feel to actually be pregnant. Sometimes Danny and I are still amazed that it's real. There were many days and nights where I didn't think I'd ever get this opportunity again. So many tears shed over the thought of never being able to give Cole a sibling and yet--here we are. Massive cankles and lots of trips to the bathroom! It's all worth it. :)
There are still so many things we need to get before bringing a baby home and sometimes I have a hard time turning my brain off at night when I start to think about what still needs to be done but things will come together. I guess I'd better buy a diaper bag...and get a crib set up :)
I feel like I'm at the hospital all the time. I could drive there in my sleep. My bi-weekly visits to the Maternal Fetal Medicine docs have been reassuring. The NST's {non-stress tests) consist of checking my amniotic fluid to see that baby's kidneys are working properly, checking my blood pressure and then monitoring the baby for 20-40 minutes to check for heart rate accelerations and movement. It takes a chunk of time out of the day but I honestly don't mind. I like hearing the heart beat and seeing him on the ultrasound while they're measuring my fluid. It's amazing that with each NST, they can basically predict that the baby will be okay for the next 72 hours. It's very comforting to me considering the fact that stillbirths are more likely when the mother has gestational diabetes which is treated with insulin.
My most recent visit to the diabetes doctor showed that my A1C had dropped to 5.8 which is awesome because it is steadily dropping. After going over a month without gaining any weight at my last visit, I was bummed to see that I had gained 7 pounds in a month...but I shouldn't be surprised since the baby is growing and I am starting to swell like crazy. My blood sugar has been well controlled but for some reason, my second reading of the day {2 hours after breakfast}has started to creep up too close to 120 and sometimes just above. Since we want to avoid problems with baby White having super low blood sugar after he's born and producing too much insulin, we want to get that in control ASAP so I've started taking 2 units of regular insulin with breakfast. I'm already stabbing myself twice a day with the Lantus so what's one more? I want to do everything I can to keep my numbers in a good range.
Overall, I'm feeling and sleeping pretty good. Yes, I'm uncomfortable and am peeing a million times a day and yes my hands, feet and ankles are huge at the end of the day but that is totally doable and it's a sacrifice I will make a hundred times over considering how blessed I feel to actually be pregnant. Sometimes Danny and I are still amazed that it's real. There were many days and nights where I didn't think I'd ever get this opportunity again. So many tears shed over the thought of never being able to give Cole a sibling and yet--here we are. Massive cankles and lots of trips to the bathroom! It's all worth it. :)
There are still so many things we need to get before bringing a baby home and sometimes I have a hard time turning my brain off at night when I start to think about what still needs to be done but things will come together. I guess I'd better buy a diaper bag...and get a crib set up :)
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