Week 26

OH what a week.

I had my monthly meeting this morning and it was interesting. Overall the appt was a good one. The doctor said everything was good and the baby's heartbeat was strong (155). The only concern right now is that I failed my glucose test. They want me to do a 3 hour test soon (test scheduled next Tuesday). I'm a little anxious about the test. IF I fail that test, I would have to go on a strict diet and watch my sugar intake. I didn't realize I was taking in a lot of sugar. Ever since Prashanthi told me she has gestational diabetes, I started checking my sugar at home. I have a sample kit at home that i have been testing for about 3 weeks. i think my sugar was at 91, 111, 101 the three times I tested myself. The doctor said that 50% of the times women fail the second one and I'm hoping I pass it.

I started noticing dry and itcy skin. My belly is not bad, but my neck and chest area is terrible. It looks like I have bug bites. I read online that women get these bug bite types spells and there is an ointment that the doctors can prescribe. What did my doctor do? Tell me to ice it. He said to not scratch because it could get infected. So ice for now.

Gross, right?

I recently started thinking about cloth diapers. I haven't spoken with anyone who actually uses them but I think I might want to give it a try. I follow this other blog and the bloggers are big into money saving ideas. They said for them it's a good option. The one they recommend are about $25/diaper. They suggest getting 18 diapers so it will last you about two days before you have to wash them. The only thing that's deterring me is that it's a lot of maintenance. You need to get a special soap to wash them. You have to worry about air drying them. You have to worry about washing them and keeping on top it. We would have to worry about when the baby starts day care, would they use cloth diapers there or would we need disposables ones? It's a tough decision and i think we might go half and half. Use the cloth ones whenever possible, but also use disposable ones. Anyone (other than my mom), try cloth diapers?

We're officially into 3rd trimester starting tomorrow! My appointments are now going to be more frequently. I have to see the doctor in 3 weeks now.

Week 25

Rain is my friend this week. Allergies are almost nonexistent. The baby is kicking. Belly is growing. Life is good.

We signed up for childbirth class and that will start in about 10 days. Six weeks, 2 hours each week, will teach us what to sorta except. We're approaching 3rd trimester, although i have no idea when it officially starts. I should probably find out. We have about 99 days left and although I don't feel anxious, I'm starting to get nervous. I mean there will be a baby here in about 3 months. Like a real baby. A permanent baby. Someone we have to take care of. I know many moms say that it's the most amazing feeling in the world (bringing a life into this world), but do they go thru this much anxiety? I know it's gonna be okay but at my weakest moments i have the smallest amount of buyers remorse. sigh.

Baby is kicking as I type this. Things will be okay.

Week 24

Did I mention before how much I hate allergies. It literally ruins my days and nights. I have such a hard time breathing at nighttime. I wake up every few hours because I can't breathe. Claritin is not helping at all. After the worst winter the northeast has seen in year, I was so looking forward to spring. I wanted to enjoy the 60 degree weather. Now all i know is that I'll probably be allowed to go out when it's like 90 degrees.

I am officially 6 months and 15lbs up. Ideally I would have liked to stay under 20 thru the whole pregnancy but that seems like it wont be the case. Oh, Racheal confessed to my other two besties that's she's expecting. Yay!!! See week 9 & 10 entry. Pregnancy pact in full force!

 

I saw one of the funniest comparisons recently and had to share and remember forever. Here is a pic of the royal wedding being compared to Cinderella!

 

 Here is me at week 24:

Why does my belly look oval?! I have no clue. i think my belly button is pulling it out funny like that. Anand is getting pretty good at giving good feet massage - anyone want one? We're still stumped on boy names. We really need to decide on one. Kavita and Anand are semi-set on Samir, which i like, but i don't love. Samir & Simrun does have a nice ring to it, but who's to garantee we'll have one of each (should we decide for #2).

Week 23

I think I am losing my mind… I swear for a second I thought I was at 26 weeks. I had to come on this blog to see what week I was at.

This week has been tough. Allergy season kicked in full gear. After the doctors told me I can’t take my allergy meds everyday, I was almost heartbroken. Do they know what i look like when I can’t take my pill? Do they know how I feel? I can’t sleep thru the night no matter what I do. I have tired sleeping with one pillow, two pillows, no pillows, on my couch, but nothing helps.  I can’t breathe thru my nose, my eyes itch non-stop, and my nose is peeled from the nose blowing.  My eyes and nose water like it’s their job. My eyes and nose are crusty when I wake up in the morning, which is so disgusting. Eye boogies and eye crust gross me out more than road kill. Thank god I wake up before Anand does; if he saw me like that it might change his opinion of me.

The baby has been kicking a lot lately. You can feel him from the outside but it’s not that intense yet. Yesterday I think he was having a dance party in there because I would feel him every few hours for minutes at a time. The kicks haven’t become that discomforting. My mom says when she was carrying my brother he would kick her so hard that she would wake up in the middle of the night.

Here are a couple of new shots courtesy of my friend Jalpa: