Carb Queen No Longer!

Thats right, those that know me know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Carbs! In fact I just bought a shirt with a noodle and a block of cheese on it that states "Soul Mates" that's how much I love carbs. I love Mac and Cheese, I love Spaghetti, I LOVE LOVE Bread! and anything carbs. Especially bagels and Juice too.

So I heard back from the Midwife today after calling them and didn't get news that I wanted to hear.

Here were my results:
Fasting #: 84
1 Hour #: 167
2 Hour #: 171
3 Hour #: 164

You are supposed to be under 180 after the first hour, which I was, but then after the 2nd hour you are supposed to be under  155 (which obviously I wasn't) and then after the 3 hour I am supposed to be below 140, which it wasn't.

So I will be now pricking my finger (or arm depending on the monitor) for the next 11 or so weeks and trying to control my blood sugar by diet. So having to cut back on a lot of what I love and will just have to find new foods that I like :)

I am waiting to hear from the Dietitian, but I have to figure out if she is covered by insurance, if she isn't I will have to meet with someone knew. The receptionist said that sometimes you can see the OB's and MW's and deliver through Ridgeview, but not a dietitian, so not sure what's up with that, so hopefully she is covered.

29 Weeks

11 more weeks until the little one arrives, unless she is early or late ;) I was actually 29 weeks on Tuesday, but was lazy all week since Sunday and didn't take my picture...So here is my picture - after 12 hours of fasting...so I was a little hungry.

I had my 3 Hour Gestational Diabetes test this morning...Here is the run down.

• 9:30pm last night: Started Fasting
• 8:30am this morning: Had the appointment....Got my first vial of blood drawn
• 8:30 - 8:33: Drank the Lovely, Lovely Orange Drink (Can you hear the sarcasm?). It was 10 oz of 100grams of sugar, tasted like Cough Syrup....Not so great, especially on an empty stomach.
• 8:33-9:33: Sat in the office and felt sick to my stomach and waited for the next draw
• 9:33: Got my 2nd of 4 blood draws. She bruised me, luckily it's not too bad.
• 10:33: 3rd Blood Draw, she couldn't find a vein in my right arm, so we had to go to the room and use the blood pressure cuff and finally she got it.
• 11:33: Last and final blood draw, she found the vein again in my right arm, only a little bruise but at least I was done.

Finally got out of there so I could go get some lunch. Treated myself to Chipotle, to get some protein in me since I had way way too many carbs in the morning with the drink and headed home to go back to work. I don't know the results, wish I would but I will have to wait until tomorrow. If I don't hear anything from them by 2, I am going to call them to get the results - can you tell I am not patient?


Below is an updated picture of Peanut's Blanket.I still have a full 3 rows left to do, I am currently getting those made up to sew on and then I have to sew the boarder around the entire thing. The three rows will be to right of the Green & Yellow row. If I for some reason don't finish it before she comes it's big enough for her to use right away or even when she get's older, but I would like to finish it up.

Gestational Diabetes, Rhogam Shot and an Ultrasound....What an appointment!

Today was my monthly appointment for 28 weeks. I knew it was going to be a long one, but it really tired me out....

Here is the run down of my day
7:30: Making Eggs for breakfast, really wanting some juice, but since I had the test this morning I passed on it
9:20: Drank 10 oz of my LOVELY 50g Sugar Fruit Punch drink. I had to get it down in 5 minutes and at first it wasn't so bad, but by the end I wasn't liking it too much.
9:45: Left for my appointment. I had to drive to the Waconia Clinic.
10:25: Had my vial of blood drawn...shortly after that I found out that my Hemoglobin was good at 12 1/2 (normally it's much lower, so that's good news, no extra iron) but my glucose was a 136....Unfortunately I needed to be 130 or under...which means I will have to have another one - see below
10:45: After sitting for awhile waiting I went to the Ultrasound Room to have my 4th (Yep 4th) Ultrasound of Peanut. Boy she has gotten big. She showed her face, barely...just like last time. The tech that was running it was still learning and while she was quick to notice that she doesn't have a cleft lip (the entire reason we were there) she didn't get a good profile pic or another pic of her face. They did however get her heartbeat  - which was a great 147bpm. and they double checked that she was a girl - yep still a girl :0)

11:20: Went to meet with my Midwife.  It was the normal talk. We will be reviewing the birth plan around 36 weeks. Next appointment she will give me all the information to start working on it, although Mike and I already have started it.
11:35: Got the painful Rhogam Shot. It wasn't too bad, it was a just a little burning...and after that I was finally done and got home around 12. Long morning.

Since I failed the 1 hour Gestation Diabetes test I have to go back next Thursday for a 3 Hour. I have to fast for 8 hours before the test which luckily is in the morning. They take my blood sugar level before it starts after fasting. Then I have to drink a lovely 10oz orange drink which has 100g of sugar in it. Yep you heard that right 100g. Then 1 hour later they take my levels again, I have to wait another hour and then tested again and then one more hour and test again. The crappy part is it's not a finger prick but a full vial of blood drawn out of the arm. I will have to bring a snack for afterward since I won't be able to eat anything until almost noon. If two of the three numbers are high then I will be diagnosed as having Gestational Diabetes and have to monitor my sugar. Which means I will have to cut out the carbs....probably not a good thing that I am known as a Carb Queen.

We got it!

Mike got the call yesterday from the people that own the timeshare and they accepted our offer for the 1 week that we wanted. It happens to be a unit right next to his parents which is even better. So we are super excited. Plus it's so cheap we don't have to take a loan out. So we transferred the money and will be getting in touch with the guy sometime next week so we can meet him at a bank up in Fridley and give him the cashiers check and also get the deed signed over and notarized. The even better news is that the guy said that if the transfer doesn't happen with the Breezy Point resort in time for our week up there that he is going to put through the paperwork so we can rent it that week. So when we go on vacation this June I will NOT be sleeping on a murphy bed in the living room, but in my own bedroom :) I am super excited.

The bedroom that Mike and I will have is upstairs with the loft overlooking the rest of the place, it has a TV up there as well.  :) This way too Mike's mom can stay up late in their cabin and not keep us up :) She is a night owl. I am so excited for our vacation now and I am even more excited now that I am spending the entire week up there. It will be a lot easier to work at night and stuff if I can be in my own place :) and I only have 16 hours to work, and I told my boss that will probably be spread out over the week and I would be available by phone. Most of it will be Thursday and Friday, but I will probably work a few hours each night when we aren't doing anything and get some documentation done.

TimeShare

I am going to start this post out by saying that while this is non-baby related it is still sort of baby related. Mike and I are super excited about it.

Every year the Epp family (all 6 of us, now 7 of us with my niece) go up to Breezy Point Resort in northern Minnesota in June. My in-laws have a timeshare up there with a 6 person cabin, it's two bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and a pull out bed out of the wall. They have been going there since Mike and Barrett were little. Mike was thinking as it's getting near our time to head up there this year that next year with Peanut there will be 8 of us in there. Which will be a lot more people in a semi-small space. So he went out and actually found a timeshare that is either right next to his parents, or really close - it's in the same complex and it's for the exact week we would want it. So yesterday we contacted the Realtor about it. It was originally going for two weeks right in a row, and we didn't want that. So we asked the Realtor if we could put an offer on just one week and we did with them paying the closing costs. We are currently waiting to see if they accept our offer. So cross your fingers. If this goes through quickly, we might be able to even use it this year, but I am not sure if that works, but we will find out.

So now it's just a waiting game.

3rd Trimester!

I am 28 weeks today and 12 weeks from the end. Can you believe it? I am almost to the end. It's been a much better week then the past few. My mood is a TON better and I am feeling so much better. Probably because the sun is now shinning and last week it didn't shine for an entire week.

A good friend of mine Jessica - Who has been such a great resource and help to me during this pregnancy had me over for dinner with her husband and her two cutie pies. It was fun to hang out and she also gave me a ton of stuff! Thanks Jess!! and let me borrow some maternity clothes. I did score some good deals at the consignment shop last week also. I found a pair of khaki pants for only $4.25.

Little Peanut is moving like crazy the past few days. I have started to see her move on the outside now and can definitely feel her move from the outside. Mike has felt her move too. The other night he had his hand on my stomach and was twitching in his sleep and she was punching or kneeing him back. It was pretty cute.

Friday I got in for my last "Monthly" appointment. After this appointment they switch to every two weeks. I also have to get my Rhogram shot and also my Gestational Diabetes test. We are also having one more Ultrasound done. They want to check out her lips to make sure she doesn't have a cleft palate. Hopefully she will cooperate this time (she hasn't with her face the last two times) and we can get a picture of her face and a good profile picture, since it will be the last time we get to see her before she is born.

The Nursery is almost finished. We got a changing pad with covers and a bouncer seat (Thanks Jess) and they match our theme perfect. Barrett and Leah are letting us borrow the Bumpo and a bathtub for the little one (Thanks Guys!). My dad also found a Giraffe that I had in my room when I was a baby, you can hang clothes and things on it. So we put him together and he is in the room. The only thing we have to do left (Which I am hoping to maybe do tomorrow night or Friday night) is hang the pictures and the decals.

Then once she comes we can finish it off with her name on the wall. Right now we are leaning towards Gabriella Lorraine with a nn of Gabby. If it's not that it will be Sophie Lorraine or Sophie Marie.

26 & 27 Weeks...about 91 days to go!

I was a bad blogger this past few weeks and didn't post my 26 week picture. I haven't even taken my 27 week picture, which I normally do on Sunday each week. So here is my 26 week picture. I have really started to show and my belly is starting to get in the way more - especially washing my hands at work, doing the dishes, or the laundry. Last week after lunch with some friends I finally went to the consignment shop by my place and found some cute clothes. I have to take one pair of pants back but hoping to get another pair of capris. I was surprised at the selection they had and cheap :)

My Hormones have been CRAZY this week, it's amazing how bad they have been I feel awful for Mike but he has been a trooper and dealt with them all. Below is a cartoon that is how I was most of the week.

Luckily I have been sleeping better, no hip problems anymore. The bed is taken up 1/2 by pillows but as long as it works that's all that matters. It's been so nice not to wake up in the middle of the night with my hips hurting. The bathroom breaks and the heartburn have been kicking in more now because she is getting bigger. According to the websites she is about 2lbs and 15 inches, so she is definitely getting bigger. We have an ultrasound scheduled for May 21st. I also have to get my Rh Shot of Rhogram and my Glucose Test, so it should be an interesting long appointment. Wish me luck that I don't fail my Glucose test and have to take the 3 hour one.

The little one has been moving and shaking a lot lately. It's amazing how much she moves around in there. Mostly kicking my bladder ;)  We have the nursery almost ready to go and we ordered our Glider, it's a custom order so it won't be in the store for at least 10 weeks. I am hoping it comes early, but not holding my breath. We have to get stuff hung so I am wanting to do that this week since it's raining so much and we can't do what we want to do outside.

Race for the Cure 2010

Well it was another great year for Race for the Cure! It threatened to be rainy and cold, but it turned out really nice. It was a little chilly to begin with, but it got better as we walked. We had a great group this year 14 of us~ 4 kids and 10 adults. It was Rachel & David's first year walking and they did really well. Cindy and I also did great, she had a wheel chair which was nice, I rode in it for awhile because my back started to really bug me.

The Above picture is our annual "Laying in the Street" picture....Its harder to tell whose who, but starting with the bottom front and moving clockwise: Samantha S, Jordyn H, David G, Myself, Sam M, Cindy G, Rachel G, Lindsay M, Nicole M.

We really stuck out this year with our new Rainie's Bugs Shirts. Thanks to my WONDERFUL and AMAZING Friend Aurora we have an awesome design!! They really stuck out and it was a LOT easier to find each other in the see of white t-shirts (See picture below).

We missed Claire, Kim, Emily & Juli this year, Hopefully next year they can join us again! Our team was also a great fundraising team this year and we raised $1100 dollars this year! That provides 26 mammograms to women who can't afford them. The nice thing about this walk is 75% of the donations and money raised stay in MN!

Here are some pictures from the walk.

Day Care - We Committed to one!

After a month of searching - which doesn't seem like that long now that I say it outloud, but it sure felt like it was - we decided on a day care. This one is the one that we saw 2nd to last and was the cheapest by far, but still a really good place.

They will also do the G-Diapers which is even better! and they teach Spanish and sign language to the infants and all the students. We are sending in our registration form today with our deposit and we now have a spot for the little on in late October/ early November!

Here is a picture of the infant room.