Sugar high

Apparently, my sugar screen came back high so now I have to go back for the extended test. This involves not eating for 12 hours, drinking the sugary stuff again, then having blood drawn every hour for three hours. I am so thrilled, I am beyond giddy with happiness at this news.

Turkey button

This is going to sound silly. Of all the things to be worried about while pregnant and this is what I focus my worries upon -- my belly button popping out. It terrifies me. I can't stand the thought of my perfect little innie becoming an outie, even temporarily. I don't know why but the thought of it completely freaks me out!

It didn't come out with Sam but it seems dangerously close to doing so right now and I still have 11 more weeks of expansion! I am wondering if putting a Band-Aid on it every day might keep it in there? Any suggestions?

28 weeks and counting

They try to disguise that glucose stuff as a yummy orange drink. It looks innocent enough but I have been dreading it the last four weeks. I took some advice and just started drinking and didn't stop until all 10 ounces were down the hatch. I must have had a horrible look on my face because the man sitting across from me in the waiting room kept snickering at me and grinning. Down it went and down it stayed. What a relief that is over! I am now hoping that I don't have any elevated sugar levels so that I don't have to go back again for the longer test.

Heard Molly's heartbeat, had some blood drawn, got to step on a scale and pee in a cup! What a fun and productive morning for me. Signed the papers stating that Molly will be my last child unless some major divine intervention occurs. Dr. Parrott had to stress the permanence of my decision, blah, blah, blah....just give me the pen.

My next appointment is in four weeks and then I start going every two weeks. I am in the homestretch folks! Two trimesters down, one to go!

Laptop earthquake

Last night, I had my laptop perched on my belly as usual doing some blog writing. Molly always likes to dance around in the late evenings, I guess she is a night owl like the rest of us, and she is now strong enough to move the laptop. Yep, those tiny little legs kicked through the placenta and a layer of fat to physically move my laptop up. It was rather disconcerting to type there for a bit!

Perfectly healthy

Dr. Parrott keeps telling me that I am a perfectly healthy person except for being pregnant. How right he is! All of that stuff they look for to go wrong in pregnancy is not going wrong for me. I am quite happy about that. All the symptoms of being pregnant that a woman could have, I have! I guess that is so much better than the alternative but it's hard to remind myself that when I have my head in the trash can...yet again!

Our appointment today went fine. We had another ultrasound and saw all four chambers of the heart. Molly is breech right now but that doesn't really matter to me since we are having a c-section no matter what. I could have told the tech that because her legs keep jabbing me in the pelvis! She apparently has very long legs like her big sister, already in the 97th percentile on femur growth. She is weighing in at a whopping 1 pounds, 9 ounces which is apparently well above average at this point. I seriously can make such strong, healthy babies but I am such a pathetically sick pregnant woman! How weird is that?

My due date has shifted some but we are still on track for July 6th. This might change depending on how fast Molly grows but I am still adamant about not having her the week before the July 4th weekend. We'll see.

Morning Sickness

Seriously! Enough with the all day sickness.

Say hello to, Molly Lynne

We found out this morning that another girl will be joining our household. Poor, Chris, like he wasn't already outnumbered! Now, he will have another little girl vying for his undivided attention. This at least solves the problem of picking out a boy name! Molly is perfectly formed as far as they could tell. Two of everything there should be and no major mutations like I feared. I thought those 3 alcoholic drinks and the daily aspartame were going to cause some problems but, as usual, I worry far too much.She's measuring 4 days ahead of schedule but Dr. Parrott said we would still shoot for a c-section date of July 6th. I would rather have her after the July 4th weekend rather than before. We took Sammy to see the ultrasound this morning and I think she was able to make out some features while Chris pointed them out. I had a hard time figuring out leg bones and felt foolish asking the tech to point them out to me better. Sam's only worry now is that Molly will also have blonde hair. Apparently, there is only room enough in this family for one blonde haired girl.