Appt Date: November 16, 2009
Weight - Up 6lbs in 4 weeks for a total net gain of 2 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight
BP - 120/78 - Not too concerned though because I had just drank the nasty glucose stuff and had 2 vials of blood taken
Heartbeat - 150 bpm!
Glucose & Blood test results - No gestational diabetes! Yay! They checked my blood for blood count, etc.. and all is well 
Instructions from doctor - Come back in 2 weeks. In 2 weeks I’ll also have an ultrasound to check for baby’s size since I have asthma sometimes baby’s of moms with asthma can be small, but my uterus is measuring about 3 weeks big, so he wants to check and see whats going on!
What else is going on? Well - Tomorrow (Saturday) we head to Kentucky for a week of family visits. Going to see the in-laws and we couldn’t be more excited
I’ve also been taking a picture every couple of weeks, since it feels like I’m just getting bigger and bigger! So here is a progression!
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Appt Date: October 15, 2009
Weight - Surprisingly, up 4lbs in 4 weeks
BP - 106/62
Heartbeat - 145 bpm, beating well!
Instructions from doctor - Come back in 4 weeks. In 4 weeks I have to do the glucose test (to see if I have gestational diabetes) and some more blood work. Also scheduled our birthing classes
Over all - Things are still going well! 2 weeks ago I had a cold.. then last week I woke up on Tuesday morning unable to move my head at all, my neck and upper back were completely “frozen”.. and I was in excruciating pain. I went to work on Tuesday and had to work all day with back and neck spasms. It was awful. I went in for a massage on Tuesday night, which didn’t do crap so Wednesday morning I went to Urgent Care to see if they could give me something for it. Wednesday I was still completely “frozen” and couldn’t move my head, which made driving interesting to say the least.. The doctor at Urgent Care said I had Acute Torticollis and gave me a 6 day course of predisone and some Tylenol 3’s for the pain. I’m slowly getting better from that. I can finally move my head, but my neck/shoulders are still fairly sore and stiff. A hot tub would be WONDERFUL right now.
This weekend I went to Babies R Us and bought some cute clothes for the baby since I had a coupon :D I also went to Bed Bath & Beyond and ordered this baby bedding. I was able to use my 20% off coupon, so I got a good deal on it!
That’s about all that’s going on. Thursday marks 24 weeks! 16 weeks to go and we’ll have a baby.. crazy times!
I don’t go back to the OB until next week.. but I thought I’d give a quick update as to how things are going on a non medical related side.
Today I am 22 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Over halfway there!
How I’m feeling: Pretty darn good if you ask me. A lot of people complain that they’re just miserable in pregnancy and I have to say, I’m rather enjoying it for the most part. I haven’t had any real “morning sickness”. Yes, I’ve had a bit of queasiness here and there (in the beginning mostly) and some days I have heartburn so bad I don’t know how I’ll make it through another meal. But no puking and nothing that I can’t handle in the heartburn department. I can actually eat some foods more so now than I could before being pregnant, mostly dairy is a lot easier to handle, which I am not complaining about! I haven’t gained any weight either, which is pretty nice. And no, the doctor is not concerned as I had some weight to spare! However, I’ve had a pretty nasty head cold this week and not being able to take anything other than Tylenol and Sudafed, kind of sucks. But I’m feeling better and better each day!
The baby: The baby squirms, moves and kicks quite a bit these days. Sometimes when I’m laying on my back (which I can still mostly do with comfort) I can see the kicks as it makes a bump on my stomach. It’s super cute! Mike feels the squirms and kicks on occasion too! Its slowly becoming more and more uncomfortable to sleep on my stomach though, so I think I need to start sleeping with the body pillow. I’ve tried to sleep with it here and there, but it makes my hips hurt. Hopefully that will stop soon.
I went out last weekend and registered at Babies R Us. They seem to have the best selection of baby stuff, given that they’re ya know, a baby store! I also registered for a few items (that I forgot at BRU) at Target, since I could do that quick and easily online. Michelle has my baby shower scheduled for January 9th and I’ve also scheduled a couple of classes at the local hospital. Mike and I will be taking a 4 hour long “newborn care” class and I’ll be taking a 3 1/2 hour breastfeeding class. Hopefully they’re helpful and not a waste of time and money. I’ll be scheduling our birthing classes next week when I’m at the OB, hopefully we can get those done in December.
My next appointment is the 15th, and I’ll be 23 weeks then. Should be a pretty quick appointment, but at that appointment we’ll schedule some other tests that I’ll be needing in the coming months, and I’ll have the doctor write a note saying that I’m OK to fly at 28 weeks, since we’re heading out to Kentucky to see Mike’s family for Thanksgiving.
More update next week!
