October, 2008

I stumbled onto a blog from this web site so I thought I’d give it a try. It seems that things are so easily forgotten these days so maybe if I get some of our life written down we will remember more before and after this baby comes. Right now I am 19 weeks pregnant and Mikey and I are both taking classes with University of Phoenix for our master’s degrees. Time has seemed to go pretty slowly since we found out we were pregnant. The first few weeks crawled by, but started to pick up a bit when school started in August. So far we have had two ultrasounds, one at about 16 weeks and one at 18 weeks. We found out that it was a girl at the first ultrasound. Mikey was really hoping for a boy so it has taken him some time to get used to the idea, but he is coming around. At the second ultrasound, he asked the tech to check one more time, just to make sure.

The pregnancy has gone very well for me. Although with high blood pressure and Gestational Diabetes, I am considered “high risk.” I was diagnosed with GD at seven weeks, and have been testing my blood sugar 4 times a day since. The biggest issue that they see with GD is basically fat babies. So I have to really watch what I eat and keep my blood sugar low. I have been doing well so far, at each checkup my doctor says that I am doing a good job with my diet. If my sugars start to get out of control, I will have to do insulin injections.

I have only gained about 2-3 pounds, at least that is what my scale at home says. I think the scale at the doctor’s office says the same thing. I go back to the doc on November 5th. The belly is starting to show a bit more and people at work have been commenting on that fact. Although I still don’t think I “look” pregnant.

I have finally started to feel some real baby movement! Yay! I’ve felt some flutters here and there, but today she has really made her presence known. While Mikey was setting up our new bookcase, I went into the bedroom and laid down on my back to see if I could feel anything. Nothing… and then it was like my whole stomach did a flip. She must have been repositioning herself because it was the strangest feeling. Then later I laid down on the couch with my hands on my belly, and I felt a jab from the inside and actually felt a little something on the outside! It was so exciting. I just can’t wait until Mikey can feel her.