Another 4D u/s....

I had one more 3d/4d u/s today. I went to a different one then the one I had at 20 weeks. I just had to have another one since she now has fat on her and the other one she didn't. Well she is more chubby than I thought she was going to be for 28 weeks. The u/s tech kept raving how adorable she was(I definitely have to agree with her) she took more pics of her then she has at any other u/s(I even checked from all her other costumers and there was a whole bunch and she did take more pics of my baby girl). 40 pics, which was more then she was suppose to. She said she just had to and that if her other u/s were like mine, it would make her job easier, because this little one was so photogenic. She had the hiccups again at this u/s. She has them everyday now. She is head down which is great and the u/s tech said her cord isn't wrapped around her at all and that usually the cords are a little bit. Which was a relieve. We saw her swallowing and practicing breathing(her chest kept going up and down). Her eyes were open the whole time and she said her legs are long and above average length(measuring a week ahead). So she'll probably be long. She weighs about 3 pounds 3oz now, which is also above average, lol!!! You can tell from the pics, as she already has big cheeks. She is more beautiful then I imagined!!! Now I really cant wait until April. My mom said she looks just like I did. I got a keepsake photo album, a CD-ROM with all her photo's on them and a DVD of the u/s.

7 month Checkup

I had my checkup appointment yesterday. Had to get the Rho-gam shot which burned and then had to get blood work to check for Rh antibodies since I have negative blood type.
I was measuring 33cm(I think they measure the stomach in cm), at my last appointment 2 weeks ago I was measuring 28cm. So that's a big difference but then again I had just ate before this appointment and usually my appointments are in the morning before I eat(not sure if that would make a difference though). I go back in 2 more weeks(week 30) and then again at 32 weeks for an u/s to see how much the baby weighs. I guess my appointments are now every 2 weeks.

3 Hour Glucose test

I passed my 3 hour Glucose test. It was not fun at all though. Luckily I don't think the juice is that bad. I had to drink twice as much as I did before and felt SO full afterwards. I had a hard time breathing the whole time there(it was awful!). That happens a lot when I'm full. Right now I get full pretty fast. I'm suppose to drink 8-10 glasses of water a day and eat 6 small meals. I've been trying to time when to eat and drink so that I can do this. I had such a hard time eating 6 small meals yesterday. I can hardly eat 3 meals a day. I get full off of a half peanut butter sandwich. Anyways my appointment today was at 8:45am, they took my blood at that time and then I got the finger pricks every hour for 3 hours(I hate the finger pricks). To pass you have to get
Fasting less than 95, I got a 91
1 Hour less than 180, I got a 166
2 Hour less than 155, I got a 124
3 hour less than 140, I got a 121
I was so happy to be able to eat afterwards, because I had to fast for 12 hours. So I had to stop eating at around 8pm the night before.
That's all for now.

Found out some family history

Well my oldest bio sister came over to visit with me today. I had just told her I was expecting(I know I waited a long time to tell her) and she told our other sister and everyone is very excited! I think I've mentioned I was adopted a while ago. Well anyways I met half my sisters almost 2 years ago and found out I have 7 sisters by my bio mother. I'm the 3rd oldest. So today me, my mom(not the woman who gave birth to me) and my sister sat down(have I mentioned we are almost exactly a like as well) and talked about my bio family's history. She told me that our family has big babies, lol!
Her first was 9 pounds and he was 2 weeks overdue, her second was 8 pounds 14 oz and was about a week overdue, and her third was the smallest at 7 and a half pounds and she was a couple of days overdue, same with our other sister. She never tore or had to be cut, but our other sister had to get everything reconstructed after she had her first since he was too big for her and she is petite and tore really badly. She also said our family seems to have fast births and none of them including our bio mother who had 8 girls have gotten an epidural. So we'll see if I do. Now I'm a little worried about when I should head to the hospital when I'm in labor. I was going to wait a while before going, but I guess I dont want to wait too long and accidently have the baby a home. Although I would love to have a home birth. I am more worried about having to get cut down there. I rather tear. The good think I found out is we don't have diabetes in the family and everyone wants to throw me a baby shower, so I think I might let them. So either way I'll mostly likely will have a big baby since it runs in my family and donor has big babies. lol!

My doctor appointment today

I had my doctors appointment today and my doctor said everything looks great! I took the drink for the glucose test and it wasn't bad at all. When the doctor was trying to hear the baby's heartbeat with the doppler she was kicking all over the place which cracked the doctor up and me. That drink really had her moving. My belly measured 27 weeks which is great! and after the one hour had passed they took my blood and tested it and told me I barely passed it. I think my number was 136 and 140 is failing. So since I barely passed it I have to get the 3 hour one next week. I am so mad right now. They basicly said I cant eat anything good. No sweets, no rice, nothing with flour in it. This is going to be a long week. Ugh!!

So I have to go next week for the 3 hour glucose test and then the week after that I go back for my Rhogam shot since they're now waiting until I'm 28 weeks for that. Then go back at 32 weeks to measure the baby.

A little update

I had an appointment last week and My stomach was measuring 2 weeks ahead. Her heart rate was in the 150s like always, so that's good! I had gained 6 pounds in 3 weeks though. So I got a lecture from my doctor about it. He said he wanted me to gain only 2 pounds for that appointment. Even though I had gained 12 pounds this pregnancy so far(but since I started out over weight I'm only suppose to gain a total of 25 pounds.). I haven't been eating much differently than I have been, but I guess I'll have to start cutting down on certain foods before my next appointment. Here's my belly pic from week 22. I think there is a little difference from week 18. I no longer have an innie, It's not really an outie yet either though. My belly button will probably be an outie in a week or 2 for sure. I'm carrying out in front. I cant believe I'm 6 months pregnant. Not that much longer now! I have another appointment in a few weeks. For the 1 hour Glucose test and some other blood work and the Rhogam shot since I have RH- blood type. For over a week now, I have been experiencing some nose bleeds at night and shortness of breath depending on where she's at. So I have to sit down and kind of shake my belly to get her to move so I can breath better. It's really cool now I can feel where she's at. I'll have kind of a hard bulge and I can feel when she shifts to one side or to the top of my uterus. It's a weird feeling. Like a tightness and fullness feeling. My feet have started swelling now also. Not much though, just a little. Other than that, everything's great!!

Week 22 belly pic


and you can see a difference with my belly botton from week 18 and week 22

Nothing much going on...

Last night my mom and I went for the hospital tour. I really like the hospital I'm going to deliver at. I like that the baby stays in the room with you the whole time unless there is something wrong. They also have rooms with a jacuzzi . The jacuzzi tub is nice and big. I can only get that room to give birth in if I plan on having a drug free birth. I am planning on that, but I dont know if I'll be able to follow through. Not sure if I'll be able to take the pain of labor. I think it will depend on how long my labor will be though.

I went and had a 3d/4d ultrasound at 19 weeks and the tech guy didn't seem to really know what he was doing at all. He was arguing a little with my mom about how long a 20 week baby is, on all the websites it says they are 10 inches from head to toe and he kept saying they aren't that they dont get that long until the 8th month. He is so wrong though! Then he asked me if my baby's father was AA or CC. My mom wanted to know why and he said it's because AA baby boys have bigger penises than CC(we all know that's a myth) so of course we think he's crazy! he couldn't tell if the baby was a boy or girl after looking between her legs for 10min. So I told him we were already told the baby is a girl from 2 different doctors. Then after 5 mins he agreed. The baby kept turning so when he got to her face, her face was facing downward. So he told us we had to come back in a week. He did take 5 pics that were awful! One of them is a picture of her leg and rest of her except her face, but when he was taking the picture he said it was her arm but you can clearly see that it isn't and the other 4 pictures you cant tell anything. I wouldn't have gone back but I had already paid him.

When he redid the u/s a week later he did a much better job. The pictures were much better even though she was moving everywhere in there(I drank tea right before to help sooth a bad cough that I still have). I have a DVD of the u/s but can't figure out a way to upload it online. She was sucking on her fingers and had the hiccups again. She had no fat on her yet, but we did see that she now has eye brows and looks like she has a dent in her chin like I do. For the past couple of days she's been kicking the heck out of my bladder lol, not a pleasant feeling. Especially when you have a full bladder in the morning. My mom got to feel her moving 2 weeks ago. So that was great! I can not sleep or just lay on my back anymore, I have such a hard time breathing. Here are a couple of pics