Here's my big sister!!!

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

34 weeks


Here is a sono of his little face. Evidently the bigger they get the harder it is to get a good pic. You can see his mouth and cheek and his eye. He is looking straight at us!!!

Monday, January 26, 2009

Weighing in at 34 weeks...

We went in for another sono on Friday and he is measuring about 5 lbs 9 oz. At least that is what they tell us. That means he grew just a little less than a pound in the last 2 weeks. It also means he is in the 41st percentile for his fetal age. This is good. It means he is not growing at an alarming rate (so far) and the insulin is working (so far... we have had to increase it quite a bit here and there) and keeping everything functioning the way it should be. It is looking more and more like we may have an average sized baby!!! This is exciting for me being that the last baby I had was 8 lbs 13 oz... oh, and that I was at about this point in my pregnancy when I had her!
The doctor had mentioned the other day that she was going to let me go all the way up to my c section date to make sure he is as healthy as he can be and his lungs are fully developed. In all honesty, at this point I wish they had done the same with Karsen and just planned a c section instead of inducing me early and making me end up cesarean anyway... I think her asthma stems from her early delivery and I want to make sure he has healthy lungs all throughout his life!!!
We still are not set on a name! I'll keep posting as more stuff happens!!!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Birthday blessings... at work and home!

Yesterday was my birthday...was not very excited about it this year... But, I got to work and my whole desk was decorated, so that made me happy. Then they got me my favorite lunch (salad trio from Cafe Maxx - Cesar, chicken & cucumber) and then EVERYBODY came rolling into the office and they brought out a cake and sang me Happy Birthday. The cake had both baby stuff and birthday stuff on it so I was a little confused. Then they brought out my crib mattress... I don't think anyone else in this world has ever been so excited about a crib mattress but it was exactly what I needed!!! I was so worried about how I was going to get the crib mattress and they all pitched in and got it for me. Even the maintenance guys!!! Plus they got us cute hoodie towels and receiving blankets and onsies and a soft blanket. They gave me a little baby shower and a birthday party. It was a very special work day!
I left a little early to stop and get gas on my way home and ended up getting stuck behind a wreck and called Brandon all panicked. He kept saying he would leave and go get Karsen and to take my time... I had no idea he had already left early and was at central market getting my favorite dinner and flowers... I finally got home and he had it all ready- Chicken Parmesan and asparagus! Nothing could have tasted better. I have had a real love/hate relationship with food these days and NOTHING sounded good anymore. I ate my dinner and my nightly treat of frozen sugar free vanilla pudding and even had a great blood sugar reading. (I had been testing high at night so they upped my insulin again and this time it worked!)
I had such a great birthday and now we get to see Little Man today again at 3:30 and see how big he's getting!!

Friday, January 16, 2009

He's growing!.....

Just an update:
Went to the Ob yesterday and measuring 34 weeks (I'm 33 weeks). He's growing a little fast but not too bad. Still having a little trouble with my blood sugar. When I wake up its way too high, breakfast is perfect, lunch starts to drop but not too low and spike again at dinner. I'm starting to get more and more frustrated with my inability to control it no matter how much insulin I take, but I am trying very hard to stay positive. Maybe sometimes more positive than others but it is started to get discouraging... Oh well, I will pull out of my funk soon! Off to get round 2 of sonograms today!!! Maybe he will get me a good pic I can post this time... Last time I got some excellent footage of my amniotic fluid that look like big blobs of nothing. I am crossing my fingers for a profile pic!!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Lots and Lots of Sonograms

We had a sonogram appointment and endocrinologist's dietitian appointment yesterday.
The dietitian went well. They had upped my insulin a bit earlier this week and in the morning it still wasn't enough so she told me to up it another unit. And drink milk. I had not been able to drink milk because it put my sugar up too high, but she said just give an extra unit of insulin and drink it. Plus she wants me to eat more and more often... Really? Before I went in I honestly thought I had gained 5 + lbs, but I was down a lb. Woohoo!
After that I met Brandon at Presby for the Sono. I will omit the drama that went with that and just give the warning that the cafe in the lobby of the Margot Perot building at Presby of Dallas ONLY TAKES CASH. This can cause uncontrollable sobbing in 32 week, diabetic pregnant women that are already an hour late eating their lunch. But, as usual Brandon saved the day and brought me a wonderful salad from the Health food store next door to his store which now has me craving egg salad... so we went in for the sono and it well too. He is getting BIGGER. The dr. says he weighs about 4 lbs 11 oz and has plenty of amniotic fluid. BUT... I need to have one every week now. Has he never heard of a copay? At $30 a pop, 7 weeks worth that is $210 PLUS all my other doctors and the hospital deductable!! I had already met it for last year but this was a new calendar year...
Enough rambling....

Monday, January 5, 2009

Head down, 32 weeks and counting!

Karsen went to the doctor with me on Friday. He is head down. Thursday we go in for a sono, so we will see how big he is and what he has been doing in there for the past 14 weeks!

Baby's first (and last) Cottonbowl


We got to go to the Cottonbowl to see Tech play this year. Brandon got an autographed ball, parking passes, tickets to the brunch and 40 yard line tickets!!! We had a lot of fun until about the 3rd quarter. Tech started losing and my back started hurting so we left. But I was a champ other than that and he was moving around the whole time from all the excitement. I am not sure if I could have made it without the brunch, though. All that extra protien and clean bathrooms made it totally worth it!