What I Know Now at 27 Weeks...

So Friday was the big glucose test that I have been DREADING for months now.. I know I know.. I make the biggest deal out of the lamest things.. but I have seriously been nervous! I am so SO glad it's over with now.. It was awful!!! That drink is disgusting and the lady that drew my blood missed or something (I'm not really sure I don't watch them, but I know I got poked more then once) my arm is so so sore and I have a big bruise, it hurt and I was not happy. The rest of the day sucked, I'm pretty sure that drink made me sick and I couldn't eat anything all day.. On a happy note.. Dr said that the baby is still looking great!! The ultrasound looked good, the baby weighs 2.2 pounds now!! Instead of seeing the dr every four weeks we now go every 3 weeks and then after that we will go once a week.

THE DISGUSTING DRINK.. YOU HAVE TO DRINK IT IN 5 MINUTES!! UGH

I found this article on baby gaga and thought it was pretty funny just because I relate to it so much.

When you’re pregnant, you’re getting ready to change all the “labels” in your life. You go from “wife” to “mother.” “Childless” to “Mom.” There’s another label they may forget to tell you about: Human pincushion.

I have never been poked with a needle as many times as I have while I was pregnant. It seemed that every time I turned around, someone was telling me they needed this or that tested and, of course, it always needed to be a blood test.

The most annoying test, to me, was the gestational diabetes test. Not only would you find out if you would have to stop consuming that gallon of ice cream every night, but you’d actually have to drink a sugary syrup before having your blood drawn.

The doctors always scared me with this test. They’d hand me a glass bottle with a bunch of directions typed on it and say “See you next month. Make sure to follow the directions.”

Too bad the directions were written by someone who had never met a pregnant woman that worried too much.

“Do not eat for X hours before test. Do not look North while drinking the orange soda. Do not hold your breath for longer than six seconds and please do not think about peeing in the next five hours.”

After you drink the orange soda, you have to make sure to get to the doctor’s office in a certain amount of time for them to do the blood work. From the minute the bottle touched my lips to my entering the doctor’s office, I would keep worrying that I wouldn’t get there in time and I had drunk the drink for nothing.

“I’m here for the glucose test!” I’d scream as I ran in. “I drank the drink exactly one hour and 55 minutes ago and I need someone to draw my blood now or I JUST MIGHT DIE.”

I never did die, nor did I ever miss the time frame given for me to have my blood drawn. I did, however, annoy plenty of nurses due to repeating “Oh no. I think I’m going to faint. I hate this. I’m going to faint. I have bad veins. HURRY THE HECK UP ALREADY.”


Just wanted to post a few things on what I have been feeling this last week so I can remember everything...

- Continued back pain
- Extreme exhaustion
- Loss of Appetite
- Getting bigger which is causing some slight depression (don't worry.. nothing serious.. just feeling    sorry for myself)
- Very emotional
- Baby is still hanging out in my ribs which = a very uncomfortable me
- I was about 99% almost passed out at work the other day.. it freaked me out. I asked the doctor and he said it's normal and that I need to keep myself hydrated and keep a granola bar nearby. He said that as the baby gets bigger she will take more and more away from me and it can cause you to pass out or get light headed or faint if you don't keep up on everything.

This cartoon makes me laugh because it really is so true.. 

Let's just say that I am so so HAPPY that this is over with and am even happier I didn't get a call from the doctor with any bad news!! This weekend was our Valentines weekend and it was AMAZING.. I will do a post on it some time this week letting you know what we did!