That's not my wife's leg

Since Friday I have had swelling in my left leg. This is the first time I've had swelling. I was able to rest it a lot over the weekend, but once I started walking around more the bigger it became. Ryan has listened to my complaining this weekend, but I didn't show my leg to him until yesterday. I had him compare my legs and it was obvious which one was the problem one. We were watching TV on the couch and he kept staring at my leg. Finally he burst out laughing and I told him not to look at my leg anymore. He said to me, "That's not my wife's leg! That's not your leg!" We had a good laugh over it!

On Tuesday I met with the endocrinologist and the nutritionist. I get to check my blood four times a day and I am on a special low carb plan. At the end of the week I email my doctor the record of my blood sugar counts as well as a log of my carb intake at each meal and my morning ketones. They review it to make sure it's okay. It takes a lot of planning and charting, but it is worth it. If my blood sugar can be controlled by my diet then I won't have to take insulin. When I started yesterday, my blood sugar was still high. Today my breakfast and lunch counts were slightly under the goal count, but after dinner I had a normal count! So hopefully it is starting to work! I have also realized how blessed I am to have such a good insurance plan. For all the specialists I have seen and all the prescriptions I have filled, I have paid less than $60 for everything! I also really like how my OB, endocrinologist, and nutritionist all communicate and work together. It feels nice to have so many people keeping a close watch on me and the baby.

30 Weeks

Last night we went and saw Bill Cosby, which was so funny! Here is an updated picture of me for everyone who is asking. The one in the red was from last night and the one in the gray is from today.

Gestational Diabetes

So, yesterday I went in for my three-hour glucose intolerance test. I had to fast overnight and be at the lab first thing in the morning. They took my blood as a baseline before I drank the yummy glucola, and then three more times (once every hour for three hours). I left the lab hungry and with bruises on my arms. The results came back today, gestational diabetes. So now I will go see the endocrinologist on Tuesday and they will teach me how to manage my blood sugar. Fun stuff! There are worse things I can think of to complicate a pregnancy. At least this is very manageable and will most likely go away after the baby is born, so no worries!

The Ant Hill!

Several weeks ago we noticed an ant hill forming at the top of our driveway. I know this because I stepped in it. We also noticed that as the days went on, the mound became bigger and bigger. I was going to poison it, but my laziness got the best of me. One night I noticed that some kid had left a beanie-baby crab in our driveway. Being the weird people that we are, Ryan and I thought it would be funny to put it on top of the every growing ant hill. We joked that these carnivorous ants, set to take over our house, would tear apart this poor crab. Well...they didn't eat it, but they buried it! It took about three days, but each morning we watched the crab slowly disappear before our eyes. How can we poison such creatures!

On a side note, my glucose intolerance test came back high. So now I have to go back and take the three hour test. Yipee.

3rd Trimester!

So I have made it to the 3rd trimester! Today I had my 28 week appointment. Total weight gain is 28 pounds and my belly is measuring at 29.5 cm (1.5 cm bigger than I should be measuring). Up until this point I have always measured within one day of my gestational age. We guessed on the baby's position: head towards the bottom, butt up and towards the left. This makes sense though. When I lay on my back I can usually feel a big hard bump towards my left and that's where we see the big movements. I feel the little finger movements down at the way bottom. I also believe he has been punching my bladder when he stretches. This is a regular and uncomfortable occurrence. I also had the glucose intolerance test today and I got to drink the yummy orange flavored glucola. It didn't taste that bad, but orange isn't my favorite flavor.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ryan's secret is out...he can cook! At the beginning of January I asked Ryan what he wanted to do for Valentine's Day and he suggested that we stay home and he would cook dinner for us. Ryan has never cooked an entire meal for me. I know that he is a fantastic dough maker and his family has told me that he can cook, but until now I had never experienced a homemade Ryan meal that didn't include pizza, pretzels, scones, or root beer. I was delighted in Ryan's suggestion and I waited anxiously for the occasion. On Saturday night Ryan prepared delicious pecan crusted chicken with cranberry stuffing and white asparagus. For dessert, we had homemade double chocolate chile brownies (Ryan and I both love spicy chocolate)! He even topped the hot brownie with a scoop of chocolate icecream and sprinkled it with chocolate flakes that he grated from a chocolate bar. Wow! Everything was so good! Unfortunately for Ryan, he is going to have to cook more often.

Big Belly!

Here are some recent pictures of me at 27 weeks that were taken on Sunday.






I told Ryan that I think this last picture makes me look fat and he informed me that I am fat. I think the camera adds 10 or 15 pounds. This is not what I see when I look in the mirror!