So I endured the nasty 50 ml of glucola drink (tastes like mcdonald's orange drink without the water it is mixed with) got my blood draw at 8am on Monday morning....by Tuesday morning at 10 am I had the news....elevated blood sugar, you need to take the 3 hour torture test!
This means 3 hours of boredom, 4 vein pricks, and 100 ml of nastiness that makes me gag with each chug. Oh yeah, and if you vomit it up, which I feel like I could do, you get to start the fun all over again another day.
I am soooo sure Pumkin will be worth it though!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
27 weeks and counting...
So I had another dr appt today, so I thought I would update you all on the goings ons of little Pumkin.
First of all, I am not so sure he/she is that little. The karate chops that I am getting to in internals tell me this baby is the equivilent of Mia Hamm (girl soccer player) or David Beckham (boy soccer player)...yep, I am getting plain assualted. So vigorously that Brian was successfully able to feel baby wake up and kick someone (me) and it knocked his had off the belly. Yep, I felt it jump.
The appointment today went well. Here's the scoop:
First of all, I am not so sure he/she is that little. The karate chops that I am getting to in internals tell me this baby is the equivilent of Mia Hamm (girl soccer player) or David Beckham (boy soccer player)...yep, I am getting plain assualted. So vigorously that Brian was successfully able to feel baby wake up and kick someone (me) and it knocked his had off the belly. Yep, I felt it jump.
The appointment today went well. Here's the scoop:
- I am gaining exactly what I am supposed to (about 1/2 - 1 lb each week).
- My blood pressure is great 118/66, which means nothing to me, but they say it's good!
- My test for 5th's disease came back completely negative, which means Pumkin has no exposure or effects of that.
- Pumkin's heartrate was 154 today...a level Greyson's never was that high
- I have to get sugar tested next week...we'll see what happens with that!
Friday, April 10, 2009
25 Weeks
Week Twenty Five: Exploration continues
You are 25 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 23 weeks)
Baby is now pretty well built portion wise even though it still has little body fat and its skin is thin. The structures of the spine begin to form -- All 33 rings, 150 joints and 1000 ligaments. The tiny brain is growing rapidly, and the baby is starting to fill the space in your uterus. The uterus is now about the size of a soccer ball and mom looks pregnant.
Your baby's hands are now fully developed, although some of the nerve connections to the hands have a long way to go. Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and clasp objects placed in palm. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may have become baby's prime entertainment. Fascinated by the amount of tactile stimulation a fetus gives itself; it touches a hand to the face, one hand to the other hand, clasps its feet, touches its foot to its leg, its hand to its umbilical cord. Twins will explore each other and begin their bonding. See: Twins 3D sonagram movie.
Blood vessels of the lungs develop. Your baby's nostrils begin to open. The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. Their swallowing reflexes are developing. Baby can hear sounds outside the womb and the brain cells are starting to mature also. Already it can learn and remember and can recognise its mother and fathers voice.
Babies at 25 weeks of pregnancy stand a 50% chance of survival.
You are 25 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 23 weeks)
- The unborn child is 34 cm in length and weighs almost 690 grams.
- Baby is around 13.5 inches in length and weighs 1 and half pounds.
- Bones are becoming solid, hands are now fully developed.
- The brain is growing rapidly, the brain cells are starting to mature.
- The sexual organs are fully developed.
Baby is now pretty well built portion wise even though it still has little body fat and its skin is thin. The structures of the spine begin to form -- All 33 rings, 150 joints and 1000 ligaments. The tiny brain is growing rapidly, and the baby is starting to fill the space in your uterus. The uterus is now about the size of a soccer ball and mom looks pregnant.
Your baby's hands are now fully developed, although some of the nerve connections to the hands have a long way to go. Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and clasp objects placed in palm. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may have become baby's prime entertainment. Fascinated by the amount of tactile stimulation a fetus gives itself; it touches a hand to the face, one hand to the other hand, clasps its feet, touches its foot to its leg, its hand to its umbilical cord. Twins will explore each other and begin their bonding. See: Twins 3D sonagram movie.
Blood vessels of the lungs develop. Your baby's nostrils begin to open. The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. Their swallowing reflexes are developing. Baby can hear sounds outside the womb and the brain cells are starting to mature also. Already it can learn and remember and can recognise its mother and fathers voice.
Babies at 25 weeks of pregnancy stand a 50% chance of survival.
Popcorn baby
So over the last few weeks the baby has been moving like crazy. I love it. It is so cool to be sitting there and then boom, kick to the side. Last night, instead of the nightly bathroom urge waking me up, it was baby movement that literally felt like a popcorn popper in my belly. I notice lots of movement at night, which I am hoping is NOT a sign that baby will be nocturnal once born!
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