Tired Mommy Tales

I’ve been slacking a little on my updates…I’m kinda in that stage that not a whole lot changes so haven’t really felt like I had enough blog-worthy to share. I’m not too terribly uncomfortable yet, still have energy, can sleep at night, all that good stuff. And looking back, I don’t remember a time at the end of my pregnancy with Brooke when I was just ready for it to be over. Hopefully that will be the case this time too.

Yesterday was the 30 week mark and I’ve been in my third trimester for 2 weeks now. I can’t believe we are 10 weeks or less from having this baby! Ack!! At the same time, a couple friends of ours have had their babies and I’m jealous that they’re snuggling their newborns. Guess ya can’t win for losin’!

I had a midwife appointment at 28 weeks and Baby Girl’s heartbeat sounded good and we measured exactly on target. Yes, I measured right on so everyone who keeps asking if I’m going to go any day now…NO! I have two months to go! My next appointment we’ll get one more ultrasound and I’m looking forward to seeing Baby Girl a little bigger! I’m curious how big they’ll estimate her to be.

I did have issues with the results of my 1 hour glucose test so had to go back a couple days later and do the 3-hour. Not that I was expecting it to be a spa day but it wasn’ t fun.  The first hour really hit me hard and I felt yucky, for lack of a better word.  I was sleepy, jittery, naseous…yuck!  I was worried about it until the lady drawing my blood told me that most people will have some kind of reaction which makes sense when you figure you ingest 100g of glucose in less that 10 minutes.  I haven’t heard anything from the birth center so I’m choosing to assume that meant everything was fine. No news is good news, right?

While Keith’s parents were in town they helped get Baby Girl’s dresser assembled. Now I just need to start putting some clothes and stuff in there. I also took some time over the weekend to inventory the cloth diapers we already have, what we have on our registry, and what we might still need to add.

I’ve started realizing that now is the time to really start thinking about getting my mind and body ready for labor. I’ve been drinking lots more water and raspberry leaf tea, getting out and walking during breaks at work, reading birth books (I’m working on this one right now). One of the midwives I saw recently suggested working on relaxation techniques so I’ve been taking nice warm baths whenever I have the chance since I plan to take advantage of the birthing tubs during labor. I also REALLY need to get on the ball and get a doula lined up. I think that will be my goal by the end of the month!

If you haven’t yet, you can still place a guess on what Baby Girl’s birth stats will be on the ExpectNet poll!