Yay!

Dr. Risky said my numbers look beautiful (his words, not mine) and that I can start pricking my finger twice a day starting today!!! I say that is pretty fantastic cause the 4 times a day was starting to get real old, real quick.

Update from Doctor's appointment

I met with the High Risk doctor to go over the gestational diabetes (GD) diagnosis last week and to be honest I left not really any more knowledgeable than when I got there. I did get to see the little booger again! It is amazing to see how much he/she has grown since the last time we saw him/her. The baby is weighs about 3 pounds 9 ounces. Dr. High Risk then went over very briefly on how to manage the diabetes, gave me a one day sample menu, and then the fun part; showed me how to prick my fingers 4 times a day!

For the last week I have cut out the sugar, white flour and watched my portion sizes and my numbers have all been below the cutoff. It's a little bit of a trial and error game to see what works for me. I have to go in to see him tomorrow real quick to go over my weeks worth of numbers and I am hoping he will let me poke my fingers fewer times a day because I am managing it well(not to mention my fingers could use a break!)

Sweet little baby face!

I'm feeling a bit better about the whole thing and just hope we don't have anything else pop up along the way. Only 10 more weeks!!

Hollywood!

We met up with some of my family yesterday for lunch at Hollywood and Highland. Brynn's first trip to Hollywood to see the Walk of Fame, the Hollywood sign, Grumman's Chinese Theater (all the hand and footprints), and of course all of the Hollywood weirdos! Believe it or not it was the first time I did all of this too...well, I have seen the Hollywood sign and weirdos before. It was nice to get out of Santa Clarita and enjoy the nice weather and change of scenery. (If you look closely in the picture above you can see the teeny tiny Hollywood sign.)

Playing in the fountain!

Out front of Grumman's...and this counts as week 29 bump pic!

Brynnee Mouse!

We brought Brynn to Disneyland last week for the first time. Ally's Mom and family volunteered their time and got free passes to the park for all of us to go. We've exposed Brynn more to the Sesame Street characters vs. the Disney characters, so I'm not even sure she knew who in the world Goofy was. But do any of us really know what in the world Goofy is anyway?

Brynn rode the tea cups, Dumbo, carousel, It's a Small World, Jungle Cruise, the Nemo Sub, Buzz Light Year, Winnie the Pooh, Pinocchio and actually fell asleep during the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. She only cried once...stupid Pinocchio!
And of course, she got her very own Minnie Mouse hat with her name stitched on the back. I know she won't remember any of it, but Ally and I will. Great time.

As Tigger would say, "Ta ta for now."

Do you hear that?

It's me whining over here...my numbers were high for the 3 hour test. Blah!

I saw the OB this morning and he was very reassuring (as he always is, part of why we love him!) and they refer out for gestational diabetes. I have an appointment on Tuesday with him and he will go over everything that I can/can't eat, do an ultrasound, and check my blood sugar again. I know it is only for a short period of time, but no sugar and limiting anything that tastes good for 11 weeks just seems like such a cruel thing to do to a pregnant woman!

I guess one upside is that we will get to see the baby more often. They will be doing more ultrasounds to check the size of the baby, as a lot of patients with gestational diabetes tend to have bigger babies.

If you plan on seeing this baby after he/she is born be prepared to pay a price!! Some sort of dessert, candy, cookie or goody will be your price of admission! And if you think I'm joking, just you wait!

Oh, and everything looked good with the baby at the appointment this morning! And we are now down to appointments every 2 weeks...how did that happen so fast?

Happy Mother's Day!

We hope everyone enjoyed their Mother's Day! I had a great day...Brynn and Scott treated me like a queen!! This picture also counts as a 28 week bump pic!

Third trimester

I'm in the third trimester here people!!! How in the world did that happen so quickly? I had my 1 hour glucose test last Friday and I failed by 2 points, if you remember with Brynn I failed by 1 point. So today I went in for the 3 hour, hopefully we will find out early next week that I passed and don't need to be on some modified diet. Seriously, I don't think I can handle twelve weeks without sugar!! Cross your fingers for me.

The baby is moving all the time; rolls, punches, kicks! And it is still kind of surreal to see my stomach move so much from the outside....alien belly for sure!

The Pretty, Cute and Ugly

Pretty...Got a cute shot of her...all smiles! (see the top teeth?)Ugly...Then this happens...pick a winner! (I know it isn't really ugly)

Cute...Trying to see what is happening on the other side of the fence. Two peas in a pod! I can see all the trouble these two will be getting in!