Today's Post (28 weeks 3 days)

Not much going on today. I go to a nutrition class on Tuesday morning - they will also show us how to test our own blood sugar. Until then, I'm just trying to figure out what it is o.k. to eat and what isn't. Since I have a bit of a sweet tooth, while I was at the store last night, I got myself some sugar free lifesavers and sugar free jello. My husband is very sweet in that he said he would follow my diet along with me - he doesn't have to though.

This morning I went to the PT and I love going to the PT - the massage part being the best part, of course. The PT I saw today said I have a lot of knots in my upper back, which is probably why my upper back has been hurting a lot lately. Another issue that seems to be developing is my right knee hurts - not sure why. It usually hurts when I'm sitting down on something a bit low - like the toilet at home and at work. I have to steady myself on our sink to get down there and back up again. Hopefully, I can do some exercises to help my knee out some.

Tomorrow, I'm going to a CLE at the law school I graduated from. Super exciting CLE! The law school is conveniently right across the street from the hospital my friends are at, so I'm going to visit with them before my mom, sister and 2 nieces arrive.

Well, that's all for today. If I don't write again before tomorrow, everyone have a great weekend!

Glucose, OB, PT and more (27 weeks 4 days)

Well, I just found out the results today for my first glucose test…I failed. So next Tuesday at 8 a.m., I will have to go through the fasting 3-hour test. It shall be a fun time (so much sarcasm in that statement). Not sure what I will do with myself in between the blood draws – bring a good book? Ask a friend to join me in that boredom, as I’m sure Jon won’t be able to come? Probably shouldn’t do that last one – it will be too boring – I wouldn’t subject someone on purpose to that amount of boredom.

I also have an OB appointment that afternoon, so I’m taking the whole day off work. I’m hoping nothing has changed in my cervix length since last week - otherwise, the OB may just push for bedrest. Not that I love going to work, but I’d like to be able to go at least one more month before I have to leave work. I’ll do whatever the OB says, of course.

Last night, Jon and I went to another class. This one was all about coping with labor pains in different ways including with breathing, food, and smells. The teacher tortured us (both of us – the husbands weren’t getting off that easy) with trying out these coping techniques by making us hold ice in our hands for the length of a contraction. I found that what worked the best for me (though didn’t necessarily work all that well) were hard candies and really strong perfume smells – those I found somewhat distracting. The others not at all.

Today’s PT appointment went really well – she showed me some more exercises, and then came the best part – a massage. She seemed to know exactly where I needed the pressure – it felt so incredibly good.

This weekend isn’t nearly as busy as prior weekends, thank goodness. We have our tour of the hospital tonight. Tomorrow, I have nothing planned, but I may go to the Seattle Public Library sale to see I can find some children’s books (I have enough books for myself though I doubt I’ll be able to resist looking for books for me – we’ll see how I feel). On Sunday, we are going to a preparing for postpartum class at the hospital – luckily, it is just for 2 hours. I may go to the book sale this day rather than Saturday since books are ½ off the already cheap price.

Sometime this weekend, we need to clean up a couple of our rooms for our guests coming into town next weekend for my shower so they have a place to sleep. Up until now, those two rooms have been places to put things until I found a permanent place to put them. My brother is also coming to live with us in early May so we need one of the rooms cleaned for him too.

Wow, that makes it seem busy, but it doesn’t seem that bad considering what the past weekends have been like. Anyway, have a great weekend everyone!

27 weeks 3 days

So for some reason, I’ve been feeling a little nauseous again – particularly in the morning. Not sure what that’s about, but it can go away again please… I’ve also started having bloody noses.

Last night, after resting for a while, I got up and went to Dr. Google to find out exactly what is “normal” for cervix length around 27 weeks. I didn’t find much that wasn’t some abstract of some medical article – not exactly helpful. Places I did find said something about a 17% of having a preemie if the cervix is around 2 cm or that the babies could come around week 34 – but that’s for a singleton, I’m sure. So the information I found wasn’t very useful. While searching, some sites said that the third trimester begins at week 28, while others say 27…

Tonight, my husband and I are going to yet another class – this one called “coping with confidence” – I can’t remember exactly what that is about. Speaking of classes, I see that my hospital has finally decided to start a multiples class to compete with UW – not until July (I think), but better late than never, I guess.

Tomorrow night, my husband and I are going to tour the hospital we plan to have our babies at (though I’ve already had a mini-tour from a doctor friend). Tomorrow is also my 2nd PT appointment.

PT & Other Stuff (26 weeks 4 days)

Although my sister already answered the question relating to Tums in my last post, I thought I would just write a quick response in this post. Because of my past history with kidney stones and because of my family’s history with kidney stones and other kidney issues, that is the reason my OB doesn’t want me to take Tums (though sometimes I do anyway because the heartburn is too much and the Zantac doesn’t work fast enough). I’m trying to remember to take the Zantac each night, but I’m also a little nervous to take it though the doctor said it was o.k. I guess I’m nervous it will hurt the babies and I’d rather deal with the heartburn.


Anyway, this morning I went to my first physical therapy appointment (at least, first for the pregnancy). It was a good appointment though I expected more exercising b/c when I last went to physical therapy (for my back way back when in high school), that’s all we did. But this appointment I guess was more for the PT to get a general idea of what the problems are and to give me some general exercises and tips to help with that. We did a few exercises though. After she checked me out and we did some exercises, she mentioned that I am definitely tight in places and I may be starting down the road of separation of my pubic symphysis so she suggested things to help with that. She also said I should get a better support belt to support my belly with beside the one that I have so I guess that’s one thing I will be doing this weekend along with everything else.

This weekend, my husband and I plan to go to the Eastside multiples sale tomorrow morning – I’ve heard it is quite huge so I’m looking forward to seeing what’s there. After that, my husband is going to do some stuff with his family while I go to my friend’s baby shower in the afternoon. She just mentioned to our support group that she’s been put on strict bedrest now (she has been on modified bedrest) – good thing the shower is at her house! I’m looking forward to seeing her and my other support group buddies, including a support group friend who is now 11 weeks pregnant with twins and who I haven’t seen in a long while. After the shower, I’m meeting my husband and my in-laws back at our house for dinner. Jon’s brother and his family are in town so they will be joining us too.

As of right now, there isn’t much going on this Sunday but that could be changing soon. I do need to get back in the baby room and organize some things some more, so hopefully, I’ll have some time to do that. I need to call some more day cares too – though I may not get an answer on a Sunday. Speaking of day cares, Jon and I went to go look at a day care last night that’s a bit further north than the one I looked at on Monday. I did not get a good impression with this one. It seemed disorganized and messy and I was very uncertain as to the whole layout of the place. Plus, we both had a hard time understanding the day care owner because of her heavy accent. So I guess that place is out of consideration.

Well, that’s about it for today. Looking forward to the baby shower tomorrow – I love seeing my support group buddies and for such a wonderful event too! My Seattle shower is taking place on the 28th (at least, that’s the last I heard). I also got an invitation a couple weeks ago for yet another shower that is going on May 5th. This is the time for baby showers, I guess!

Have a great weekend everyone and I’ll be back on Monday to share the latest ultrasound news!