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February 17, 2003
*29 weeks and 3 days*
***I finally have a picture up!!!***
I have been trying to get my picture posted on my tagline since I started a preconception diary quite awhile ago!!! I was pretty excited the other day when I noticed that there was a picture next to my intro line! Did you notice that they even fixed my tagline so that is now says that we are due in May, not in April as we originally thought! YEAH...little things excited me lately, I know:)
***the nursery***
Work on the nursery is going so great. We are working on getting some pictures of the progress posted on our website but we aren't quite there yet. Once the room is done, I will post some pictures with a diary entry...who knows how long it will take to get them added to the entry!!:)
I worked really hard on the "big" parts of the mural and think I did a pretty good job, even if I have no realy artistic ability! All that really needs done now is all of the outlining and the shading that my friend wants to do. Then there is the "clean-up" stage that I am really not looking forward to!
***strange pregnancy aches and pains***
For the most part I am feeling pretty darn good right now but have been experiencing more and more aches and pains lately. For one thing, I have been waking up a couple of times a night with my hands totally asleep and tingly...my doctor thinks it is the way I am laying and that I am laying on my hands but goodness is that a weird feeling! I have also been having a lot of calf cramps in the middle of the night. I feel sorry for Eric because the other night the cramp was so bad that I woke up at 3am screaming at the top of my lungs and he really thought I was dying or something! I have started to eat bananas and it seems to be helping, or else that is in my mind:)...I have also started to try to stretch my legs every night before bed.
***my emotions and work***
My emotions have been so up in the air lately that I am starting to feel crazy again! I am feeling overwhelmed with work (3 12 hour days or nights) and grad school, along with all of my other responsibilities. I decided the other day to drop back to part time at work, I will be working 3 12 hour shifts one week and only 2 the next...I hope this helps a bit and that my brain can take some time to relax. It all came crashing down last week at work and I started feeling so tired and overwhelmed...I just wanted to sit on the floor in the middle of the hallway and cry. My manager was pretty okay with my decision and Eric is being so understanding (of course).
Pray for my sanity and join me in the hope that I will someday feel normal again!!:)
***movin' and groovin'***
Carson is still so active and I love feeling him move and kick. Eric loves to touch my tummy and has even started to talk to Carson and Carson seems to respond to his voice with some hard kicks and flip flops! The other night I was laying on my side and Carson started kicking hard...the dog was laying next to my tummy and got so annoyed that he growled at my tummy and moved away, it was so funny.
***doctor's appointment***
had my latest appointment today and things went pretty well, for the most part. I passed my glucose tolerance test from my last appointment (which I knew because I snuck a peak at my lab results from work).
My BP was a little high but I had just come running over from work because I was running late, the doc wasn't worried and neither was I. I gained 1 pound so I am back to an 8 pound gain so far. It took the doc a bit longer to find Carson's heartbeat but once they found it, it sounded wonderful and healthy...161 beats per minute. My doctor spent a lot of time talking with me and answering questions, my parents were at the appointment with me and appreciated the fact that the doctor answered their questions too.
The one thing that he was a little worried about was that my uterus is measuring bigger than it should be...35 cm when I am only 29 weeks along. The size was right on at the last appt. 2 weeks ago. He said this could mean that there is too much fluid developing or that the baby is getting really big. He said that if the size of my uterus is due to the baby's size, then we may be looking at an end result of a 9 pound baby or more. AAGH!!! He scheduled me for an ultrasound on March 3rd to see what is going on and we will go from there. He said that if the baby is really this big than I may need a C-section because my pelvic inlet is too small for that big of a baby. We will just have to wait and see what is up.
My next appointment is March 3rd. Also, we start birthing classes the first week of March and will go the first three weeks of March, one day a week for 3 hours. I am also going to take a breastfeeding class.
I hope eveyone is doing well and I guess this is enough for now!
Until next time
Jen and Carson (due 5/2/03)
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