28 weeks

Well, I'm a little late in posting this, but I wanted to make sure I get this up before my next appt. I had our 28 week check up and Glucose Test on Tuesday March 4. During the check up everything looked perfect! Most importantly, Ellie's heart beat was in the 150's and is measuring right where she should be! She's moving around like crazy and is getting stronger by the day! Some of her movements are becoming quite a bit stronger and sometimes uncomfortable. She's definitely an active little one! I learned in my weekly pregnancy/baby update that she is about 14-15 inches long and 2.5 lbs. now!
Next... I gained 7 lbs. in that 4 weeks since the last appt. I'm now up to 141.5! For a grand total of 16 lbs. *sigh*
As for the Glucose Test...Everything was normal there, I haven't developed Gestational Diabetes!!! For those of you who don't know what this test involves... when you go in, you have to drink about 4 oz. of a thick sugary liquid (either orange or lemon-lime) then wait an hour and get your blood drawn. It's just to make sure your body metabolizes sugar properly. Everyone says that the liquid is the most awful thing ever, but I really didn't think it was that bad. Just tasted like orange soda with no bubbles. I got a little bit of a sugar rush about 15 minutes after drinking it (oh by the way, you can't eat ANYTHING 2 hours before the test) but nothing too horrific! Like I said, everything with that ended up great. They did find, though, that I'm a little on the anemic side of "normal" (they test for this too) so I've been instructed to take 325mg of Ferrous Sulfate once/day. I feel fine, but maybe this explains the increase of sleep I've needed lately ;o)
My appts. are now every 2 weeks (AHHH!) so my updates will become more frequent!

30 week check up: March 18, 2008.