30 weeks

First, I want to say that I got the results for that Glucose Test and I passed! No Gestational Diabetes for me!! I am, though, slightly anemic. Nothing too serious though. I've been instructed to take 325mg of Ferrous Sulfate once/day. I'm wondering if that's part of the reason I've been so tired lately...? I've been feeling good, just, like I said, tired. I'm off work for 2 weeks, then go back to work for 2 weeks, then I'm done for the summer! We have a lot going on right now, so I need the extra time...and energy...to get things together without losing my mind! We're purchasing my Mom and Ben's house and moving in dangerously close to my due date. So between packing, needing to "nest" and then getting settled, we have a lot on our plate. Cory's been SO great! He's picked up some slack on the house work since my energy and coordination have slightly dissipated. ;o) I don't even know what I would do without him! We're getting more and more excited to meet little Miss Ellie! I know it's still too early, but I really want to be done just so i can see her! Only 65 more days!!!

Our 30 week check was short and sweet. The dr. was over in the main hospital delivering a baby so the nurse did all the routine checks for us. Ellie's heart rate was 146, she said , "Perfect!" She discovered that sometime in the last 2 weeks Ellie has turned herself so she's head down! She'll probably flip flop again a time or two but for right now that's where she is! I was also informed that some of the crazy movements I've been feeling are not really the baby "stretching" but in fact Braxton Hicks Contractions. Not painful, thank God, they just feel like her head on one side and her butt on the other were poking out as far as they could at the same time. This is why I thought she was stretching. Usually, almost immediately, after I feel this I feel her get all wiggly and the nurse put it to me like this, "If your home was closing in around you wouldn't you get a little wiggly too?" :o) I laughed! It's true, I'd probably get a little squirmy. It's neat to know just one more thing that's going on in there! She's still moving around as busy as ever! It's quite obvious that she's running out of room though. Things are definitely becoming tighter and her movements are more and more obvious. I love every minute of it though, even if they are becoming increasingly uncomfortable. And...to close this post, I need to add that I now weigh in at 143. ;o)

32 week check up: March 28, 2008