Just freaking beat

Ok, I have hit the wall of the last month.  I am so tired, my hips, my back, everything hurts. 

I have my GD under control

I had a 35 week ultrasound, and he is measuring big they say, but not too big.

Here he is.

Gestational Diabetes

I got it and have to take insulin at night.   Crapola, but whatever.
The baby is measuring fine.  His heart rate is fine. His movements are fine.  I am fine.  i just sat in the OB triage for 4 hrs trying to get a baseline on this guy, but he is so freaking active it took that long! 

I lost a pound since they put me on this low glycemic diet, so now I have only gained 23 lbs.  I thought 25 lbs was my limit according to my OB, however the gestational diabetes nurses said I should only gain 10 for the entire pregnancy.  I am obese based off my BMI.  Oh and I shrunk an inch.

Bottom line:    I am mad at the system for being inconsistent and the system actually seems inconsistent depending on your insurance.  So I am pissed at the system. 
I will take the insulin, I will do whatever I need to do to make sure the baby is healthy, however, almost everyone I talk to thinks this is ridiculous.

Is it?  Are they trying to pinpoint the increase of childhood obesity, or are they just trying to make an emotionally unstable pregnant woman feel like crap.  Who knows!  

Mother's Day

I just got to say, Baby Daddy wished me a Happy Mother's day last night and gave me a hug.   It made my day.

Just got back from a Newborn parenting class and I actually learned a lot.

1) They do not recommend baby powder at all anymore!
2) Diaper rash cream really isn't affective unless it is 40% zinc oxide, and hardly any of the products are.
3)  New recommendations say letting your baby cry it out is actually worse for the child later in life.
4) The baby should be in your room for the 1st 6 mos.  Not in your bed, but in a co-sleeper or bassinet.
5) Poop from breast feeding is runny.
6) You shouldn't cook, clean or run errands the first few weeks....have other people do it.  Now that is sweet.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and expecting moms!!!

Chinese Fortune Cookies

So over the last year at work, we order Chinese food every so often.  I have been taping the fortunes to my computer monitor and was looking at them this AM and realized, WOW!!!

Here they are (In order I might add).  You can analyze them yourself...

• Courage is grace under pressure.
• You will enjoy good health and financial independence.
• Pleasure awaits your company.
• Confidence isn't something that you get.  It's something that you are.
• If you are wise with your decisions, good things are bound to come.
• This year your highest priortity will be your family.
• Love is on its way.
• one of the greatest discoveries is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
• A beautiful smart, and loving person will be coming into your life.
• The kind of advice we do not like to take often turns out to be the best.
• You have a remarkable power which you are not using.
• Remember three months from this date.  Good things are in store for you.  (Rec'vd 4/23/10)

I hope to remember checkin on July 23rd to see what is in store for me!!!

32 Weeks and boy am I beat

So I am 32 weeks now, the baby is the size/weight of a large jicima (I love that stuff).   I am always exhausted, my hips pop all the time and my groin and lower ab muscles are stretching and are always sore.  Otherwise I am great!!!  Oh, I have a weird rash/burn/excema on my fingers that the chief of Dermatology at my work thinks was a reaction to Doxycycline that I was mixing up at work for a study and I got it on me, and then was exposed to the sun all weekend so I reacted with a crazy burn/blistering thing.  It is pretty gross but healing at the same time. One doc said it may be Shingles and that freaked the crap out of me....but they don't think it is that!

I am feeling a bit overwhelmed lately  and I am starting to get a bit scared.  I am sure I will be fine, but I guess with 8 weeks left, there is no turning back!  hahaha.  I think the exhaustion has a factor in this scared feeling.

Baby Daddy and I are doing well and seem to be enjoying the time we spend together.  We are far from perfect, but it is way better than before.

My mom will be here in a week and I can't wait.  I have a lot to do and I know she will be a huge help and I couldn't ask for more!


Okay, I am going to take  a nap.  Happy spring and sunny days in SF. 

My artistic side...

Here are photos of the piggy bank I made for my little man last weekend!  Ha, so freaking domestic, I love it.

FALSE ALARM!!!!!!`

It was as sleep mark....  YIPPIE!!!!!