Week 28

Today marks the start of week 28, which means I had my last 4 week appointment (next will be in 2 weeks), and I also took the Glucose Tolerance test. After I dropped the girls off at my friend Stacy's house, I drank my orange glucose drink on the way to the Chiropractor. Surprisingly, it tasted much better than I remember it tasting when I was prego with Leah, not quite as sweet - with Jac I had the lemon-lime and that was very sweet!

I got to the hospital about 3 minutes before my hour time limit, so I jumped to the head of the line for blood draws, which was nice. It turns out that I could have drank it about 10 minutes later than I did because my 11 appointment with the OB upstairs ended up being at about 11:15, so I sat in the waiting room up there for about 25 minutes.

My stats were all good. I weighed in at 140, which is a 9 lb. gain in 4 weeks. Wow! :-/ My blood pressure was 112/62 and my belly measured in 29 cm., which doesn't concern the doctor because they have a leeway on either side of 2 cm because the baby could be hanging out in a weird position. I do feel like I have gotten a lot bigger over the last few weeks. My MIL says she thinks I will go in October since I look so big, which would be fine with me, but after Leah being a week late (and who knows when she would have come had I not been induced), I'm not holding my breath. We also listened to Tina's heartbeat, which sounded good for me. Dr. Jamroz didn't tell me what it was, so my guess is that it was normal and nothing to worry about.

Going back in time, Casey felt Tina move for the first time on Friday the 6th as we were driving to Iowa. I sat for a very long time, so she was very active. I love watching her move, and even though this is my third pregnancy, it could never get old!

Possible TMI!!! Stop reading now if you don't want to hear the rest: I was also informed by the nurse that starting next week I will be peeing in a cup at each visit so they can check my proteins. Yippee! That just means I have to remember to drink lots in the morning, so when I get there I have something to leave for them.