Sick and tired

Ummmm alrighty then..........the doozy of a head cold turned into a scene from the exorcist. You know which one I'm talking about. So I've been sick and in bed for the last 2 days, not sure if it was food poisoning or a virus. But finally I'm starting to feel better and the cold is also almost gone. Whoohoo!!

Let's see, what else has been going on. We had our child birthing class and hospital tour this past Sat. WOW, I don't think I've ever seen so many pregnant women before. I did learn some things and hopefully will remember them come Oct or sooner. There are only 7 weeks left until I'm full term. Yikes!!

Since I failed the Glucola Testing by a few points, I now have to do the 3 hour this coming Sat. I'm really not looking forward to that at all. Sitting in the Quest Lab for 1 hr was bad enough. I've read that just because you fail the 1 hr doesn't mean you'll fail the 3 hr. So keep your fingers crossed. I really don't want to be diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.

There is good news to report though, I only gained 1 lb this time around and now that I'm thinking of it, I don't believe I shared the good news from the last time. 0 lbs weight gain. That means so far I've gained 14-15 total. (I'm still going with the 1 lb less, if you remember what I had mentioned in an earlier entry, so that means 14lbs total) The doctor said the heart rate was in the 140's and that it appears he is head down facing my back. Please, baby, stay that way for the next 10 weeks. hahaha. I just want to reiterate that I'm not afraid of gaining weight but that with starting out overweight I need to be careful.

Aside from being sick, everything is well and Jacob is happily kicking away as I type this. I love to sit here and watch my stomach move, it's surreal. We're still working on the nursery and waiting on the arrival of the furniture. I can't wait til it's all done so I can post pics.

Ughhh I feel like crap!

For the first time since getting pregnant, I feel like a truck has run over me, backed up and run over me again. Having a cold while being pregnant is a nightmare. It started on Thurs as a sore throat on one side. I remembered that a few times while taking the horsepill pretnatals, they had scratched my throat going down, so I figured that was the problem. No biggie, I started to gargle with salt water, hoping to fix the problem.

Saturday I had to get up early and head over to Quest for the 1 hr Glucose test. So we hit the sack early. The middle of the night I wake up and I can't breathe. This isn't the first time I've woken up and felt like I wasn't getting enough oxygen. I head downstairs for some fresh air and that's when I realize my nose is plugged and then I really start to pace and panick. How the heck am I going to be okay when I can only breathe through my mouth. I can't get a deep breath at all. I started to cry which only makes things even worse. So now I'm really pacing from the kitchen to the living room and back again. I head downstairs to the family room where it's cooler and turn on the computer, what do I do or take to clear up my sinuses. After spending time not focusing on the fact I can't breathe, everything returns to normal and my sinus unplugs itself (momentarily). That's also when I discover my sore throat is actually a head cold.

Now come the sneezing fits. I have sneezed so hard and so much the past two days that I feel as though I've been in a bar fight. My ribs are so sore. Poor Jacob, everytime I sneeze it bothers him and he starts kicking up a storm. Um hey there kiddo, I'm not particularly enjoying this either ya know. I've spent the past 2 days in bed and do not look forward to going to work tomorrow. I still feel like crapola.

So the Glucose testing wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but it was still gross and probably would have been better had I not been sick. They drew some blood and I had to drink a bottle of orange flavored liquid. It tasted like flat orange pop. After waiting in the office for an hour, they drew some more blood. Please pray that I pass, I can't imagine having to do that again for either 3 or 5 hours.

On a good note, we got the rug for the nursery. I absolutely love it and can't wait to put it in the room.

There he is...

The U/S technician said it was dinner time for Jacob because if you look closely you'll see him open and close his mouth. I believe he also gives us a big yawn as if to say whatcha lookin at? Now I realize some have a hard time figuring out what's what, so I'll try my best to explain. In the picture, he is on his side facing us, his head is the large white circle on the right hand side of the picture. You can see the two eye sockets as they are darker in color (black circles) and there is a tiny little circle just below that which I believe is his chin, watch that area. Don't pay attention to the noise in the background, that is just our fishtank running. I used my camera to tape the U/S off of our tv.




Some of the items we have purchased for the nursery have arrived and I am so very excited to share them with you. I've probably mentioned this before, but we have a small theme going for the nursery...Mother Goose. I don't want Mother Goose overkill but I couldn't help getting a few things. Oh and the setting for the picture...well that's just a little preview of the beautiful nursery that Brian has worked so hard on. It's really starting to come together and looks amazing. The little huggable plushies even play music: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider".

I've come to the realization that once Jacob is born I will miss him terribly. Don't get me wrong, it will be wonderful to hold him and kiss him and play with him BUT gone will be all the wonderful kicks, taps, somersaults that I feel now. I'll be empty inside, no pun intended. lol That's really a sad thought. It's no wonder why some have more than one. Now I've been hearing the bigger he gets the harder and more painful the kicks become so maybe I'll be singing a different tune in a few weeks. But it's definitely my favorite part of being pregnant.

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