What is it like being pregnant?
First trimester -- I felt like I had a stomach virus. I even stayed home from work 2 days before I found out “my ego from prego”. We were trying to have a baby, but didn’t know it would happen that fast.
I was blessed enough to not have horrible morning sickness. (Inserting need to know: I have to walk about half a mile to get to my desk at work.) A couple of times I had to stop while walking down the sidewalk because I would feel so nauseous. I also had to avoid the cafeteria because the smell of all the food together would make me nauseous. I also avoided all food except for potatoes and cheese. I ended up eating a lot of cheese fries.
Second Trimester -- Man, it was a breeze. I started craving sweets, which if you know me I was never really a “sweets” kind of gal. My weakness has always been bread, noodles, and all the other carbs. But man, she would make me want cheesecake, pudding, and fro yo.
Time went by SO fast. & that was even with me checking my pregnancy app every freakin’ week.
Best part about this trimester... You begin to feel baby kick. This is the BEST feeling in the world. There is no other feeling that beats it. Tim, my husband, also felt her kick for the first time. It was 4 o’clock in the morning and she was kicking me really low in the abdomen & me being a plump woman knew that this was one of the first times he would be able to feel her. So like any normal human being I woke him up.
Also, you get to find out the gender of your baby. We wanted a boy, straight up, but once we found out we are having a girl, we were still just as excited and nervous.
I had the most energy this trimester so we got the nursery painted and got a theme going. BTW, her nursery is done in llamas. Yes, llamas and it turned out to be the COOLEST theme, ever. It brought out the creativity in my family, friends and I.
Third Trimester -- BABY SHOWER TIME! Although they say don’t expect to have a shower, blah blah blah. BUT, if I didn’t get one I was going to throw my OWN baby shower (AIN’T NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT). She got all kinds of awesome stuff, and I loved organizing her nursery. There is a place for everything (right now). I know it will not be staying that way, but as long as I start off knowing where everything is, I am fine with that.
Today I am 34 weeks, she is measuring bigger (36cm, which is 36 weeks?). Third trimester test: I had to do the dreaded 1 hour glucose test (it wasn’t bad at all). BUT I ended up failing that one, then I had to take the 3-hour glucose test. I ended up failing the 1st hour, passed the 2nd and the 3rd. That being said, my OB doctor still referred me to an Endocrinologist.
I went for my appointment on Tuesday. Doc said I am a “Pre-gestational diabetic”. Put me on a diet, asked me to prick my finger 5x a day, and check my urine for ketones every morning. Now all that I am ok with. It’s getting the supplies for the blood sugar machine what KILLED ME. The Endocrinologist gave me a blood sugar machine and just called out some more lancets (the needles to prick yo’self) and test strips. Well the lancets were affordable... but the test strips were $225!!!! Okay, Okay, so $77 with my insurance because I have a $100 deductible. BUT STILL, I am not spending $77 on something that I am going to be using for 6 more weeks. No. Freakin. Way. So after transferring pharmacies to see if that did the trick (which it didn’t), I decided to just buy a whole new cheaper brand of everything from Wal-Mart. After getting ran over by the buggy boy (and I didn’t even get an apology), I walk in there grab whole new monitor, lancets, finger pricker, and strips (total of $26). That’s a win, right? I hope so.
I received a call from my OB’s nurse today. She told me that my OB wants to do some NST testing. This test monitors the baby’s heart for about 20 minutes/once a week. I am excited that I get to hear her heart beat for 20 mins, but sad that I am having to make sure she is ok, which makes me feel like a failure as a mother already. I am already panicking about taking off of work for all these appointments, now I have to worry about making up 20 mins a week, AT LEAST.
Hopefully by June 10th we will have a baby girl living with us. Kepler Grace Smith. I can’t wait to meet her!
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