We are SO excited and just cannot wait for her to be here! There are still some big "to-do's" left like packing the hospital bag, getting those final things off our registry, and actually writing up my birth plan - but overall we feel really ready!
Overall, I have been feeling really well!! I haven't hit that "miserable" point yet - I mean, yes, there are things I won't miss....like having to pee every 5 minutes (and then nothing coming out), or the terrible hip pain I have from sleeping on my side, and the constant worry that something is wrong with the baby....but overall, I would say my attitude is staying pretty positive :)
Luckily miss Annie has cooperated and stayed head-down over the last few weeks...no more flipping breech recently (phew!). That is always a nice thing to hear when we go to our ultrasounds on Mondays. One of the things I cannot WAIT for when she is here is to kiss her chubby cheeks - they look so cute and chubby and kissable on the ultrasounds! :)
We had another growth scan last Monday (the 26th) and Annie is measuring right around 5 pounds, 10 ounces - which is in the 52nd percentile, so she is "average"! We are so happy about this - it means that my insulin shots have really paid off! Everything has been going well with my diabetes too - my units are up quite a bit at every meal, but the most important thing is that my blood sugar numbers are controlled and she is growing at a decent rate!
One odd "symptom" I have been having recently is that every now and then (maybe once every other day) I see spots in my vision. I didn't really think much of these until I was reading an article yesterday that was about "the top symptoms you shouldn't ignore during pregnancy" - well guess what was on there? Yup! Spots in your vision. Of course I had a mini-freak out moment, but called the nurse after hours and asked her. She said it could be a sign of developing preeclampsia, but since I didn't have the corresponding headaches, my blood pressure has always been normal, and no protein in my urine at my appointments - she wasn't too worried. I am definitely going to talk to the doctor about it tomorrow though at my appointment. The nurse thinks it's just one of those equilibrium things when I go from laying down to standing up (which is when it happened last night). Sometimes I'm amazed at some of things that happen to your body during pregnancy that are actually connected to pregnancy (does that make sense?) - like I would have never guessed seeing spots could be the result of something having to do with pregnancy. Well, I guess I know now :)
We were SO bad about taking our bump pictures for a few weeks!!! But we FINALLY did this week, so here is my 35 week picture! It's funny to look at my 35 week picture compared to my 26 week picture (which is the last one I posted) - it's amazing how much I grown!!!
And a bare bump photo too :) I don't know if my belly button can be stretched anymore than it already is...! haha
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