Thursday, November 26, 2009

A week full of exciting news!

WOOHOO!!!! We're officially 26 weeks today... and that means there are only 98 days until Ms. Natalie Diana is here! That's kind of an amazing milestone, as far as I'm concerned.
In other news... I found out yesterday when being injected with the swine flu (vaccine), that I passed my glucose test for gestational diabetes... bring on the carbs, baby! Just in time for Thanksgiving, too!

Some more exciting news of this week is that I have the most amazingly awesome Dad in the world, who won the season ticket holder lottery for the Winter Classic, and my parents called on Tuesday night to tell me that they are giving Dave and me the tickets as a holiday present! I completely flipped out when they told me... I can't believe it's actually happening and I'm going to get to see the Flyers play at Fenway Park! It's a once in a lifetime game... and it will be our last getaway before Natalie gets here... so it's just awesome!

And finally - the most exciting news of the week is that yesterday afternoon, our good friends Ali and Kevin welcomed their daughter Kaitlyn Grace, to the world! Talk about having something to give thanks for this year!!! The funny thing is, Ali and I were at yoga together not 12 hours before Kaitlyn arrived... she wasn't actually due until December 8th, but I guess she was ready for the world two weeks early! So congrats to Ali and Kevin - we can't wait to meet your beautiful bundle of joy!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!! I'm off to gorge myself on turkey and parsnips :)

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ultrasound, round 2



On Monday, Nov 16th, Dave and I were lucky enough to get to see our little girl in utero yet again.
This time, she decided to be a good baby, and was in the right position to get us not only some great photos, but to allow the doctor to get the measurements he had needed before. As of that date, she was weighing in at 1 lb, 12 oz and the doctor speculated that she probably is about 10-11 inches long now. But he referred to her as seeming "happy and healthy," which was A-OK by me. Here are some of the many pix they gave us; please excuse the crooked scan job.


Needless to say it was a great way to kick off the week... my next OB appointment is in our 28th week (!!!!!!), but I have to take my gestational diabetes glucose test this coming Monday, which to be honest, I am not all that excited about. #1, I've heard the nasty orange liquid is absolutely disgusting to drink and that you have to do what you can to pound it, and #2, because of the PCOS with which I was diagnosed last spring, I am at a much higher risk for GD. But, think good thoughts... if I fail the 1-hour glucose test, I have to go back to schedule a 3 hour test as a follow up. That one is more telling; if I don't pass that, then they can basically assume I have GD and I will be put on a very strict diet, and possibly even have to take insulin :(
But, again, must think good thoughts until we have something to really worry about!


Sunday, November 15, 2009

24 weeks, 3 days

Wow. Hard to believe that Natalie Diana Rolston will be here, in my arms, in only 16 short weeks.
Seems so far, but yet... not really!!! 16 weeks ago, we were getting ready to head to OCNJ for a brief but necessary getaway, and dreaming about the baby and all of the exciting adventures we'd have in the coming weeks/months.
I went to the doctor on Monday, and met with a different one in the practice - Dr. Alan Silverberg. He was super nice and I would totally go back to see him again. As of Monday I'd only put on 9.5 lbs, and amazingly my blood pressure is totally normal (given everything I've been going through with work, though that's for another post entirely...). Baby's heartbeat is still going strong at 150 bpm, and my belly is growing at just the pace it should be.
Oh, and she has decided to start kicking. A lot. I haven't really been able to figure out if she is on a schedule or not yet, though I do know she mostly comes to life at night. And especially when I eat. But it's so awesome to feel her little kicks and taps and whatever else she might be doing in there... she is definitely on the move a lot! Dave can't really feel her yet, but I have no doubt he will be able to soon.
In other news, we have decided to go forward with the basement renovation project. We are not doing it ourselves, but hiring a friend of a friend who is trying to kick-start his contracting business. I am SO excited to be able to utilize the space down there instead of dreading descending those rickety old stairs in fear of what eight-legged creatures I might encounter (though Dave swears there are none to speak of...)
But as soon as the basement is finished, which is actually looking like it might be mid-December (!!!!) we are going to begin preparing Natalie's nursery!!! We are still leaning towards having a Tigger mural painted, though I'm starting to think I might want to paint the walls a fun color first. I would go with purple, but our bedroom is already a shade of lavender-periwinkle, so I think we'll stay away from it. Maybe. We're venturing to Home Depot next week to get paint chips for our various projects (bathroom, basement, nursery) so I will collect a bunch and decide.
I am also going to drag Dave to Babies R Us register the weekend after Thanksgiving... I've been informed that there will be a shower thrown in my honor after the holidays, so I figure I might as well get on the ball! Plus, it's probably time to start realizing this little girl is coming and we're gonna need to prepare for her!!!!
So tomorrow is part 2 of our ultrasound - since little miss Rolston wasn't cooperating the first time around... we get to go back for a second try. Hopefully this time she will behave! Either way, it will be so good to get to see her again. It may actually be our last chance until she is here, live in person, with us... which is a really crazy thought!!!!!