30 weeks

Wow - only 10 weeks left! I can't believe how fast it's gone, but now it feels like time is crawling. :) Life has been so busy lately that I haven't had much time to concentrate on the baby - which sounds bad.

To start things off, I went in for my three-hour glucose test, which I passed. The whole ordeal was really long and really boring and I don't care if I ever get my blood drawn again (even though I know I will). The important thing was that I passed and don't have to worry about it. My next doctor's appointment is on Thursday so I think I'll have a better idea of what's going on. I think Thumperette is still growing the way she should - she feels like it. She's becoming very active and kicking me a lot. Although she really seems content with just doing a lot of stretching and rolling around. I had a fabulous baby shower with my co-workers and friends on the 7th. It was so much fun and hopefully I'll get some pics from that soon. I was really touched by how many people showed up to celebrate our new baby. The whole thing made me really excited for her to get here.

Andrew and I went to our Childbirth Preparation Seminar yesterday. That was an interesting experience. I can't tell if it made me more excited for the birth or more terrified - it's a close call. The good thing about the class is that because we did a lot of "practicing" with our breathing and birthing positions, I got a massage all day long - which was AWESOME! It was definitely an eye-opening experience as to what's to come in about two months. The best part was that we got to take a tour of the hospital so we saw the labor rooms. I think that made my day because they were really nice and I think I'll be really comfortable giving birth at the University of Iowa. We got through the class and got our diploma at the end (I'm not really sure what to do with that). I guess I feel slightly more prepared.

In real-life "non baby" world. Andrew went through his orientation for medical school, which was really exciting. He got to go through the white coat ceremony which was really emotional. I was really proud of him and excited for his upcoming journey. All the people he has met in his class so far seem really nice.

So that's about all that is going on right now. I'm getting really anxious for the baby to get here and know that once Andrew starts classes time is going to simply fly by.

28 weeks

Wow, I can't believe how fast time has flown. I can't believe that I haven't updated this blog since 22 weeks! Not too much has actually been going on, up until recently the pregnancy has been pretty uneventful.

Even though we moved to Iowa City in the beginning of June, we've been travelling back and forth to Des Moines a lot for work. It's been really exhausting and I feel that I haven't been able to get the house set up like I want to. As of last Thursday, Andrew officially ended his practice and is now a student again. We're going back to Des Moines on Wednesday and that will be our last week in the office regularly for a while. It'll be nice to have some time to feel a little more settled, but I actually do miss being able to be in the office. Oh well, I can't have it both ways...or, more accurately, Thumperette is making it so I can't have it both ways.

We are getting more settled into our apartment. We got a new kitchen table as a birthday/anniversary gift from Andrew's parents, which was incredibly awesome and I absolutely love it!

So now baby news. As of the moment I hit 27 weeks, Thumperette has been moving pretty much nonstop. I think she likes the attention, but she is getting HEAVY! I look at myself and can't believe how big I am. She is still measuring 100% right on, so that's good. I took my 1 hour glucose test on Friday which didn't go so well. I ate a big plate of spaghetti at 9:30 the night before and I think I was supposed to fast. I majorly failed the test. My level was at 170 and it's supposed to be 140 or below. So today, joy of joys, I had to stay at the hospital for the 3 hour glucose test. The test consisted of me getting there after fasting since 9, getting my blood drawn (#1), drinking a whole bottle of the orange glucose, getting my blood drawn 3 more times every hour, then leaving and THEN I got to eat and drink. I was so tired of being poked by the end of it. I hope I passed. I really don't feel like I've gained an obscene amount of weight. I think the nurse told me at my appointment on Friday that I'd gained 17 pounds which is within the range of normal.

Other than that, I've just been doing my kick counts (she usually hits 10 movements/kicks in amount a half hour at most, so she's pretty active). Oh, here's the recent pic, prepare yourself, I'm huge.