28 Week appointment update

Well I had my 28 week appointment on Wednesday December 3rd (yeah, I'm a few days late typing this up!). Things are looking good, her heartbeat is nice and solid in the mid-130 to low 140s, results from my ultrasound show that my cervix is holding up as well so no worries there. I'm also actually measuring 2 weeks ahead still. So even though I'm only 28 weeks my uterus is measuring 30 weeks! And as far as weight gain I'm only up 4 lbs so far! At this point all my appointments are now scheduled starting at 30 weeks until the week of my due date! I go every other week starting at 30 until 36 weeks and then once a week until 40 weeks. This pregnancy is just FLYING by!

I also had a screen for gestational diabetes on Wednesday, also referred to as the 1 hour GD test. Basically I drink a orange drink that tastes kind of like orange pop except that it has 50mg of glucose in it. An hour later they test my blood and it's supposed to be 140 or lower for blood sugar, otherwise they make you take the dreaded 3 hour test. It's not that bad of a test except it did make me lightheaded at the end because of the high concentration of sugar. Well I came in at 162 so I was forced to do the 3 hour GD test on Thursday morning.

Luckily my mom came with as to be my driver and to help keep me entertained for those 3 hours. Brandon had to sleep since we had our HypnoBirthing class that night. With this test they take your blood 4 times at specific times after drinking a 100mg glucose drink. First can I just say how much it SUCKED to get your blood drawn 4 times in 3 hours! My poor arms, bruises on the inside of both of them now.

Second, here are my results, I technically passed.

This is what they want to see:
Fasting: 85 or less
1 hour: 180 or less
2 hour: 155 or less
3 hour: 140 or less

My results:
Fasting: 72
1 hour: 173
2 hour: 188 (only one I failed...but by a lot!)
3 hour: 113

Since I failed one of the 4 it's possible they might have me retake the test in a few weeks, I'm not sure. The lab tech wasn't sure what they normally do in that case. You don't actually fail the test unless you fail 2 of the 4. I was so nervous waiting for that last blood draw. I was so happy to hear that last number come in! This means (for now) that I can still eat Christmas cookies this holiday season as I don't have gestational diabetes! I'm just praying they don't make me take the test again!

In other news, Brandon and I were slightly concerned about our daughter the other day. Last Saturday we went to the Mall of America for a good 5 hours. When we came back I was exhausted so I laid down and didn't feel her moving at all for a good 45 minutes. I drank some Mountain Dew, laid on my left side and Brandon talked to her in attempts to get her to wake up and move. Nothing for an hour except 3 tiny little taps. You're supposed to do "kick counts" at this stage where you should feel 10 kicks in an hour.

We called labor and delivery and the midwife on call wasn't too concerned since I had been so active for a good period of time early. Plus the middle of the afternoon she's normally fairly quiet, but a little more active than she was that day. She said if I still wasn't feeling much in the evening, which is her normal active time, then I should call back and they would have me come back in for a check. She woke up later and made up for her inactivity on Saturday by being SUPER active all day Sunday.

Because of our concern, and just because we obsess over our daughter already, we decided to rent a doppler for the next 3 months (or less!) in order to have some peace of mind. A doppler is the machine they use at an OB or a Midwife's office to listen to the heartbeat. It's a pretty cool little device and we're having a lot of fun listening to her at least once a day. I think it keeps both of us sane and not paranoid.

I still can't believe I'm in the 3rd trimester and we're getting so much closer to birth. I've honestly loved being pregnant so far and I think I'm going to miss it a bit! Of course holding our little girl in my arms will be soooo much better! Our last HypnoBirthing class is this coming Thursday and we have a newborn basics class at the very beginning of February. Before we know it our daughter will be here!