Pregnancy News

I feel like we are rapidly approaching our baby's due date.  The beginning stages were glacial and now here we are, 3rd trimester, barreling towards the cliff.  I am crossing over into the uncomfortable stages of pregnancy now: heartburn, trouble sleeping, the need to grunt when putting on socks - you know - all the good stuff.  Despite the discomfort, I am relishing these last few months and have loved the opportunity to be pregnant one more time. 

So here's how it's going at 29-ish weeks of pregnancy:

• An alien is trying to escape out of the back of my leg.  I hope it ain't successful.

• I failed the 1 hour gestational diabetes test and had to return for the 3 hour test.  A normal person would probably say, "Hmm...I might have diabetes...I'd better lay off the carbs and sugar."  Not me.  I said, "Hmm...I might have diabetes...I'd better eat everything I can before they tell me I can't anymore."  (I have restraint issues.)  But, I successfully passed the 3 hour test.  I was alone in a room for all of those hours and had my blood drawn 4 times.  It was boring and boring.

• Baby is measuring a week ahead of schedule and continues to be doing well.  We had a new ultrasound technician for our most recent ultrasound and she also commented on the baby's long legs and arms.  I'm expecting to give birth to Jack Skellington. We didn't get a picture of baby's face because it wouldn't get it's freakishly long arms and legs out of the way.
• I feel mostly really good except that my tailbone hurts when I sit and I breathe like an asthmatic beluga whale.  And my ankles swell if I don't wear my old lady compression socks.  And I snore.  And I can't get off the couch without help. I'm really quite attractive and Michael is one lucky guy.
• We are still struggling to come up with names for this baby.  I'm starting to worry a bit that we'll resort to Kid.

We're almost there. I am so excited to meet Kid!