Other than that, the appointment went well. The doc said that there is a chance that I might either need a c-section or induction at 37-38 weeks if my GD gets way out of hand. I am obviously more inclined to hope for the induction. However, so far, there is no indication that it might come to that because my glucose numbers are in a really good range just with diet alone. I am hoping it stays that way and mostly, I am hoping that I can keep up with the diet and excercise. But gosh, 9 more weeks! It seems so far away but not so far away. It’s crazy!

My baby shower is this weekend and I am quite excited. Mostly, because it gives me the green light to start buying whatever I didn’t get at the shower haha. So far we have the play yard, stroller and shelves. I am going to buy the gDiapers because I am sure no one will be buying those. I am waiting on clothes and I’d rather wait until the last minute anyways because I know I’ll just buy a bunch of stuff if I don’t stop myself from doing so. I am also excited because once March gets here, I got ‘permission’ from my husband (and mom) that I can begin to start putting things together for Caden in our room. I’ve been so eager that it’s hard to stop myself sometimes. I also need to develop a plan of action for how I am going to clean the crap out of my house (literally haha). I really want it spotless when Caden arrives and it’s really hard with pets. I am not discouraged though. Worst case scenario is that I’ll have to put the dogs and/or cats (at night and when we are gone) up in one room until we move into a bigger place. The bigger thing that needs to be done is carpet cleaning though! Ugh my carpets look hideous!

I’m going to leave on this note: I really really want a DSLR.

So yes, I am 30 weeks pregnant. It’s a milestone for me because it means that I am just that much more close to the end. Plus, it’s nice to be 2/3 done with this pregnancy. I can’t say that I have had any major issues (except for the morning sickness in the first trimester) so there isn’t much to complain about. Except, oh yeah, the Gestational Diabetes. To be honest, I don’t even know if I have GD but my 1 hour screening test results were so high that they just bypassed by the 3-hour. If that means I have GD or not, I don’t know, but today I am going to be meeting with the Diabetic Educator so I hope I can get some answers.

So this is a two-day post haha. I went to the diabetic educator on Thursday and found out the things that I need to do. Mostly, I need to take my blood sugar 1 hour after every meal and it needs to be less than 140 mg/dL. My fasting number (first thing in the morning) needs to be under 90. So far, I am doing pretty good on the meals but my fasting number is hovering between 98-103. I am hoping I can get that under control so I don’t have to take insulin. Other wise, my diet looks something like this:

Breakfast: 30-45g Carbs

Snack: 15g Carbs

Lunch: 60g Carbs

Snack: 30g carbs

Dinner: 45g Carbs

Snack: 15g Carbs

total carbs: 210 Carbs

I have some leeway in some areas and I need to eat plenty of protein which actually counteracts the Carbs in raising my blood sugar. It’s been a crazy time to find low carb or carb alternatives . But if I balance my meals with enough protein and carbs then I am usually pretty set to go on having good blood sugar. It’s really frustrating watching what I need to eat but I know it’s for the benefit of me and Caden. I just hate feeling like I am hungry all the time. The biggest fear I have is that he will have macrosoma and I really really don’t want that to be the case because it will also means he has other issues related to high blood sugar. With that in mind, I am terrified about getting birth if he were to be big. I want a natural birth but I also don’t want to push myself to have one if its not going to be in my best interest or his. It’s something I’ll have to deal with but I am not as stressed as I was earlier in the month.

I think it’s time to post a recipe soon. Especially a low-carb one. I’m making Beef and Broccoli for dinner tonight and I am literally salivating just thinking about it!

Question of the Day:

What’s your biggest challenge right now?

• Uncomfortable sleeping. I can’t sit still in one position throughout the night. Poor Marcus.
• Peeing every five minutes. Literally
• Waddling. I really really really don’t mean to but it just happens.
• Constantly having runny noses or teary eyes. It gets old, real fast.
• I eat. a lot. and often.

Other than that, I feel great! It’s not hitting me yet that in less than 3 months I am going to be a mom, holding my son for the first time! It’s really surreal. Having said that, I have been doing a lot of reading on birth, labor, postpartum, etc, and I am really embracing new ideas and techniques. I already know I’m breastfeeding exclusively, going to baby-wear, do a staggered vaccine schedule and probably most on my mind is the birth/labor. My plan is to do it natural. However, I can’t guarantee that because I really don’t know whats going to happen once I am in labor. I really DO NOT want pitocin because I do not want to inevitably get an epidural but I am still weighing my other options. I also am going to request that right after Caden is delivered that we have some time to bond with him before they whisk him away for weighing and measuring and what not. Other than that, I am pretty confident that Marcus and my mom will look out for the best interests of me and Caden taking into mind what I want and my beliefs are.

So what is the biggest issue with my pregnancy you ask? Well something that has absolutely nothing to do with pregnancy: a toothache. I have had this toothache forever but it obviously has gotten worse during pregnancy because I cannot take anything stronger than Tylenol for it. So I grudgingly made an appointment with the dentist for this Friday, only it’s not an appointment but a walk-in that lasts from 7:45AM-10AM..greeeeat.So my lesson learned? Brush your damn teeth and more than once a day.

Well I figured I ought to have some sort of rhyme and reason to my posting so I am going to develop a “schedule”.

Monday: Web-related Stuff.. I usually veg out in front of the computer during the weekend and find something interesting or cool on the net.

Wednesday: Pregnancy stuff- since this is when I hit my week point.

Friday: Recap of Recipes I used during the week (photo heavy).

This doesn’t mean I won’t talk about other things but it at least gives me some motivation and substance to my posts. What do you all think? Have any other suggestions for me?

Question of the Day:

What’s going to be the most challenging thing you do this year?

There hasn’t been anything truly exciting that has happened. I am definitely looking forward to this new year: to have Caden, finish my masters and move out of the current town I am in to Phoenix, AZ (excited about moving, not necessarily moving to Phoenix). I also got a prenatal massage this past weekend and it is definitely something I plan on doing monthly. It was AMAZING. In addition, my hubby bought me a spa package to this place in town and I get to get a facial on Friday plus other amazing things over the course of this spring.

As far as pregnancy goes, I’ve felt really good about myself physically. No extreme symptoms, except the running to the bathroom every five seconds and eating everything in sight. Caden is moving very happily in the womb and kicks me every other hour or so. It feels like huge kernals of popcorn popping, it’s pretty awesome. Some times it feels like he is shifting his whole body and it maeks it feel like I’m doing down a hill on a rollercoaster or something. Pregnancy has been good so far so I am not complaining too much. I don’t necessarily like it, but I definitely am getting more anxious by the week for the arrival of Caden! My mom and dad bought me a rocking chair with the little foot rest thing. It’s amazing and is definitely getting its use right now. My sister also bought some clothes for Caden too and I had to buy this cute mickey mouse outfit that was only $3 at walmart.

In other news, I’ve just been trying to focus on the positive this year and continue to do what I need to be successful: in school, at work, and in birth/parenting.

Once I get home, I’ll probably make another post with pictures, mostly of my cooking in the last few days

I’ll post more tomorrow. Promise

First off, I wanted to do my usual mention about Veterans Day. Call me an army brat, I don’t care, but my support and love for the military will never falter. These men and women who go out and serve our country have a lot of guts (bravery) to do what they do. Most do it to support their families, others do it because its “in their blood” while others do it because they just feel its the right thing to do. My dad, uncle, aunt, cousin and lots of friends are in or were in the military and though its corny to tell them everyday, I do want to tell them how much I appreciate what they do. I’ve grown up military and it will never leave my life, even after my dad retires. It’s apart of who I am and apart of this country and for that I support our troops! (now the “upper management” who makes the decisions….hmm…maybe not so much).

On that note, I’ve been patiently waiting for December to come because I will find out the sex of this baby. My mom is absolutely positive its a boy and its blasphemy to mention the baby as anything but boy. But I can see how excited she is and it really makes me heart warm up. I am also super excited that she is 100% on board for breastfeeding (actually she said something along the lines of …. you better be breastfeeding…). She helped me picked out stuff for my registry and even commented that she hopes I don’t have any problems. She even said she’d be only be watching my breastfeed to make sure I am doing it right lol. I also decided to go with gDiapers to try out but I am also cloth diapering too. I just want to get a feel for whats out there. My reasons for not doing disposable are mostly environmental but I do understand and note the benefits of cloth diapering. I even found out my grandma used cloth diapering for all her kids so that very insightful (though she did have her gripes about it). Otherwise, I am pretty sure of my plans and luckily I have all my family (that matters anyway) behind me on it 100%.

As far as work and school, I don’t feel like I am doing so hot. It’s mostly because that first few months I really did not want to do anything but puke or sleep. Luckily I have had understanding profs but I don’t know if that means they’ll go easy on me or if I really will get Cs (and as a grad student I cannot get anymore than 2 Cs in my whole program). We shall see what happens! *nervous laugh*

So question for the day:

What are you looking forward to most in 2010?

My first trimester was hell. I’ve never been so nauseas in my life. I was really scared that it would not go away but luckily in the last few weeks it has calmed down. I only get that bad if I don’t eat as often as I should. I think I am already showing (I don’t think my stomach poked out this much before) and I am definitely getting all the unpleasant joys of pregnancy (i.e. small bladder=embarrassing intimate time with hubby). Overall, I am enjoying myself and it’s definitely exciting every morning to see what’s changed and new with my body. I will be blogging more so for those who wanted some blow by blow details *ahem Krista* of my pregnancy, be prepared! I am not holding back!

Otherwise, I am super excited for the holidays and even MORE excited to cook. I’ve never enjoyed cooking,  but I am not sure if its the pregnancy but I want to cook ALL the time. (I never said it was good cooking….) So for TG and XMAS I am planning on cooking my little butt off. It should be new for my family! Also new is that I get to spend both TG and XMAS with my family since this is the first year in 4 that they live within 2 hours of me by car (prior they lived in Missouri…I am in Arizona…definitely not less than 2 hours away..by car)

Well that’s all I can get out of me today for bloggin, I hope I still have readers!

P.S. Anyone excited about New Moon?

So, we managed to catnap my cat, Artemis. He is the love of my life! We’ve had him since he was barely able to walk straight. He has the most beautiful kitty eyes! I am definitely looking forward to snapping some photos of him. (Oh yea did I mention I lost my camera at Six Flags in June?…). We also have another kitty, Ashton. My sister conned me (it wasn’t so difficult) and he is by far the cutest little thing. I absolutely love cats and my dogs are definitely getting along with him so that’s always nice. School will be starting again and I am unsure how I feel about that. I’m excited but dreading it, yet excited because it’s one step closer to being able to teach.

Well I am at least doing better about blogging. sorta. ha.

TTFN

The last two weeks have been crazy! I’m basically working 40 hours a week (really more than that). I literally get home, stay up for about 2-3 hours then go to bed. I think the earliest I’ve gone to bed is 9:30! That’s early for me! But it’s worth it, given what I am doing (camp coordinator for a girl’s camp - check out the article they wrote about us! I’m in it). It’s been great to be busy and have the weeks go by fast because I am so ready to start school again. The closer it gets the closer I am to being able to teach!

Lately, my mind has been in spacey-space land. I have forgotten things, spaced out in front of people and totally freaked out about something so random. I think that the stress of work is bearing down on me. Luckily my youngest sister goes back home this weekend so that will be one less stress. I really enjoyed my time with her though; we’ve definitely grown close again.

As of late, I’ve been thinking about the sad state of affairs regarding my friends, both online and off. I am very concerned that my lack of motivation to keep communications open will result in my being friendless. I’ve also been thinking about how I “long” (because is it really longing?) for a guy friend. As odd and possible assinine as that sounds, I’ve found that my closest friends have been males. And all those male friends have been lost in some way or another. One passed away and the other just started to be a jerk. So I wonder, if I am not meant to have close guy friends or any friends at all. It’s a depressing thought but it’s something that I have been pondering. It makes sense when I think about it but now writing about it, I feel even more confused as ever.

Well one last thing, a little rant if you will. [rant]I am getting really tired of reading the comments in news sites or blogs that are so ridiculous it makes me really doubt the state of the human condition. ARGH! [/rant]

Till Next Time.