Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Announcement time!!!!
Hey everyone! I'm finally announcing it! The doctor believes we are in the clear for miscarriages! Yay! I've written a couple of posts and have kept them secret until now. Check them out! Also, check out our coordinating Halloween outfits!
Happy Halloween!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Finally!
Today (17 Oct 2013) I am FINALLY in my second trimester! That could not have come quick enough. The constant state of being nauseated was wearing on me. Never puking.... not really, but always feeling like I had to. Ugh! So glad that is coming to end. I still get a wave of nausea from time to time, but nothing like it was. I'm still pretty tired, but at least I'm starting to get some energy back. I still need a bit of a nap when I get home from work, or I just can't function the rest of the night. I'm also starting to exercise again. Though that is hard to get back into the habit of doing. I am having a hard time getting motivated to get to the gym. I used to run, but it's starting to get too cold for that outside. Not to mention my knees can't take the hard surfaces as much anymore. I'm going to start swimming once I get even more energy back... hopefully.
I'm starting to get a baby bump. I don't fit into my regular pants anymore, but I definitely am too small for my maternity clothes. But there's really two reasons for that. 1) I'm about 30 pounds and about 3.5 sizes smaller than I was when I was pregnant with Autumn and 2) It's still just too early, and I don't have that much of a bump yet. But being smaller than i was when I started with Autumn means I get to go shopping!!!!!! I mean my shirts will be fairly ok for the most part, but the pants... yup that's right!! Shopping! I'm excited! Though I think dresses and maxi skirts will be my friend!
We could possibly learn the gender next week... doubt it... but maybe... You can't be 100% sure at 14 weeks because girl genitalia looks swollen and as big as boy genitalia. So... yeah... I don't think they will tell me one way or another, but we are seriously getting really, really close to finding out and that's very exciting! I'm really hoping for a boy. I would really like to have one of each, but I think regardless we will be done after this. Being pregnant is VERY hard for me. I mean, I don't have hard pregnancies, and I'm not really a wimp, but it's been difficult. I have been very stressed about my glucose levels. It's amazing how my glucose levels affected my mood and the way the I felt. When I was stable, but at a lower level, I felt sick. When I was ridiculously high and couldn't come down, I felt sick. I only felt okish when I was a bit higher than I would like to have been. But I have been doing really well regardless of me stressing. My last A1C came in at a 5.5! That's a normal person's glucose levels! Please! There are type 1ers and Type 2s that can't get their A1Cs below 6, so I'm doing freaking fantastic! I plan to keep that up, as well as not gaining too much weight.
Yes, I'm concerned about weight. As I should be. The heavier I am, the more insulin resistant I am. I like the amount of insulin that I was using pre-pregnancy. It wasn't very much and I was using it very effectively and efficiently. There are diabetics that use 8 times as much as I do in one day. RIDICULOUS! But anyway, I don't want to gain any weight other than baby weight so I can get back to pre-pregnancy weight as soon as possible. I want to be able to feel good about myself and my health. So yeah, I'm a bit obsessed about my weight.
Anyway, more pregnancy posts to come.
I'm starting to get a baby bump. I don't fit into my regular pants anymore, but I definitely am too small for my maternity clothes. But there's really two reasons for that. 1) I'm about 30 pounds and about 3.5 sizes smaller than I was when I was pregnant with Autumn and 2) It's still just too early, and I don't have that much of a bump yet. But being smaller than i was when I started with Autumn means I get to go shopping!!!!!! I mean my shirts will be fairly ok for the most part, but the pants... yup that's right!! Shopping! I'm excited! Though I think dresses and maxi skirts will be my friend!
We could possibly learn the gender next week... doubt it... but maybe... You can't be 100% sure at 14 weeks because girl genitalia looks swollen and as big as boy genitalia. So... yeah... I don't think they will tell me one way or another, but we are seriously getting really, really close to finding out and that's very exciting! I'm really hoping for a boy. I would really like to have one of each, but I think regardless we will be done after this. Being pregnant is VERY hard for me. I mean, I don't have hard pregnancies, and I'm not really a wimp, but it's been difficult. I have been very stressed about my glucose levels. It's amazing how my glucose levels affected my mood and the way the I felt. When I was stable, but at a lower level, I felt sick. When I was ridiculously high and couldn't come down, I felt sick. I only felt okish when I was a bit higher than I would like to have been. But I have been doing really well regardless of me stressing. My last A1C came in at a 5.5! That's a normal person's glucose levels! Please! There are type 1ers and Type 2s that can't get their A1Cs below 6, so I'm doing freaking fantastic! I plan to keep that up, as well as not gaining too much weight.
Yes, I'm concerned about weight. As I should be. The heavier I am, the more insulin resistant I am. I like the amount of insulin that I was using pre-pregnancy. It wasn't very much and I was using it very effectively and efficiently. There are diabetics that use 8 times as much as I do in one day. RIDICULOUS! But anyway, I don't want to gain any weight other than baby weight so I can get back to pre-pregnancy weight as soon as possible. I want to be able to feel good about myself and my health. So yeah, I'm a bit obsessed about my weight.
Anyway, more pregnancy posts to come.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Week 11
02 Oct 2013
So I'm going to try to write a bit more since I am pregnant. No guarantees though. Super busy these days. School has started and we are in the final stretch! We're almost half way through Rob's second to last semester!!!!! Hallelujah! Can I get an Amen!? Oh seriously, May canNOT come fast enough! I'm so ready for him to be done, and have a really big boy job! That would be the day right!?
Anyway, so the last couple of weeks have been R-O-U-G-H, rough. I have been absolutely exhausted and sick almost 24/7! I mean it has been ridiculous! Get up, go to work, come home, try to stay awake until I put Autumn down to bed, lay in bed feeling absolutely sick, and hope to fall asleep before 10 pm.... It doesn't seem like much, but it has been exhausting. I haven't worked out in probably 2 weeks and it is KILLING me! Running makes me feel absolutely wonderful. Running and I have a love-hate relationship. Running makes me love myself and who I am, but I sure hate running! I hate sweating and the hard impact on my knees. Anyway, that aside, I miss working out, even if it is on a machine at the gym.
My pants are already no longer fitting. I got myself a baby bump band thing to help hold up my pants. I haven't pulled out my maternity pants yet because I'm a little afraid that may not fit because I was a whopping 30 pounds heavier at the beginning of my pregnancy with Autumn. I simply don't think they will fit. I'm waiting until I am bigger just to make sure before I go and spend money on clothes that I don't need. Especially since we are a bit tight now that Rob is in school. (Seriously, he needs to be done!) But we will soldier on and make things work.
I had my second checkup yesterday. The midwife that was checking up on me before the doctor came in couldn't find the baby's heartbeat with the little (for the lack of a better word) microphone ultrasound thing. Cue the stress. So we went down the hall to the ultrasound just to be sure. And there it was in all of its glory, waving at me with a little heart beat! *Phew* Then my doctor came in. Seriously, I like this one. I know I have always said that I would never go with a male doctor for ... you know... the girly things, but man! This doctor sure has me reassured and calmed then when I was seeing midwives with Autumn. And what's great is that he sees me as knowledgeable and capable of taking care of myself (as far as diabetes is concerned) that he's just kind of watching me rather than treating me like I'm a fragile freak of nature that needs 24/7 monitoring. I was a little afraid of getting a doctor like that. But I was afraid that he would be more hand off than I would like. But that's not the case either. He listens to me vent about things that are totally common and doesn't roll his eyes at me and tries to rush out of the appointments. So all in all, this guy is great! I am seriously happy to have him as my doctor.
So Dr. J came in and took one look at the ultrasound and said, "Well it looks like you're going to be pregnant for a while!" While that was not only funny to me, it was also very reassuring as I have had a higher risk of a miscarriage. Though we are still not going to publicly announce until the end of the month I think. I mean it is Halloween and there are a ton of ideas of announcing Halloween style.... so That is in the works. Anyway, so Dr. J informs me that it is time for my 24-hour urine collection.... YAY! So I got that completed today.... Man I'm not sure if it is a combination of being pregnant and diabetic, but I did not know that a person can pee over 3 liters in 24 hours! I mean seriously! 3 liters! That was probably TMI, but that is what my life is.... constantly in the bathroom. Sometimes I think, "Seriously! I cannot possibly be peeing again! I peed an hour ago!" YAY double whammy!
Anyway, I'm gonna keep soldering on here! 2 more weeks until I am officially in my 2nd trimester! Oh goodness it cannot come soon enough!
So I'm going to try to write a bit more since I am pregnant. No guarantees though. Super busy these days. School has started and we are in the final stretch! We're almost half way through Rob's second to last semester!!!!! Hallelujah! Can I get an Amen!? Oh seriously, May canNOT come fast enough! I'm so ready for him to be done, and have a really big boy job! That would be the day right!?
Anyway, so the last couple of weeks have been R-O-U-G-H, rough. I have been absolutely exhausted and sick almost 24/7! I mean it has been ridiculous! Get up, go to work, come home, try to stay awake until I put Autumn down to bed, lay in bed feeling absolutely sick, and hope to fall asleep before 10 pm.... It doesn't seem like much, but it has been exhausting. I haven't worked out in probably 2 weeks and it is KILLING me! Running makes me feel absolutely wonderful. Running and I have a love-hate relationship. Running makes me love myself and who I am, but I sure hate running! I hate sweating and the hard impact on my knees. Anyway, that aside, I miss working out, even if it is on a machine at the gym.
My pants are already no longer fitting. I got myself a baby bump band thing to help hold up my pants. I haven't pulled out my maternity pants yet because I'm a little afraid that may not fit because I was a whopping 30 pounds heavier at the beginning of my pregnancy with Autumn. I simply don't think they will fit. I'm waiting until I am bigger just to make sure before I go and spend money on clothes that I don't need. Especially since we are a bit tight now that Rob is in school. (Seriously, he needs to be done!) But we will soldier on and make things work.
I had my second checkup yesterday. The midwife that was checking up on me before the doctor came in couldn't find the baby's heartbeat with the little (for the lack of a better word) microphone ultrasound thing. Cue the stress. So we went down the hall to the ultrasound just to be sure. And there it was in all of its glory, waving at me with a little heart beat! *Phew* Then my doctor came in. Seriously, I like this one. I know I have always said that I would never go with a male doctor for ... you know... the girly things, but man! This doctor sure has me reassured and calmed then when I was seeing midwives with Autumn. And what's great is that he sees me as knowledgeable and capable of taking care of myself (as far as diabetes is concerned) that he's just kind of watching me rather than treating me like I'm a fragile freak of nature that needs 24/7 monitoring. I was a little afraid of getting a doctor like that. But I was afraid that he would be more hand off than I would like. But that's not the case either. He listens to me vent about things that are totally common and doesn't roll his eyes at me and tries to rush out of the appointments. So all in all, this guy is great! I am seriously happy to have him as my doctor.
So Dr. J came in and took one look at the ultrasound and said, "Well it looks like you're going to be pregnant for a while!" While that was not only funny to me, it was also very reassuring as I have had a higher risk of a miscarriage. Though we are still not going to publicly announce until the end of the month I think. I mean it is Halloween and there are a ton of ideas of announcing Halloween style.... so That is in the works. Anyway, so Dr. J informs me that it is time for my 24-hour urine collection.... YAY! So I got that completed today.... Man I'm not sure if it is a combination of being pregnant and diabetic, but I did not know that a person can pee over 3 liters in 24 hours! I mean seriously! 3 liters! That was probably TMI, but that is what my life is.... constantly in the bathroom. Sometimes I think, "Seriously! I cannot possibly be peeing again! I peed an hour ago!" YAY double whammy!
Anyway, I'm gonna keep soldering on here! 2 more weeks until I am officially in my 2nd trimester! Oh goodness it cannot come soon enough!
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