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.