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This is totally unrelated to anything but…
Yeah! Just talked to my doctor and I do NOT have pre-eclampsia! Yeah! Happy Days!
Miraculously, things are still going well. The babies are growing and having a good old time kicking around in sensitive, inconvenient locations. I can already start to see little personalities developing. The little goober on the right is very laid back and delicate with her movements. The one on the left feels like she is searching for the best technique to kick her way out of me. I feel bad sometimes because leftie kicks her sister so hard that she visibly pops her up on the other side of my tummy. She might need a time-out after she is born Not nice! hee hee.
We have completely shocked all of the doctors with the fact that the goobers are still hanging on. We couldn’t be happier… except for the fact that I received a tidbit of extremely annoying news last week. Apparently, I have developed Gestational Diabetes. Yuck! With luck, it will go away once the babies are born but it is turning out to be a real pain (and frankly, a little scary.) When I first found out, I met with a diabetes nutritionist to develop a meal plan for managing my blood sugar. I assumed that if I follow my plan to the letter, I would be fine. Wow… was I wrong! This stuff is tricky! I am slowly figuring it out but it is a lot harder than I thought that it would be. I definitely have a new-found respect for people with diabetes.
On top of the oh-so-fun Gestational Diabetes stuff, the doctors are also a little worried about preeclampsia again. They ran a bunch more tests and I should find out the results early this week. I think that I should only be allowed to have one complication at a time! Hopefully, the preeclampsia testing is negative!
My OB appointment went well. My cervix is happy and it turns out that I didn’t have an infection afterall. The final test results from the hospital came back negative. Go figure. A week of crappy antibiotics and the resulting sickness for nothing! At least I got to see the outside world for a couple hours… and get sweet tea from Chick-fil-a. Yummy!
23 Weeks… The New Frontier. These are the voyages of the Edie Incubator. Her 40 week mission: to carry two little goober nuggets to term, to avoid vomiting on her husband, to boldly go where she has never been before.
I am now officially more pregnant than I have ever been! This being my 4th pregnancy, one would assume that I would be a “pro” at this whole thing by now… but I have never actually made it this far… ever. I am entering uncharted territory and I am so excited. (or more appropriately, I am “cautiously optimistic” that this might actually work this time!)
My doctor’s appointment went well today. My cervix is holding steady (just a small drop that the doc says is well within the “variable range”) and the babies are doing well. We even got to view them on the cool 3D ultrasound. I have to admit that I have always thought that the 3D imaging was rather disturbing… until I saw my own little goober nuggets on it. I am in love.
Happy Thanksgiving!
