27 Weeks!

 27 Weeks. Baby is the size of a head of cauliflower. 

This is a much better baby bump photo than last week wouldn't you say! I would! I feel like I'm finally really starting to look pregnant and I'm loving it. But really this week I've really loved this whole pregnancy thing. Maybe this is the calm before the storm but I've just been amazed this week at what my body is doing. I love to feel him move around, which is a pretty much constant. Last night he was doing these consistent kicks for about 2 minutes and then continued to move around my belly. It was just amazing to me that he had that much control over his still developing body. I can't wait for him to get here and be his mom. I just know it's going to be the best. 

We did have a pretty crazy week though, I was sick for part of it and am still fighting off a runny nose. I had to take the glucose test which I wrote about on the other blog. But here is a more detailed story if you would like or you can skip ahead.

Yesterday was Glucose testing day. In pregnancy land that means it's time to check if you have diabetes.  Something I've heard absolute horror stories about so I was not looking forward to it. Before they take your blood for the test you have to drink this highly sugared drink in under 5 minutes. Think Orange flavored water doused in an obnoxious amount of sugar then to make it worse you then can't eat a thing until they draw your blood.

So imagine me 7:30 a.m. nothing in my system drinking this drink and heading out for the doctors. I'm just really proud of myself for how fast I drank it! So we get to the lab at the hospital and I'm feeling great, a little worried about who will be drawing my blood because I do not have a good history of easy blood draws. So the drink has to sit in your system for an hour before they draw your blood, I still have about 30 minutes to go. So we are waiting and I feel perfectly fine when I get extremely dizzy and sweaty, having experienced this before I know what's going to happen next. Throwing up! But I'm too dizzy to walk myself to the bathroom so David has to escort me. I can barely walk I'm so dizzy, I remember my feet just sliding across the floor barely picking them up. Right before we get to the bathroom (and I don't remember this) David says I reached for the door as if I was going to open it and then boom I pass out hitting my chin on the door.

 Thank goodness David was there to catch me. He said he held me for a good minute before nurses ran over to carry me. I must have woken up then cause I remember being carried by two nurses and David to a hospital bed. Then I couldn't stop crying don't ask me why... the whole thing was so weird. It was getting really close to the one hour mark and they draw your blood even a couple minutes after you have to re do the test. So we had to quickly draw my blood and thank goodness the nurse was an angel at it because I don't think I could have handled being stabbed with a needle ten times after what had just happened and with  my uncontrollable tears. 

I'm kind of glad I passed out instead of throwing up because if I did throw up we would have to do the whole thing again.... 

So I'm feeling totally fine after all of this David drives me to get Chick-Fil-A breakfast cause I deserved it!! and I go home and relax. Then the lab people call back and say they didn't get enough blood so we will have to come back in at 4:30!! We go back it's totally fine they do a great job drawing my blood. 

Later that evening I'm feeling fine, David leaves to go Rock Climbing with his brother Craig and I stay home to read, so I'm walking down the stairs with my book and the next thing I know I've fallen onto my bum. I mean REALLY!! Could this day get any looonger! Not to be alarmed we called the doctor he said I was fine as long as I didn't land on my stomach and there was no bleeding. Rivers still kicked like crazy that night so he is fine. 

After all this finally some good news! The doctor called and said all of my blood work came back normal. They were checking my iron levels since I wasn't taking my pre natels and he said that looked good, and my thyroid was still looking good. Picture perfect health!! Oh the Irony! I thought for sure something was going to be wrong with me after everything that happened that day! 

Anyways eventful week for me and baby! Here is to another week of picture perfect health :)