Here I am coming home from work, not the best picture I know because of how tired I look. I have been putting in long days, it is season here. I wanted to get a picture in this outfit because my Mom made me this beautiful scrub top - it's the BEATLES!!! You can't find cute maternity scrub tops or pants. I have gotten through with wearing maternity cargo pants (look enough like scrub pants) and scrub tops my Mom has made.
Update on the health: my gestational diabetes really went into full force these past couple of weeks. I went to a gestational diabetes class to help with what to eat / portions / etc. It helped because I don't know this stuff well as a nurse (cardiac is my field) and I felt better having a nutritionist explain everything. However, I basically couldn't touch anything without my blood sugar being elevated. My regular OB tried medications, but those didn't work. My blood sugar would go the other way - too low - and I would get really sick.
So, I was referred to a maternal - fetal medicine specialist who I just saw this past Tuesday. He did an extensive 3 hour work-up. Lots of questions, family history, etc. The most thorough ultrasound ever (but I kept my eyes closed so I wouldn't see the sex) and the appointment. He started me on a new med that seems to be helping. I spent about 3-4 weeks since the gestational diabetes diagnosis barely eating due to everything elevating my blood sugar. I lost 5 pounds and got somewhat malnourished. Now, the baby is fine. But is has taken a toll on me and my body. I really don't feel the best right now - low energy, pale, bad circles under my eyes, etc. But, I have reason to hope - because as I said the med is working and I am starting to eat a little more.
My shower was yesterday, I will post pics and stories soon I promise. Again, the baby is fine!!! I see the doctors now on a weekly basis and will keep you all updated from the blog.
Here is Chris starting to put together the play yard (basinette, changing station and playpen combined) that my Aunt Nancy and Cousin Tabitha bought us. He turned his back and Daisy claimed it. I think Baxter looks like he is laughing at her.
Hope all is well. I will post shower pics soon.
Here I am coming home from work, not the best picture I know because of how tired I look. I have been putting in long days, it is season here. I wanted to get a picture in this outfit because my Mom made me this beautiful scrub top - it's the BEATLES!!! You can't find cute maternity scrub tops or pants. I have gotten through with wearing maternity cargo pants (look enough like scrub pants) and scrub tops my Mom has made.
Here we are today at the annual Ft. Myers Beach sandcastle competition. We go every year on Sunday morning very early, around sunrise. It's the best time to go and you get to see everything before it gets too crowded. It was chilly (by Florida standards) this morning so you can see I am dressed as a true Floridian, whereas Chris looks like a northener still in shorts and a tee shirt.
We took this picture for my "lil sis" Lee Ann back in WV. I just knew she would love this - she loves celestial stuff and this guy's giant moon was really neat.
Here I am 30 weeks pregnant. Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year. I just had no energy this year to decorate, which is sad because I have the most beautiful Halloween decorations - most of which my Mom has made me. I have never not dressed for Halloween in my entire life, so I wasn't going to let pregnancy stop me. I was a WVU Mountaineer fan for Halloween. Now yes, I realize that the season isn't going well but I am a Mountaineer fan tried and true every day of my life. The shirt says "It's a Mountaineer", which you can see in some of my earlier posts. It's amazing how much bigger I am, what a difference a few months makes. My mother-in-law Kathy suprised me with the shirt as a Mother's Day gift and it has been well worn during my pregnancy.
