Well, I didn't realize how long it had been since I'd last blogged. The end of the school year took up a lot of energy! We've been on summer break for a couple of weeks now and I can write updates again. I'll start with today and work backwards. Today I realized I need to get back into therapy for my anxiety. Nathan has had diarrhea since Sunday night/Monday morning, and I've been bleaching and Lysoling the house like crazy. I've also had a lot of anxiety over it and trying not to catch it, and feeling guilty because of not wanting to be near him, and second guessing how I'll handle being a mom when Daenerys gets sick. My theory is that at least then I'll be back on my full dose of medication so I'll be better at it. I don't know. Then I get upset because my mind doesn't work like it's supposed to and that pisses me off. I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow and I'm also starting to freak out about going into labor/giving birth. I know the doula will help with that part though.
I'm excited about finally getting the paper work in to our doula. I would've done it sooner but at my 20 week appointment with the midwives, they discovered I had partial placenta previa. If it didn't move on it's own, that would've meant having a C-Section. Thankfully at my ultrasound a week ago, they saw that it has moved, so we can go ahead with the plan for a natural birth. I'm ready to get our paper work in so I can discuss my thoughts/fears on birth with her.
What else...I failed the one hour glucose test and threw up the stuff during the three hour test. I refused to try it again, so now they have me testing 4x a day with a glucometer. This has also been stressing me out. I miss just being able to eat instead of analyzing everything. I've lost a couple pounds as a result of being overly careful. I have a hard time getting it to stay in the normal range. It's usually a little low, which I find interesting. It spikes a little if I eat pasta or cereal, but otherwise it stays low. I was told that after a spike the body produces more insulin to compensate, so the goal is to avoid spikes and dips. Not so easily done without stress as it turns out.
We've had a lot of storms lately, which have been interfering with my sleep. I've also been sleeping on the couch since Nathan's been sick, which starts off comfortable but results in having to change sleeping positions a few times during the night. I had to do that anyhow in the bed though. Sleeping well is a challenge anyhow right now. I know that just goes with the territory of the third trimester though.
I love it when she has the hiccups, and when her movements are so big that I can see them through my shirt. The school that I work at gave us an awesome baby shower on the last day of school, and my family is giving us one not this weekend but the next. I need to get the thank you cards written up for the one from school before the family one.
I think those are all of the updates.
