ultrasound at fletcher allen

today we headed off to fletcher allen for another ultrasound. our doctors requested this ultrasound because i was measuring about 4 cm larger than i should have been, and they wanted to make sure that there was not excess fluid in there.

turns out everything is fine on that front. the baby, however, is measuring above the 80th percentile for weight!! with projections, going full-term could mean about a 9lb baby ... um, NO thanks!

everything looked great with the ultrasound. the baby was playing peek-a-boo with abbie and madison, and kept putting "his" arm over "his" face, making it difficult for the technician to take a good 3d photo.

we finally were able to get a pretty decent one (which i will upload soon).

all we are asking for is a healthy baby - so far so good : )

i passed!

I just found out that I passed with flying colors! Thankfully no gestational diabetes for me.

Our fourth ultrasound is on Monday at Fletcher Allen, so look for some new photos of Baby Lemnah!!

3 hour glucose test ... enough said!

Wednesday we had our 32 week check up and the baby sounds great, my blood pressure is perfect ... and I am measuring at 34 centimeters!! (Shawnna you can't complain about being 28 cm!)

Because I am measuring 3 cm larger than I should (2 cm if you use the due date I am using of March 11th - either way, it means i am HUGE) we are going to have another ultrasound at Fletcher Allen to see how big this baby is!

Because my first glucose test (okay, can I just say how DISGUSTING that orange drink is!! I think if I actually liked orange soda, it wouldn't be so bad, but YUCK!!) a couple of weeks ago was so borderline (my level was 124 and the cutoff for having gestational diabetes is 125!), Katie decided that I needed to do the 3 hour glucose test.

For those of you who have not experienced this - LUCKY! But it meant I had to fast starting at midnight and my appointment for my first blood drawing was at 8:45 am. Then I had to drink another bottle of the orange stuff and wait an hour to have my blood drawn again.

The girls were both sick, and had an appointment at 9:30. Turns out, they both have strep! Then at 10 I had my blood drawn again and headed to my parents' house so the girls could rest, as I had to return to the doctors at 11 and again at 12 for more blood work. Did I mention I couldn't eat this whole time?!!?

I ended up getting out of the doctor's late, which meant I still had to take a shower and get the girls ready before leaving to go get Derrick, so I decided I would try and wait to eat (to make up for lost time).

Well, going that long without eating did a number on me, as I almost fainted. The sweat was dripping off my face and my shirt was so soaked that I had to dry it in the dryer. Fun times.

We dropped the girls off and then headed to Montreal for the Stars vs Canadiens game. Long day, but well worth it. Though Dallas lost, I got to see my favorite player - Mike Modano - play one last time ... and he scored his 550th goal!!

I am nervous about the results of the blood work from yesterday ... I never had gestational diabetes with either of the girls ...