Here we go, we’re in the final 10 week count down (give or take). My blood pressure is 120 over 60, I’m steadily gaining 2 pounds a month, I feel fine and I’m still very mobile. I’m on iron supplements and I feel better. Baby is about 3 pounds and about 15.7″ long. Looks like she spends most of her time head down so I think I’m safe from breech. Because of the bad results form the 1 hour glucose test, on the advice of my midwives I’ve completely cut out all grains for now. They say some women are just really sensitive to grains and it’s better to be on the safe side. They’ve seen plenty of women do just fine as long as they cut out the grains. I go in for my three hour glucose screening soon. Today in our monthly appointment my midwife reassured me that often people get bad results from the 1 hour screening and go on to do fine in the 3 hour screening. So I’m trying not to panic too much. If it’s bad and I end up needing insulin, I loose my ability to have a home birth, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that things haven’t gotten that bad. Like I said, I feel fine. I’m totally dedicated to this no grain thing. I want my home birth, this high protein, low carb diet is best for baby, and maybe It’ll spare me from some of those common 8th month issues like swelling.
I’m still moving around quite a bit. I let Tom do all the heavy lifting but I was able to get some gardening done, even moved some buckets of dirt around. I am definitely slower than I was, but I just do little bits at a time and take breaks. I’m still cooking up a storm, cleaning, painting furniture, putting up shelves, all that fun house move-in stuff. I’m sleeping pretty good too. I have to get up once or twice but I get back to sleep pretty quickly. Tom says he’s proud of how well I’m doing. I’m proud too. Despite the issues like glucose, muscle tear, and a sore tailbone, I feel like this pregnancy has been generally pretty easy.
We took Juniper to see Nada Surf and Telekinesis. What a great show. We went early so we could get me a seat and it was so nice getting to stay on my butt the whole time. The little one kicked a lot, so either she hates live music or loves it. We’ve seen Nada Surf many times now. I wanted to tell them I’d seen them with a broken foot a few years ago and now seven months pregnant.
Our friends Gus and Cassie came over for lunch on Saturday and brought over some baby loot. They gave us this jacket, which I wish fit me.
So nice having people over. I made fried chicken, fresh biscuits, coleslaw and yams. The biscuits and yams looked good :(. I want more dinner parties. I love our new dining room. I wish all the people who came over for dinners in our tiny apartment in San Francisco could all come over for dinner at our new place.
This weekend was me and Tom’s 10th anniversary or being together. He had said we had to drop this anniversary and start using our marriage anniversary but the truth is, it might fall on or very close to our kid’s birthday, so we may end up switching back. Something tells me, even if we don’t have a baby by August 9th, we’re not going to have a whole lot of energy for celebrating. So we sorta celebrated this weekend. And that meant spending some good quality time together and with our dog. Trying to just enjoy the peace and quiet (sans the barking) of our lives right now. It was a really wonderful weekend. I wish it could have been longer.
Happy 30 weeks, little bug. See you in another 10 (ish).