This weekend was our Baby Shower! My friend Mo did a bang up job, distributing onsies to people so they could decorate them. It was a good turnout and everyone had a good time. No scary baby shower games like sniffing melted candy bars in diapers, trying to figure out which candy bar it is.…

7 weeks to go. Holy Shmoly. My belly has taken on weird new dimensions. I’m starting to stress. I feel time ticking away. They’ve been trying to hire a replacement for me at work. He signed today and it’s official. I means I probably won’t have to work through July 15th, and that means more…

So… we had to redo our sewer line. The best case scenario was that it would cost about $2400. If the water line got in the way or was damaged, it was going to be $1400 more. Turns out, through a series of unfortunate circumstances, our final bill totals more like $6200. Yikes. Not knowing…

Ay yay yay. It’s been a crazy week. The results from my 3 hours glucose tolerance test were bad, and worst of all, the morning fasting number was bad. I definitely have gestational diabetes. I’ve been monitoring my glucose for a little over a week now and I’m having trouble getting that morning fasting number…

I know I shouldn’t beat myself up about this, but I am. I feel bad for every tiny bit of sugar I had early on in my pregnancy. I wish I could take it all back. I know my baby is going to be ok, I know I’m going to be able to keep my…

Nine more weeks and counting. Strangers are starting to ask me when I’m due. So I must be finally past that is-she-fat-or-pregnant? phase. I still don’t feel big, although I think I probably look big. I feel like I’m looking at a funhouse mirror when I look at my reflection. It’s been an easy hard…

Last night I sewed instead of working on my paintings. It’s my way of procrastinating. I suppose it could be worse. I could have procrastinated by sitting around, doing nothing. But lately, I just call that being pregnancy tired, and the only thing I can really procrastinate against when I’m “pregnancy tired” is sleeping. But…

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…

My brother posted a comment on my post about my last glucose test. Here is my response Scott “Sadly, due to our family history on both sides, we are at risk for type 2 diabetes. This has nothing to do with the diets that mom or dad had us on. ” It has everything to…

Tears, tears, tears. I just talked to my midwife. I’m slightly anemic (not surprised), but I also had a glucose level of 196. It should not be above 140. Levels of 200 or higher are considered gestational diabetes. I have been so good for the past two months and I’m so surprised that my test…

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Now that I’m into my third trimester, I am really feeling like we are in a countdown. It’s amazing how fast you go from feeling like you’ll be pregnant for a long time, to feeling like you’re going to have a baby soon. I went to Seattle and saw my friend Azure. She gave me…

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I worked on my office/studio a bit yesterday. Now that the room is painted (Thanks Tom!). I can really start to put my things away and get organized. I hung shelves and put up my dry erase board. On my board is the word “Determination.” I keep it there as a constant reminder to never…

I’m really starting to feel like my pregnancy is going to end. In the beginning, it sort of felt like I might be pregnant forever. Now I’m feeling the panic of getting everything ready for baby. I’ve been blessed with an easy and fun pregnancy so far and here’s hoping it stays that way. We…