Sweet!

Actually, it wasn't all *that* sweet! Everyone describes the glucola you have to drink for the glucose tolerance test as sickeningly sweet, but really it was just slightly sweet with a bitter after taste. I had a very hard time finishing it in the alotted 5 minutes, but I managed. When I first started drinking it, my heart started to race. I'm still not sure whether that was just because I was nervous about it, or if it was an actual physiological response. The really sweet part was the result! 76! I apparently have great sugar control, at least for now. They'll test again at 28 weeks (12 weeks from now), but I'm really glad there is so much room to spare. The cutoff is 130 and 70 is the low end of normal. YAY! Our next appointment is in another 2 weeks for an ultrasound, which we hope will finally reveal the sex of the razz! I REALLY hope we can tell. If not though, at least we'll get our first glimpse of the RAZZ!! I can't wait!

it's still in there

So, Tuesday we had another prenatal. We waited an hour past our appointment time, and then went in. We got to hear the heartbeat again, which is always reassuring. I don't know why, but as we get close to each appointment, I start to worry that something bad has happened, so hearing the heartbeat is super wonderful to me. Many annoying things happened during this visit, but I'm going to try to focus on the positive. The baby is still in there with his or her little heart beating strong. We loved hearing it so much that we bought one of those passive listeners to listen at home. It's too early to hear that way, but we had lots of fun listening to cats purring, everyone's gut sounds, and talking. Way cool. I can't wait until we can actually use it to hear the baby. Also, I'm really looking forward to actually feeling the baby, and looking obviously pregnant in my clothes. Both are still probably several weeks off.