Life as of April 19, 2011

Well, all of us our doing great! Nick and I have started planning for Allie's room! We cannot wait! We unfortunately have to wait for a few more weeks. Nick has a bunch of office stuff (it ended up being a junk room) in Allie's room. Once school is over (first week of May) We will be getting everything organised. I am starting to go into Nesting which is not good... I have ten weeks left, I was hoping this would not happen yet. To those who do not know what nesting is, once you have a baby you will see what I mean. But it is basically when you try to make your home and surroundings baby safe and nice and clean.

Changes in me:

The biggest change that has happened is my tummy of course. I have started getting a whole lot bigger. It is fun because now strangers are asking when I am due, so that means I am looking pregnant. :D Another change that is not fun is my feet. I have swollen up so much! My brother says that it looks like I have elephant-titus. or how ever you spell that. Another thing that is not too fun is Heart burn. The tums that I have do not even help all that much. the heart burn is just getting worse. This makes it hard to sleep. My doctor has given me sleeping medicine because it takes about four hours each night to fall asleep. Now, for the positive. Allie kicks so much stronger than usual. I love it! She will wake me up by kicking. I kinda play games with her pushing he buttons. Allie hates having anything pressed on my tummy. So what I will do is press my tummy a little and she will kick my hand like crazy! I love her so much! It is fun to have that time with her.

Changes in our living:

We are trying to put pictures up on our walls so they are less bare. It is kinda tricky not being able to put holes in the walls. But we will get it eventually. We also have a guest that is staying with us for about a month or so. She is really nice, it is just a little crowded, but she does good at keeping her stuff well organised. Which is all we really ask for. Nick is being a champ having another girl in our home.

I think that is all of the update I have for today!!!! :D Have a great day!

Our little scare

So every pregnancy has its ups and its downs. When you are pregnant it is not all just bells and whistles. You are treated like a queen for the most part. However, you have to go to the doctors office to be looked at and such. There is a test called the glucose test. This so far has been the worst thing about being pregnant, even worse than being so sick and losing 25 pounds. The glucose test I had never heard of until I became pregnant. So, let me enlighten you in what it is, just in case you don't know. This is a test where you cannot eat anything an hour before your appointment and you also have to drink a sugar drink. Not a bad idea eh? I mean every one loves sugar and would love drinking it... DO NOT BE FOOLED! I am pretty sure that this drink was the worst think I had ever tasted. We are only allowed five min to drink this drink. I finished it in about 30 seconds because I was not going to stop till it was done because I did not want to stop and think about the taste. Immediately after drinking this, I started shaking pretty bad and I did not feel good. When I got to the doctors office the nurses were a little nervous for me because I was shaking so bad. They made sure some one was around me at all times. They have to take your blood to test to see if you have gestational diabetes (the whole point of the test). After that, they took me into a room and tried to listen to Allie's heart beat. She was going just as crazy as I was it turned out. She could not stop moving so it was hard for the doctor to find her heart beat long enough. We eventually found it and it was 153 which is very healthy! The next day I get a call saying that I did not pass the glucose test and that I most likely have gestational diabetes. This made me cry the whole day. There could be so many things wrong with Allie or I because of this. She could end up with diabetes or even being a still born. I was terrified for her. Nick gave me a blessing that night, and from then on I knew everything would be okay. We had asked his family and mine to do a family fast, so that Allie and I would be okay. Tuesday morning I went in for yet another test. This time it would be a three hour test where you had to drink double the amount of glucose and you have to get your blood drawn four times. I was so scared. This time when I drank it, I took a little longer, I thought that maybe me drinking it so fast was a bad thing. After I drank the drink I felt fine. During the whole test I was fine. I was not shaky or anything! After the test was a different story. Nick came after his class and met me for lunch. I was not allowed to eat till 1:30. While we were waiting for our lunch to come I started feeling super hot and way dizzy. I had to sit down and try to make my world stop spinning. I was so dizzy and everything kept flashing black. This happened for the rest of the day. I tried to go to work, but I was just so scared that I could not talk or anything. I have never blacked out and it was happening so often. My boss sent me home and I went and fell asleep so fast. When I woke up I was fine. A few days later, the doctor called and told me that I had passed the test and that Allie and I are both fine. I am so grateful for family and the willingness they had to fast and pray for my little girl and I!