+ Failure +
Well, we failed the one-hour glucose test, yippee! 140 or below, according to the online sources (I didn't ask my Dr. what they use) would have passed. And we had 152. :-( I guess I'm not that surprised. I don't eat as well as I should, and this will force me to deal with that. They are sending the stuff in the mail for me to arrange and prepare for my 3-hour test. The part I'm not looking forward to is having my blood drawn a zillion times. Ick.

+ Blessings +
I read someone's journal once, a few months ago, and I read something great. I wish I could remember whose it was, but I read so many (look at my sidebar!) I just don't know. She was saying that she didn't understand why pregnant women minded strangers touching their bellies and commenting on their "delicate" state. To her, she said, it was a blessing that her body's ability to create a life also had the ability to make a complete stranger's morning, make them smile and be happy.

Those words stuck with me, and I am noticing that the more I show, the more I'm finding this. Yes, it's a little unnerving sometimes to walk into a store and have people's eyes immediately dart to my midsection, but it's better than darting to that other area men's eyes tend to dart. :-) And it's almost always followed by a smile, or a twinkle in their eye. Some will ask when I'm due, or ask me how I'm feeling. I don't like being the center of attention, but I try to remind myself that YOU, Baby O., are really the center of attention. And at just 2 pounds and a couple of months before birth, you already have the ability to make a complete stranger smile and be happy, even if it's only for a minute. What an incredible blessing that is, and how wonderful to be able to share this joy that I've had all to myself for the last 6-7 months.

I read a quote today on ipregnancy.com that relates to this whole concept, and I thought I'd share it: "Positive aspects of pregnancy: People will treat you nicer as soon as you start showing. You will get seated faster in restaurants. You have a great excuse to leave parties early (you say you're not feeling good). You will walk down the street and smile just because you know he/she is growing in your belly." - Manon

+ Wondering +
Have I mentioned I'm officially waddling?

+ Developing +
Awwww! "Your baby is now fully formed." Now, THAT is what I like to see. Keep maturing and I'll see you in a couple of months!

+ 28 weeks +
Twenty-eight weeks. That's just crazy. I know, I say it every week, but it blows my mind how fast this is going. Your growth is exacerbating my heartburn a lot the last couple of days, but I may have finally found a solution! Zantac! It's on my list as okay by the Dr., but I think I was in denial that my heartburn was really *that* bad so I never bought any. I broke down yesterday, I was feeling so awful... And now I feel great! We had fajitas for dinner last night and I had no heartburn at all! I still slept horribly, but that was because YOU didn't feel like sleeping and because Princess felt like sleeping ON me, no matter what I did. Oh, well. I am positive and cheerful about anything right now, with this heartburn gone. Daddy and I talked about the heartburn last night. He has never had any, ever, and cannot even imagine what it feels like. The funny thing is, I never had it once in my life before I got pregnant, and I used to wonder what it was like and whether it was really that bad. Boy, do I regret ever wondering that.

+ Dr. Update +
One-hour glucose tolerance test done! No results yet, of course, but I should see those in a few days. That orange stuff wasn't as awful as I'd thought it would be, but it wasn't pleasant. You seemed to like it, or hate it. Minutes after drinking it, you freaked out and started bouncing off the walls of my body. Yowza! When the Dr. tried to listen to your heartbeat later, we both just laughed because you wouldn't sit still for more than 2 seconds in any position. She finally just gave up trying.

My weight is up another 6.5 pounds (hee hee) for a grand total of 9.5 so far. She didn't seem alarmed by that, so I'm not panicking. My bp was 100/70, nice and low. I measured smack-on, a perfect 28 cm (I'll be 28 weeks tomorrow), and everything else looks great! We have another appt. on January 13th, then we go to the 2-week appointments. This Dr. was a new one for me, but she was really really nice. I wouldn't mind if she delivered at all. I will meet the others in the practice eventually and hope I feel the same way about them. I got the paperwork for the hospital, so I'll need to fill that out and get it back as soon as I can.

Today's your Daddy's 29th birthday! Yippee! You'll only get to know him in his 20's for a little while. Poor Daddy. He's playing his new PlayStation 2 game all day today, though, so it's not like he's too grown up yet. :-)

Oh by the way... Thank you SO much for keeping me up all night last night. I know you probably still had sugar overload, but come on. That was ridiculous. Combined with the heartburn that wouldn't go away and the 2 leg cramps, I didn't get ANY sleep at all. Grumble grumble grumble.

+ Today +
I don't suppose it's super-intelligent to start off the day of my gestational diabetes test with a 44 oz. Mug Root Beer? I'm also munching concurrently on original Doritos and coffee-flavored yogurt. What I need to make sure I do is drink lots of water (which I normally do) and make sure I eat lunch (which I didn't yesterday). And not eat any from the bag of orange slices hiding behind the Doritos bag. Yeah. Thankfully the test isn't until 3:15.

+ Yawn +
Oh, and my sleepiness is definitely, officially back. I slept many hours every night this weekend, and still took 2 1/2 hour naps on both Saturday and Sunday. I clearly needed them, and woke up fairly refreshed from each. But it's worrisome that I need this much sleep all of a sudden. The stuff I read says that's normal, but I was really hoping it wouldn't come back like this. The first couple of months frankly were kind of a sleepy blur. I guess the last few will be, too.

+ 27w4d +
I have to remember we have a Dr's appointment tomorrow. I completely forgot until a few minutes ago. It's our gestational diabetes test, and I'm not looking forward to it. I don't actually think I'll fail it, though I admittedly do not eat as well as I should, and sometimes (usually weekend mornings when I'm more active) I can feel changes in my blood sugar. But I guess we'll see! Daddy won't be going with us because he has a big, scary Calculus final. Poor Daddy.

You had a fun weekend. Friday night we went to a party for my work team, and you got to share a room with 2 other in utero babies. One is due 4 weeks after you (they don't know what the gender is) and one is due about 5.5 weeks after you (that one's a boy). I got an adorable teddy bear in the White Elephant gift exchange. Daddy wanted the Emeril Legasse cookbook. But babies and teddy bears? He had no contest. Everyone else wanted the bear, but told me later they didn't have the heart to take it from you. How sweet is that?! Friday night I experienced yet another new pregnancy problem... leg cramps. I had 3 massive wake-from-a-dead-sleep leg cramps. I can't figure out why, but I must have been sitting or standing too long in some bad position at the party. I actually had to get up and walk them off. Fortunately, I didn't get them back, but my legs were really sore on Saturday because of them.

Saturday you went to your first circus! We saw Cirque du Soleil's Dralion, and I kept expecting you to wake up and join in the fun. In fact, you slept through most of it, except when the music got really loud or the percussion got particularly rhythmic and loud. Then you gave me a couple of nice boogy-ing moments. Yesterday morning I woke up to a new experience. I could clearly identify for the first time how you were lying in there. My belly was very noticeably lopsided, and your butt and back were balled up on my right side, where you're usually kicking. You moved around once I got up, but it was neat to be able to kind of visualize your position for once.

So, tomorrow, the glucose test. Wednesday, Daddy's birthday. Thursday, 28 weeks. Yippee!