30 Week Update

10 Weeks and counting, I hit a milestone this week – 30 weeks! Here is some information on 30 weeks, I love the 3D picture they have, plus here is some info on the American Pregnancy Association Website for 30 weeks. Dan and I finished taking down the wallpaper and painting the hallway, dining room, living room and foyer this past weekend. We’re going to decorate for Christmas this coming weekend. My friend Jackie said I am nesting, but really I don’t feel like that yet. The ‘baby’s room’ is a mess, it still looks like a guest room, which it partially is. I’m thinking come Christmas time, mom will be here and then we can get some stuff in order. We need to get a dresser to start storing stuff because the things that we have been given are currently stacked in the co-sleeper bassinet and in a tote in the closet. I would like for the room to be a bit more cuter, if you know what I mean. I would also like to maybe get a glider, we’ll be checking Craigslist for some options soon.

It has been unbearably cold here, hasn’t gotten above 10 degrees in weeks. This is unseasonably cold for here, usually it ranges from 40 – 45 degrees, but this cold snap just won’t go away. I love the cold, but tt makes it really hard to go outside for a walk, so I’ve been doing the elliptical. Last week I was super on schedule, elliptical in the morning and then at night, but come the weekend and finishing painting, Sunday I just ran out of steam. I was wasted tired, I took an hour and a half nap and Dan finished the ceiling painting and hung everything. I felt like a tired blob, just sitting on the couch watching. Oh well. Then Monday no exercise, I was so tired I went into the hallway lounge at work and took a power nap for 10 minutes. It was so worth it!! I wish we were wealthy, then I could go to part time and have time to rest. But no, it’s been long drives through snow and freezing cold to get to work. Blah, the drives are what are taking so much more of my time, usually it’s only 30 minutes each way, but with the snow and slick roads, it’s taking about 45 – 60 minutes.

Update on the diabetes, I can’t get my morning numbers down to under 100. I’ve done what they’ve asked, added more carbs to dinner, bigger snack and more carbs at night before bed, glass of milk in the middle of the night, 30 minutes of exercise in the morning and at night. Ugh! That number is so annoying, it ranges from 110 – 140. The other numbers are fine they said, it’s just the morning one. Because since a person is fasting at night, not having anything to eat from say 9:30pm until 6:30am, the number should be low because there is no food in your system. However in a diabetic, the body gets confused and the liver kicks in to make up for the sugars that it thinks should be coming in – therefore high numbers in the morning.

I just wish I knew if this truly was such a huge deal because I know they are going to want me to go on that Glyburide pill. Do the benefits really outweigh the risks? What are the risks? I spoke with my diabete’s educators and they said many pregnant woman have taken this pill and it is fine, however I tried to look up studies that have been done and I can’t find any. I only found a couple that were done in rats and it effected the baby’s bones. I also read that the baby could be born with dangerously low blood sugar and would have to have sugar water IV. Which this also effects the mom, because it makes my blood sugar really low, I have to carry snacks around all of the time. Geesh. I don’t want that at all. I haven’t really heard any benefits other than keeping the baby at a healthy weight to be able to vaginally birth it. But baby is not considered ‘massive’ at this point. My fundus is measuring right on schedule – 30 cm – 30 weeks I don’t know, it’s all so confusing.

Ten more weeks, feeling pretty good other than a little more tired and actually had some nausea lately. It’s almost like the first trimester symptoms want to come back. Oh gosh, I hope not…..

La Sirena and the little tadpole