31 Weeks

31 weeks and counting. Here is some fun information and a 3D picture. Baby should be about 16 inches long and weigh about 3.5 – 4 lbs now. The lungs are the only organ that is underdeveloped and needs these next 9 weeks in the womb to become mature. I’ve been feeling pretty good, a little less tired since I quit exercising in the morning. It made my blood sugar numbers go up a little in the morning, but at 8 months pregnant, I was so exhausted working out two times a day I had to cut it down. I don’t even do that when I’m not carrying a baby! Mentally it has helped me too, even though I’m a little worried about the blood sugars in the morning.

The GD nurse said to add more carbs to dinner and snack, along with a little more protein and then a glass of milk in the middle of the night. I did that, but it made the numbers go up a little, which I thought was weird. So I am back to just eating my regular amount of carbs for dinner and late night snack and I am skipping the 3:30am milk. It brought the numbers down 10 points. So weird that it fluctuates so much. I tend the eat about the same thing, but the numbers fluctuate so much.

Saturday I thought the blood sugar would go crazy with the baby shower tea party food. There was a lot of white flour and sugars, but they stayed within normal range. I have my next doctor’s appointment this Friday. I know she will want to put me on that pill, which I am nervous about because there really hasn’t been a lot of studies done to support and advise what the long term effects will be on mother and baby. They used to just put the mom on insulin shots, but now this oral pill is available. They know short term it seems to be ‘ok’. My main concern is baby’s blood sugar once she is born, it could be really low because of this pill, which then they would give her glucose water or formula right away if my milk doesn’t come in. But milk doesn’t come in until about 2 – 3 days after the birth. I would hope the colosterum would suffice (which is a liquid that comes in before the milk), but we’ll see. I’ll talk to them about it on Friday.

Tadpole has been swimming around pretty good in there. She has her days though where she is more active than others. Some days she’ll just do a few movements after meals and at bedtime, and then other days she seems to want to try out for the gymnastics team. I thought she should be moving all the time everyday, but that’s not the case. Babies also have moods, good days and bad days, just like us when we have a lot of energy as opposed to low energy. We’re going to be scheduling a third ultrasound for around 37 weeks, to track her growth because of this diabetes thing. I’ll have to pay 30% out of pocket, but it’s worth it. I would like to see what she looks like at that point……..

La Sirena and the little tadpole