32 weeks!

And for lack of a better comparison I feel like Bella Swan with little Renesmee trying to rip out of me! every once in a while her kicks and punches feel like she's gonna bust right through! or she gets so low in my pelvic that it feel like she's gonna drop right out. lol

Update, results and growth

So we had our appointment today and it went GREAT! Charlie is right on track for growth!!! So awesome since before she was measuring a little small. They said my placenta is still large and odd but other than that she's great! She's weighing in at 3lbs 11 oz. We got to see a 3d scan of her, which I use to think was creepy! but when it's your own its not nearly as bad! :) We got to see the cord on the scan which was weird but cool. After we had our US apt. I took a tour of the Postpartum area which is really nice. Less stress seeing where I'll be. I met again with a different Dr since mine had to rush off to do an emergency C section. I was able to get my glucose test results. I was at 104 and at 140 is where you'd have to do the second round of testing so I was very happy to hear that! They also gave me my iron levels which were good as well. I got some Ambien to see if that will help me sleep better. I sure hope it does! I'm exhausted!!! We were also able to finally get the crib home from my dad's office where it has been hanging out. I can't wait to put it together!!!

here are the newest US pics and one of the 3d shots :)

The little bubble like thing you see near her face is the cord.

30 weeks tomorrow.

Seriously?! 30 weeks!? AH!

After all the scares and complications we went through early on it's so nice to be this far! To think that at 20 weeks the Dr was talking about if we needed to get her out 23 weeks or later would be the best. We've passed 23 weeks up long ago!!! :)

My last appointment went well. I asked the Dr if the weird, almost spasms I was feeling were normal. He said yep! Sometimes they just like to freak out for a second. I also did my glucose test which actually didn't end up being as bad as I thought, until I got home. The drink was just like fruit punch, pretty good actually. The blood being drawn wasn't nearly as bad either. I think the older I get and the more it is done correctly it's calming my fear. The only problem I had was that I was so nervous I was going to "fail" the test that I ate breakfast but didn't eat lunch. I couldn't eat the hour I was waiting so by the time I ate I was on a sugar rush starving stomach. :( I ate when I got home and ended up falling asleep. I felt like crap! I eventually got a really bad migraine, which if you know me you know how bad I get them. Taylor had gotten us dinner and about 20 min later I was throwing up :(
I also mentioned to the Dr about my lack of sleep. I can usually fall asleep pretty quickly but staying asleep is a thing of the past. I wake up every 30-45 min and am up for another 30-45 min before I can get back to sleep. He said he could give me some meds to help or I could try doing a no TV about an hour before bed to help ,y mind relax. The past 2 nights i haven't fallen asleep to the TV, which is huge, and it's helped a bit. I still wake up but it's about every 2 hours or so. Usually at 6 AM I am moving to the couch because my hip is killing me. I don't know why the couch helps, but it does. And then the sleep talking/mumbling begins. I don't know if it's the pregnancy or my mind just not getting enough rest that I have begun talking so much. I know I would do it every once in a while, but this is every night now. I get mumbling (never anything decipherable) so loudly that I wake myself up. Good thing I'm on the couch so I don't wake Taylor up :) I get an U/S at my next appointment on the 21st! I'm excited to see how big she's gotten. We haven't had one since Oct 23rd, so it'll be about 2 months since we've seen her.


First shower is this weekend. It's the family shower :) I'm hoping to see some family I haven't seen in a while!!! My Aunt Christine couldn't come, they live in WA, but she still ordered me something. It got delivered yesterday and I was SOOOO EXCITED!!! She got us our Travel Set!!! It's beautiful!!! So generous of them to get us this gift!!! I don't know that I'll ever be able to thank them enough!!! Finally Taylor is getting into the excited mode :) I was just going to take it out of the box so i could see it and he ended up building the stroller :) We went through the manual and figured out all the little gadgets and functions. It was so cute!!! I have it sitting in the front room and I just can't wait to put her in it!!! not only do I know that she'll be safe in it, she's going to be so cute!!! Thank you so much Aunt Christine and Uncle Chris!!!!!

Taylor started reading a book last night called The Baby Bonding Book For Dads. It was cute to hear him "humph" while reading and be like "I didn't know that." I think he was able to get a bit of insight on what to expect. I think he's going to be such a great dad. I'm glad he's finally showing his excitement!