28 Weeks Along!!!

Today I went in for my 28 week appointment! I was really excited to go and hear the baby's heartbeat again! He's moving all the time now. For this appointment I had to 1st go into the lab and drink a special sugar enhanced drink called Glucola. The testing is done to determine if you suffer from gestational diabetes or glucose intolerance of pregnancy. Once my actual appointment was over I had to have my blood drawn and should have my results back soon.

I saw my usual doctor and everything is looking pretty good. When both the nurse and my doctor measured my belly they each "remeasured" saying it seemed too big! Every month I measure right on and this month I measured bigger than normal for 28 weeks. My doctor is having me schedule an extra ultrasound this month to determine the exact size of the baby and make sure he isn't getting too big! I only gained 1 more pound in the last four weeks, which brings me to 7 total. My doctor says my weight gain is good for me and she's hoping I can keep it around 15 pounds total. So now we just need to find out his size!!! I also came down with a bad cold a few days ago and spent the weekend in bed and didn't feel like eating much. My doctor took time to check me out and make sure the cold is in my head and not in my chest. And now I know I can pretty much take any medicine I want, I had been hardly taking anything the last few days! I'm also being treated for a bladder infection... apparently they're real common in pregnancies but she's afraid that if it goes untreated it could turn into a kidney infection. I've dealt with enough of those over the last 10 years and would rather not deal with that pain right now! So, treat away!!! So that's where we're at, this was my last monthly appointment, I'll be going in every two weeks until the last month, when I'll go every week. Other than that, we have our 3D ultrasound scheduled for next week. That's the one that is basically just a keepsake. But after we did one with Bronwyn, we are excited to see it again! It makes you cry every time! (unfortunately there is no way to upload it!) And Danny and I like "looking in" every chance we get. When I told Danny I would have to do an additional ultrasound he was excited we would be able to have another chance to see little Hayden (as well as make sure he's not going to get big)!!!

Bronwyn seems to be jumping on my belly a little less... she definitely notices that the belly is growing. It the cutest thing when she stands in front of me real close to my legs and I can hardly see her! The belly takes over! But she's super sweet around her cousin little Art and her friend Zoey. I know she's going to be the best big sister EVER!!!