Well, we have officially hit the third trimester.
I never thought we would see this day! It seemed like light years away when I was 8 weeks in looking forward to it. We are on the down swing!! Whoohoo! This is us, 27 weeks 5 days this morning. The third trimester has brought its own set of challenges . . as did the other 2! More frequent hip pain, trouble sleeping ( I am up a minimum of 2 hours consecutively every night), some queasiness, some weird "spells" we shall call them . . . and a much dreaded test.
Meet the glucose drink.
They say the drink is best ice cold and in a separate glass.
Check. I choose fruit punch. The only other option was orange. I can't stomach orange flavored anything on a good day! This has to be downed in 5 minutes. Then, wait an hour to have blood drawn. Luckily I didn't have to fast but for 2 hours before drinking this and 3 total hours before blood was drawn. I ate some plain cheerios in 2 % milk for breakfast and a few swigs of Dr. Pepper. Here goes nothing . .
Finished with a minute and 10 seconds to spare! Hey, 5 minutes goes by quicker than you think when you have to have something finished. It wasn't terrible! Actually it tasted like Hawaiian punch. The first sip was the worst and then it got tolerable.
I passed! I was so happy! I was really afraid that I was going to have to do the 3 hour test WHEN I failed this one. Thank YOU Lord that is is over!!
Gracie loves the new Christmas tree skirt. She has also decided she loves one of the gifts under the tree. She has NEVER tried to play with a gift. Jason found her the other night with the shiniest, prettiest wrapped gift we have. What can I say but that she is her mama's daughter! We have actually had to move it because she keeps going back to it.
Happy Weekend!
