Posted by: babyschiller on: December 26, 2008
If you are what you eat, then I am about 90% cookie. Sigh. I’m expecting a 4-5 pound weight gain for this week, but it’s for THE BABY, right? Speaking of the baby, she had a lovely shower on Christmas Eve (thank you, Balfours, Schillers, and Reeves!!) and is assimilating possibly the cutest wardrobe I’ve [...]
Posted by: babyschiller on: December 19, 2008
Baby Audrey has been so active lately! Her favorite place to hang out is under my ribs on the left side, which can be a wee bit uncomfortable. The doctor said that it’s good to have such an active baby, and reminded me that we’ll be starting to count kicks in three weeks or so. [...]
Posted by: babyschiller on: December 18, 2008
My doctor’s office called last night to give me the results of my blood work.
(1) I do not have gestational diabetes. Hooray! That means I can eat as many cookies as I want this Christmas!
(2) I’m not anemic. Thanks, pre-natal vitamins!
(3) I don’t have syphillis. That’s… wait, what? I had no idea they were testing [...]
Posted by: babyschiller on: December 16, 2008
My doctor’s appointment this morning went well. I took the oral glucose tolerance test for gestational diabetes and should have the results in 3-4 days. The drink they gave me was absolutely horrid–I imagine it was similar to drinking the syrup they use to make orange soda. Blech. But it’s done!
I was also weighed and [...]
Posted by: babyschiller on: December 12, 2008
Here I am at Week 24–me and all 13 extra pounds…
Someone said the nicest thing to me yesterday in the elevator at work–I almost cried! Usually, when people comment on my size, it’s to tell me how small I am for 6 months along. There are two problems with this. (1) I feel ginormous. I’ve [...]
Posted by: babyschiller on: December 5, 2008
I gained four pounds–FOUR POUNDS–while I was home visiting my parents! That’s one pound per day. Geez! Your plan worked, Mom… I had all these intentions to exercise when we got back to DC–I even got a few prenatal exercise DVDs from Netflix. The other day, I put one in and watched it while I [...]
