A couple things have happened since my last post...

Glucose Test - I didn't pass the first one. My doctor's 'cut-off' from OK to HIGH is 130, and I scored a 136. 6 points over!!! I was so upset. I really think it's because I ate a big bowl of fruit loops before I fasted. DUH MELODY! Anyways, when I talked to the doctor about it, he said I'd have to take the 3 hour test. I did NOT want to do that! Not even a little bit!! I asked if there was anything else I could do... he said the breakfast test. I fast the night before, go in and get blood drawn, go eat a 'normal' breakfast, and come back 2 hours after my last bite for another blood draw. So I did that one.... AND PASSED! I scored an 84! I can't tell you how excited I was to hear that. Seriously. SO EXCITED! I'm so happy I passed. Not just because I didn't have to take the 3 hour test, but because that means I won't get Gestational Diabetes. That would have been really really bad.

Nesting - I'm not really doing it anymore than I did before I was pregnant, lol. Mike has been nesting like crazy though! It's adorable. I think it's because I have such a hard time moving around now. I try and do what I can, but getting up, bending down, walking around, it all makes me really light headed, and my foot HURTS more than anything on my body. I could mention my back too... that hasn't been very nice to me lately. But Mike is just perfect and amazing and ready for his son to get here! I think the anticipation is really starting to get to him :P He's been having crazy dreams of being the uber protector of the family, and he is pretty intrigued by my big ol' pregnant belly, haha. It's his family wrapped into one nice neat little package, lol.

3D/4D Ultrasound - YEP! On Saturday, Dec 19th, we got the 3D ultrasound. It didn't turn out the best and I'm slightly frustrated about it. The place we went has some pretty old machines, and I think it diminishes the quality of the video/pics... though they always claim it's because the baby is "behind the placenta"... which I don't think is true. I have a good friend that's an ultrasound tech and does this for a living (pregnancy ultrasounds), and I think Mike and I may go to see her next weekend... get some good images of out bebe :) You know though, even with the not-so-great images, we still got to see our boy and he is absolutely adorable. He looks like a good mix of me and Mike :) I am so smitten with this little boy, I can't wait til I get to really meet him and hold him!!!

We went on a tour of Hoag Hospital on Dec 13th, and I must say, I'm pretty stoked. The day is approaching fast (though I don't know what day it will be!), and our baby will be here before we know it!

I have 10 weeks left til he is here. 10 WEEKS! That means next week we will be in single digits of weeks. This is insane. It feels like yesterday I read the test and I yelled to Mike asking him to get the box insert because I thought I was reading the test wrong. I remember bawling my eyes out when we found out I was pregnant. (happy cry, totally a happy cry). We tried for so long.... and even though it was "so long" to us, I know there are others in the world who have been trying for years and years and years... it only took us 3.5 years to get it right :) We found out we were going to be parents on July 2, 2009, and we will be parents around March 1, 2010. It's amazing to me.

My sister is planning my baby shower and has finally 'finished' the invitations. She's waiting for one more thing before she sends them out... but my shower is going to be on January 30th... That's coming fast too!!! I can't wait to see everyone before I have the baby. It's gonna be a lot of fun :)

I am now seeing the doctor every two weeks starting tomorrow, and when I hit 36 weeks I'll be seeing him once a week!! I put together a birthing plan that I hope to go over tomorrow with him... I figured since we haven't talked about it really at all, that bringing it up sooner rather than later would be a good idea, especially if, God forbid, anything happens and I have the baby before 38 weeks. We are hoping and praying that this birth can be as natural as possible. I *KNOW* people think I'm crazy for it, but I really think I can do it and I'd like to at least take the option. I'm not stupid, I know it's going to hurt, but I would like to try to do something that my body was made for. My body was not made to go through an AMAZING pregnancy, grow this child inside me, only to get drugs pumped into me to 'help' me have this baby. He is mine and my husbands, we will do this together, he will help me, and I will bring this baby into the world, happy, healthy, and absolutely adorable and 100% loved :) I just need to make sure my doctor is aware of that!!!

So yeah, a LOT has happened in the last month, and I am so anxious and excited for our son to arrive. There isn't a better present in the world <3

Merry Christmas to everyone, if I don't talk to you before!!


Love,
Melody