I am 29 weeks and 1 day pregnant today! We are down to 70 days until Baby T's induction date at the latest. I have another big update I will give you guys later this week.
Baby T's movements have changed DRASTICALLY since last week.
I have been counting kicks and I can only get about 6-8 kicks per hour, which I am unsure of if that is because she is squished as well as having an anterior placenta.
Varicose Veins - I do not have any varicose veins that I can see, even know they run in my family, and I will get them at some point. Now I am just all stretch marks from my breasts down to my ankles. I thank my frequent exercise as my reason for not getting varicose veins yet. I do 40 minutes of yoga daily, which makes a world of difference. I also am having an extremely different pregnancy than anyone I know. Now I know why, which will come later this week.
Kick Counts - One reason I am not getting many kick counts is that I do not lay down to count the kicks. I usually count them while I am reading in my chair or doing light housework or showering.
Constipation - Thankfully, I have not been constipated since about 20ish weeks. I have done nothing to change that, but think it came with the flux in hormones.
Pregnancy Brain - I actually only suffered one bout of this in which I started vacuuming early on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago while my roommate was sleeping.
Buy Breast Pads - I have actually been wearing breast pads constantly for a few weeks now, I leak constantly still. It lightened up last week but came right back the next day. I have a pack of three washable sets that I wear interchangeably.
Restless Leg Syndrome - Actually, I have not had restless leg syndrome yet, just constant leg cramps when I am sleeping causing me to wake frequently to find a better position to lie in. I have gotten very light charley horses again.
Soothe Sensitive Skin - Also not a trouble I am facing at the moment. I had gotten a cleanser in my Oh Baby Box a few weeks back I use daily on my face, and it has cleared my rosacea.
Cord Blood Banking - I wanted to donate my cord blood, but because of my medications and autoimmune diseases, I may not donate. I do not want to spend thousands of dollars banking the blood when we have little reason to believe Baby T will need it, and it's not the best blood for her either. Since it is subpar for the general population if Baby T ends up getting some illness in life that she may need stem cells, we will have to count on lovely women who choose to donate their blood.
Braxton-Hicks vs Contractions - This is something that I have learned little about yet, other than when it is real contractions they come with a rhythm, and I will have to count contractions when I suspect that to be the case.
I am getting so much bigger but I am losing weight again, my belly does not fit into many clothes anymore. Baby T is running out of room I am sure.
She has been moving more than I have been thinking it's just that they are small movements now because my baby girl is squished in there already. I am eager for the ultrasound in two weeks to tell me what size she is now because I think she has grown big, but I think that intrauterine growth restriction is becoming an issue already.
I am no longer dreaming about getting hit in the stomach.
My headaches have calmed down a bit too.
My stomach aches definitely have, I will give many more updates on these things later in the week because I want to separate it from the update of 29 weeks.
I moved my counseling appointment to today because of my crazy week last week.
Tomorrow morning I meet Baby T's pediatrician to make sure we are a good fit for each other, I am very anxious about health and ask many questions and do best when I am educated to the fullest by my medical practitioners and this will continue with my baby girl.
Wednesday we get our second dose of the Covid vaccine. I am looking forward to having both shots done and being as fully vaccinated as possible in two weeks from now, then I will need the booster of D-TaP.
I am waiting on a call from my high risk OB's office.
I will tell the short of it right now, I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes on Friday. I should have put it together on my own. I had concerns about it about a month ago, but my blood sugars came back well then.
I went in Wednesday for the one hour glucose test and failed terribly.
Woke up Thursday morning to find the test result and was eager to find out when I could do the three-hour glucose test. So around 10 am I called my OB, and they said they had already put in the order for the three-hour test but I had to fast for 12 hours before so Friday morning I went to do the three-hour test.
I finally got my results Saturday after receiving a call Friday evening that I failed and had a referral in to the high risk OB again. I was left thinking the worst, but when I got my results Saturday morning, I felt so relieved.
I passed both the fasting glucose and the one-hour test. Failing the two and three-hour tests by only 13 mg/dL and 11 mg/dL, respectively.
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