So we've made it through the holiday's and are now into the third trimester! Hard to believe we're in the final stretch although my body is definitely telling me we're getting close. My back aches and sleeping through the night is difficult. Poor Marcus, he isn't getting much sleep either but I guess we're just training for when Jackson gets here!
We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and when the nurse walked in she said, 'just 10 weeks to go!"... I'm sorry, what?! 10 weeks?! I'm feeling good about things but there's something about the time being down to weeks we can count on two hands that is a bit overwhelming! Thankfully we worked on the nursery before New Years so I'm feeling much more put together and organized than before Christmas. And now that he's moving around more and growing so fast, it's hard not to get anxious about meeting our little guy. His kicks sometimes make my whole belly move and sometimes when he rolls over I can feel an arm or a foot just underneath the skin. It's the strangest and most amazing feeling ever. He's gotten much less shy around his dad and Marcus has felt him move a number of times now but he's still painfully shy around friends and family and most people haven't experienced his movements. As he gets bigger I'm sure that will change.
Now back to the appointment yesterday... I had the gestational diabetes test at 8am which was absolutely no fun but not as bad as I anticipated. I drank a super sugary solution and then had my blood drawn an hour later. We haven’t heard anything on the blood yet and I think it’s no news is good news again so hopefully I won’t hear from them at all! We then had an ultrasound which was good but an hour and a half after the burst of sugar, Jackson curled up into a ball facing backwards and went to sleep so it was hard to see much. That said, Deanna (the ultrasound technician) says he’s looking really good and weighs in @ 3.3 lbs which is in the 67 percentile in terms of growth! Dr. Clark thinks he’s going to be at least 8lbs when he’s born and we’re thinking he may come a week or so early. The belly is measuring 29 inches and I managed not to gain any weight this month so I’m still on track with 25lbs gained so far (the number on the scale is frightening but I’m at peace with the fact that it’s going to go up again since he still has about 5 more pounds to gain). In fact, since I didn’t gain any weight I ate an extra cookie with frosting at the Fuqua holiday party yesterday afternoon!
The picture above is of the Delta Zeta girls at Lauren and Blake's shower.
