Wiggle Worm

This little one is such a wiggler! He doesn't really seem to be much of a kicker, although sometimes I do get some solid kicks. Mostly he's just moving around a bunch. This morning for the first time I actually felt him in two places at once. He was kicking on my left side, and doing some other calisthenics that I could feel on the right, maybe with his arms. Who knows? It's fun feeling him, but sometimes it makes me wonder what more is to come. I'm sure the little kicks will only get stronger. He also seems to be taking a little bit more advantage of the extra room I've grown in the past couple of weeks. My body has definitely made room for him up higher, but he hasn't been using that space much. I'm sure he'll need it soon.
We had another doctor's visit yesterday, and from now on we'll be seeing her every two weeks. She continues to say everything looks great, even though I was worried I'd get another lecture about weight gain. Listening to his heartbeat is always fun, although he was moving around so much yesterday, you could hear the movements as much as the heart!
So everything's looking fantastic, and we even have a second car now, which we needed for the baby! We still need to do some serious work on the nursery (!! we have a nursery!!), like getting everything out of there and in to storage, and getting the crib and everything situated. But we've got a few months still, thank goodness! And I am still knitting, although I am stuck working on a little hat that is taking forever. Definitely won't be making two of those. Quick and easy patterns are what I want. We'll get more pictures up soon, so you can see how we're growing!

Cute little knitted things

Here is the first post of stuff I've knit for the baby! I've knit four pairs of baby booties and one hat, and I'm in the middle of another hat, which I ran out of yarn for. I still have two more baby bootie patterns that I'd like to try, so I'm waiting to do a baby bootie specific post. But I needed to share this hat and bootie pair with you. They're not a set in that the patterns necessarily go together - I just knit them from the same yarn, so they match. The booties are ridiculously tiny, I'm not even sure they would fit a newborn infant. And the yarn is not necessarily baby soft yarn, so an infant might hate it. But the hat is the most adorable thing on the planet, I think. And it was super easy, so I could definitely make another. The hat pattern is called the Genghis Baby Hat. Very fitting I think. Once I'm done with booties and hats, I'll be moving on to bigger projects. I have in the queue a baby book and a sleeper that I already have the yarn for. So you'll be hearing more from me on the knitting front, I'm sure.
Oh and in other news, I have a baby shower scheduled. One of my friends from work is hosting it for me, but in case you're curious, it's on October 24th. I only registered at Target, because I truly hate Babies R Us, and I don't want anyone to feel obligated to shop there. We start childbirth preparation classes in a couple of weeks. I'm excited! We're going to actually have a real live child with us soon!!! AAaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!

Six months and counting . . .

I find it really strange that this month's picture looks the same, or maybe even smaller, than last month's. I swear to you, I am bigger. I definitely look pregnant now. When my mom was here we did a bunch of maternity clothes shopping, so hopefully that will work for the rest of the pregnancy. I basically splurged on pants.
In addition to some things for me, I recently got a bunch of yarn to start working on baby knitting projects. So far I have made three pairs of baby booties, while trying to find my favorite baby bootie pattern. The latest is the best, but I'll post pictures when I'm done with my baby bootie spree. Then I think I'll be moving on to hats, mittens, and various other baby things.
I'm still feeling great. I love it when people ask how I'm feeling, because really, I have no complaints! I am sure that I will begin to get more and more uncomfortable, as our little one gets bigger. Already I'm feeling him more everyday. And he can definitely be felt from the outside now as well. He is determined to make himself known!

Diagnosis . . .

Guess who does not have gestational diabetes? Well, lots of people, I'm sure, but also, me! Like we thought, my body just does weird things when processing sugar, but I am not diabetic, and it causes no harm to my pregnancy. My body just apparently doesn't process sugar through my blood as well, or something, and it ends up in my kidneys, but it is not a problem. What lovely good news.
I still plan on sticking to my new healthier eating habits, although I will probably not restrict myself quite as much. Can you believe I only had chocolate once in the past month, and that was on my birthday? I can hardly believe it myself.

Check-up Day

I saw my doctor for a brief check-up this morning. I got to hear the baby's heart beat some more, which is always fun. She said everything looks fantastic, except . . . sugar is showing up in my urine again. Which is bad. So tomorrow morning I have to drink some stuff after not eating for 8 hours, and then have some blood drawn. This is the gestational diabetes test that they do for everyone, but usually not for another month or so. But because of this stupid sugar, I get to do it early. The other thing I was a little concerned about was my weight, but I seem to be back on track there.
After talking with my mom when she visited last week, I am not that worried about the outcome of this test. My mom said she had the same thing happen to her during her pregnancies, and I tend to take after her quite a bit when it comes to stuff like that. And being diagnosed with gestational diabetes would not be the end of the world, it's just not something that I'm interested in dealing with. The worst part, in my mind, is that it sets up the baby to have problems later in life, like a greater chance of having diabetes himself, or struggling with obesity. Neither of these are things that I would like to put my child at greater risk of having. The doctor said the baby is in the 70th percentile size-wise (gestational diabetes causes bigger babies), but neither Robert or I are small people, so I think that's pretty normal at this point.
All-in-all this whole experience has at least forced me to eat a lot healthier. I really have cut out junk food, and all sorts of goodies, and I've been relying on fruit stuff for my sweets. I've also paid more attention to added sugar in stuff. And I've been eating a lot more whole grains. So it's been good for me. I just hope that everything comes out okay with the tests, and it's not going to be something I have to struggle with for the next four months.