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Here I am, one day before 28 weeks. Things are going just fine. Being kicked to death. :) I think she is still laying breech, but I also think she's a bit diagonal. It's weird. What's funny is the shirt I'm wearing in the pic isn't even maternity. It's a shirt that I've had for a while now but was just loose throughout. That's always good! That means it will still look normal afterwards.

Well, it's dinnertime and I have no clue what this household will be eating!

Now begins the every two weeks!

This morning was my glucose test. For some reason, they told me to fast for this one. After waking up and having my tummy yell at me for a while, I looked it up online and saw that for the initial test, fasting is not required. So, instead of drinking apple juice and having my full-blown breakfast, I drank water and ate some peanut butter crackers. I even took my coffee with me but ended up only have a few sips of it.

After drinking my yummy fruit punch, I had my appointment as well. I've gained even more and when I lamented over the number, the nurse just looked at me, matter-of-factly, and said, "Well, you are growing a baby!" I guess since the doctor's aren't worried about it, I shouldn't be. I've now gained 17 pounds. Hopefully that will slow down or else, I have a lot of work to do after June!

But, once again, everything looks and sounds good. When trying to take the baby's heartrate, she kept kicking the wand again. The NP started scolding her in a joking way that if she didn't stop moving, she couldn't check the heart! Eventually, we got a count. My blood pressure was back up to my normal range, 120/80 so that's good.

I will either hear back maybe tomorrow if the test was failed, or I won't hear anything. I'm definitely hoping for a no call because I honestly do not know how I will manage a three hour test! I hope that at my next appointment, we will go ahead and schedule a date.

Very soon I will be starting to get the room together. I think we will be buying the dressers next month so then I'll start going through clothes and figuring out just what I need and such. I'm excited. I think it's the nesting as well as the change in seasons that makes me want to get things organized.

Maybe it's nesting already??

I'm in planning mode. As I get older, the more I like to plan. I think it started this time after Emily gave me a cute little dress for the baby and then this past weekend, seeing our niece for the first time. But now I feel like I want to get the room all ready and start gathering clothes and such. It's still early though so I don't want to do too much.

We have the crib and Chris discovered that it is white the other day. Not my top choice, but hey, the crib was free so I'm not complaining. We need to get a changing table because with Carter, we had a make-shift one and that's gone now. Since we are getting that, I have picked one from Ikea that has a dresser to match. The changing table converts to a three drawer dresser as well. So, that's planned. Now I'm starting to think about the gear and all the neccessities we will need. I'll be going through what we have from Carter as far as clothes go to pull out the neutral and not overly boyish clothes to use. Most of the gear just needs to be brought down from the attic and cleaned up. We won't need any of the big things, is just all those small things that add up.

We won't be having a shower because I, along with my family and friends, don't feel I need one. Showers are for getting the big things mostly and we are set there. But, getting clothes is going to be the main thing. I have a few friends that have had girls, so hopefully I can score some hand-me-downs from them, but mostly, everyone I know has boys. I'm sure Susan will pass along anything of Bethany's once she's done with them. So, I know that I'm worrying for no reason, but that's what mommies do!

Part of me can't wait these next three months. But then most of me knows that I need the time to prepare. I have several friends on Facebook, though, that are on the edge or just have had their babies. Some it's their first, but most it was more than that. So I'm seeing the pictures of the babies and know that soon that's going to be me.

24 Weeks Down!!

I had to reschedule my appointment today once again due to the weather. Of course I had an appointment scheduled on Monday, but we got our one decent sized snow this year that morning so I cancelled. So, I went today. I saw the midwife today for the first time ever. She was very nice and very personable! If I were trying for a natural(ish) delivery, I would definitely ask for her again. But, because it's going to be cesarean, I'll stick to one of the other doctors.

My blood pressure was very low today. I've always had low BP and never have had it even remotely elevated, at least when it was read. But today, the nurse took it once and then asked me what my BP was usually. I told her it was usually low. She said "Okay, because it was 90/70." I was shocked. I told her it never was that low and she tried once again with a different cuff just to get the same number. Crazy. I asked if I should be worried, but she said that was still within normal range, just at the low end. "Nothing wrong with low blood pressure" she said! I only gained one pound from a couple weeks ago. That was good because there was a spike that time, probably due to just eating prior or something. But, I've gained 11 pounds total now. As long as it stays at that rate, I'll be fine with it.

When we went to listen to the heartbeat, Ali began kicking the doppler. It was pretty cute. But, her heart sounds great.

Chris' brother and his wife have a new little one. Bethany Eliana was born on Monday. We plan on going down to Virginia this Saturday to see her.

My co-worker just found out yesterday that she's carrying twins. She went for her first sonagram last night and the doctor just had a strange look on his face, she said. This is her first pregnancy so of course she is freaked out. I hope all goes well for her.

Carter has a touch of bronchitis. We took him to the doctor's yesterday and Dr. Mike checked him out. He doesn't have a full-blown case of it, but the doctor has seen many kids with the same symptoms lately that has turned into bronchitis so he went ahead and prescribed him some medicine. It was standing room only at the office last night! So many kids are sick right now. I just hope all the time Carter spent laying on me and coughing on me this weekend doesn't catch up with me. Ugh! But, while there, Dr. Mike felt his belly and said he thought the spleen was a bit smaller than last time he saw him. That's good. The hematologist had called on Friday to tell us all the tests came back negative or normal so there was no diagnosis. We are going back in six months just to see the progress. I think we are finally getting to the point of just writing it off as my son being slightly weird. :)

Eww!!

My belly button is starting to poke out already. It's still set back in it's home, but there is definitely a bit of a popping out. Lovely!

Okay, off to watch Lost!!

How do you get a flipped baby to flip?

Oy! Carrying this breeched little nugget is not much fun! Now that her kicks are getting stronger, whenever she is active, I get beaten up down in the nether regions! My bladder of course is getting a whupping. While the rib-shaking kicks aren't fun, at least they don't make me have to run to the bathroom! It also sucks because when she's kicking, it's hard for Chris to feel because without looking totally inappropriate with his hand placement, he can't get down there. We were laying in bed one morning when she was swimming around and the timing just wouldn't work out. So, he still has yet to feel her.

I had a quick question. I don't even know who reads this and all, but there could be someone that had a breech baby. Or, you can ask some of your other mommy friends. I was just curious to see if anyone else carried a breech baby and if when that baby was born and grew up if they didn't like to be upside down. Yeah, I have a weird way of thinking, but I just found it amusing that maybe this baby just does not like to be upside down even now and that's why she's staying with her head up. Yeah, I probably am completely off the mark, but it would interesting to know if that has happened ever. :)

Doing better now...

Apparently, a few days of taking Motrin did the trick. My back now is much better. I have cut back on taking them and by Monday, the doctor wants me to stop taking it. Hopefully I can stay on top of it now and if it starts hurting a little bit, I can take Tylenol or something to try to keep the inflammation down.

Other than that, things are going well. Still have the heartburn every now and then. That's always fun. But, I'll take it over the horror stories I've heard of other people's pregnancies!

Watching Little Einsteins yet again with Carter. We have limited his movie watching since he has been acting out at school so we are sticking with some Playhouse Disney stuff. While I like the shows, OnDemand really needs to get more than just four episodes of each show on their listings! After noon, Disney changes to all the tweeny shows and Carter doesn't really care for them. So in the evening, if I don't have any shows on DVR, we have to resort to the OD shows. Yippie!! But he has fun. He's really getting into the participation part of the show. For so long he would just watch it while playing. Now he does the motions and finds the things they are looking for. He's watched Chris play World Tour enough that he pretends to be playing the drums when the music plays. I'll have to take some pictures of it...it's adorable!

So, Chris and I are apparently having some desention of how to spell the baby's name. We always liked Alison with one L. But I like Allie as the shortened version. Chris doesn't like it with the E. So, since Alli is the name of that weight-loss drug thing, I think it's going to be Alison and shortened to Ali. I don't like that shortened way as much, but it will work. That way, it's not as confusing as how I originally was thinking. Alison Victoria...can't believe she will be here soon.

I'm still not ready just yet to be a mommy of two. I know it will come, but I definitely need the next few months to prepare. We hopefully will be starting to change the rooms around here soon. Once I do that and start shopping for her, I'll start getting more into the excitment. For now, I'm just enjoying watching this belly expand.

Well, it's almost bath time. Then it's storytime. I wonder how many books we'll have to read tonight! :)