No News

Still no word from the OBGYN office. It has been a week since my A1C test and 5 days since my ultrasound. I have called twice and they say if I have not heard from the doctor then no news is good news. I surely hope that is true.

My blood pressure has gone down according to the handy machine at Weis Market.

The baby has been very active lately, not hard kicks yet, but somersaults seem to be the baby's routine of late.

Jim and I had a nice dinner with his parents here at our house last night. They got to see the nursery for the first time. They bought us 2 cute outfits from Carters and 2 matching pairs of booties.

We dont see Jim's parents as often as we see my parents, even though they are just 2 miles down the road. It was nice to spend time with them. Not only was I blessed with a pretty good husband, but I am lucky to have nice in-laws. They are excited for the baby to come!

Just a little over 17 weeks left!!!! WOW!!!!

I am starting to "nest". I want to clean out my closets and throw literally everything away.
I am not much on keeping up with fashion, so some of those clothes have needed to go for years.

I organized my maternity clothes and realize that I have just about enough to make it through the rest of my pregnancy...except I need new bras and new underwear. I am going out to get those today.

I figure that by my birthday, I will be able to go out and buy myself a little bit of a new wardrobe. Hopefully, I will be able to maintain a healthy weight gain over the next 4 months. My doctor suggests only 10 to 15 more lbs as a good gain, or 20 lbs total. As of today, I think I am at 6 lbs gain. I was down 12-15 lbs throughout the first few months...now I am seeing the numbers go up. They plan for a 1/2 lb gain each week for the rest of the pregnancy, so hopefully I stay on track.
I realize that the weight gain may sneak up on me...as I talk to friends it seems that the average weight they gained was 35 lbs, some more than 50 lbs.

I am not as ravenous as I was for the first few weeks of the second trimester. I have learned to eat every 2 hours and that seems to keep me even. No real cravings for me. I notice that if I hear someone say that they are hungry for something, I will migrate toward wanting that food.
Right now the baby can taste everything that I am eating. The baby really moves after I eat a salad or fruit. What I am eating is shaping the baby's likes and dislikes. Isnt that amazing?

We are down to a 3 day work week, so I have moe time to get things ready and also more time for naps. I love naps. I think I will take one right now.