The Third Trimester ~ 28 Weeks ~ On the Road to the End (or Beginning)

I had the glucose screening test this week. Not. Fun. Maybe I should have read about it beforehand and arranged to possible take the day off, but ick. They have you drink this sugary drink, which if you know me you know I can't tell the levels of sweet of well, anything. The nurse said that it would taste like flat Sunkist and she was dead on.I felt fine for a long time but then started feeling really sleepy on the way to work. I got a croissant from Java Monkey (YUM) and a iced tea (ICK) and figured I'd be okay. The struggle to stay awake was like 1st trimester sleepy. Added to that, I started feeling nausea, which is awful for me because I didn't really learn what nausea was until like last year. Test day SUCKED. Chloe's little heartbeat was healthy and she happily pushed back at the machine the doctor used to let us listen to it. We got advice that 28 weeks would be the cutoff for me travelling anywhere too far away. :-(

I got the test results back from the test and I have to go back for the 3 hour glucose tolerance test. That will determine if I actually have gestational diabetes or not. I was not having a good day after I got that phone call. I just felt kind of like I'd failed to stay healthy for Chloe. I should have this test next week and hopefully on a day that hubby can go with me so he can drive. I'm taking that day off though...I don't think I'd be any good at work after the longer version of the test. It sounds like that have you drink more of the sugary drink and I really don't want to feel sick at work like that again. Send good energy into the universe for us...I REALLY don't want to deal with this :-(.

I feel like I'm getting bigger by the day now. I actually hadn't gained that much weight in between this latest appointment and the last, so maybe Chloe soaked up the extra I put on before. Watching her play "let's feel what's going on on the outside" had been interesting. Sometimes it's all cute and fun and I just feel good about it and sometimes it gets a little bothersome and tiring. I'm pretty sure the level of activity isn't going to die down soon, but I'm hoping it continues to be less bothersome. I wonder how it will be when she starts to run out of room in there.

Grr...belly button popped :-/

This week for Chloe:

• She's 2.5 pounds and 16 inches
• She's settling into birth position, which could put her head into a position that's uncomfortable for me (eep!)
• Her sleep include REM cycles (she could be dreaming)
• She's happily blinking, coughing, hiccuping, and breathing away...practicing for being on the outside

It really did hit home that the time is going to come for us to meet our daughter soon at the doctor's visit. I signed the paper confirming that my doctor would be delivering Chloe and he explained that everything looked on track so far. My next appointment will be in 3 weeks and then they start happening every 2 weeks. Getting closer!