Weeks 28-30

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OK, so I've been slacking. But it's hard to come up with new things to say when nothing new is happening. I did have my glucose tolerance test over the last two weeks. The way this works is you drink a very sugary drink (mine tasted like a melted orange otter pop, only sweeter), wait an hour during which you can't eat or drink anything, then you get you blood sugar tested. I failed this one hour test only because my doctor told me to eat and drink normally before drinking the glucola. I had some fruit juice about half an hour before drinking it and that raised my blood sugar even more. So then I had to go for a three hour test where I had to fast before, good thing i was able to get in early in the morning, they had to draw my blood before I drank the glucola (twice as much this time), then every hour after for 3 hours. On the last draw the nurse had a hard time getting my veins to cooperate so I ended up getting stabbed a total of 7 times. Fortunately I passed this time so I don't have to worry about gestational diabetes.

I'm feeling more of her movements now instead of just the kicks and punches. It's been fun to try and feel a body part when pushing on my stomach. My toes are becoming more nimble as I use them more to pick things up and I'm finally starting to see my belly button through my shirts. Swimming is becoming more and more enjoyable every time I go and as soon as we get the new carpet in the nursery, we will finally be able to finish it.