AHHH!!!!!!!!!***EDITED***

I had my glucose test today. Long story short, I failed. I am totally crushed. I've been balling my eyes out. I have to take the 3 hour test next week.

I know this sounds SO dramatic, but you have no idea how much I wanted to pass. A vegetarian forced to eat a low carb diet is almost impossible. I ate low carb the last two days in prep for the test (could this have messed it up?) and lost 2 pounds! It will be impossible to keep weight on me if I have to eat like that.

Before the blood draw my appointment went great and I really thought I was having my first ever good OB appointment. Total weight gain since last appointment was 2 pounds, my blood pressure was totally NORMAL, measuring perfect and perfect heart rate. UGH!

Anybody fail the first test and pass the second? Anyone feel like having a pity part with me?


Miss X


***EDITED TO ADD***
Forgot to mention - I am evidently very anemic. At 6 weeks my hemoglobin was really high and now it is very low. Guess this is pretty common towards the end of the 2nd tri, start of the 3rd tri. Iron supplements for me. Perhaps this will help with my constant fatigue.

Milestones and Hormones

First up - milestone! I'm 24 weeks today. This is exciting because it signifies the first possible week of viability if Baby Girl was born now. Clearly she has been told to stay put for several more months, but it does make me feel a bit better. So YAY for milestones!

Now for hormones. I cry SO. EASY. It is just pathetic. I am super happy. But I am so emotional. When I'm happy, I cry. When I'm frustrated, I cry. Angry, cry. Sad, cry. Touched by a lame commercial, cry. Are you seeing a pattern here? I am normally not a crier at all so this has been interesting. Luckily my hubby just says it makes me cute. Thank God he is a mush-ball. :)

I'm still feeling pretty good. My only complaint is sleep. Or I should say, the lack of sleep. I'm up all night. I have scoliosis and this pregnancy has definitely aggravated my low back pain. I wake up in pain every night so I usually end up on the coach in the middle of the night. I'm so grateful that I don't work. I would be a zombie if I had to function at work all day without any sleep. This is all such a small price to pay and I'm glad to pay it. It is good practice for having a newborn. :) Many times when I wake up I get too excited thinking about having my little girl here with me. :) Since she likes to party all night giving me Alien tummy, she keeps me good company.

Oh! So after my last belly pic I was feeling pretty good. I was confident that I finally look pregnant and not just fat. Yesterday that was shot to crap. I went to a good friends party. There were lots of people there I had never met. A group of women heard my friend and I talking about my pregnancy and they all said "We NEVER would have guessed you were pregnant!". UGH! I was wearing a very fitted shirt too. That means that strangers think I have a beer gut and am wearing tight shirts to emphasize it. YUCK!

My posts are always all over the place. I'm blaming it on pg brain. ;)


Miss X

Belly Pic!

19 weeks 3 days




23 weeks 3 days


Okay, I didn't think there had been much of change. Now seeing them next to each other there definitely is! Cool stuff!

Updates to come. (This post was for you Kate!) :)


Miss X