I was so excited and happy to get to have a 28 week ultrasound! I had it because at our first ultrasound, my placenta was really low, so they needed to check and make sure that it had moved to where it's supposed to be (which it is! praise Jesus!), but I was just so happy that we had another opportunity to see our precious boy again!!
And here he is!! This is as close of a face shot that the ultrasound tech could get - he kept turning his head every time she tried to get a view of his face! We did see a little glimpse of his side profile, and it looks like he has a pretty big nose (definitely gets that one from my husband)! I can't wait until he gets here so we can just see how cute he is!!
I just love this picture though. It looked like he was rubbing his face/head (His face is covered up by his hand in this picture), and look how long his fingers look! We also saw one of his hands from a different angle, and it almost looked like he was waving at us. It was sooo cute.
And he looks great and healthy! We heard his steady heartbeat and saw all four chambers in his heart. His development is right on par. Yay!
The glucose test was pretty icky, but it honestly could have been worse. With everything I kept hearing people saying about it, I was pretty much dreading it. But I just sucked that solution right down so I barely had to really taste it. It did give me kind of a stomach ache and headache, but I survived. And I don't mind having my blood taken, so that part was easy. Korey about passed out, but it doesn't bother me a bit. (I told him during delivery I want him up by my side, holding my hand the entire time so he doesn't have to see too much blood - I don't want him passing out on me!) I just really hope I don't get a call about the results of my blood test (no news is good news!), and I really hope I don't have to go in for the four-hour test.
I did get another little talk about gaining too much weight. It sucks because I really do feel like I'm trying really hard! Ugh! I guess I just need to try harder. I'm going to try and avoid snacking too much (even though I always feel hungry) or at least to snack on healthier things. I'm also going to try and avoid eating so many carbs all the time.
AND I was pretty mad, because this morning on my scale at home I weighed FOUR pounds less (right after I woke up, after going to the bathroom) than I did on the scale in the doctor's office yesterday (in the middle of the day, after eating breakfast, with jeans and a sweater on). I just don't think they take all that into consideration when telling you you're gaining too much weight. Four pounds is a huge difference!!
My next appointment is in two weeks, and from here on out I'll go every two weeks. I'm definitely going to be trying really hard to drink more water (to try and keep water weight to a minimum) and eat less carbs, and hopefully I will get a little praise for not gaining too much weight at my next appointment. Korey and I also went for a walk today, and I think we are going to try and do that more often when it's nice out, because I really haven't been exercising too much lately. I was doing pretty well for a while, but once the holidays hit, I really started slacking off.
Korey keeps pep talking me though, ensuring me that as long as our little boy is healthy and as long as my blood pressure and things like that are good, gaining a little extra weight isn't going to kill me. And he's totally right. I'm just glad our little boy is healthy and strong!!
adorable!
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