26 Week Update

We're finally at 27 weeks, so I think it's time to give and update on our last appointment.  Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of taking my glucose test.  Those who are pregnant or have been know that wonderful sweet taste of the worst made kool-aid you've ever put in your mouth. For those who have yet to experience this dreaded test, you go in to the lab to drink a special concoction and then you wait for one hour before having your blood drawn.  They're checking to see how you're body is working to break down sugars and basically determine if you need to adjust your diet or not.  The special drink is about the equivalent of drinking kool-aid your mom made while talking on the phone to her best friend, and when the directions say one cup of sugar per gallon she accidentally drops in a 5lb bag instead.  It's SWEEEEEET! (and not in a good way)

Once I arrived and drank my portion, I went to meet with the doctor.  Everything is still going pretty much the same as it has been for the past 2-4 weeks, so there wasn't much to talk about.  Now that the specialist sees no reason for me to return to them, I will be doing my 2 week fluid checks and 4 week size checks at my doctor's office.

The ultrasounds this week were just a fluid check, and everything looked great!!!  Every time we have an ultrasound these days, we get comments about how active Harrison is.  I cannot deny the energy he possesses, and expect him to come out with completely toned muscles in those legs and abs.  Hudson is still holding his own and kicking Harrison back when necessary, but remains my calm twin that's just chilling and growing in there.

I can tell they're getting bigger, because I am.  My total weight gain up to this point is about 25lbs (no clue how many inches around I am these days, but it's enough to be trapped in a car if parked too close to another).

After purchasing a maternity belt to help carry this load, my hips feel much closer to normal than they were several weeks ago.  The walking is slow, but it's forward!  The biggest physical struggle this past week or two has been the stretching skin and finding a position that I can sleep in comfortably.  It's remarkable for me to think my stomach can stretch out any more, because it already feels so tight and stretched to the max!

As for sleep (or lack there of), I guess I'm in training for being up every 2-3 hours for feedings.  This past week, a typical night looks about like this:
-  8:30pm (fall asleep, unintentionally, on the couch)
- 12:30am wake-up uncomfortable (then get comfortable just in time to realize I need to pee)
- 2:30am wake-up uncomfortable (manage to get comfortable and fall back to sleep)
- 4:00am wake-up uncomfortable and go to the bathroom (no need to get comfortable just to have to stand up and walk to the bathroom)
- 5:15am our "Grady" alarm clock goes off (and there is no snooze button for this one)
- 5:30am my actual alarm goes off

Sleeping in a bed is officially in my past.  The couch works so much better for me these days.  Even with my 2 regular pillows, body pillow, and smaller pillow, the bed is just too flat and I can't prop the way I need to.  The couch keeps me propped better (still with all of my pillow friends), and I can more easily fall back to sleep if I happen to wake up.  I will miss Kevin these next few weeks, but we both sleep better without me tossing and turning and huffing and puffing in bed.

All in all we're all doing very good right now.  We plan to go to the beach with my family for the 4th of July next week (provided I'm still feeling this good a week from now).  After that, we will have Grady's 2nd birthday party, and time will really start to close in on us at that point.  So until then, we will just keep taking it easy and live one day at a time (and make adjustments as needed).

Next report will be some time next week!


Ohhhhh and for anyone curious if I "passed" that glucose test....you're darn right I did.  I may have almost passed out because I needed something to eat after and didn't get a chance to for 2 hours, but they didn't call me back the next day (no news is good news on this one)! So glad I don't have to go for another test.  Whew!