Today is April 11, 2011

I had my 24-week check up today and with that came the last ultrasound I’ll (hopefully!) be having with this pregnancy. Not that I wouldn’t want to see the little one again, but if I DO see it again it means something is possibly wrong, so let’s stick to the hope that I won’t have any more ultrasounds :) The little one was being camera shy and kept putting its arm and hand in front of its face. When it wasn’t covering up its face with its hand it would lean forward and the umbilical cord would hide the face…typical that my baby wouldn’t like to smile for the camera, huh?!?! We did get a couple pictures, but I can’t decide who it looks like! Reminds me of Gunner in the nose and forehead area, but then the lips and chin remind me of Karlee…wouldn’t it be cool if this baby looked like both Scott and I? Then we would have “yours mine and ours”!!! The appointment went great. The baby now weighs 1 pound 10 ounces and had a heart rate of 136 at the ultrasound and 150 in her office. Seems to be measuring exactly where it should be for where I’m at in my pregnancy. I really thought I was going to be in trouble for gaining so much weight on vacation (my scale was vicious and hateful when we got home and hasn’t forgiven me for leaving yet!), but she was fine with my gain since overall I’ve gained 8 pounds the entire pregnancy. Considering the baby weighs a pound and a half she’s not upset at all…thank goodness because I was dreading the ‘talk’! My blood pressure is also being really good so far, so all in all she was very pleased with me and didn’t give me any of those ‘looks’ and didn’t threaten bed rest or anything like that. Woooohoooo! I need to stay ‘perfect’ like this so my plan of working up until the day before the baby arrives can come true! Why do I want to work that long??? Because Scott and I are getting a pool (yay!!!) in August when my Father in Law drives back here, so the longer I work before the baby arrives, the longer I have for maternity leave AFTER the baby arrives to SWIM!!! I am allowed up to 12 weeks, but I only have enough sick leave to get paid for 6 weeks, so my hope is to only be off 6 weeks, and AFTER the baby arrived would be ideal. I’d LOVE to finish the summer off with a nice tan :) My next appointment will be my Glucose test, so I’ll get to chug the yummy orange drink on my drive down. I’m actually looking forward to it because I’ve missed having my weekly Pepsi since becoming pregnant (Pre-pregnancy I allowed myself one Pepsi a week…every Thursday to be exact!), so the thought of a sweet soda is getting me excited! I know it won’t be AS good as a real soda, but maybe if I look forward to it it won’t be as bad. With the twins I failed this test and had to have the second test to rule out gestational diabetes, but I’m passing this one the first time, I’ve already made my mind up. After my next appointment (3 weeks from now) I start going in every 2 weeks. NOT looking forward to that since I have an hour drive each way and gas prices continue to climb! Here are a couple pictures of the Guppy :)