Where Has The Time Gone?

This pregnancy is suddenly starting to fly by. I'm quickly realizing that I really don't have all that much time left! I'm 26 weeks pregnant now and we have less than 14 weeks till baby girl's due date. I feel like I still have so much to do before she comes so I've been making lists of different projects I would really like to get done in the next couple months (while I still have some energy and before I get even bigger and uncomfortable!). A few things on the list are: painting her crib, finishing nursery decorations, building living room coffee table, hanging TV floating shelves and getting chairs for the kitchen table. Mostly I'm trying to finish her nursery and get a lot of the more difficult house projects done that I wont be able to do as easily once she arrives. Lots to do!

Well, a couple weeks ago I ended up in the hospital with severe pain in my side. Luckily Dallin had gotten off early that day because I could barely walk to the bathroom to throw up the pain was so bad. After calling the doctor to see if I should come in we rushed to the ER to at least make sure the baby was okay. I was admitted to Labor and Delivery and it was determined I had kidney stones. Woohoo. They checked out baby girl (who was perfectly fine) and pumped me full of fluids. Hated the IV. I'm grateful our baby was just fine though. In fact, she was feeling feisty and wouldn't let the nurse get a good heartbeat since she'd kick the doppler wherever she put it on my belly. I was sent home four hours later feeling much better and have been okay ever since. All it took was actually going in and adding a few more bills to our wallet to feel better! Who knew?

I was also recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. I failed my one hour glucose test at the doctors office and a week later headed to the lab to do the fasting three hour glucose test. Not very fun but not as terrible as I had expected. I fasted through the night and skipped breakfast with was really difficult while pregnant. My mom drive me in since I knew I wasn't going to be feeling all that good. They pricked my finger and drew my blood when I first arrived. I drank the sickly sweet drink and then the drew my blood again every hour after that for the next three hours. My first two numbers were okay but the last two were way over average. Now I get to prick my finger 4X a day and watch more carefully what I eat. It's really not all bad. I HATE pricking my finger but I'm glad that it has forced me to eat better. Hopefully I can control my numbers with diet and exercise and won't have to go on medications. Fingers crossed!

Other than those couple things, things have been going great! My belly keeps growing (along with the stretchmarks) and its getting more difficult to get comfortable or even roll over in bed! I've been trying to soak up the time I get with Dallin because next Tuesday they start digging earlys for beet harvest. It'll be a very busy next couple of months for Dallin. :( which means a lonely next couple of months for me. But at least he'll be done by the time baby girl makes her entrance! Here are a few pictures from the last little while!

Baby Girl Darrington

That's right! We are having a little girl! We could not be more excited. We both had a feeling it would be a girl and I am so glad that we were right. Its so nice to be able to picture our baby and be able to picture a little baby GIRL! Things are definitely getting real and I'm so excited to meet her.

Speaking of which, it seems like this pregnancy has flown by all of the sudden. I'm over halfway through and we've only got about four months to my due date. While I am excited to meet our little girl and be done with pregnancy (the past couple weeks have been rough) I am getting more and more anxious. So much is going to change in December and I want to be as ready as I can. There is still so much to be done to prepare for her arrival. So much still to get, a nursery to prepare and still so much I could learn. All while I get more and more uncomfortable with each passing week.

For about a month I felt fantastic. I had loads of energy and generally felt good all around. However, this last week has been rough on me physically between back pain, leg cramps and overall feeling crowded in my midsection. How am I supposed to keep growing for four more months?! I already feel so stretched and have plenty of stretchmarks to prove it! Sometimes I am so amazed at what my body is doing and is capable of. Other times I am scared out of my mind about how my body is changing and what its going to go through. I think I need to take more time to simply be grateful for what it is able to do not only for me but my little girl. Trying to stay positive and accept that my body is changing and will continue to change. #keepingitreal

 


Although it hasn't been easy between the stretchmarks, breakouts and weight gain, I feel incredible blessed to be able to carry our baby girl. And even more blessed that I have such a supportive husband to help me through. This little girl is already so loved. Feeling her kick has been incredible and its been even more special now that Dallin has been able to feel her a few times. She loves to party in there every morning especially but also constantly throughout the day. So far it seems like she loves tractor rides with Daddy. Its one of the few things that seem to quiet her kicking! Can't help but feel we are already getting glimpses of her personality.