…or…”Thank God Early Labor Was Prevented”
Back in January, I was given a diagnosis that I had gestational diabetes.  Because of this, my doctor’s office orders mandantory weekly non-stress tests at the hospital.  My first weekly non-stress test came this past Thursday morning at 9 am.
I was only supposed to be there for 45 minutes or [...]

I live in mid-South Carolina.  Over the past week, a huge rash of tornadoes have come through our area and destroyed many, many homes (luckily our neighborhood wasn’t affected).  Damages are estimated at over $30,000,000 in many places.  (Insurance companies are having a major headache right now!!)
Outside the tornadoes, we’ve also had a lot of [...]

Ok.  You never know what you’ll learn while hopping about on the internet.
(And if you’re faint at heart…or queasy in stomach…please do not read ahead, ladies!)
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Never in my entire 25 years of existance have I heard of the phenomenom of Male Lactation.  If I would have (before the days of Google) I would [...]

…or… “Sleepin’ Away, Later Today”
 I found myself chatting about my day on my doctor’s post and decided to split it into a separate post instead.  I kinda like to keep the doctor visit posts more “official” in case some other preggy lady is out there reading about my experiences and tryin’ to learn something. [...]

….or… “A Rant about Today’s Children’s Television” 
I’m sitting here in the livingroom (having just finished a bowl of strawberry oatmeal and soy milk), watching the ETV show “Between the Lions”.  Being a huge advocator of reading and literacy myself, I am so glad there is still a show such as this on the air.  It’s one of the [...]

I turned 32 today!  Well, 32 weeks that is.  :) 
This past week I’ve noticed a remarkable shift in my body.  A few days ago (last Thursday I believe), I woke up and realized the strange sensation I was feeling was Braxton Hicks (fake contractions).  It scared me a little at first, but having read up [...]

Ahhh..yes… nothing more is needed to be content around our house than those 3 things.   The day is over (it’s 12:25 am, Wednesday night…shhhhh all is quiet).  Our bird is asleep, hubby is asleep, the ferret is asleep, puppies are asleep, and I’m sitting in the living room, indian style in our big recliner, all by [...]

This morning at 10 am was time for yet another visit to the OB office.
Mom and I arrived about 10:05 (I had overslept a smidgen), checked in and sat down in the waiting room.  Things went pretty quickly today!  Within 5 minutes or so, the nurse had already pulled me back to check my vitals.  [...]

…And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we’re gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won’t be coming back
No more hanging out cause we’re on a different track
And if you got [...]

I hit the 31 week mark today! Whoohoo!  I’ve finally made it to the single digit week countdown.  The point has also come to where I feel like my weekends are now swamped.  This weekend, we’re having our new floor installed.  Then, we’ll have 2 final weekends of quiet.  On March 29 we have our [...]