It's been a while since my last post so let me bring you up to speed. Last Monday, before my doctor's appointment, I went to the Lab to take the gestational diabetes test. It's actually a screening to see if you need to take the three hour test. Then Mom and I went to see the doc. Things at the doc were good. My blood pressure is still amazingly healthy. I was 90-something over 50-something. Gorgeous! Everything was looking good. I posted about most of this last week.

Well, on Thursday afternoon they called to tell me that I failed the one hour diabetes test. So that means I needed to go back to the lab to take the three hour test. UGH! It's not the test itself that worries me. It's the potential results. I went in yesterday to take the test.

I fasted in the morning - no food before the test. I get there and they take my blood as a baseline. Then I drank this super sweet syrupy stuff . . . think McDonald's orange drink, concentrated. You chug about 12 ounces of that and then the clock starts ticking. Every hour for the next three hours they do another blood draw to see how well my body processes all the sugar.

Since the doctor offered to let me pop in and listen to the heart rate whenever, I decided to do that in between blood draws yesterday. The lab was just across the street from the doctor's office. So I headed over there. They put me on a fetal heart rate monitor for about 20 minutes and then went to show the results to the doctor. There was a moment of panic because the baby's heart rate looked low. My doc ordered a biophysical on the babe. This is basically an ultrasound, but they're looking for specific movements.

They said the biophysical could take up to 30 minutes, depending on how cooperative the baby wanted to be. Well, George didn't disappoint! He was perfect. Within a few short minutes he passed all the tests. His heart was beating strong. His chest was raising and falling - he was practicing his breathing. He kicked several times. And he moved his arms while simultaneously moving his torso (one of the things they were looking for). We listened to his heart beat and he was safely in the 170s.

They showed all the results to my doctor who said that the initial heart rate monitor must have been picking up my heart rate and not George's. Everything looked perfect! I even got a new pic of the little guy. Check out this mug:



Everything else is moving along nicely. The blinds for the upstairs have arrived and now we're waiting to schedule the installation. Yippie!! I got a baby gift in the mail today - that's always fun. I also picked out a baby book for George so we can start recording some of our baby moments for him to see.

Next week is another big ultrasound - yeah! This time they want to see how big he really is. Me too! I guess we'll get an estimate on weight. I'll post again later today or whenever I get the diabetes test results back. Stay tuned.

XOX
Liz