For the first two weeks of August I went to Colorado. Tony and I made the drive up on Thursday night. Unfortunately he had to get back to work, so he flew back to Texas on Sunday evening. I had no other commitments other than a doctor’s appointment a few weeks later, so I stayed to spend time with my family. My Grandma is in the process of selling her house so we spent a little time each day packing up a closet, or organizing something. We would always make sure to save time to take a nap too! It was wonderful being able to spend time with my family, but after a while I was excited to get back home. I was also fortunate to be able to stop and spend the night in Amarillo (the halfway mark) with Tony’s Grandparents. They made some delicious meals for me and it was nice to be able to see them again.
Matty has continued to grow. I feel huge, but I know that he’s going to get bigger still! Since my doctor told me last month that ‘everything is going perfect’ things have not gone so perfect. First I failed my glucose test. This meant that I had to go in and do a three hour glucose test to make sure my body is processing sugar correctly and I don’t have diabetes. The sugar drink is so awful; it makes me feel so sick to my stomach. Plus I had to get my blood drawn four times over 3 hours. I had terrible bruises on both arms. Fortunately I passed the second test; the first one was just a fluke. That was the good part. The not so good part was that they told me that my platelet count is falling. Evidently last month it had dropped to 132 (a good number is 150+) and had failed to tell me because the glucose test overshadowed it. Well, the next time they tested it, it had fallen to 116. This is concerning because it can mean a lot of different things, scariest to me is that if you fall below 100 you can’t get an epidural. I had to go in 3 days after I had been stuck four times for the glucose test to get more blood drawn for more tests. My poor arms were still black and blue, and now with two more sticks (they had to do two sticks because the first one produced no blood). We are still waiting to hear the results back from all of the tests. I have another appointment on Thursday, so hopefully we will find out more then.
On a happy baby note… We got Matty’s crib! We went and picked it up this past Friday night and set it up on Saturday. It looks great. We used some gift cards from my first shower to go and buy his mattress. We were all so excited that Tony’s mom decided that we couldn’t wait until the shower (she and my sister-in-law are throwing me a shower in September) to get his crib bedding, so we got that too! I had also bought some room decals a while back and put those up too. His dresser is in and full of all sorts of cute things. His room is pretty much complete! We absolutely love it.
We are so excited, but it’s also a little scary to realize that he is coming so soon. I am, however, looking forward to not having horrible back pain every night, and for Matty to stop hanging out in my rib area! Tony and I will be attending a ‘prepared childbirth’ class September 18th.
Congrats on getting certified and for updating your blog (lol). The room looks great!!! It is so adorable. I remember how fun it was for us to do before Carmine came. Also the childbirth classes come in handy and are alot of fun if you have a fun teacher. But with you and tony you two will make it fun on your own! A hint if they dont tell you. GET A BIRTHING BALL!!! I know you have one so blow it up and use it! I cant tell you how much it helped me through my last week of pregnancy and during labor it was a lifesaver. no joke! I couldnt have gotten to 8cm before an epideral without it (and it will help you not yell at Tony :) )
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