*whew* Glad that is over…

So, I had to see the perinatologist** today and get yet another ultrasound. We did get pictures…but she decided to sleep most of the time with her hands in front of her face…so we didn’t get anything good to see. I can barely make out the profile pic she gave us.

Anyway…

So, we did the ultrasound, everything looked really good. It did freak me out when she wasn’t moving until after the tech moved the wand at one point and she kicked like, “Leave me alone! Can’t you see I’m trying to sleep??”. We saw her heartbeat and some of her organs that are easy to see. The tech took measurements to see how big she was and all that…which she is right on track. With GD there is a chance that the baby could get big…too big…so they have to check that she is growing the way she should be…which she is. As of today she is roughly 4lbs 9oz according to the measurements which is the 53 percentile (means less than half of the babies are bigger than she, and a little more than half of the babies are smaller than she)…that is right on track…and her development looked good. I have to go back in 4 weeks for another ultrasound…that is only to make sure that my GD is under control and she isn’t getting too big.

When we talked to the Dr right after he said that as long as I keep my GD in check and my sugars low that everything will be fine. There is a slight risk of jaundice as well as a risk of her being hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) after she is born. She will have to be watched carefully for that in the nursery. You see, when the mother’s blood sugar is too high, sometimes that excess sugar will cross the placenta. The baby is it’s own thing in there, so when it encounters the excess sugar, the pancreas will begin to create it’s own insulin to process it. After baby is born, it is no longer exposed to high levels of blood sugars…but it will still be producing the extra insulin to process it…and so the baby’s blood sugar goes real low. They treat this by giving them sugar water to kinds of wean them off of the excess insulin they are now producing.

I have to say though, I will be totally glad all this is over. I am so sick of going to doctors!

Onto other things…

Mother’s Day went well though I could have shot DH. The plan was get up, eat my breakfast in bed, hang out for a few hours then he and Babyhead were to go over to the ILs around noon and I could sit at home or go out or whatever and then get back in time to have dinner there. Well, DH was PLAYING A GAME and we didn’t get to the ILs until after 2!!! That doesn’t seem that late, but when they eat an early dinner (5 or earlier) that doesn’t give me a lot of time to myself! I did get to go to Walmart and pick up some needed things and just all around look and buy. I got some stuff for my plants like a plant stand and stuff. I looked for other things but they didn’t really have anything I wanted. I wanted to go to Barnes & Nobel…but again I didn’t have time as I could spent HOURS in there. DH said I should have went there first…but then I wouldn’t have gotten to Walmart and gotten things we needed (it’s nice to go by myself!) and quite possibly lost track of time. I didn’t have a list of books to get so I would have just wandered around the place. Needless to say I was a little disappointed they (DH and the ILs) didn’t give me more time before dinner.

Oh well, there is always next year!

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**Perinatologist: Also called maternal-fetal medicine specialists, a perinatologist is an obstetrician who specializes in the care of women who may face special problems during pregnancy. These include young women under age 18 and women over age 35; women with certain medical conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and sexually transmitted diseases; women with inherited (genetic) disorders; and women who have had problems with previous pregnancies. Perinatologists manage high-risk pregnancies, preconception counseling, and sophisticated prenatal diagnosis and treatment. ~WebMD