Monthly Check-in with the doctor

Today I had my monthly check in with my OB.  I weighed in at 155 lbs, which I felt was better than last month's weigh in....although now that I think about it, it's only 1 lb less.  Everything looked good except I had some protein in my urine.  I was sent to the lab to give a urine specimen to see if I have a bladder infection.  If so, I have to take antibiotics to clear it up.  I don't feel like there is anything wrong with me, so hopefully it's just a fluke.  My glucose test results came back and they were fine so fortunately no gestational diabetes for me.
My next check up is in 3 weeks.  I guess since I'm getting closer the visits will become more frequent.  Just after that check up I will have another ultra-sound to check and see if my placenta has moved out of the way so baby can slide on out.
Just about 10 more weeks to go.  Can hardly wait to meet this little one inside of me.

7 months

All registered up

Today I finished registering.  I had made an appointment at Moms to be..and More.  After my experience at Babies R Us I was not looking forward to this and I was going by myself.  I prepared myself in advance though and had looked on-line and made a list of what I felt I still needed.  I got there early and fortunately started early.  It was a much better experience.  The lady who helped me (Claire-Lise) used to be a nanny and was so knowledgeable.  She walked me through the entire store and wrote down my registry for me.  She suggested things I hadn't thought about and told me that I didn't need things that I asked about.  We managed to finish in an hour and by the time I got home in the evening she had input and e-mailed me my registry.   Now that's something I can check off my list.

Gluttony

Almost like my breakfast.
I only had one hash brown
and no meat on my egg mcmuffin

I have found that I am most hungry in the mornings and as the day goes on I'm starting to feel a bit nauseous again.  It's not extremely bad but enough that I don't want heavy things at dinner.  The problem is that when I wake up in the morning I am starving.  So this morning, I decided to go for a McDonald's breakfast.  Normally, I'll come into the office and drop off my stuff and then head over.  I couldn't even wait to do that today, so I went straight.  The dilemma then was, what do I eat?  So why choose?  I ended up with the Hotcakes Happy Meal (3 pancakes, hash brown, apple juice) and an Egg McMuffin sandwich.  The funny thing is, that today I struggled to get into my maternity jeans this morning and you would think that would lead me to eat fruit or something healthier today.  Nope....I wasn't having any of that.  It's no wonder I keep putting on all this weight!!!

Interesting...

That's the word I use to describe pregnancy.  It's not good nor bad, just interesting.  In the past few weeks I've started feeling the baby move and it's an interesting feeling.  Very weird and although I may hit Raju when he says it's an alien, I have to agree that it could very well feel like that.  These kicks and rolls and bubbles are kind of freaky knowing it's a live being inside my belly.  Today it has been very quiet but generally it likes to be active in the afternoon/early evening.  I guess we'll see if that trend continues when it comes out.

Weighing in and other random baby thoughts

Yesterday I had my monthly OB appointment.  As usual I did not get on the scale since last month.  I got on and nearly fell off.  I've put on another 8 lbs which brings me to 148 lbs!!!!  No wonder my back has started to hurt me.

I've also started to call around and really prepare for various baby things. 

A few weeks ago I went with Camilla to Babies' R Us to start my registry.  Thankfully she was with me or else I would have turned around and left.  I did not find it fun at all and it was too overwhelming.  I am also frustrated with their site as on-line I'll sign up for items in cream or some other neutral colour and it somehow changes to blue.

In a couple of weeks I will be going to Moms to be and More and will hopefully have a better experience there.  I know someone else who went there and said they were much more knowledgeable.

I also started calling around for daycares.  I'm on a couple of waitlists now but feel like it's kind of a waste.  The one's located in the downtown core are really hard to get into.  I'm on the waitlist but at the bottom as top priority goes to those who work in the building.

Then I moved on to pediatricians and have been told to call back in a month as they aren't currently accepting new patients.  How do you find child care in the city???????

And my final rant/miscellaneous musings...why didn't anyone ever tell me about the stomach pains?  Not cramps or indigestion but the skin pains that you get as your body is stretching.  That was new and uncomfortable and some days just downright painful.

6 month baby bump

I don't think it's such a bump anymore.  More like a mountain.