28 weeks

Sometimes I still forget i'm pregnant. Which I know is funny seeing as how I am getting huge, but when I'm busy and he's not moving much, I forget. And then I'm like oh yea.... And then I am hit with the fact that a person is living inside of me all over again. Sometimes it still doesn't feel real. He just gave me 2 huge kicks under my ribs as I typed that. Probably to remind me that he's real.

So earlier I took a nap. I went to get out of bed and... was hit with the worst leg cramp I have ever felt. Calling it a leg cramp is an understatment. I could not move my leg. Like the whole thing. Then from the calf to ankle it went into this involuntary contracture that you could see indenting through the skin. It was SO painful but also freaking me out so much because it looked gross and alien too. Usually with a cramp I get up and try to walk it off, flex my foot up, try to run warm water over the muscle, etc. But like I said, I could not move the leg!! It was like the muscle contraction was paralyzing it. Eric went and wet a towel with hot water and wrapped it around my leg and rubbed, and it helped a little. it FINALLY started to go away and eric helped me limp to the shower where i hosed down the muscle with warm water. Ugh. And in the middle of it all Sophie had to come in and investigate and was all up in my business - so ridiculous. I don't have any bananas to eat either, although I took a calcium pill which also helps. I'm so scared this will happen again!!

I do find though that most pregnancy symptoms in general are pretty tolerable - because you know what is causing them. Fear of the unknown definitely plays a role in the random pains you normally get causing you distress. But when you're pregnant, you know the reason. Before I was pregnant I thought i'd be a nervous twit when I was... but I really don't think I am. The only time I ever called my dr about anything was when I fell in the hallway at work walking down for my yearbook picture (lol) and other people told me to call just to be safe (i was fine.) But damn the sheer pain of that leg thing before was terrible. Also, I have random nights where I just feel "achey" and "off"... and tonight is turning into one. I'm actually feeling a little nauseous now. Sometimes I randomly throw up too - it's not even like an "oooo i'm so sick" puke just a random nausea, I puke, and feel better and go about my business. I'm pretty sure it's just because my stomach is being compressed. It doesn't happen everyday; maybe once a week. 

So I failed my 1 hour glucose screen. Apparently something like 40% of women do (it's very inaccurate and I don't think it should even be used!) but I know I am unlucky with everything, so I was worried I had the 'betes. All I was imagining was Wilfred Brimley on a horse talking about diabetic testing supplies and having to poke myself and I wanted to throw up. (Yes, I am a nurse and stick needles in people all the time but it';s different when it's YOU!)

So, last Saturday I had to go in for the 3 hour test. Basically, it sucked. I went to the new ACM lab though on Elmgrove Rd, and it was awesome. I will never go to another lab again. Most labs are dingy, old, cramped waiting rooms, kinda ghetto in general. This new one has a big waiting room with lots of windows, it very clean, had a TV that was playing I Love Lucy and then The Golden Girls (2 of my fav shows ever!!!), and good staff. I had to fast, then go in at 8:30am and get my fasting blood drawn, then drink 100 grams of sugar (SO GROSS. The 1 hour test is only 50 grams and didn't taste that bad) then get my blood drawn an hour later, 2 hours later, and 3 hours later. 4 times total all out of the same vein - it's still bruised. The first hour was the worst because my body was dealing with the sugar rush and it was making me sooooo tired and I was super hungry and also nauseous from the sugar drink. But anyway I was told yesterday that i PASSED. So no gestational diabetes for me. 

Oh and when I finally went to leave at 11:45, I couldn't find my keys. I went up to the desk after searching for like 10 mins, and the receptionist was like oh they're yours!! I should have known, you're the only one that 's been there the whole time. Pregnancy brain?. Except honestly, I lose my keys all the time, all over the place. So really, I can't blame it on anything other than my own inherent absentmindedness.

For my own records, my BG level for the 1 hour was 173 - pretty high (failing is over 140). My numbers for the 3 hour were all passing: 85 (fail is over 95), 170 (fail is over 180), 147 (fail is over 155), 137 (fail is over 140). If you fail more than 2 numbers then you have gestational diabetes. I find it weird that my BG was actually LOWER 1 hour after drinking 100g of sugar than it was 1 hour after drinking only 50g of sugar. Only thing I can think of is a) i was a candy-a-holic the week before the 1 hour and b)I didn't fast as much before. Whatever, I'm happy I passed.

I am tired all the time in general though and have no energy. I wish I had more energy and motivation to work on my new house but I just don't. The smallest task seems so monumental. Just keeping the house semi-cleaned is enough work, let alone finding places for things, decorating etc. We still have shit to move from my mom's house that we need to borrow a truck for - it keeps getting put off. I bought curtains for our bedroom and eric put them up today... and I don't like them lol. So now I have to return them and get something new, and that task seems so daunting to do. 

In general I really don't feel awful, even though I just spent an entire entry complaining. It's really neat to feel him kick and move. I have been getting Brazton-Hicks contractions more and more. When they started around 20 weeks it was every few days. Now it's every couple hours. At least I think they're BH. I asked the nurse practitioner and she didn't really give me a good answer - just said yea they probably are. They don't hurt, just feel like a weird pressure. 

Oh we got the bedding for the baby's room. http://www.buybuybaby.com/store/product/kidsline-safari-party-crib-bedding-collection/208453?categoryId=32003  I have no idea how to paint the nursery and I don't like Eric's suggestions. This is too hard.