75% Complete!

I'll love you forever 

I'll like you for always 

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be

I love this baby a lot and I can't wait to meet her.

I didn't fail my 1-hour glucose test, but my number was high enough that my OB wanted me to do the 3-hour glucose test so that's what I was doing on Thursday. I don't have the results back yet, but I should know by tomorrow or Tuesday if I have gestational diabetes or not.
For the test, I fasted for twelve hours prior to my appointment and had my blood drawn four times over a three hour time span. 

After my first blood draw, I got the drink. They didn't have the lemon-lime flavor so I went with orange. I was told I was going to be drinking twice as much so I was happy to see it was the same size bottle, but it was twice as much glucose (100g instead of 50g) so it was much, much sweeter. It was also harder to finish because they wanted me to take the whole five minutes to drink it to minimize nausea. It's a lot easier to drink something you don't like fast than it is to sip on it. Still, it tasted like extra sweet orange crush so even though I didn't like it, it wasn't absolutely disgusting.

For the first hour, I had questionable burps, but that's as sick as I got at the office. On the way home, I got very shaky, weak, and light-headed. It was hard to make myself eat because I couldn't really handle standing, but I was able to eat a banana with some crackers and after about fifteen minutes of laying down I started feeling much better. 

The pain I mentioned in my last post is almost completely gone. Now I only experience discomfort in the southern hemisphere when I sneeze or cough. 

Other than that, most of what has happened over the past week and a half has been growth. I am feeling really big now and quite insecure about it. I don't feel like a glowing, beautiful pregnant woman. I just feel heavier and fat. To make things even better, I have been so hungry! The whole "I'm so hungry, but I'm so fat" thing is ridiculous and it has to stop... right after I eat this sandwich and cry about my waistline. 

"But it's soooooo good!"

How far along: 75% done!

Maternity clothes: I'm growing into my maternity tops, but still wearing all my pre-pregnancy clothes other than jeans and non-stretchy pencil skirts. Now that I'm growing at an alarming rate, I'm sure my regular clothing options will decrease as my necessity for maternity clothes increases. *stuffs cookie in mouth*

Wedding ring on or off: On.

Sleep: I get a lot of it.

Movement: Baby J is still really active, fortunately, because kick counts give me lots of anxiety. 

Cravings: Still onions. Give me the onions. 

Symptoms: It's hard to eat that much in one sitting (which conflicts with my appetite) without feeling too full/sick. 

Belly button in or out: In. 

Signs of labor: Nope.

Best moment of the week: It's a tie between Kevin's job interview and getting a beautiful gift from my in-laws! 

Size of Baby: Baby J is about 15.7 inches long now and weighs almost 3 lbs. She is the size of a large cabbage this week which doesn't seem much different than a head of iceberg lettuce, but that's okay. 

Milestones: Baby J is losing her lanugo and her bone marrow has taken over the production of red blood cells. 

And now for the bump:

 We got a baby carrier from a neighbor the other day and Alec's dog, Kai, helped me test it out :)

And here I am today at 30 weeks on the dot. 

And there you have it. 30 weeks down, 10 more to go.