28 week check up

Hello all, Just got back from the Dr. I had to do the Glucose test today (they make you drink this really sugary drink, wait 1 hour then draw you blood to make sure you do not have gestational diab) it wasn't near as bad and people have made it out to be and hopefully I will have the results in a few days, I have no reason to think anything is wrong though! Well she measured my tummy and I'm at 29" which is right on and I gained 6 pounds. The lady that was fussing at me about my weight last month had her math all wrong, b/c with this appts. 6 pounds I have gained 23 total, so not as bad as she made it out to be last time. I had a feeling it was all the chick fil lay breakfast I was eating and by cutting that out I pretty much fixed the problem.

They did give me the numbers for the heart rate for all you inquiring minds, and 2 months ago it was 155, last month it was 140 and this month it was 130, so the first month was girlish and the last two were boyish. She did tell me that in several studies that looked at heart rate, mothers dreams and mothers intuition, that the mothers intuition was the only thing that was any kind of reliable when predicting gender. And mine isn't going to be any help b/c one day I think boy and the other girl! so who knows but we only have about 2 1/2 months and then we will all know!!!

On another note I did get 2 pieces of the furniture and they are so beautiful, I can't wait to see the room put together. We are holding off on ordering the crib till we get the room painted so I have somewhere to put it all. My wonderful father in law is priming the room today (pending that he is feeling better), and hopefully we can get it painted with in the next 3 weekends!

I now start going to the Dr. every 2 weeks since I'm now in the 3rd trimester (its a good thing that 2nd one took forever . . .) and I think about week 35 or 36 I start going weekly! crazy to think its that close!!!

If you haven't heard by now we decided on our names (well JV kinda decided a long time ago, we were just waiting on me) for a boy it will be: Aaron Christian and for a girl: Alyssa Jane As of now that is set, there is still time for me to change my mind, but I'm pretty sure I'm perfect with those!!!

Last time I went to the Dr. I also went to the dermatologist to have a mole removed off my left hip b/c it had changed a little bit in the past few months. I was told it could be b/c of the pregnancy but I wanted to be sure. So they removed it and biopsied it and it came back fine, but they do want to remove the rest just to insure that there isn't a problem in the future. I am going to do that after the baby is born b/c they give you some medication to help the blood clot and being pregnant they couldn't give it to me and I bled for 3 days and almost ruined my favorite pair of maternity pants. The Dr. said it would not be a problem to wait so I'll take care of that later!!

I am feeling tons of movement now, and all through out the day, but this little bugger is tempermental b/c when ever JV puts his had there where its moving it stops, so he hasn't felt it much, he can watch my stomach move and put his hand there and it stops, its crazy!

Well that's about it for now, I feel pretty good, I have days where I feel huge and others I don't feel pregnant at all. I'm still sleeping OK, having issues breathing but what else is new. I think I'm making JV sleep a little worse now too, it seems that he doesn't sleep through all my movements as much as he use too! but its good practice b/c neither one of us is going to be getting good nights sleep for a while!!!

Thank you all for all the support and prayers, we love you all!!!