*gulp* Less than 2 weeks before getting induced.  Had my weekly appointment this last Friday: Total weight gain = 12 lbs (nothing compared to the 25-30 I gained with Natalie—I blame the GD diet) Baby passed NST fine and the good news is that my LFT came back with numbers in the normal range!  ALT was 33 and AST was 24, so perhaps the Ursodial medication is working Also, since I’m getting induced in 2 weeks, did the Group B Strep test and that came back negative (wahoo!) So the plan is still getting induced on the 29th….though part of me wonders what the odds are of me going into…

What a coincidence – today, June 10th, is officially ICP (Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy) Day…almost a week after learning of my own diagnosis.  I’ve learned this because I’ve since joined a Facebook group, Yahoo group and Babycenter group to learn more. I’ve learned a lot over the last few days.  It’s been pretty overwhelming.  On Friday, I had my OB appointment, prepared to hear her recommend an induction at 37 weeks.  Much to my surprise, she was pushing for a much later induction at 39 weeks for the following reasons: She knows there is strong data that a medically intervened delivery (i.e induction or c-section) before 39 weeks typically leads…

Ooo, this blog post has fun medical terminology in the title! Well, in addition to gestational diabetes, I’ve now also been diagnosed with polyhydramnios and cholestasis.  It’s crazy to me how my first pregnancy was a breeze but this one has minor complication after minor complication. As I mentioned in my last post, I needed to get a growth ultrasound to check out what’s going on….so I went in last Friday when I was 33 weeks 6 days along and learned the following: Baby was approximately 6 lbs (in the 85%-tile…so yeah, a bit big) Head circumference equivalent to a baby in week 38 That said, measurements via ultrasound at…

Had my appointment yesterday at 32w 6d.  Baby is STILL measuring large.  Fundal height has me at 37 weeks, eeps! Total weight gain still isn’t much – maybe 15 lbs? Anyway, planning on scheduling a growth ultrasound for sometime next week to see what’s going on. Otherwise, blood sugar levels have remained nice and low, so the OB has been happy with how I’ve been controlling things with my diet.  It’s still amazing to me to see what causes my sugar levels to go up in different foods.  For example—I have a fairly high reading with a bowl of Fiber One cereal and some skim milk (like 130)….but if I…

For the most part, pretty straight forward appointment.  Can’t remember my total weight gain but it’s not much — I’m up in total maybe 12-14 lbs.  Not much. Anyway, the big UGH is that I’m measuring large again—my fundal height measurement was 33.5.  [sigh] Not doing anything about it now, will wait to see how it is at my next appointment, but it’s likely they’ll have me go in for a growth ultrasound.  I’m extremely wary of growth ultrasounds as they have a reputation for having a high margin of error.  We did one with Natalie when I was 40 weeks along and I was told she was some ginormous…

Hi there — man, time is flying.  Just realized I haven’t pushed out an update in over a month.  Work has been pretty busy and they we had to prep to go on our family babymoon vacation last week (Hawaii!!!!  More on that in another post, but it was super awesome) Anyway, I had my 26 week appointment yesterday.  Total weight gain = 12 lbs, things are picking up!  But I had 3 major bummers: 1. I’m measuring big, like 30 weeks big.  Yikes.  This happened with my first pregnancy but I was always measuring only about a week ahead.  OB is going to just keep her eye on it and…

Yay, I can now blab about my OB appointments.  Had my 22 week appointment — nothing particularly exciting. – Gained another 2 lbs (3 lbs total, yay!) – Heartbeat about 155bpm – Measuring right on target Everything else pretty normal and boring.  Next will be my glucose test in 4 weeks.

I finally came out public (that is, made it Facebook-official) today with the super exciting news that we are expecting a baby boy this summer! The announcement photo was inspired by Pinterest of course and pretty easy to put together. So yes, I’m pregnant again.  Things have been going really well with this pregnancy and has been exactly like my pregnancy with Natalie – which is why it was a surprise to learn it was a boy this last week! (not that pregnancy symptoms are necessarily a factor at all in determining gender)  Basic symptoms: No morning sickness, in general Food aversions, again – mostly to meat. Ugh.  Super annoying. …

Short Birth Story Despite being scheduled for a c-section on Tuesday, I ended up going into labor on my own Monday morning, beginning at 4am.  By 9:30am I was at the OB’s office, 10am my water broke and 11:30am I had an epidural in and relief came.  I progressed really well but stalled out for a really long time as baby stopped descending.  After monitoring me and seeing how baby’s heartrate reacted to some of my stronger contractions, we made the call to have a c-section.  Thus, after 14 hours of labor, I got prepped and wheeled into the surgical room where Natalie was born.  Turns out the reason she…