26 week pregnancy Glucose test

Ha! I don't look so thrilled huh. Yesterday was my glucose test. I had to fast for this test so imagine a hungry tired preggo having to spend her morning at a lab was not fun at all. I wasn't sure what to expect with this test so my husband came with me just in case!

The lab techs were to first take my blood before I drank the glucose (orange pop thing) But they didn't, they just gave me the pop to drink within 5 minutes, only after I drank it did they realize they should have taken my blood before as well. So now I will need to go back for that one. After I drank the orange pop, I had to sit there for 1 hour, then they took blood.  They are checking to see how my body processes sugar. Glad part of the test is over with. Wasn't too bad.

Last week I ordered some things on Etsy and look what came in the mail yesterday! Hopefully baby K will like wearing hats because he has so many already ha!

http://www.etsy.com/people/cottoncupcakeshoppe

Yesterday evening Zoe was at the backyard door pacing around and meowing. I went to look and saw a family of raccoons in our backyard! yikes! They were going in and out of the garden, hope they don't live there... but they are kinda cute tho haha!

26 week OB appointment...

This morning I had an appointment with the OB. She took the measurement of my belly and felt around and said the baby is growing perfectly. Great to hear! We also heard his heartbeat, it was 144 bpm :) The secretary told me my Iron was a tad bit low, but still ok,  my OB wasn't concerned. My OB is very nice and helpful, but I always feel like I need more time with her, more time to ask a gazillion questions ha!

I asked if I should monitor movement, she just told me as long as I feel him a couple times a day I'm ok. If I don't feel anything for a whole day then I should be concerned.

I still took one of her charts she had in the office.  The sheet says, After 28 weeks, at least once a day you should feel at least 6 or more movements within 2 hours. So I'll still do this later on, doesn't hurt!

I also asked her about the lower pressure I feel and she said it's totally normal. The length of my cervix is 4cm which is good and not to worry. (I'm learning sooo much during this pregnancy, it's funny how there are soo many things I never thought about or even knew about our body)

Today is another HOT HUMID day. I went quickly to the farmers market this afternoon to stock up on fruits and veggies. I got some blueberries too. Can't wait to munch on these!

It was a HOT long weekend!

Boy was the weekend here in TO a hot one!

Yesterday we had a family BBQ. Although we were all melting, we all had a great time.  Great food and Great company.

My adorable nieces.

My grandparents, me and BIL

On Saturday my husband and I spent most our day downtown. He took this picture of me when we were at a Starbucks patio relaxing after dinner ....
 
Look closely at my chest... See my road map of veins haha! Yes that is part of pregnancy. Friday night my sister was freaked out saying all my veins on my arms were soo visible... But it's all ok and all part of pregnancy :)

This week I go for my sugar test and tomorrow I have an appointment with my OB, I have a list of questions for her.
Wish me luck!

**Thanks everyone for your answers to my mom question, they were all very helpful :)

Hope you all have a goodnight!

26 weeks pregnant today!

 This week!
How Far Along: 26 weeks! Ummm 98 days to go!
Size of baby: 1.9lbs size of an eggplant!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 23lbs

Movement: A lot more! and seems he is most active at midnight! ha!
Cravings: Still I'm obsessed with my nutella and milk daily snacks,
but food aversions seemed to have come back too. So this will be interesting.
Ice cream is still on my good list tho, ha!

Brownie, Caramel Ice cream!

Symptoms: Headaches! Lower pressure, my walk ain't that cool. Look out for waddling mama!
Best Moment so far: Husband feeling the 5am strong kicks!


Some new items:

My mom bought all these clothes and blankies for baby K!

I have a lot of laundry coming my way ha! The basket is full and ready for washing.

**Mom Question: I'll be using Ivory snow to wash the clothes... Do you put fabric softener?, and also do you put their clothes in the dryer? With or without a bounce sheet....?

Have a great weekend! and Happy Civic Long weekend!

The baby is kicking so much!

So the last couple weeks I was still feeling only light taps from baby K, nothing too strong... But that all changed yesterday morning at 5am! The baby was kicking hard enough to #1 wake me up at 5am and #2 have the husband feel it too! That was a first! I think Zoe liked it too. ha! Yesterday she came at sat right on my belly and the baby was kicking around. Poor Zoe is in for a surprise when baby K arrives haha!

Tomorrow I'll be 26 weeks and I'm approaching my third trimester. I noticed that my appetite is much more demanding but I also find that the food aversions symptom is back. Some things just taste so weird to me. Nevertheless I still find the foods that I love and gobble them up.

My favorite day time snack ha!

Last nights dinner, spicy chicken, rice and potatoes!

One of the delicious lunches I made this week. I had 2 plates of this! Whole grain pasta :)

Tomorrow I'll blog about my 26 week update and I'll step on the scary scale... hmm or maybe not we'll see ha!

Creams for the pregnant belly...

When I first got pregnant I started buying every cream that said it would prevent stretch marks and/or for the pregnant belly. I tried a lot of creams and liked them all, yet found some were pricey and wasted so fast too... I got lazy and gave up ahahh. I know many of us preggo's ask other moms what they used, that's what I did. So I decided to share what I use now.

I just use creams that I used before.
Vaseline Cocoa Butter Cream for my body, it's like 4 bucks and lasts, and Body Shop Cocoa Butter, 20 bucks and lasts too.  I only use the bodyshop one on my belly and bum I don't like the feeling of it on my arms and legs. (Not during the hot sticky summer blah!)

Big belly! Sorry to startle you!

I read that no matter what creams we use, if you will get stretchmarks in pregnancy, you'll get them with creams or without. Greeeaaaattt. So far I don't have any on my belly, I don't even have the dark line... yet.... I do have a stretched belly button and a stretched hole above it where my belly ring was haha! All my stretch marks are on the side of my hips and bum (for me, being hippy to begin with it's noooo surprise that my hips and bum would be the areas to grow faster than the belly hhaha!)

Did you get stretchmarks when pregnant? What creams do you use and love? (pregnant or not :)

My Peg Perego Skate 2011 arrived!

Here it is!

We put it together last night and strolled around the house with it ha! We love it!

It also came with a rain cover, shopping bag and cup holder!

We also took measurements for the nursery.  I'm still torn between the 2 rooms I have that can be for the nursery. One is a perfect square room, 1 window more wall space, but a little bit smaller than the other room. Second room has 3 windows, so less wall space. I think decorating of the room will need to be after we get the furniture, that way we decorate the right room!

Weekend Post and boy is it a HOT summer!

It is HOT here in Toronto! The humidity is crazy too! This preggo can hardly breathe out there.

Saturday night husband and I went for a long walk on lakeshore. It was a beautiful night but by the the end of our walk my hands and feet were swollen! Not cool!

Yesterday was even hotter!

My bff had her son's baptism yesterday, I don't have pics with his cute outfit, it was just too hot for him, so they changed him right after the ceremony so he could stay fresh!

But still cute as a button! Congrats Baby A!

Little A is patiently awaiting for his bff baby K to arrive.

Look at this belly! haha! My husband was shocked yesterday saying it looked like it grew so much over night! I get sorta freaked out thinking how much bigger it needs to get haha! yikes! 109 more days to go! :)

Zoe also turned 4 this month so we bought her a new scratch post.  Since the one we had in our master bathroom for her broke and she started using our bed as a scratch post, bad kitty. Good thing she loves her posts much better!


Look how little she was! <3

24 weeks pregnant today!

This week!
How Far Along: 24 weeks!
Size of baby: Size of a eggplant! 1.5lbs!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: don't feel like weighing myself anymore
I know I'm gaining, no surprise haha!
Movement: Much more these days! Love it!
Cravings: Chocolate! It was my obsession this week! Not a good thing for my bum!

I've also been reading my baby books a lot. I probably will forget everything I read once Baby K arrives huh haha! So I decided that next week I will read some books for me to give me a break. There are some new releases coming out next week that I'm interested in, so can't wait to hit the book store!

Yesterday I went to mom's house and my nieces were over. I can't get enough of this squishy gal! She has the cutest personality, and her voice is so sweet. Other than when she's screaming loudly for attention when your eyes are not on her. ha! She also understand what the word NO, she use to just cry when she heard it but now she really understands it. My BIL was saying NO to her when she was touching a plastic wrap and she would look at him serious while attempting to touch it, then slowly moving her hand away, all while starring hard to see if she will hear NO. Tooooo Cute!

This is a cute bum!

Being Pregnant and Very Aware!

Ok Moms or Pregnant moms... When you were pregnant were you on high alert!?

I remember reading this in the book "Origins" a while ago so when it happens I know it's totally normal.

Some examples... Strangers coughing, sneezing, grosses me out! Ok grosses me out on a regular basis but now it's a different feeling... A feeling like OMG I need out NOW and holding my breath hoping I don't breath any of the air around me haha!

Today I went for blood work and it was really crowded, one guy was standing a little to close to me...my thoughts were on fire! (Do I just leave, why is he so close I will punch him soon, omg I'm breathing way too many peoples air in here. yikes!)

One incident that almost has me running out of there was when I was called to the room to take my blood another lady that was before me walked in and told the lab tech to change her bloody bandaid right in front of me... OMGGGGGG I almost freaked out! Trying to remain calm I gave them the deadliest looks observed the techs hands, she sanitized then put gloves on before touching me...Whew!

It's like I'm a guard dog on the watch ha!

Little Niece playing with Zoe :)

I'm also very aware of my hands and everyone elses haha! What we are touching and if you touch my food even a little I may leave that piece aside, please don't be offended. :)

Meat... If it's not WELL done, I will not eat you, I can't, my mouth will not allow it. However I do have medium to well steak, I'm ok with that :)

Another thing I noticed is my awareness of danger. I'm extra careful! And pause before I do something to make sure I'm being as careful as can be. I make sure to hold the railing when walking down the stairs, and walk slow, not just because I'm carrying this extra weight ha!   My husband is great with this :) bringing the laundry up and down, vacuuming (ok, I could vacuum but we'll keep that in the list of husband to do's).

Even at events where some people are dancing with a little too much excitement or if it's too crowded, i'll stay away, I do not want to be pushed or shoved and risk falling.

Ok it may sound worse than it actually is, but i'm on high alert, more than ever. 

I have a protective zone around me, and it also brings out another side of me which is funny too.

So if you know what I'm talking about, leave me a comment of your experience with this, so we can laugh about it together :)

12-23 Weeks Baby Bump Photos!

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155 More days to go!

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23 weeks pregnant update!

How Far Along: 23 Weeks!
Size of baby: Large Mango (weighing just over a pound!)
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 21 lbs Gain.
Maternity Clothes: I'm wearing maternity tights in the picture and decided to wear this regular small shirt, by the end of the day today the button on the chest busted off and the shirt felt wayyy too tight I was suffocating haha!
Cravings: Pretty much everything! But since I got pregnant one of the food aversions I had was towards Peanut butter and Jam... However, today that changed...


Some new items:
My Friend gave me her son's snow suit since baby K will be born in November he will definitely be needing one of these!

 She also gave me this baby scrapbook!

 

This afternoon we went out for lunch with her little man. 
We had lots of wings and fries! Yum!



Then went for a little walk.... Look at baby A with his shades ha! Cutest thing!

 I am exhausted today! and a busy weekend is ahead! Hope you all have a great weekend!

22 week doctors appointment was great!

Today I had an appointment with the OB. She told me my results were perfect! She also measured my belly and said it's the perfect size! I'm a happy momma! I left there feeling great!

She also told me I could sleep anyway I want, and if I'm most comfortable on my back then so be it! The back it will be! :)

My weigh in today brings me to a 21 lbs gain.  It's funny because I can actually say this is the first time in my life that I actually LOVE my body. I joke about the weight gain and the stretch marks ain't pretty... But I honestly don't care at all! As long as doctor says I'm healthy I'm totally embracing this pregnancy and it's such a gift! I'm soo happy to be experiencing all of it!  (haha i know most mamas are saying "oh wait till the 9th month haha, and I'm sure I'll be laughing trying to lose all the weight later ;) ) But you know what I mean! For once I'm wearing tight tops showing off a growing belly and I love it!

At the OB office there were soo many preggos dressed soo cute for the summer, Big, small all sizes of bellies with the cutest outfits.

While I was out today I went to see some swings at Toys R us. I've been going crazy deciding on one. All moms have different opinions on them.

So I finally decided on this one! It's a 2 in 1. Swing and bouncer! It has good reviews and has a bunch of features I was looking for :)


I also am trying to add more fruit and veggies to my diet. The last couple weeks I've been eating everything but those!

So yesterday I went to a local farmers market and bought cherries, peaches and cucumbers. They are yummy!