I have realized over and over for the past 4 or 5 days that I should maybe blog. The problem is that a LOT has happened and I've been physically exhausted beyond belief. I've tried things to get myself up and out of bed but I'm just SO TIRED. So tired so that I have actually taken my daughter to school and come home and gone back to sleep from 8:30am to around noon or even a little later. I can barely function when I'm awake, even though I'm getting like, a THOUSAND hours of sleep.
Since my last blog, I got the result of my 1 hour glucose tolerance test back and it was a big fat fail. My blood sugar was 153. It shouldn't have been over 140. I had to take a 3 hour glucose tolerance test which I did on Monday. I also had to get new thyroid labs done and those came back normal which means that my current dose of 75mcg is correct. I will need new labs in August and that will be after baby girl is born.
We also got some big but not necessarily good news at my appointment with the midwife last Friday. It seems as though at my 19 week ultrasound, the tech found that I have a marginal placenta previa. What that means is that the placenta is down near the cervix instead of up closer to the top of the uterus where it SHOULD be. The midwife scheduled me for an ultrasound which I had this Monday. At the ultrasound appointment we found out that what we thought was marginal placenta previa was actually closer to complete. That means that the placenta is close to completely covering the cervix. That is worse. With placenta previa, at any stage, the Dr. will schedule a c-section around 37 weeks if there is little risk to the baby or mom. If there IS a risk of some kind, a c-section can be performed even sooner.
The fact that there has been some improvement since 19 weeks is good but the fact that it's still marginal is not so good. We can only hope it improves significantly in the upcoming weeks and I'll take it easy in the meantime. Baby girl is head-down and facing my spine so she is in position already (although she doesn't need to be yet).
In all other ways, baby girl is growing exactly along with my dates. She is perfect in size and everything with her shows she is doing great. That's really great to know considering all the crap I am going through. I told Joe "I'm great at growing babies, I'm just bad at being pregnant". And it's sorta true.
In other news, I FINALLY got my approval for my disability and my check is on it's way. Since my claim was opened in early February, I am getting a check from the 12th of February through March 31st and then payments will come weekly. This will help us greatly in the upcoming months.
In April I'm going to go to Disneyland with family if my midwife approves. Then in May, my daughter will be turning 13 and we'll have her annual pool birthday party. I've considered having this party AFTER the baby is born if they end up doing a c-section. We'll see how it goes. I will be 37 weeks on June 6th. That is also mine and Joe's 5 year anniversary. Since my daughter's birthday is at the end of May, it may make more sense to have the party later. I don't want to have a party in 100 degree weather when I'm basically 9 months pregnant. That sounds horrible, right?
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