Week 28

Here is my expanding belly as of Sat. this week (sporting my husband's gator shirt for college football weekend). The babies grow everyday and have become quite good at kicking me! I have had some major back pain that my doctor says is from my sciatic nerve, so I had a massage on Sat. It was great and relieved the pain for most of the day. The heating pad is my new best friend. I tried a warm bath a few nights ago, but it was really hard to get out of the tub. Up to this point being pregnant has been easy and exciting. However, I think I am getting into the uncomfortable stage. I also found out last week that I failed my gestational diabetes screening. My blood sugar was 197 (acceptable levels are 70-140). My iron levels were also lower than the acceptable range. Starting Tues. I have to go on a calorie restricted diabetic diet for three days. Thurs. night I have to start fasting at 9 pm until I go to the doctor at 8:30 Friday morning. At the doctor I will drink massive amounts of sugar in the form of a concentrated drink. I will have to stay at the doctor for 3 hours while they check my sugar at various intervals. Hopefully, they will find out I do not have gestational diabetes and everything can go back to normal. But, if I do have it I will have to be really careful with what I eat from now on. I have family history of diabetes so I am at high risk for developing the condition.

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Brian helped me finish setting up the babies’ room. I love the furniture and the colors we picked out. It is very calming in their room. The bumpers on the crib didn’t fit well though. I guess our crib is a different shape than the standard crib. A friend is making some beautiful curtains that are pink with a green and blue paisley pattern. I’ll take more pictures when we hang them. We also plan to get a few more things for the wall. When we decide on names I want to hang their names in pink letters over the cribs. I have almost finished washing all the clothes my mom gave me. The girls are stocked with clothes until age 3! I love putting their things away. I’m counting down the days till I can meet my girls!

Even Bailey likes to play in the girls' room!