It seems like time is going so quickly! I'm already 26 weeks! I had a check up with my OB yesterday and things are going well. My bp is fine and so is my weight. (I only gained 3 lbs in 4 weeks! yay!) The only thing that is a little off is my fundus height. I'm measuring a little small (was 25 cm and not 26 cm like I should be) but the doc isn't too concerned yet and there is a margin of error of +/- 1 cm. In two weeks I go for my second glucose test and to have my iron rechecked. (Though I was told that I'll still have to take my iron pills regardless of what the outcome is. BOO on that!)
I also had my heart echo this week and while that wasn't the most fun thing I've ever done (exposing my upper half to the world for 30 minutes was a bit uncomfortable), it wasn't too bad. I was able to go 8 minutes on the treadmill for my stress test and was told that was impressive for a pregnant woman (and especially since I haven't done a lick of exercise this entire pregnancy)! It sucked having to hold my breath when I was completely OUT of breath!! I thought the tech was trying to kill me at one point. "Oh sorry, that time I made you hold it a little too long..." Yeah no kidding-my face turned red, my heart almost popped out of my body and I thought I was going to pass out. The initial report back was good with no red flags! That's super good news for me! I'm also still wearing the heart monitor-and again, not a fun thing but for the first three recordings, nothing major is wrong with my heart. Praise the Lord! I go back to the heart doc next month to go into more detail of what was found but as of right now, I'm not concerned at all about my heart.
On to a new topic:
Dh and I have decided to try cloth diapering. Now, before you go all "What? Why would you want to do that??!" on me, I know that it isn't for everyone but we want to give it a shot (there actually wasn't too much convincing Dh either-he was on board right away!) I wish I could say that my motivation was an environmental, go green kind of thing, but it really isn't. It's an economical, money saving thing. Cloth diapers (CD) have come a LONG way since my mother CD'd my sister and me. There are no more pins and HUGE plastic pants just super cute colored or printed diapers that closely resemble disposable diapers that you wash and reuse. The money savings can really add up! It looks like we could save $1000-2000 from birth to potty training (depending on the system we use). How can you argue with that? Our plan is to start CDing and using cloth wipes (that I've started sewing myself) once the baby's cord falls off and stick with it as long as possible. I've already started my CD stash! It's quite addicting!
Well, that's the update for now. Shoot, I still haven't loaded the other u/s pics yet...I will soon!
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Go cloth diapers!! From a fiscal and ecological standpoint! Whoo-hoo!
You and my mother are the only ones who are really supportive! Thank you for that!!
Dwight and I did both, cloth and disposable. We used the cloth with Andrew when we were at home. Which I was a stay at home mom. Anyway they are much nicer now so it doesn't hurt to try it. We were still using pins with Andrew. By the time Bekah came, it was more of a time issue with having two little ones and babysitting other little ones. I say go for it!!!!
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