swelling...

i don't think i got enough sleep yesterday. nor last night. sleeping has become quite the luxury, really... tossing and turning, too hot, uncomfortable or hungry. ahh the joys of being pregnant!

last night i woke up twice hungry. of course we went to bed earlier than normal- i think around 1030pm... but by midnight i woke up and had to eat a bowl of cereal. then later into the night i had to wake up again and have some granola. but i definitely did not get enough sleep.

yesterday i actually realized that my calves are getting more swollen. a few weeks ago they were 13", but i measured y/day and they were up to 13 1/4"... no bueno. i think sleeping gets rid of swelling, so i need to do that. it's difficult these days too since the jackhammers and construction downstairs doesn't let me really sleep during the day (well, i'm at work too, so i guess that doesn't really help). i hope we get to start resting more...


this morning we went to the dr. *Finally* i will take the glucose test! but instead of the normal 1 hr, i have to take the 3 hour test... that means i can't eat for 8 hrs before the test, which means i need to stop eating at 12:30am and then go to the hospital at 830am (arrive) to drink 100g of some super sweet stuff. then they'll take my blood after 1/2 hr, 1 hr, 2hrs and finally 3 hrs. i hope we're okay and pass okay.

Also i've now gained 11.4kg = 25lbs. woah. that's a lot. with 9 weeks to go, that means +9 more lbs = total weight of 34lbs. i certainly hope bf-ing takes the weight off!! Pretty PLEASE no stretch marks. :)

aside from that- the dr says you're growing well. your head is 7.33cm diameter and it seems like it's getting a bit crammed in the tummy... you're still also breech, but that's okay. sometimes babies don't turn until week 36 onwards so i'm not too concerned. 7.33cm is actually a due date of 11/21, but dr says we'll still shoot for 11/13. If you're 11/11 that's okay too. actually 11/21 falls into scorpio/sagg cusp, which i don't really mind... as long as you're healthy and happy!!

hopefully i can sleep more tonight... it's always around 4pm where i start to get tired... and want to nap.

grow grow grow... we love you. :)