November 21 - Busy day

Okay, on the 21st I had 2 baby showers, first my old colleagues and friends has organized a morning tea/baby shower for me, it was really lovely to catch up with them, i miss them a lot, i was the baby in the group and feel they are all mums to me :) they are very kind and got cool baby presents..here are a few photos we took.






And in the afternoon.. another baby shower organized by my 2 sister inlaws Hope and Paige..it was so much fun.. we had it at friends place..through the years i've been to so many baby showers and finally my long awaited one, I was over the moon that day, i felt love and special <:) my baby is one lucky boy, he got so many presents:) here are a few pictures..

This is whats been happening lately...

Firstly an update about the pregnancy - Irene is doing well despite of gestational diabetes, carpal tunnel syndrome etc<:), Baby is very active, big kicks everywhere and sticking his body parts and leave it in one spot for awhile and can get very uncomfortable for mummy sometimes:), because of the diabetes Irene's visit to the hospital is more frequent at least once a week and see a couple of specialists, this coming Wednesday we are having a scan to see how the baby is growing and maybe a couple more scans after that, and if he's growing morethan he's supposed to, then a scheduled induction or CS might be necessary (i hope i wont do the latter), otherwise everything is well.

The verdict - follow on my last post

Ok, so i went to do the proper glucose test on the 10th of this month and boy it was so boring, it took more than 2 hours to complete and got some more hematomas too boohooo!! anyway the next day, a midwife rang about the result and surprise surprise I have indeed developed a GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS or in other words, Diabetes for pregnant women, this is due to changes to the normal hormone levels. Q: Will the diabetes go away at the end of pregnancy? A:It is very likely that the diabetes is only associated with the pregnancy, and, in almost every instance, will go away as soon as the baby is born. I really hope so. Anyway i met up with the Diabetes educator today and dietitian they gave me a few booklets and instructions on my daily diet as GDM can sometimes be well managed just by eating the right food etc do exercise, in the mean time I to prick my finger 4 times a day to monitor my sugar level, and if that's going well then i dont need to take a medication for it. I was also told that they will be monitoring the baby from now on (growth wise) which means frequent visit to the hospital. The immediate risk is associated with GDM is the possibility of the baby being larger than average, this may make the birth more difficult or lead to a higher rate of induction or Caesarean section which i was hoping all the while to have a natural and normal birth, so I guess i'll just have to do the best I can to manage this diabetes, I just and pray that my baby is okay and is not to affected by it. So there you go..I thought i had it all good but i thought wrong <:) Until then, i'll keep you posted on my progress..

Latest Update

So..the other day, i had my week 28 routine, had the glucose Challenge test and the normal antenatal routine, anyway..so they told me if i don't hear from them (doctors, pathologist whoever) that my glucose or sugar level is fine, one day passed, nothing in the mail, 2 days nothing, well 3rd day got something in the mail and the result i got was above the normal sugar level, so they're asking me to come back to the hospital and do the proper glucose test this which will take a couple of blood test and 12 hour fasting and have to go through a certain diet prior to the testing, this test apparently help determines wether i have a gestational diabetes >:) Which i'm really hoping and pray that i don't. Anyway i will probably be going and do the test next week, I will let you know the results, so until then.

Baby Hart 4d Scan at 28 weeks

Hiya everyone here's a couple 4d scan pictures of our little one <:) we we're so excited to see him, although the heatwave from the ultrasound sometimes makes them look a little freakish lol <:) bubby is good, very active, in fact he kept on moving around that day so it was really hard to get some decent shot of his face, and these two pictures are the best ones that they took. We can't wait to hold him in our arms, but it seems like January is so far away (that's how i feel anyway). We also have a dvd of the scan but I dont know how to upload that here. Anyway sorry for not blogging for awhile..i will try to update you all for as much as I can.