29 weeks: healthy and on track

had my 28-week check up on tuesday which included a fun glucose test for gestational diabetes. had to drink a sugary orange drink (basically tasted like melted pop-ice) and have my blood drawn exactly an hour later. so while I was waiting for my timer to go off I got my weight taken and I lost a pound! good news since I had a nutty gain the last time I was there—so that averages me out a bit. overall, I'm up 14lbs which is on track. while the nurse was drawing my blood dr. ghandi was trying to distract me by measuring my fundal height and listening to baby's heartbeat. she said I was measuring a bit small, so she wanted to take a quick ultrasound.

I probably turned white, and immediately had a million things run through my head, but I was curious and kinda of excited to see baby, since the last time was at my 21-week appointment. I knew she was moving around just fine, but wondering what could be wrong if something was. she took all of baby's measurements and happily said well baby is measuring at the 45 percentile—and that you can't really get anymore average than that. baby was estimated to be about 2 lbs 9 oz. she said I was just hiding it well which kinda made me laugh considering I feel so big. I was happy to hear lil babe was good though—phew! oh, doc also said she was head down and most likely won't flip, maybe switch which way she faces but for the most part she's ready to rock and roll. her lil feet are on the right side which is where I feel a majority of baby's movement.

overall, still feeling pretty good. there are some days I just wake up exhausted and really for no particular reason. I usually fall asleep at a decent time, it's just my entire body just feels drained. then other morning's I'm like up and ready to go at 6:00, but unfortunately mark is not. :) I just try to listen to my body and if I need to lay down for a bit (which usually for me is a no-no) I will.

we have a "great expectations" baby class this thursday which is an intro our childbirth classes. should be interesting—mark is really excited. :)

other than that I'm trying to prepare myself for what's to come without psyching myself out. it's all quite overwhelming, but there's not turning back now! we're so happy in a lil over two months we'll have a new member to our lil family of two + madi girl.

cravings: cold things and fruit salad.
aversions: none.

what's baby up to?
baby’s energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin. (kicks and jabs to my ribs tipped me off ) baby is also settling into sleep and waking cycles, though—they don’t necessarily coincide with my own. also this month, all five senses are finally functional, and the brain and nervous system are going through major developments.