28 Weeks

Thursday I had my 28 week appointment which involved a 1-hour glucose test. I met with a nurse that gave me my lovely flat orange pop-type beverage that I had to drink within five minutes then we went through our birth plan since Mayo Health System has 'Birth by Design'.  Time went by really fast since I wasn't just sitting there waiting around and next thing I knew I had my blood drawn and met with our midwife.

Here's a stats update:
Me: 29 weeks today!
My stats: I've gained 4 lbs since my last appointment 4 weeks ago, so I'm right on track according to our midwife. My glucose level after my test was a 79 (which she said anything under 100 is normal/good) and everything else fell into the normal ranges too. They also checked to see if I had antibodies since my blood type is 'O' but Rh negative. They didn't have those results before I left but my last blood test it showed as negative, so my next appointment I'll get the injection so that my body doesn't build any antibodies in case me & babies blood mix.
Baby: Heartbeat was a strong 156, which is consistent to all the past appointments. Another active boy in the family perhaps??

Likes: 1) Feeling baby move more & more & watching the wave my belly does :)
          2) Working from home now 2 days a week!
          3)  Sitting in my glider with my feet up

Dislikes: 1) Baby sitting on my bladder
              2)  Lower back aches

I'm officially in my third trimester and my appointments are now every 2 weeks! The time is going to fly for sure!  Next appointment: Wednesday, January 4th

Baby Shower

Yesterday afternoon my co-workers threw me a baby shower that we had at mom & dad's house. It was a great afternoon and I really enjoyed myself...and the food :) Mom made carrot cake, a recipe from my brother-in-law Andrew I believe, and boy is that ever good! Although by this point pregnancy is very real-- actually receiving items that we need and getting a start on putting his nursery together made it seem like the big day is fast approaching and not just something we talk about happening in several months.  I kept the gender a secret from all of my co-workers so those that were there yesterday had to guess and whoever guessed correctly received a little prize. Only two guessed boy which didn't surprise me because I've noticed most women tend to assume/wish girl for whatever reason lol Anyways, everyone is excited because the last three babies born to co-workers or their wives were girls :)

Adorable set of receiving blankets & baby blanket

Just relaxing :)

Bedding set

Crib all made up!