32wks- The Jicama

Jeff and I started interviewing pediatricians this week. Early in the pregnancy I started asking people about their pedis, especially people who had similar ideas to mine regarding medical care. After asking a lot of people, I only came up with two pediatricians I'm interested in. We met with the first one, Dr. Sweet, on Monday. We both really liked her. I couldn't have been more impressed if I had given her a script to read from for answering my questions. The only thing that's not so great is that her office is about 20mins from us in Midlothian. But I can live with that. We meet with the other pedi, who is a good 20min the other directions, the week after next. I can't imagine liking anyone more than Dr. Sweet, but I figure we should explore all our options- all two of them.

I've been monitoring my blood sugars at home for the last week. My friend Amber let me borrow her monitor. They were not great a first. Not terrible, but not good. I was able to quickly get them under control with a few tweaks to my diet. This really surprised me. I already take a diabetic medication and assumed that along with eating pretty healthy, my blood sugars would already be well controlled. Wrong! So it's definitely taking the medication and a perfect diet to keep them where they're supposed to be. On the bright side, at least I can control them.

This week's update:

By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.