Bloody nackered all the time!
Boys are 21 weeks old now, wow time flies...well not really, but you know. :)
they are well, pretty good really, no real problems, *touch wood* . as far as babies go they could be much worse.
can't wait they start talking though :)
sort of feel more like a dad now, but still not really, it'll come I'm sure,,I hope!
Today is the first day of our new lives with Jin and Cloud. They arrived home today after spending 40 days in the hospital. So far so good but the sleeplessness is going to be killer!!!
Cloud
DOB - 1st May 2006
Time - 4:14pm
Weight - 1455gm / 3lb 3.5oz
Length - 39.5cm
Head Circumference - 30cm
Jin
DOB - 1st May 2006
Time - 4;13pm
Weight - 1580gm / 3lb 8oz
Length - 41cm
Head Circumference - 28.5cm
Yes, this is us :( We've been diagnosed with gestational diabetes...borderline case, but nevertheless still have to do all the annoying things that other people do. Such as 4 times daily blood glucose monitoring, in other words, needle jab (down to twice daily now thank god). Changed diet so we're not eating 3 big meals a daily, but rather 6 smaller serves. Cut down on sugars and simple carbs...not much fun, but hopefully after pregnancy it will all revert back to normal and we can forget about it!
woo, we're at 25 weeks, time has not gone fast, but it doesn't seem that long that we were are 12 weeks! Hopefully the next few months will be the same :)
All tests are OK so far and everything is normal...except yesterday we had the short Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT), drank the glucose liquid and then blood glucose level test an hour later. The result was 0.8, 0.1 above normal range, so borderline. B had toast with marmalade in the morning so that probably increased the reading...midwife is saying we should book in for the long GTT now, which involves fasting from midnight then going into Gribbles and getting blood taken several times for 2.5 hours! Not happy Jan as this test sounds stressful, inconvenient, time consuming and possible not necessary! I'm going to ring tomorrow and ask to do the short GTT again and whether the long one is really necessary...
Been to the antenatal twins class at WCH the last 3 weeks and they have been great. Tina Bode is the educator and she lives in Stirling as well! She is great, informative, funny, easy going, light, non-judgemental, helpful, caring and a whole lot better than Carol Bennett at Ashford! Would be good if we became friends!
