Baby Kneifl Update

I had my 24 week appointment yesterday (a few days early because my Dr. is going out of town).  This is the appointment when they check for gestational diabetes...the initial screen anyways.  I failed the first round with Lily and I failed it even worse with this one.  In order to "pass" the glucose screen your blood sugar must be under 140 one hour after drinking the lovely 50gram Dextrose solution.  With Lily mine was 151 and with baby #2 it was 159.  This does not necessarily mean I have gestational diabetes, but it does mean that I have to go back next week for a 3 hour glucose screen.  If I pass the 3 hour test I do not have it, if I fail it I will update again then.  I passed it with Lily so hopefully I pass with this one too!  They usually like to have you come in as soon as possible for the 3 hour test, but with my schedule this next week the soonest I can get in is July 8th.  Dr. Norton wants to me start watching what I eat now...lovely.  I gained 3 pounds this month for a total weight gain of 11 pounds.  At least I'm doing better in that category than I did with Lily ( I gained way too much with her).  My belly is measuring at 23 weeks and I was 23 weeks 4 days at my appointment, so I'm right on track.  Last week I measured ahead but the baby was sideways or breech last month.  I consistently measured 2 weeks ahead with Lily.  Baby's heartbeat was 140...lower than Lily's was until the very end.  I don't know if I'm reading too much into it, but Dr. Norton did call our baby a "she" yesterday.  She said, "Last month she was sideways and breech and I can't really tell how she is right now."  She said she didn't know what Lily was until she was born, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't know what this one is either.  The ultrasound tech said she didn't even know and couldn't have told us if we had wanted to know because baby wouldn't cooperate and open its legs...so I'm pretty certain that baby will truly be a surprise to all.  My last bit to update on is my hemoglobin.  I was never anemic with Lily until after my C-Section and my hemoglobin dropped from 13 something down to 8 and I had to take iron for several months after she was born.  At the start of this pregnancy my hemoglobin was 13 and is now down to 10.9.  Not horrible, but low enough to have to take iron twice a day for the remainder of the pregnancy plus my prenatal vitamin.  Which also means adding a stool softener back in since we all know that iron is very constipating!  The nurse asked me if I have been tired and I had to laugh.  Am I tired?!  Let's see...I'm pregnant, I work nights, stay up during the day chasing a toddler...YES I'm TIRED!  The lower hemoglobin just adds to my tiredness I guess...and maybe some to my crabbiness :)