Thursday January 19, 2012 - 30 Weeks

Hooray, we made it week 30! We are so excited! We had another ultrasound today to check Tatum's growth and she is doing fantastic! She now weighs 2 lbs 14 ozs! She is getting so big! We were so excited to get a good 3D image of her face and the little stinker would not cooperate again! She is head down, spine up and the technician said that she needs to be face up to get a good image of her face. She also said that the position of the placenta makes it more difficult as well. So, at this point I guess we will have to see her beautiful face when she emerges from my body! She just wants us to be surprised. :) We did get a good 2D image of her face though. We just know she will be a cutie pie!

Everything is going really well. I'm still feeling pretty good. I'm getting bigger so I have noticed the little thing's are starting to get harder, like tying my shoes. It's getting a little uncomfortable bending down for too long. The only bad thing is that I have failed my initial 1 hour glucose tolerance test so now I have to go back next week and take the 3 hour test. :( I am so bummed because I feel so icky when I have to fast and then drink that awful beverage. I just hope and pray that I will pass that test just fine. I have now graduated to seeing Dr. Castilla every 2 weeks! I believe that I will see her every 2 weeks until week 35, and then I will see her every week until Tatum arrives. :) I also got my Rhogam shot last week. I got this shot because I have B- blood w/ RH negative factor so if Tatum has positive blood, my red blood cells could attack hers so the shot makes that not happen. If she does have positive blood, I will then have to get another Rhogam shot after she's born to protect any future babies that I may have.

We planned on taking a "Baby-Moon" this coming weekend to San Diego but I decided this week that I am just not up for it. A "Baby-Moon" is supposed to be a last trip before the baby come with just the two of you. I don't feel like making the trip through the desert over there in the car for that long. I also feel like there's not a lot that I can do since I am pregnant and I don't feel like doing a whole lot of anything these days so I figured we may as well stay home and save our money.

Jennifer, Debbie, and Ashley are now planning my baby shower and I can't wait! It will be on February 19th at our house and I'm sure it will be a great time. I will give more details as they come about.

All in all, this pregnancy has been pretty great so far and I can't complain too much, thankfully! Here's another pic of my growing belly this week…