Updates

Well I have gotten pretty far behind.....so here are the baby Casey updates!

Last Saturday, I had a fabulous baby shower in the tri-cities, thrown by my good friends Kelly and April. Kelly went all out with so much wonderful food! So many people came to it, and I had so much fun and we got so much wonderful Casey stuff!

I was retested at 32 weeks for gestational diabetes, since Casey is so big, and I flunked my test! So I was sent to the diabetes learning center to learn how to control it. I am testing my blood sugar 4 times per day and following the diabetes diet, counting carbs. It's not much fun, but it's for a good cause:)

I just had my 34 week appointment, and got my swine flu vaccine. Dr. Smith put me on meds to keep my blood sugar lower, because even following the diet exactly for a week...my blood sugars were still high. He did say Casey's growth is not from the diabetes, he is just a big kid! He is in the 90th percentile for his head, abdomen and femur! If the growth is due to diabetes, we would only see a large abdomen. He said Casey will be 10 pounds if I go to 40 weeks! He will see me weekly now, and at 36 weeks, another ultrasound. It sounds like, at 38 weeks, I will probably have a c-section, due to being diabetic, on drugs (prescribed!!) and Casey being large. It will be safer on Casey and me! But you never know, he could come anytime!

Last week Casey was doing somersaults, and flipped himself to breech. It was pretty uncomfortable and apparently he thought the same thing, because he flipped back to head down the next day! The Dr. said he still could flip back breech, but we won't try to flip him manually, it would just be another reason to do a c-section.

Next week will be an exciting week! Wednesday is a stress test and Dr appointment, Friday is our meet and greet with the pediatrician and our hospital tour....and we head to the west side, for another baby shower thrown by my sisters! So much to look forward too!