Glucola - Not Your Average Pop

There is one distinct difference in the lingo that you hear in the midwest versus the east coast - "pop" and "soda".  You see, on the east coast we say "soda".  Here in sunny, midwest Ohio, you say "pop" as a defining word to signify soda.  I'm still getting used to this...

Anyway, today has been a monumental day!  First, we had an appointment with our OB/GYN to check up on our little bambino.  She is growing...A LOT!  So much so that we are measuring "bigger" than where we actually are in the grand scheme of things, but it's nothing to be worried about.  Little bambino's grow at all sorts of different rates in the third trimester.  Perhaps our little girl is hitting her growth spurt!

Her heart rate was beating steadily at 150 bpm and my tummy measured at 30 cm!!!  In other words, my tummy grew 6 cm in one month!  I gained another 3.5 pounds which puts us 9.5 pounds ahead.  (Though I will say that it feels like a lot more than that.)

In other monumental news, we did our glucose test today.  I had to drink the bottle of glucola that the nurse gave me at my last appointment in the 10 minutes which was the specified time exactly 45 minutes before my appointment.  Precisely one hour later, my blood was taken to make sure that I'm not developing gestational diabetes or anything like that.  I was a little hesitant about the glucola.  It tasted like flat orange soda, but at 7:15 in the morning, flat orange soda pop is not of the top of my list of things that I would like to drink.  Either way, it all worked out and I drank what I needed to in the exact time that I needed to, so now we will simply wait for the results.

Let's see, what else was monumental today??  Oh, this is the first appointment that we had where we start seeing our doc every two weeks instead of once a month!  In October, we will see her once a week - just to keep a close eye on our bun in the oven!  We don't want her over-cooking (read: overstaying her welcome in my womb)!

In other monumental news, when we left our doctor's office this go round we were handed a 'Hospital Preadmission Form'.  We are supposed to go online and "pre-register" for our delivery!  That way, when our little girl decides it's time for her debut, the hospital will already be expecting us!  Mr. & Mrs. Hendricks, right this way!  Having to pre-register for our delivery makes this all seem very, very close.

We start our childbirth classes this month too.  (I told you it was monumental.)
 
My belly is bigger, my tummy skin is stretching, our little girl is growing, and we are that much closer to meeting her in person.  Incredible!

Simply incredible!