Meadow in Development...(My Pregnancy Journey)

oh did I say 87th percentile a couple of weeks ago? Yeah she’s in the 91st now.

So because everything looks really good, my placenta moved, and my daughter is getting really big really quickly, my midwife thinks she will come earlier. Now that I have a gestational diabetes diagnosis, she will have to come earlier if I can’t regulate my sugar. If she stays in too long it has certain health risks.

She cautioned me to tell my husband to take off the last week of July…….😱 She can come any time between then and August 9th. August 9th is her officially official See More due date.

Meadow is now 3 lbs 11 oz 🫣 and that is the size of a 32-33 week old. (I’m only 29w6d just FYI…)

Welp. I have gestational diabetes. 🫡 (gestational means only during pregnancy).

A 1 hr. glucose test is where they make you fast for 8-12 hours aside from protein and water, and you drink this 10oz of a sugar(glucose) solution in 2 minutes.

You sit there for an hour and then they do bloodwork to check your blood sugar.

I drank the solution in 40 seconds and I thought it tasted like red gatorade, but most girls hate it and says it makes them get sick. I knew this was a red See More flag from the getgo.

I failed…By a lot. 🤣 so I definitely have gestational diabetes.

It makes sense because Meadow’s been getting big really quickly and I have felt extremely thirsty to the point where I can go through a pitcher of lemonade in 2-3 hours.

I’m supposed to take the 3 hr. Glucose test (drink an even more sugary drink), and get bloodwork every single hour for three hours, but you can’t even drink water or eat protein before that one and I don’t think it would be safe for me or Meadow to not eat for 16 hours. I’m going to see if they will just let me monitor my blood sugar at home. 🙃

I’m officially in my third trimester… 72 days until my due date but I’m sure I’ll be induced earlier once I tell them I want a c-section.

Meadow is in the 87th percentile, which means she is probably going to be a BIG baby. She’s already 4-6 ounces bigger than what she’s supposed to be right now. They say it can be caused by rapid weight gain during pregnancy or gestational diabetes but I don’t have either. I actually lost 21 pounds my first trimester from sickness and haven’t gained it back.

My mom said my siblings and I were all in 99th percentile sooooo… Who knows. Meadow’s probably going to be around the weight See More I was when I was born, which was 8lbs6oz.

She’s been frequenting on my right side and kicking my pelvis and hip as much as she can and has almost completely thrown my back out. 😭 it hurts to walk and I’m bed bound 70% of the day now.

Welp. Two pounds, one ounce. Measuring ANOTHER week ahead which lands me at 26 weeks and four days. My new due date is August 3, 2024.

Big ol baby. Looking like her dad too. The ultrasound tech said she looked perfect. ❤️

Meadow update coming tomorrow ❤️

Meadow is also already a pound. 😳 15 ounces at her 21 week scan and now we’re at 23 weeks. That’s CRAZY.

Meadow’s been kicking a lot. I’ve felt her since 17w5d, and now we’re at 23w2d. ^.^ She’s getting stronger and we’re ALMOST to the point where we feel her on the outside consistently. I can catch her if she kicks hard enough lol

My sweet girl was moving around SO much during her scan that most of her pictures were blurry. They did a 3D ultrasound but she wouldn’t sit still for it. We were able to physically rule of cleft lip/other facial abnormalities however the high risk pregnancy specialists only get the pictures so they want to redo the scan when she’s 27-28 weeks. :) So we go back to see her on May 1st. Enjoy the pictures I do have of her. ❤️

Meadow’s anatomy scan will be April 1st. So excited to see my little girl and finally have her dad come along to see her too. It’s also his birthday today so happy birthday to my baby daddy and future husband. 😂

Meadow straight up flipped last night and it felt like when you go on a roller coaster but in your lower belly instead of your abdomen lol

Dad and I have narrowed down Meadow’s middle name suggestions to two!

Our options are:

-Amelia (I thought it was really pretty, but I haven’t had much thought into it other than the fact that Meadow Amelia sounds pretty.)

-Lee/Leigh. (We’re still debating the spelling, I think this will be our pick! Lee is the dad’s middle name and I wanted to honor him in a way and I thought it would be perfect. He’s loved Meadow before we even conceived her. He also suggested Lane as a boy’s See More name in the future if we have more kids, and my middle name’s Elaine! So both of our kids in the future will be honored by each parent.)