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Oh, yeah Punkin.....DH has been changing the litter all along, it's just that if I don't say anything to him, he will let it get to the point that it smells up the whole d__n house. I don't go upstairs that much since I'm not supposed to take stairs more than once a day, and that's where we keep the litter. I won't notice how bad he has let it get until the whole house smells!!! Drives me nuts that he is not more on top of it without me having to tell him, "Um, honey, change the litter the house smells." As far as the ba__sinet goes....I really just plan to play things by ear; fly by the seat of my pants, you know, take things day by day. I know that with babies you can't really plan anything. She will do what she wants to do. I love the Tiger story. My DH messes with his brother and sister in law's heads all the time too. Some people just ask for it.

Punkin, what does your doc think is too high for a fasting average?

Hi Tracy, since you have gd and not type 2 like myself it menas as soon as the baby is born it will go away and you will not need to take insulin anymore. Just for the future though they say once your child is in their teens you may have a higher chance of develping type 2 eventually but not definitely. My firend had gd and her daughter is now 17 and she is fine in fact she has low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) a lot of the time. I hope this help. Sam

Dunne, so you think that after the baby is born I won't require the insulin anymore? If that's the case, then I'll do it. Nothing against diabetics, but I just don't want this struggle for the rest of my life. Not being able to have fruit without protein and stuff like that is what drives me most batty. That, and I went to a shower yesterday and couldn't even go near the cake and brownies. I'm not a big junk food eater, but d__n at a party I want cake! How do you do it? Do you ever eat sugary treats?

hey tracy my doc wants mine to be under 100 so out of 4 weeks worth of testing maybe 3-4 days will be over 100 but only like 106-112 never higher than the one time it was 112 and he said he could live with that ......most mornings it is 80's or 90's and i have noticed it is like you said it depends on what i ate last the night before.......but this time i am not following a diabetic diet either.....he told me to at first and i did for a week or so then i went back to eating normal and BS were still good so i told him i was eating normal and this is the readings and he said it was fine he just wants me to keep them checked so i can change if i need to ....so far they are still good........but last time i went to the doctor i had maybe 6 that was over 100 for a 3 week period but he said it was ok ...i was afraid that maybe closer to the end i was going to have problems.......but with my DD i had to watch everything and walk alot to keep them down he gave me insulin and sent me to a cla__s to learn how to do it and i was so scared like you to do that to my body because i have a good friend that had GD with 2 pregnancys and she is a diabetic now and her youngest is 4 (her BS during pregnancy was 400 range though......but anyway i buckled down for the next week and watched everything that went near my mouth and walked till i thought my legs would fall off and they stayed down so i took those reading back to him after a week and was crying and asked him if i still needed to go on insulin and i explained my fears and all and he said what did you do to get them this low and i told him i reallly buckled down and he said if i could bring readings like that every week i could just keep the insulin in the fridge to remind me of what i needed to do and tracy it worked !!!!!!! and he joked with me that he had to scare me to do the right thing........so if you think you can do it give it a try and prove that you can keep it under 100 , because i did and i LOVE sweets and it was hard for me to do.......but that is up to you and your doc too i dont want to give you advice and it not turn out right but that is what i did........i agree with you i just dont know how diabetics do it eating no sweets and all ......and i dont want it to come back later on and that is what happened to my friend....and she struggles now with it every day............i am at work and since i dispatch for the medics i thought about seeing if they could come over and check my BP like when they go out to grab a bite to eat or something i am so worried about what will happen if it is high next friday.....we cant afford for me to be out this whole time......and i am glad hubby changes the litter ...i was sure you knew not to but.....i just wanted to make sure but i didnt mean to be like telling you what to do either...and as for the ba__sinet you are so right they will do what they want to do ....i was just letting you know to love those days that she is in it ...i thought DD was sooooo cute in it and all but it was very short lived and she hated it way too soon for me......well take care and will check in later bye

hi all... well, 9 weeks to go and I'm still hanging in there. Apart from the ligament and lower back pain, and the pain when I walk, I'm doing ok. Starting to sleep very poorly (waking up every 45-60 minutes) but trying to look at it as practice for the baby and night nursing. Our house looks and feels so much better since cleaning the carpets! We've also moved some furniture around and picked up random clutter and it's so much better! I have a long to-do list for my week off, and I'm looking forward to de-cluttering the rest of the house. Plus we finally bought a microwave and a cordless phone yesterday (our old one broke a while back) so hopefully those 2 things will make life easier. I think the co-sleeper should be arriving any day no, and my shower is next Sunday so I'm looking forward to that! TRACY, good luck with the insulin. I don't know anything about it, so I don't have any advice. But I can understand not wanting your body to get hooked and need it. PUNKIN, good luck with the BP. How is everyone else? Please think good thoughts for my SIL today - she is having amnio done this morning. I'm going to call her this afternoon to talk with her and see if she found out if it's a girl or boy.

Val, how did the amnio go? It's such a shame that pregnancy presents us with variable aches and pains, and there are so many d__n variables! I still get get my upper back pain, and am starting to come to terms with the fact that it just isn't going to go away! It has taken me two to three months to accept it, but I am finally there. (I'm slow sometimes, I know). Hopefully there will be a point at which all of our pains will cease. I don't know about you, but if I can tolerate the back pain now if only the restless leg syndrome would disappear altogether. I'm trying to make wagers with the universe for some relief! I tried to give myself insulin last night and just could not do it. I started crying so bad. I gave myself shots in the stomach to get pregnant, I just can't give them to myself in the leg. So I called about a pill they have out for this purpose....we'll see what happens.

I re-read my post and some parts are hard to read, sorry. Val, did your co-sleeper arrive? I should be getting my car seat and rocker any day now. A close friend of DH's family is buying our ba__sinet, so that will be arriving sometime soon too. I love getting shipments of c___p for some reason. My baby shower is this weekend! I hope to get some receiving blankets and necessities. I'm getting more and more excited about this baby now that the time is closing in. For a while there it seemed like I'd be carrying her forever. You just don't realize how long nine months is until you are uncomfortable and in pain for nine months! See Punkin......my fasting level this morning was 95, exactly what the doc wants, BUT that was because I had two eggs and two pieces of sausage before bed. No carbs. And seeing how we are pregnant, we are supposed to eat carbs. Everybody needs carbs, but when I eat them, they affect my levels, even if they are healthy carbs.

Good Morning Ladies, For those of you in Ontario 20 Degrees today.. that's is amazing!!! Going for a walk to try and waddle this baby out. Lovemy3 Here's hoping you get BFP this month.. loads of baby dust to you! Any tips for weight loss? I'm trying to gear my mind up for the weight loss after the baby is born. SO glad it will be warm and I can get outside and excercise. Punkin01 and Tracy, how are you holding up wtih the GD? Tracy have you managed to rest more? How is the length of your cervix? Has the doctor given you a shot for you baby's lungs just in case you deliver early? Val, 9 weeks left. It's great when you hit the home stretch. My son is still co-sleeping with us. He is 13 months. I LOVE IT!! The bed is going to get really full.. hopefully very soon. Take care

Tracy - thanks for asking about the amnio! SIL said it went well and she was doing fine. I'm going to call her again today because it's her birthday. She's having a girl! Pretty exciting for her mom (dh's mom) - she's getting both boy and girl grandchildren within 3 months of each other! LB - glad to hear from you. Wow, your bed is going to be full! Our co-sleeper crib did get delivered yesterday. We haven't a__sembled it yet though. DH had to replace the element from our dryer last night (he saved us probably $200 since he figured out the problem and replace the part himself!), so that took priority since the laundry room was kind of a mess while he had the dryer torn apart. Maybe we'll put it together tonight. We're also picking up the crib from our friend today... I organized our bathroom storage shelves yesterday and today I'm tackling either my clothing or our office. Or both, if I have enough energy. Seems early for nesting, but I sure am enjoying getting the house in order!

Hello all! How are you? I'm doing fine. I've just packed my hospital bag (mostly at least!) and that has really brought it home to me that things are getting close!! (According to my last checkup - 2 weeks ago - my due date could be as early as the 21st April which would mean I'm only 3.5 weeks away. Yikes!!) I've got another checkup tomorrow (what they call an "Introduction" appointment at the hospital so that they can fill out all the necessary paperwork before the day itself - presumably because they can get straight answers out of you BEFORE you go into labour!!!) Also - me and DH are going on a "tour" of the ward tomorrow night so that we're a bit more familiar with our surroundings. Gosh - it's all happening isn't it? Other than that - I had a terrible night's sleep last night. Felt like I had a sickness in my stomach and I just couldn't get comfortable. I also had a sort of "waking dream" where I felt the Bean move lower into my pelvis. Well today I feel like there has been a definite change in my ability to walk, need to pee, feelings when the Bean moves and my bump seems to have moved position. Anyone think this could be the Bean engaging? I suppose I'll find out tomorrow morning for sure!!! Re. "nesting" - yes my cleaning abilities have stepped up a notch but I still haven't done any cooking to prepare for those first few weeks after the baby comes. I'm sure that I'll get to the "bored" stage sometime soon and that'll be my next "chore". Until then, I'm still enjoying the pregnancy - despite the need to waddle everywhere!! That's all about me - how about you? Punkin - glad your pelvic pain has reduced. Loved the story about the TIGER name! I'm doing something similar by telling everyone we're going to name the baby Britney or Elvis!!!!!!! Lovedblessings - thanks for your support of my b___terflies. Re. heartburn - I've been really lucky and have avoided that one too! How about you? Good luck with waddling out the baby! I can't wait to hear your birth story. Tracy - hope things are settling with the GD and that you've managed to find a tablet alternative. Interesting what you said about carbs - I think that's my problem too. We'll see when it comes to tomorrow's appointment. lovemy3 - what CD are you on now. Thinking about you. Thanks to you all for your advice about ba__sinets, positioning of crib etc. It's very helpful to hear other people's points of view and I think we'll probably keep the Bean in with us until about 4-6 months too although I'm sure it will be out of its ba__sinet and into it's crib around 2 months at the latest. We'll see. Hope you all have fun with your baby showers. I may be helping someone to organise one for a woman who's just moved into the area who is due in August, so I suspect her day will be in or around June - hopefully I'll have some time then to be of some a__sistance!! ******** OK - must go! A friend is delivering a parcel of goodies from my SIL tonight and I need to make the house a little more respectable. Sorry not to answer everyone but I'm hoping you're all well. Big hugs!! XOXOXOXOX

Val - great to hear your sister in law is well and that you've started the nesting in earnest! It certainly is a great feeling to get things organised (and throw away some of the rubbish we all tend to collect - or is it just me?!!! LOL!) Anyway, glad I got to respond to your post. Did you get a chance to check out that website I sent you. They have been sooooooooo unbelievably supportive - I have my own personal advisor and she's a sweetheart. I thoroughly recommend getting in touch with them! TTYL! XOXOXOXOX

Tracy - I meant to write that I saw your post on the May babies thread about registry items... I've also been wondering if more people are planning to buy from our registry, or just wing it I do love handmade/personal gifts But there's over $200 of items on the BRU registry alone that we need (including basic clothes and blankets), and that doesn't even count the diapering stuff that's on our other registry site. I was awake for 2 hours at 4 am this morning stressing about money and baby things (like, do we need the canopy for the co-sleeper to keep the dog away from the baby?!) And I was also stressing about taxes and medical bills and not having my income once I go on leave. Sigh. Hopefully this 4am wakeful thing won't happen every night. And I know dh's parents are getting us the carseat, and probably a bunch of other stuff, and my parents will probably buy us some things, or send us money. I know it will work out, but it's hard to shut my mind off at 4am!

I wake up sometimes in the middle of the night too and can't go back to sleep because at that point, it's my mind and not my body that's reeling. All I know is, I cannot wait to have my body back. Today I received my car seat, swing, and a gift off of my PBKids registry from some friends of ours who can't come to the shower. So now I am waiting on the ba__sinet, and the rocker. I'm afraid to set anything up too soon because I don't want my cats to get all over it, but with my luck, I will wait and the baby will surprise us. Loved, I see the doc again next wednesday, so I will ask about the shot then. I never knew there was a shot for the lungs, so I'm glad you mentioned it. I am having DH pick me up the pills for the GD tonight on his way home from work. The doc sees that it is pretty diet controlled, so he is putting me on the lowest dose. Last Monday my cervix was really short, and no, I have not been good about resting. My leakage test came back negative, so I really think I am just a low carrier. I try to rest, but find that I really can't. It's not that I won't, I cannot do it. The RLS comes and goes, I needed food when my DH was out of town, etc....if it's not one thing, it's another. Today I went out to get money since my cleaning lady was supposed to come and got into a fender bender with a couple people in a golf cart. Long story, but it scared the c___p out of me, and messed up my brand new car pretty bad. OK, I am pooped. It has been a terribly long afternoon for me. I will check in later.

T - sorry about the fender-bender. Are you doing ok? Write when you feel better...

Yeah Val, I'm ok. Just depressed really. I'm just sad that I could not have enjoyed this pregnancy more. Instead of something so beautiful, it has been one hard deal after another. I broke down again last night after talking to my mom. Not because she was being sweet and supportive, but because she was being a b___h. I always wanted a mother like my MIL, but instead got someone who is not like her at all. Unfortunately I have tried to have a normal mother-daughter relationship with my mom, but have come to terms that that will just never happen. I went through a ton of therapy to get over my childhood resentments, and I thought I had all that dealt with, but for the past year, I have felt so much animosity building toward her. Yesterday's conversation just validated my feelings, so that saddened me and angered me all at the same time. I was hoping that none of her shortcomings have rubbed off on me so I don't do the same things to Savannah. I want to be a better mother, more nurturing I guess. HOPEFUL, I am so excited that your due date is approaching. One of my SIL's is due the same week you are. I'll say it now just in case the booger is early......GOOD LUCK and best wishes!!!!