So much for an uneventful pregnancy!

Well, we hit the 28 week mark and we've had more stuff go on in the last two weeks than the whole rest of the pregnancy! Let the complaints/uncomfortableness begin! :) I had to know it was going to come sometime, I had it way too easy up to 28 weeks!

So last weekend was the start of it. I started having contractions on Saturday night. At first I just thought, ahh, they're just Braxton Hicks, no big deal. But I thought I was having them about every 10 mintues or so. So I called my trusty BFF/OB nurse/future midwife Valorie :) and she told me I needed to make sure I didn't have a urinary tract infection (by this time I'd been having them for 2-3 hours). So I came into work and peed in the little cuppy...no infection, so the NP told me I should be hooked up to the monitor just in case. Well, I was definitely contracting, and they were coming every 2 mintues! They ended up having to give me 2 shots of terbutaline and dumped a bunch of fluid into my veins. They slowed down, and I went home. The next morning, the contractions started again, only this time they were painful, so I went back in, got another shot of terbutaline and some more fluids. I went home again, and they stayed away for the most part that day. Then the next morning, I started having them pretty regularly, but only about 4-6 an hour. They told me not to go in unless the intensity changed. Well, change they did. I started having them every 3 minutes apart again and they were painful. Well, by now, this was an old story, so I went up to OB, got my shot, and they started me on oral medication to keep them away. So what caused all this craziness and way too much anxiety for Daddy? A stupid yeast infection! I know, maybe TMI, but jeez. Seriously, a yeast infection? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that's all it was! But that's an awful lot to go through for that! I was on bedrest for a few days, but I went back to work last weekend and had no more contractions! Woo Hoo! So that little kiddo is going to get plenty more cookin' time!

I also had my wonderful gestational diabetes screen last week. And mama failed. Grrr. Not bad though. I counldn't be closer to "borderline". I missed the marks by about 2-3 points. Double grrr. And it's extra sucky, because I've been really good about what I eat and really haven't gained that much weight. Ahh well. So I have to meet with a nutritionist soon. Grand, just grand...

The tankles/cankles (insert your favorite fat ankle joke here) have started to appear. Fabulous. I still have some definition, and you can still see my ankle bones...let's hope it stays that way!

And the back pain. Oh my lord. I've been battling it since about 20 weeks, and it's been tolerable for the most part. But man, these past 2 weeks have been rough! My waddle is ridiculous! And whenever I get up from sitting down, I look like a 90-year-old trying to walk.

So this is my complaint post! I have purged myself of negativity now! But honestly, as bad as I may make all of this sound, I wouldn't give any of it up! Every little kick (well, they're huge kicks now!) makes it so worth it! In 10 more weeks we'll have our little baby in our arms! Wow!