I overheard a song by The Killers that Nicolas Palmquist had a dance too, while eating a taco at Velvet Taco ( Read more... )

The family all went to the Christmas Eve service but I wanted to stay home. It's peaceful and quiet now ( Read more... )

So I went back to zumba and ballet at almost 7 weeks. And now it's about 12.5 weeks postpartum and I'm starting to feel stronger. It's not all healed tho. My inner pelvis muscles are still a little bit off. I hope it heals faster ( Read more... )

I had my wellness check yesterday, they drew 3 vials of blood. I had asked for my A1C numbers since it seems to be a more accurate blood sugar number. It's the amount of sugar carried by your haemagoblins the last several months ( Read more... )

Numbers don't lie. So I have a home test blood sugar testing kit (really reasonable, you can get the cheapest kit for 40-50 bucks at randalls). Get one if you don't have one. It tells you how your body reacts to sugar and meals you eat ( Read more... )

i'm trying to lower my dosage of the narcotics, but sometimes i over do it and wake up in pain. but i'm tired of being in a brain fog ( Read more... )

So we swung by Seton's labor and delivery today. And baby is doing fine. They hooked me up on the monitor to hear her heartbeat for 40 minutes. And then said I was contracting every 7 minutes, even though I don't feel much ( Read more... )

Welp. I'm gigantic :) I read on PubMed that for asians and african americans, 39 weeks is the median due date. So... come on baby ( Read more... )

Some good news, had a midwife visit today. Blood pressure is holding steady. Big relief there. Baby is LOA. And my cervix is softening, and I'm 1.5 cm dilated. Not that dilation mean much in terms of when, but it's a good sign of sooner rather then later. Also I'm GBS negative, which is another sign of relief since I don't have to deal with IV and ( Read more... )

Apparently, when you usually just post happy and funny facebook posts, and write something negative, people get concerned. Which is very touching in a way. I had stipulated that I only wanted to to talk to pregnant women, and several called me or PM-ed me. I think I would've gotten even more out reach if I hadn't said that. And someone sent me ( Read more... )