27 weeks 3 days

Had another checkup appointment today! From this point on it's every two weeks!!! I also had my second Gestational Diabetes test. I passed the first, but it was done so early they wanted another at the traditional time. As far as the glucosamine - the orange drink is definitely better than the red!!! I won't know anything from that until later this week. Anyhow, Baby T. is fine, had a strong heartbeat (although I forgot to ask how many beats per minute) but they still haven't mentioned my weight, or measured me at all. On my chart I've only gained 12 pounds since I got pregnant! I've been told by others that's really good, but I'm worried now I'm not gaining enough! I'm sure the baby is getting everything it needs, but I still worry...

Besides my regular appointment, I ended up spending most of the day at the hospital - but I did get a lot of stuff done. I have been having these excruciating, stabbing pains in my right side for two days now. The pain is worse when I lay down, so I ended up sleeping in my rocking chair last night. They come and go at will, but the midwife was concerned about the pains so they ended up sending me to radiology for an ultrasound of my gall bladder, kidney, pancreas, liver and intestines. No pictures of Baby T. though. Turns out the ultrasound didn't show anything out of the ordinary, so now I wait for all blood work to come back and rule out liver issues. Meanwhile I have to treat it as round ligament pain or as a pulled muscle. Between my regular appointment at 8:45 this morning and the ultrasound at 2:00 I was able to tour the women's wing at the hospital, take a detailed tour of labor and delivery, see the brand new babies in the nursery and get all my pre-registration paperwork done for delivery, and even went shopping (working on my registry) at wal-mart! After we finally got out of there at 2:30, breakfast was long gone and we got to go eat something! I was starving by then!!! Needless to say, for me, it's been a long day!


ETA: All bloodwork and tests came back normal! YEA! Kidneys must have been bruised by Baby T. practicing those kicking moves!