This morning John and I went to my 24 week appointment. Of all of my appointments thus far, today's was the most uneventful: urine sample (I'm a pro 'goer' in a cup by now), blood pressure, weight check (I've gained around twelve pounds so far), fetal tones (145 BPM, yay!), chit chat with the doctor, and we were out!
I was also given a bottle of an orange flavored dextrose drink (containing um, 50 grams of dextrose) that I have to consume on the way to my next appointment so they can test me for Gestational Diabetes once I get there. I'm highly doubting that I have G.D., but even if I did, I'm not that concerned-- John's grandfather, dad, brother, and that brother's fiance' all have either Type 1 or Type 2, so I've been around diabetes enough to know what I'd be getting myself into. I'm just not sure how different G.D. is from the other two.
My next appointment is in four weeks, and after that appointment I will start going back every two weeks! It's amazing how quickly this pregnancy is going by! I'm definitely not complaining though-- when we found out in September, May seemed so far away, but now that it's February 1st, my due date is just three and a half months away!
I think I'm about to make a run to Target to get an idea of what I want to register for. We've already got quite a bit of the big stuff, but there's a few more things (i.e. high chair, pack'n'play, etc.) that I want to look at before I decide what I want. Should be fun!
We still don't have a name-- poor kid. There were (are?) two names in the running, but we can't make up our minds. So stay tuned-- we're hoping to figure that out soon!