May I Have Some Sprite with my Sugar?

Today I had a dr. appointment for Mr. Rykken and I was NOT looking forward to it. I was suppose to be getting a shot for the RH factor and doing my testing for gestational diabetes. Well come to find out after dreading the appointment for a month now...I only had to do the testing today and they put off the shot until the end of this month. I guess they figured taking blood twice and shooting me up would be a little much for one day. So yay...I get to dread the muscle shot until the 27th! Everything is fine with Rykken..he is growing and I am growing right on schedule...his heart rate is at 150...which my doctor says is "PERFECT!" Although he refused to stay still while she was trying to read the doppler and so I had minor heart attack when I couldn't hear the heart beat over the crackling of him moving around...but she eventually got him pinned down and got a loud healthy heartbeat! P.S. she also LOVED the name we picked out for him...thats got to say something considering she hears like 50 million names a day from all her patients....well maybe she is just being nice and then when we left she hung out at the nurses station telling them "you won't believe what the hippies in room 9 are naming their kid..." After leaving the doctors office I had to go across the street to do my diabetes testing and sign up for my epidural. I was expecting the worse for the testing. It wasn't that bad...besides the perpitual poking of needles in the same arm over and over. They took two tubes of blood and then I had to drink a cup of liquid that tasted like really really sweet sprite. It wasn't bad...I was thristy so I drank it in like 2 seconds when you get 6 minutes to drink it. The lab tech handed me the cup told me I had 6 minutes to drink it, turned around to type on the computer and was suprised when I slammed the cup down on the counter like I had just won big in a drinking game. I then had an hour to get upstairs watch a video about everything that could possibly go wrong when you get an epidural, sign my paperwork, drive three blocks down to the billing office, get payment squared away for the miracle maker who take all my pain away, get my little purple card that says I am the proud owner of an epidural and get back to the lab by exactly 11:45am. I made it back, rushing in, and got poked at exactly 11:45. I'm a winner...what can I say! I get the results of the test next appointment...but I'm sure it all turned out okay...I'm not a big sweet eater..so I won't be heartbroken if I'm told no more oreo's before bed. Rykken on the other hand...nah...I'm sure he won't be heartbroken either. The good news is I officially start my third trimester next Wednesday. Scary how fast the pregnancy has flown by, I just can't wait to see Rykken!

Rykken's Development: At long last, your little swimmer can see the womb! Your miracle’s little eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and they’re probably having their first moments of sight as you read this (or maybe it already happened while you were brushing your teeth or watching Oprah or something). In addition to seeing their little studio in your belly, they’ve recently acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as they can now move their head back and forth. This is also the time where your little super star’s head hair is starting to grow! A cute little cowlick or two may be springing into position right now, getting ready for years of cute-but-stubborn bed-head. Also, their toenails have grown in and your little raisin continues to slowly pile up fat beneath their still-loose skin. Most importantly, brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing their (genius-level?) brain activity and will continue to function at accelerated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood!