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The results of my 3-hour glucose tolerance came back, and I do NOT have gestational diabetes! Hurrah! That's one less thing to worry about. ;-) I told Brian of course I don't— my body is a sugar processing MACHINE. Their stupid little 100 grams of...

[caption id="attachment_138" align="alignnone" width="374" caption="Blood Pressure Chart"][/caption] Ugh, my blood pressure is still climbing. Yesterday at the doctor's office it hit 180/100. After lying down for a few minutes, it "dropped" back to...

This week marks 28 weeks, or 7 months! Has it really been a month since I posted those last preggy pics?!! I guess that would explain the unbelievable increasing girth, eh?! Behold the 28-week Buddha Belly: [caption id="attachment_131"...

[caption id="attachment_111" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Captain of Your Heart"][/caption] Sorry I haven't been posting. My big fat preggo ass has been working. I worked all weekend, in fact. I have three (yes, count 'em— THREE) web...

Yay, spring is finally here! It has seemed like an especially long winter. It's been consistently above 55 degrees for the past week, so I've been spending work breaks sitting on the back porch reading magazines. What a rough life, eh? ;-) In other...

Tomorrow will be 26 weeks, and I have less than 100 days to go. If I were prone to squealing, I think I'd be doing so now! Time feels like it's dragging most of the time, but lately it's been flying by and I feel a little "behind schedule". Don't ask me...

I found a fun little site for creating baby pools online: Click here and register (just enter your name and email) to guess Jack's due date, birth weight, and length. If you end up getting the closest, you'll win a gold star! Hooray! (By the way, if...

I'm six months pregnant today, can you believe it? What a great milestone! I feel like I'm finally putting a serious dent in the 9 month timeframe! According to babycenter.com, Jack's about 1.5 pounds now, and my uterus is the size of a soccer...

[caption id="attachment_78" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="That\'s a mango, baby!"][/caption] BabyCenter.com has a cool slideshow that shows you how big your baby is every week, from poppy seed to pumpkin. Currently at 23 weeks, Jack weighs just...

For the first five months of pregnancy, I was quite pleased with myself for not complaining about being pregnant. For someone who chronically complains to amuse herself and others, that is quite a feat, let me tell you. In my case, no truer words were...