Hi everyone!  I hope everyone is doing well!  I sure am!  I have been feel so good I cannot believe I am even pregnant.  I usually am so sick and so tired that I cannot function.  However, I have had energy and not one big of nausea at all (praise God and knock on wood!).  I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it hasn't so far.  I think it is because they have allowed me to continue taking my glucophage for insulin resistance.  I generally get gestational diabetes & I think it is really helping.

Speaking of gestational diabetes, I had to go to the perinatal office today to get educated on this AGAIN.  *sigh* I guess they have to do this because some people don't learn?  I don't know...but after I have done this three times, I really do understand what it is I need to do and what I am allowed to eat and not allowed to eat.  Ya know?  They want me to write down EVERYTHING I eat and test my blood sugar four times a day every day.  I think that is a bit much, personally.  I have never had to take insulin and have always done a splendid job controlling it with diet.  They are not going to like what they see on my menu, because they want me to eat a whole lot more than I will eat.  I just don't think it is necessary for me to eat 60 grams of carbs per meal.  That is A LOT!  If I did that, I would be sick, for certain.  I told the educator, flat out, that wasn't going to happen, lol. 

She then made me watch this video....oh....my....gosh!  What a lame video!  I had Will with me and he was complaining about his butt hurting (I will explain in a few about that).  They had these actresses who were playing pregnant women and this one was like, "but what if my husband and other children catch this diabetes from me?"  ............HUH????   Oh come on!  You can't be serious!  They must deal with some really stupid people, that's all I can say.  I got up, walked to her office beside the room I was in and said, "ummm....I'm not watching this video, thanks..."  She laughed and told me she didn't blame me, hahaha!

She wanted to write down dates and times of this seminar they were having at the hospital on managing gestational diabetes....I told her that truly I would not go.  I know I sound VERY noncompliant...but was just being honest.  I won't go.  I told her that the reason why was because I have THREE kids and I can't just be going down and wasting my time "learning" about stuff I already know.

They also think I am going to be coming in for a hypertension consult...but I'm not.  LOL  Nope.  I told them that too.  It seems that they think that all of the sudden I need this test for high blood pressure where they hook you up on all kinds of monitors and test your blood pressure in different positions.  See, I DID have pre-eclampsia with Jared SEVEN YEARS AGO.  I have since had two babies with NO hypertension.  None.  I told them that if my midwife thought I was starting to have any warning signs at all I would be there in a heart beat.  But I am not going to be put through all this unnecessary bull crap.  It's ridiculous.

Ok, so let's see....what else....

I took another pregnancy test this past Sunday because I felt so good and I thought maybe something might have happened.  Nope!  It was MAJORLY positive and no doubts that I am pregnant.  I still have trouble believing it, but I am grateful that I feel so good.

Ok, now let's see....oh yea, Will's butt....

I have never had any of my kids be constipated at all.  But, today, Will got constipated.  What a pain in the butt (literally!).  Poor little guy said, "my butt hurts" about a zillion times!  What we didn't do to him to get him to poop today!  He has had milk of magnesia, a glycerine suppository, an attempted disimpaction (I am NOT going there....UGH!), prune juice, yogurt, a sugarless hershey chocolate, and three hours at the McDonald's playland running about.  He just barely avoided a pediatric enema.  See, that's why it sucks having a dad who is a nurse!

When I took him into the perinatal office with me, I told the educator that he had all of these things and might blow at any time.  He didn't...but man did he pass some wicked gas in there..  WHEW!

No, he pooped in the McDonald's twice.  He took his pants off in front of everyone and tried to relieve himself right there in the playland, lol!  I about died.  He does feel better, but I am predicting some major poopage tomorrow.  I told Rich I would go out all day and leave the baby with him, roflmao!

Klara and Jared went to the dentist today and we were very pleased to hear that they had no cavities!  Yay!!  Jared was sweating it because he had a "suspicious" spot last time.  But, it was all good!

Well I am off to bed and I will write more later!  Goodnight!