36 Weeks

Any Day Now or 20 Days

I went to the doctor yesterday for my weekly checkup. He is still concerned about my diabetes so he would like to induce me a little early. Good news though is that he doesn't think I will be having any 9 lb baby. We set up a day! So I will be induced on Sept. 21. Then he decided to check my cervix. Aaron and I didn't like the face he made. He looked shocked! I asked him why he was making that face and he said that he just wasn't expecting me to already be dilated and effaced for it being my first baby. I am 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced. He said he could already feel her head and that I would definitely not make it to my due date. So it could be any day now or a couple of more weeks! Let's hope a couple of more weeks. I have so much to do to get everything ready!

Thomas Barnes Sproull

Two weeks ago, my sister found out that her amniotic fluid was too low and she had to be induced early. Well, it worked out perfect for me because if she would have waited until her due date I would not have been able to fly out to see her. And now that she was having her baby earlier than I thought, I was able to fly out to Texas and surprise her. I am so glad I went, not only did I get to spend a week with my new nephew Thomas but I also got to see exactly what I am going to be doing in 3 weeks. And I think Sarah was very surprised to see me! Now the hard part is knowing that I won't see them again until Thanksgiving.

Crossen is Famous!

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon. I am usually only at the doctors for about 3o minutes but yesterday I was there for 2 1/2 hours. My doctor was shooting a commercial for his practice and asked me to be his ob patient. It was great because he did an extra long ultrasound for the cameras and then did an ultrasound just for me after the camera crew left. I also found out that I am not meant to be an actress. They never told me that I was going to have to answer questions on camera, so I was not prepared at all. It didn't help either that the whole camera crew didn't speak English and they were trying to have me answer questions that didn't make sense to me. I think they just went online and did the Spanish to English conversion but it didn't come out right. So hopefully they will cut my interview part out of the commercial and only use the ultrasound part where I am not talking. Also, they only gave me one shot and didn't let me have any re dos. It was crazy! It will only be on local channels, but I will definitely have to tape it.
During my ultrasound, the doctor did all the measurements to see how big Crossen is. She is weighing in at 4lbs 10oz, which means she is in the 48%. He said I am doing good with the diet. The only complaint he had was that I need to drink more fluids. He said that my body is using extra fluid to try and balance my blood sugar out so I need to drink a lot more than I usually do. I will start going to the doctor every two weeks now.

New Hair Cut

Crossen Rebecca Bryson

We finally picked a name for our little girl. We wanted a family name so we decided on Crossen Rebecca Bryson. Crossen was my middle name before I was married and it is also my grandmother's maiden name. And Rebecca is my mother's name. We have 7 more weeks until we can meet little Crossen!

Gestational Diabetes

My doctor was happy with my blood readings at my last doctor's visit. He thinks we will be able to control this just by the diet and I won't have to take insulin. The only thing he told me was that I needed to start eating more. It is hard for me to eat a lot because every time I do then I have a bad blood sugar reading. It scares me and then the next meal I try to eat less.


I also went and talked with a diabetes specialist. She was very helpful and taught me a lot. This whole time I have been avoiding foods with sugar. And really only eating vegetables and proteins. She taught me that I need carbs to fuel my body and not to be scared to eat them. She also told me that I need to count carbs instead of sugars in foods. She gave me a very detailed diet with 6 small meals a day and told me that the evening snack was the most important to help my glucose levels over night. She also told me to eat more and not to be scared when I get high readings. She said it is more important for me to eat and have high readings where then they can put me on insulin instead of starving just to get low readings. I also learned that as the pregnancy goes on the worst my blood sugars will get until about week 38 then they will have a drastic decrease. And hopefully after I deliver it will go away all together.

Since meeting with the specialist, I had very good readings for about 3 days while eating a lot more and even eating things that were making my blood sugar high before. I have been very good about the diet she put me on and trying my best to stick with it. However, the last two days my readings have gone back to being high. The only thing I can think of is that I am further along now and that my insulin requirements have increased, which she told me would happen. My next doctor's appointment is Aug. 11th. I hope he is still happy with my readings so I won't have to go on insulin. Wish me Luck!