24 weeks



We had our 24 week appointment today with Dr. McKee. It started out great and then ended with me crying the rest of the day. Got there and drank the sugary drink for my glucose test. It wasn't bad at all, just tasted like very sugary Gatorade. My iron level came up from 9.9 to 11.9 so that was good! My blood pressure was great, and I only gained 1 pound since last week. We went to ultrasound and both babies were moving a lot from the sugar drink I had to drink. We got some pics of them and I will post below. We even got a sneak peak of Alyssa's face in 4D but Garrett wasn't participating and turned and was facing my back. Im not going to post the 4D pic since its a little distorted cause her face is smashed into my uterus but she is a cutie! Then we went to see Dr. McKee.... we went over everything and he was happy with my weight and how the babies were doing. Then he started reading about my scare last week. He said my urine culture had come back negative meaning I didn't have a bladder infection and that just a yeast infection wouldn't have caused the uterine irritability and the small contractions. He then proceeded to tell me I was going to be a "contractor" and be one of those woman who just contract the whole time and probably have to go to L&D multiple times. He said I may even have to quit working before 30 weeks. I know that he doesn't have a crystal ball and he is not God at all, but it just upset me. We are just going to keep praying and believing God has got this and is going to carry us to the finish line. God has the ultimate say and will continue to protect me and the babies! After I saw the doctor, I went to the lab for my sugar check. The lab tech said it had to be less than 140 to pass and my level was.... 155!! NOOOOOO!!!!!! I failed! :( So this coming Tuesday, I go for the 3 hour sugar test and hopefully I can pass that one! I went ahead and went to the store and got some healthy foods and maybe that will help. This appointment just left me a little down today, but I am so grateful the babies are doing well and I am not already on bedrest. Things could most certainly be worse. These hormones aren't helping! haha! I will go back for another appointment in 2 weeks with 3 hour sugar test being this Tuesday.

This is Alyssa