Our Baby Boy at 29 Weeks and 5 Days

These pics are from our monthly growth ultrasound for December. Isn't he cute? I think that he has Steven's nose and lips. :)

He measured 1 week ahead and weighs 3 1/2 pounds. At our last ultrasound, he measured 2 days ahead, so in the last month, he's grown an extra 5 days. They said that it's a side effect of the gestational diabetes, but the good news is that measuring one week ahead isn't that uncommon and it's not anything that we should be worried about. Everything else looked normal, which at this point, we're very thankful for!

After the ultrasound, we met with the dietician and I am officially on a diabetic diet which basically means no simple sugars, no fruit until lunch time, and I have to limit my intake of carbs. It's really not that big of a deal until I start craving dessert. At least there are ways around it, like sugar-free ice cream...yummy! I have to take my blood sugar 4 times a day, once in the morning before I've had any food, and then 2 hours after each meal. I have to admit that this was the part that I was dreading the most, but pricking myself has really not been that big of a deal. It doesn't hurt as much as I expected it would and I don't really have that big a phobia of needles or blood, so if this was going to happen to anyone, I would probably be the best person to have it happen to!