Today I went to
Quest Diagnostics for my glucose test.
They gave me a small bottle to drink. It was clear and looked like water but tasted like Mountain
Dew. It tasted ever so slightly
carbonated. I had to drink it
within five minutes and then wait one hour before they could draw blood. After
drinking it, the baby started moving.
Joe was with me and could see my stomach visibly moving around
underneath my shirt. They took
four tubes of blood this time but it went just fine. I didn’t get faint or anything. The lady doing it was pretty nice and actually talked to me. She asked if the baby started moving
after the drink and said most women all say babies react to the drink with
movement. I guess they can taste
all the sugar. Or maybe it gives
them a boost.
After the test,
Joe and I went and got lunch. Then
we went to check out Buy Buy Baby.
I got some coupons in the mail and kind of wanted to check it out and
see if there was anything we wanted to buy with them. Plus, I’d heard it’s a pretty good store to shop in for all
things baby and I’d never been there before. The store was nice and had a lot of stuff. Basically anything you could need for
your baby. We toured the store
taking note of all the things we might need or would want to buy. We decided to use the coupons on a
Sleep Sheep (something I heard is a must in order to get the baby to go to
sleep) and a Fisher Price Calming Seas Projection Soother. The Sleep Sheep has whale, ocean, rain
and heartbeat sounds. The Calming
Seas Projector looks like a little play fish tank with a fish and seahorse that
go around inside and has music, ocean and white noise sounds. Plus it projects a calming blue pattern
out of the top and onto the ceiling.
I liked the music and thought the fish tank would match well with the
baby’s turtle nursery. Joe also
wanted to get a little Oball rattle for the baby that was approved for ages 0+. It’s hard to resist wanting to buy
things for the baby. Everything is
so cute!
There were a lot
of toys and books to look at in the store. In the feeding section I found an organic baby food called
Earth’s Best, which doesn’t appear to contain any additives. It’s just the purees and water. I plan to make our own baby food but
it’s good to know there’s a good option out there and we’ll probably need some
already prepared baby food on hand at times. When the time comes I’m definitely going to go with that.
I also found a
new stretch mark cream in the skincare isle. It’s called SheaMoisture Mommy Stretch Mark Butter
Cream. It smelled so good, like
pistachios. I was interested in
trying a new one because the Palmer’s Tummy Butter I’ve been using doesn’t
really absorb into the skin. It
just leaves an oily residue on my belly all day. I’m hoping this one, which seems to have good reviews,
absorbs better into the skin. I
like the smell of the Palmer’s too though (it’s like cocoa butter) and it seems
to be working as I haven’t noticed any new stretch marks. I’ll try this new one for a bit and
see. Or maybe I’ll alternate
between the two.
When I got home
I leaked some more milk. It is
definitely leaking out. I was
sitting at my computer and I felt wet around my right nipple, I looked down and
then looked at it and could see the milk leaking out. Mystery solved.
I think my left nipple may have leaked a couple days ago when I was
sleeping because when I woke up I noticed a stain on my pajamas that looked
exactly like the previous one.
It’s not a lot, just a few drops but still weird and also a bit
interesting.
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