I'm HUGE!

Went to the doctor today.

Slightly depressing thing #1: I'm heavy. In spite of my worries about weight gain early on, I cringed when the nurse moved the BIG weight thing this morning. That's never, ever, ever happened to me before. Last time I crossed into previously-uncharted territory, but now I feel like I'm in another world. The doctor was not the least bit concerned, though. She said that I haven't gained too much, I'm right on track. Still it threw me off a little bit.

Slightly depressing/frightening thing #2: I'm huge. When the doc pulled up my sweater she was like, "Woah - you've got quite a belly there!" Nice. Then she measured me and I was big for dates (remember on Christmas Day I got the same diagnosis?), by a significant amount. So apparently after 20 weeks the measurement in centimeters is supposed to be roughly the same as the number of weeks. Right now I'm 24 weeks 5 days, so I should be 24, almost 25 cm. But I was 28! Doc said we'll have to keep an eye on that, and I'll almost certainly need another ultrasound. She thinks it's probably just a big baby, but it might also be uterine fibroids. Interesting. She's not concerned, we'll just check it out when I come back in 4 weeks and reassess (at that point I should be 28 cm!!).

Awesomeness #1: This doctor is awesome. I had been seeing one doctor of a 5-doc practice, and I really didn't like her all that much. She was pretty short, not personable at all, and was kinda dismissive. I love this doc though. She was awesome. She explained everything that was going on, and answered my questions very thoroughly. And it didn't take a long time for her to do so. I wish I could keep her. But next time I have to go to another one. Hopefully he'll be just as great!

Awesomeness #2: I got a great bacon, egg, and cheese bagel from Finagle when we left, and it was delish.

Awesomeness #3: I get to take my glucose test mostly at home - in the next 2-3 weeks, whenever I feel like it. I just have to go to the lab to get blood taken about an hour later. (Bryan almost passed out when the nurse explained this).

So, in short, I'm heavy and huge but the doc is great. And I'm not so heavy and huge that I have to give up delicious Finagle a Bagel sandwiches. :) And I'm about to embark on a wonderful journey of gestational diabetes testing. I'll let you know how it goes.