22 weeks

I am 22 weeks today! It’s been a pretty uneventful week, especially compared to last week. ;) I am feeling the baby move a whole lot more but you can’t feel it nearly as much from the outside. But he’s definitely moving around in there. It’s such an amazing feeling! I’m trying to talk to the baby lately, but I just feel stupid talking to myself. It doesn’t seem as crazy when Cary does it since he’s actually talking to my belly, not his own. I’m trying to get used to it, but it’s weird. I read on babycenter.com today that around week 22, stretch marks may start to appear. Luckily, I don’t have any yet (I also don’t have that dark line in the middle of my belly yet), but I know they may still be on their way. I’ve learned in Anatomy that no matter how much lotion you use, it won’t stop them, you have so many layers of skin that it can’t penetrate that deep. It’s pretty much mostly genetics, if your mom had them, then you probably will to. And just so you know, my mom had them. The lotion does however help with the itching from the stretching.

I had my second Anatomy and Physiology lecture and lab tests a couple of weeks ago. I did really well. I got a 92 on my lecture test and I got the highest grade in the class on my lab test: 104! I was shocked. Overall with all the extra credit she offers, I have a 100 in the class! Very, very happy about that. Hopefully, I won’t have to take the cumulative final. If you are in the top 10% of the class, you don’t have to take it. I still have one more lecture test and lab test to take, so we will see. Our professor let us know today that this is by far the hardest test. It covers the spinal cord, brain, nervous systems, etc. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. We dissected a sheep’s brain today in class. It was awesome (but I love gross stuff like that J).

I had someone ask me today if I had everything done for the baby’s nursery. I was like, um no. I haven’t gotten a thing for the nursery. I am trying to find a crib and bedding right now. I have been looking online and when we went and registered at BabysRUs, I looked at some there. It seems like there are so many more choices for girl stuff. Speaking of registering, that was so overwhelming! We spent a few hours in there and then basically just gave up, we had had enough. I know babies need a lot of stuff, but I never knew it was that much stuff!  I can’t wait until my classes are over, then I can focus more on the baby stuff. I just feel like when I am looking at baby stuff online, I should be studying instead. I guess maybe I just have a guilt complex.

As for my diabetes, I haven’t had too much trouble. I increased my basal rates by .5 a couple of weeks ago when my numbers started to climb, and they’ve been pretty stable since then. I also had to increase my carb to insulin ratio for breakfast, but I don’t know that’s it’s helped that much. It seems like I can’t eat anything in the morning without a spike. And when I say spike, I mean spike. I even wait a full 30 minutes between taking my insulin and eating and I still spike, only to come crashing down around lunch time. I’ve tried tweaking my morning basals and bolus’ but nothing seems to get the right combination. Another thing that seems to be spiking me anytime of day is any kind of dairy product. It’s weird, because I’ve heard other people say they have this problem but I never had before. For example, I had half a cup of cottage cheese the other morning with strawberries all carefully measured for a total of 17 carbs. The cottage cheese only has 5 carbs! It’s weird. Anytime I have milk the same thing happens, although it’s not nearly as bad in the afternoon or night.

OK, I’m done rambling….here is my 22 week picture.