Gestational Diabetes Update

Thanks for all of the prayers. We got the test results back and we are NEGATIVE! YES! The Lord has blessed us! Thanks to you guys who emailed us about our blog post. If I wasn't full blown into the third trimester insomnia stage, plus pregnancy brain, plus youth retreat that ended with rushing our dog who consumed too much junk food from 10 teenagers who thought he was a circus monkey to the vet, I would write you back...but now I'm trying to catch up on laundry as I'm leaving for GEORGIA tomorrow afternoon! WOOHOO! Can't wait to be in Georgia in the fall, to have a very anticipated sleep over with the college gals, to steal some time with my cute nephews for training practice and to enjoy baby showers! 32 weeks down and only 8 to go. I have absolutely NOTHING done and am perfectly okay with it. Daddy Fekkes and I are just watching the bump grow and the kid play the drums on my belly. Again, thanks for the prayers! Keep them coming!

31 Week Update - Prayer Request

So, we are officially 31 weeks pregnant. Our due date is 62 days away TODAY! We can't believe it. Ezra could be here in just a matter of weeks! Now, we are just praying for a safe arrival for both Ezra and I, so we are asking for prayer to cover both of us. Mom (me) had a bad glucose test last week. After several retests, I'm having a glucose tolerance test tomorrow to see if we have full-blown gestational diabetes. If we do we will be okay with diet and exercise changes. Our prayer comes in the form of praying this off of us. If we do have GD it could eventually mean that we wouldn't get our birth center birth. That would be devastating to us, but we know that God is in control. Babies born with moms who have GD are typically much larger than babies born without GD, so we want to pray this off of both of us for a safe, natural birth. Lastly, we are praying for open-minded pediatricians. Most here in Midland are refusing to take Ezra and I on because we are using a midwife and not delivering in a hospital. We are both considered a liability. (Oh gosh!) Oh, and GD babies come early!

I've completely cut out carbs and I am feeling pretty good. We are just hoping... Had to buy new maternity jeans this week...skinny maternity jeans are seriously more attractive than I thought they would be.