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I was going to just post a comment, but figured I’d take the extra two minutes to do a blog entry.

I was supposed to get the one-hour glucose test this morning, but they had a two-hour late start at school due to local flooding (we’ve had more rain than usual lately, and some actual storms – which is quite a novelty, since it’s usually just gloomy drizzle with no noise). So, last night, we were trying to figure out what to do… Brittany and Justice leave an hour and a half before the younger kids, plus Kylie comes over in the mornings. I didn’t want to just leave Kylie, Jarvis, and Darby here for an hour and a half with everyone’s parents at least 45 minutes away. I didn’t want anyone to skip school. Andy couldn’t go to work late. So, I was like “maybe they’ll let me do the glucose test after my appointment instead of before – if not, then I’ll just have to go down there on Friday morning and do it.”

So, Jacob and I pulled out of the driveway as soon as the kids’ bus left, and I made it barely in time for my midwife appointment. Which went well. I saw the midwife that I love (which I already mentioned I was going to), and she was very helpful. I was about to tell her I had missed the glucose test, and she was like “I see they had you down for the one-hour test, well, you need the three-hour test. It would be a waste of time to do the one-hour, because you already failed that earlier – no matter the results they’ll make you do the three-hour.” Wow. What a relief! I told her I had planned on the one-hour that morning and shared what a blessing it was my kids had a late school start this morning so I missed the lab work! She said “That IS a blessing!” She has had kids, so she knows how awful the sugary drink and blood work is. I do have to do the LONG test now (I’ll probably go Monday, and I do have to fast for this one – the lab doesn’t have appointments, I just go within a certain time frame), but at LEAST I didn’t end up doing the one-hour for NO reason!!! God is good!!!

The pressure and the contractions and the other icky, fun pregnancy stuff that is going on with me is all normal for someone who is on their 6th baby (not including the miscarriages I’ve had) and someone whose uterus is wearing out and falling. I just have to stay off my feet when the contractions come (and that has been working so far – the contractions go away when I lie down), and also to avoid the not-so-fun stuff that the extra pressure causes when I walk around too much.

As for my insomnia… she was helpful with that too, after ruling out that I wasn’t stressed (it always surprises people that I have five kids and am not stressed out, just laid back and go with the flow), we covered that I’ve been trying the baths before bed and the snacks full of protein, and massages, and doing stretches before bed, etcetera. But – I’ve been waking up, or not being able to fall asleep in the first place, with my limbs all jitterry and feeling like there is NO blood flow to them… And it keeps me up for hours sometimes. Plus I just have a hard time falling asleep anyway because of all the aches and pains and not being able to get comfortable. She suggested the warm bath and drinking a hot drink – so that my body would be warm and it would encourage blood flow to my limbs… I was recounting this to Andy, and it dawned on us… uh, we sleep with the window open… and the window is RIGHT above my head… possibly the cold air (which I love cuddling in a warm blanket in a cold room when I sleep) is causing my core to be too cold so the blood is rushing to my trunk and to the baby to warm me – thus the “empty” feelings in my limbs that cause me to be so jittery! I don’t *feel* cold when I’m up, but that doesn’t mean I’m not. So we’re going to try sleeping with the window closed. Now I might wake up sweating and having nightmares from being too hot!!! But hopefully it’ll stop that REALLY annoying feeling in my limbs that has been keeping me wide awake!!! Because I hate that feeling!

So after my appointment, since I had no lab work, I called Andy and he was about to have a lunch break, so we met to chat while he ate and I snacked on what I had brought with me – then we got gas together (so he could pump it for me, because hello – if he was going to be at the gas station already, why not get my gas too, ya know? ). After he was done, he was like “bye” and headed off – I turned my key and NOTHING… I yelled after him, and he came back. He jumped the van and it started – I guess the battery was drained. Ugh. I just drove straight home so I wouldn’t have to deal with finding a stranger to jump the van if it wouldn’t start again. Hopefully that was a one time thing! I’m just thankful it started quickly with the jumper cables!!

And now I’m hanging on the couch with Jacob while he watches a movie.

And that’s my day so far. How’s yours going?