christmas pregnancy update

I still have to upload pictures. but my camera was about dead so i'm charging it first. I am scared I will forget to otherwise!

we had a fabulous day yesterday. I really enjoyed it and I think everyone else did too. just calm and relaxing and hanging out together. I had some serious tummy trouble so that kinda was a bummer... but my dad? he got on some kinda hyper-manic food making craze. my dad rarely cooks - but he really can if he wants to. he made the turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberries and helped with mashed potatoes. my goodness I don't know what possessed him but i was so glad it did! I was feeling quite under the weather so I was able to just sit still a lot. I cooked sauteed onions, collard greens and mashed potatoes, so it was all yummy foods!

I have to stay away from sugar big time now. GD is clearly making it's presence known in a big way! if I have sugar I get an instant migraine (the really blinding kind) and I seriously all but pee sugar. (TMI, I'm sure...) it's been very difficult for me with all the goodies of sugar. I didn't cook one single dessert yesterday b/c I couldn't bare not eating it. but I did sneak some chocolate and I paid the price heavily. When my dad is gone I'm throwing out all the candy he has around here! (he always brings candy, and i have some hidden in my cupboards for when I get a sweet craving... but right now I can't give it at all really so out of site out of mind. b/c it being there just makes me want it that much worse!) I heart dark chocolate, btw. really... something about this pregnancy makes me crave it so much! like it's a major food group. the other junk I can live with out, that one is going to be tough. maybe since it's high in fat and low on the GI index, I could sneak it occasionally? everyoe asks me why not go to the doctor about it. well I would if I couldn't handle it. if it got so bad it needed extra attention, I certainly would b/c it can be dangerous for baby. But having had it before (and having many clients who had it too) the only thing they will do is test my blood sugar to confirm (can do that myself with my glucose monitor) and tell me to eat low carb/low sugar and up my protien. and then report back to them if it's not working. kinda seems a very unnessecary step to me! I don't like exposing myself and the baby to germs of the doctors and hospitals unless the benefits outweight the risk. I am finding that 90% of things (yes that's totally my guesstimation) that come up in our lives, just need a bit of thought, prayer and a good dose of common sense. that would save us all a lot in doctor's bills and free them up for when we really need their help! b/c when you are really sick or in urgent need, wow do you need a doctor asap, you know?

when I'm off of sugar I feel pretty decent. not nearly as nauseous as I used to be. but I have to eat protein every 2 hr or I get the same symptoms! I have started eating something small before I notice I am hungry, and that seems to really help. I still take dandelion root every day. that stuff has been my saving grace. it's cut my stomach and liver issues in half! I take zantac too when I have to... but I try to avoid it. and benedryl b/c of my allergies at night. but i only take like half a pill a day.

I did something kinda stupid though. I forgot to buy enough breakfast for all of us for this week/weekend. I only had enough for a BIG brunch yesterday. now? all we have is turkey, and those leftovers. not even bread! and a box of rice chex. The former I just can't stomach at 8am, and the latter is too much sugar/simple carbs. So I'm doing what any decent mother would do. eating frozen french friends. well I cooked them of course heh. it's still a simple carb, but it has a little more to it than rice chex. then later I'll heat up the turkey. just need to prime up my stomach, as my husband always says heh. pathetic, I know!

My blood pressure has been good. I haven't checked it in a while, but when my blood pressure goes up it's clear. I feel it all over. swelling, puffy face, racing thoughts, headache, red face... ect. I'm going to check it at a local store soon just so I can put it on record. But i know it's good. after 28 yrs in this body I'd starting to get the hang of it heh.

I'm starting to really get in the swing of things for this upcoming birth. getting all my birth gear ready. I have a few good homebirth friends sending me fun stuff in the mail and then I'm slowly building up my stocks of herbs and goodies. I wish beyond wish I could afford a birthing tub!! I would love to labour in water like that. the bouyancy of it sound fabulous (I'm a very water therapy kinda girl) but they are expensive! and I would feel terrible if I spent all that money then the labour went so fast I never got a chance to use it, you know? so for now it's not an option and i doubt it will be. oh well. no biggie.... kinda funny to think about. at home yu can birth in water. in the hospital you have to fight to even be "allowed" to drink it! heh. what a joke!

I'm hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday yesterday! (it's neat that Chanakah and Christmas overlap this year, isn't it? I have so many friends that celebrate one, the other or both!)

the kids are playing a game Eva got called "gone fishing". it's that cheapo thing with the little fish and you try to catch them (as if the title didn't give it away!)... they are having a blast!