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Well I have become a crazy person. One of those people who will call customer service and make a big fuss for just a few dollars.  I have spent a lot of time on the phone for a few dollars. HOWEVER I have gotten some of the sweeeetest deals on baby items. Like a box of 174 pampers for $11, and a new $120 dollar baby monitor for $45. We had expected to spend a chunk of money after the baby showers were done, just to fill in missing items, and I went apeshit with coupons and discounts, making sure I was using every possible combination, and getting the right item from the right store (wherever it was the cheapest).  So my final tally (I'm so proud) was about $1300 worth of items, and after coupons and gift cards, we only spent about $450 out of pocket.  BOOM! We are still waiting on some shipments, but for now I think we have bought most of the stuff we need to start out (and then some). So the next step is getting the nursery all pretty and put together.

34 Weeks! MEGA BABY. I can't believe how big my tum is, and I really can't believe it is going to get even bigger. I am just really REALLY hoping that I have inherited my mom's ability to deliver big babies without a lot of issues. We are both flexible, which they say helps... fingers crossed. Speaking of being bendy, Amanda and I went to another Prenatal Yoga class this week. This one felt a lot better than the first one. The instructor mixes up the routine and I think each class will be a bit different from the last. I bought a package for 5 classes (Mana picked up 10) which I can hopefully use up before Babby arrives. The meditation portion was much less weird this time, she asked us to visualize the moment the baby is born: "it is being placed in your arms, you can feel the weight of the baby, you are looking at his or her face and touching his or her skin." Rather than feeling relaxed by this I felt overwhelmed and I almost started crying, lol. Any time I s...

You could at least brush your hair...  Approximately 7 weeks left! Every time I think that I follow up with, "but omg, it could be any day!" and "omg it could take even longer than that!" We are in getting-everything-ready mode.  I find myself wandering in to the nursery just to look at the baby stuff and fold things and look at the little books. We have collected a pretty decent amount of stuff at this point, we've had a couple of showers, and I have been hoarding any free samples I can get my hands on. OH! and we won a drawing at Babies R Us for a big gift basket full o' baby stuff! When the lady called me to tell me that I'd won, I almost pooped with excitement. It feels really good to win things! Tim and I have been just completely baby obsessed. We've spent several weekend nights just going to baby stores and looking at stuff, and setting up bogus registries just to get free gift bags. We are becoming experts on baby stuff. My mom DV...

Meh. Well this sucks. Gestational diabeetus is official: I have been given a monitor and have to check mah blood 4 times a day. I have a feeling that I will have to limit my diet even more now that I'm actually checking my levels. The dietitian said it needs to be under 120 two hours after I eat. Last night I had some pizza and two hours later it was still 144. The dietitian said with the meter I can narrow down the foods that cause my glucose levels to spike, and kinda figure out what I can and cannot handle. Apparently not two pieces of pizza. :( I am just kind of an emotional mess about the whole thing. There's a little voice inside me that keeps whimpering "It's not fair!" and then I want to cry. I feel so unsure about EVERYTHING I put in my mouth. I am struggling to find things to eat, and then I worry that I am not eating enough for the baby to grow properly. This is becoming even more difficult as I have to check my blood 4 times a day, and it has to take...