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It’s true. I cant handle not being in control of things. It drives me insane. Which is why I broke a rule of Baby Shower etiquette. I have taken my baby shower into my own hands. Not because other people cant do it, I just.. need to be in control. My wonderful sister in law, Noemi has been helping me with it. She’s going to help with the food and stuff too. =) I’ve planned as much of this as I could. I’ve planned out the games, I picked out my cake (and the saying for the cake), I picked out the menu (with help from Noemi and my mom!), I did the invitations… yeah. I really dont like people doing things for me. Or at least thats my excuse for not letting people have more control, haha.

So my baby shower is this Saturday and I feel like I’m scrambling to finish things. I feel like I dont have enough control (i.e. my mom has most of the decorations… and she wont be here till Thursday night!!) The food wont be bought till Friday… I just feel so unprepared for it and I wish everything was finished. Gah!!

So I had another appointment on Wednesday. I had a bowl of cereal before hand and went and did my business with the peeing in the cup thing. And well.. my sugar levels were incredibly high. That combined with gaining 7 lbs.. my doctor was concerned. Especially after my first failed glucose test and then the one elevated blood draw in my three hour one. He put me on Metformin. I’m on 500 mg once daily for this week. He wants me back on Wednesday to do blood draws and see how I’m doing. I felt initially like I’d failed Leila. But honestly.. what could I have done differently? If I eat a salad my sugar levels go up crazy amounts, ya know? I cant control this. Well, maybe I can with the Metformin. I’ve already noticed a difference. My doctor had said a month ago that I would stop being hungry so much, but I was constantly starving. Seriously. I had to eat every 2 hours or I was starving. Since I’ve been on the metformin, its changed. I can go through the day and not eat a crapload of food. It’s nice, haha.

Jim’s half sister just had her baby on March 3rd. It was a little girl– and man was she little! Like 5 lbs! My fear is that Leila would come out like 10 lbs. The doctor told me there is a good chance if I kept up like I was with the gaining that she could come out that heavy. Uhh.. no thanks!! It’s so crazy to think I’m as far along as I am. I mean, in just a few weeks she’ll be here. Wow! I cant believe that. And I cant wait for the day I get to meet her!

Also, in other wonderful news– Noemi just found out she’s pregnant!! YAY! She’s about 5 weeks along now and due November 3rd! It’s actually cool to have someone to talk to. I’ve told her all sorts of stuff to expect– things I didn’t know to expect, haha. I’m going to loan her my Jenny McCarthy collection.. those are some wonderful books. Funny and just so truthful! Well, I better close this up.. my computer is starting to act dumb and I’d hate to lose this post and have to type it back up again… (I’d probably become very angry haha!)

Until next time!