I am still feeling pretty great (aside from the miscellaneous pains). Sleep has been really difficult for the last two weeks. I have been waking up between 2 and 3 and unable to get back to sleep until 5 or 6, if at all. The last two nights I have taken a benadryl when I wake up for my first potty break, at around midnight, and that seems to help me in getting back to sleep. It doesn't stop me from waking up over and over, but at least I can go back to sleep relatively quickly. I am very much NOT a fan of the foggy headed feeling that accompanies that particular drug, but it is better than sleep deprivation!

I don't know why I can't sleep. Sleep has always been easy for me, so I am blaming it on the pregnancy. My life is so amazingly non-stressful and boring that I can't even blame it on worry. Last night was the first time that I was unable to get comfortable in bed. I suspect that will get worse over the next two-ish months, as well. All for a good cause, right?

The birth center has not contacted me since I took my nasty gestational diabetes screening test last week. They always say that they will only call if there is a problem so I am assuming that I passed that test. I am curious to know what my numbers were, though, so I will ask when I go back on the 9th. Id like to know if they were on the low side. Didn't figure they'd be high...not with my diet and the problems I had been having when I reduced my carbs even more. My average daily carbs rarely exceed 40% on any given day and it's been that way for years. Of course, that means that my protein and fats are higher. They have to be. It's almost like you can't win no matter what you do. Higher carbs = bad; higher fat/protein = bad...ah well. Something will kill me. Guess I can pick either diabetes or a heart attack/liver failure, right?

I am very anxious to meet this little baby. I had a dream last night that I had given birth to her at some sort of retreat, or campground, or something and she came out with brown eyes and a head full of straight brown hair and looking nothing like either one of us. Both of us have blue eyes and blond hair so she will, too. So, I was going around and looking at all of the men at the retreat trying to figure out who the father might be. It was pretty funny. I think I did end up figuring out who the daddy was and was disgusted and trying to figure out why I would have with HIM! My dreams have been quite entertaining, lately.