So I actually don’t know if I have told everyone or not, but my sister is now 7 months pregnant. It has been an interesting time, she is a little freaked out, a little nervous and as I am going to be Aunty, I am pretty weirded out too. The funny things are how big she thinks she was, and is, as she is really not, all her weight gain has been on her tummy and hips, but she is convinced she is huge. But, I also suppose it is because she feels pretty ungainly.
She has also had to do all these tests as she will be over 35 when the baby is due, and so I have had to hear about all he awful things that can go wrong and might go wrong etc. It is pretty scary until you put it into perspective, that woman have had children for thousands of years and the human race continues. Anyway, the upshot of this is that yesterday she was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Which is really freaking her out. I read up about it all last night, and curiously, she would not normally be in the at risk group. She is not overweight, no family history, no previous problems, not in the ethnic group etc. She has had no symptoms either. The only thing we can think of is my Mom had it with me. She has been craving cake lately and Charlotte is not a big cake eater, chocolate – yes, sweets – yes, but cake nope. Hopefully today we will find out more and she will learn all about diet modification.
Other than that, we went shopping for baby stuff friday and got some really cute things, though I now know how exhausting all the decisions you have to make are! Because a wrong choice could mean you are damaging your baby for life…. So odd the guilt they pile on you.
Oh yes, the baby is a boy. Both her and I were hoping for a girl – hey, we are sisters and are used to girls – but her husband is excited about a boy! The name has been chosen, but for fear it will change or I will jinx it, I will say later.