No Gestational Diabetes!

For both of my pregnancies which got to the point of being tested for this dreaded thing, I was sure I'd probably test positive. 

I crave nothing but junk food -- especially sweets... and especially chocolate.  And I have very little willpower.  Ergo, I figured I was due diabetes. 

But, for the second time, I am gestational diabetes free!  And I'm so grateful!  It would be really hard for me (although probably better for me...). 

I'm a huge carb eater on top of the whole sweets thing, so yeah.  I'm glad.


What are you grateful for today?

My Beband

What the heck is that!?! you may be wondering.  Well, I'll tell you (though, if you're a pregnant lady -- or if you ever have been -- you probably know ;)).

At 26 (almost) weeks pregnant, my midsection has started to expand quite a bit.  Which means my maternity wardrobe is now in full-swing.  But I don't have the largest maternity wardrobe.  I mean, I kind of think I shouldn't have a large selection of fat clothes I could be totally comfortable in while carrying around an extra 20 or 30 pounds.  It may lead me to some serious contemplations of filling said fat clothes when not pregnant ;). 

Anyway, so my maternity wardrobe isn't huge.  And my Sunday maternity wardrobe is even less so.  I think I own one maternity skirt.  (Perhaps I'll rectify this soon, but I'm a cheap person when it comes to some things, and I buy my maternity clothes at thrift stores.  So I have to be happy with what I can find there ;)).  As a result, I still use some of my non-maternity skirts.  That have zippers. 

Ordinarily, this would not be a possibility.  I'd take a picture to prove that, but let's just say it ain't cute.  Pretty much, I have a skirt I can't zip at all now.  And while it obviously won't fall off in my rotund state...  I think it's be kind of noticeable if I wore an unzipped skirt.  Except for the wonderful creation of the beband!

This stretchy little wonder is designed to go over your unzipped clothes, camouflaging their unzipped state, and feel nice and snug against your ever-expanding tummy -- stretching, since it's nylon or spandex or something.  And, since it's black (mine is at least), it's pretty easy to match and make it not look like you're wearing something to hide the fact that you can't zip up your pants (or skirt...).  So it makes it possible for me to not have to buy more maternity clothes if I don't really want to.  And still give my one maternity skirt a break.

It's a beautiful thing.

What are you grateful for today?