Cami and Ryan: When Logan was in my belly

So continuing on with Logans stories i just wanted to put down a couple things about my pregnancy that i wanted to remember. As pregnancies go I think i had a pretty good one. However, literally as soon as i found out i was pregnant the nausea hit me. Lucky for me we were out for the summer doing security and i wasn't working. I find this to be a true blessing cause i spent alot of time on the couch. Even though i was nauseous i was thankful that i wasn't constantly throwing up like everyone says is suppose to happen. One thing that was helping me a lot was the fact that i was working out everyday. Lots of walking,(including walking Copper), the elliptical and Zumba. During my entire pregnancy i only got sick on two different occasions and both of them happened after driving ten hours in the car. So i don't blame Logan for that just the car trip.

Some other pregnancy experiences the cravings. Now my cravings weren't as crazy as some people get but i would go through spurts. Like for a whole week all i wanted was Sonic hot dogs. Weird I know. But for pretty much the entire time two things I couldn't get enough of was fruit and slushies. I constantly had to have fruit. Ryan was like really how much fruit do you need haha. I ate a whole watermelon by myself in about three day. Plus the fruit really helped with my nausea so i wasn't complaining.
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While we were in Alabama Ryan and I finally decided on names. I've always had the name Alana picked out for a girl but i had absolutely no clue for a boy name. Every time I would pick one, Ryan didn't like it. So I had my sister Taylor write me up a list of names that she liked and of course you know all names have to be Aunt Taylor approved :). It just so happened that Logan was on her list. It was the only name that Ryan and I could both agree on. I don't know how the name Isaiah came to my head for his middle name but it sounded good so we went with it.

Another thing that through me for a loop was when the doctor told me that I had gestational diabetes. First of all that sugar crap sucks. After failing the first test i dreaded going the second time. Then I had to go take the three hour test which i didn't even make it through cause i threw up. So then i had to go back and do it again. I kept the sugar stuff down but had to endure getting stuck 7 times cause i have such bad veins that the lab person had to keep sticking me in multiple places. After hear that I failed the 3 hour test I was devastated. I felt like a failure cause my body wasn't working properly. I was worried and scared that because of me something could be wrong with Logan. I thought I had done something wrong. Of course later I realized that it wasn't my fault. Doctors don't know why perfectly healthy women develop this while they are pregnant it is just something that happens. I was also relieved to learn that it wasn't really serious, I didn't have to take medicine. I just had to monitor my blood sugar since my levels were just elevated. So after making some slight changes to what I ate, one cookie instead of 5, less carbs, and alot of water, I was able to deal with it.

Looking back on everything, I loved being pregnant, I loved feeling my lil man kick inside me. I loved knowing that this wonderful person was growing inside me. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father has trusted me with one of his choice spirits and I feel so lucky to be Logan's Mommy.