Type 1 Pregnancy: Transitioning Trimesters

12 week bump

We had another doctor appointment this week--meeting with the OB/GYN, as well as the nutritionist.  What the nutritionist had to say was encouraging--my numbers were looking good and the only place we could really find to tweak or improve was limiting sweets a bit.  I was never much of a dessert-after-every-meal person, until my husband came along--and, boy, he is!  I'm thinking of trying to make a small dessert an every-other-day thing, and try to choose low-carb things when I do have it, like paleo mug cakes.  They are a tasty treat, but don't send my sugar skyrocketing for hours on end.  Its a much more slow and steady (and minimal!) rise and fall.  
The doctor listened to the baby's heartbeat again (!) and said, at around 140, it was great.  She said everything seemed to be healthy and just the way it should be at this point in the pregnancy.  I haven't really gained any weight yet, even though I can see my body changing, but have hovered right around where I started--also a good thing for my first trimester.  But I guess that will all begin changing before too long. :-) 
And--great news for me--they didn't want to see me again for 4 weeks!  Yay!  That was very encouraging and showed me that we were being diligent in keeping the diabetes under control and doing this right.  So the next time I see them, I will be in my second trimester!  It is hard to believe that so much time has gone by already.  Sometimes it seems to crawl by, but then I turn around and wonder where the time went?   
In non-medical news we are working on the nursery.  And by we, I mean my husband.  The ceilings in our home are all ugly, sagging old ceiling tiles.  Well, we finally ripped them down from the nursery ceiling and we are putting up bead-board--something we want to do throughout the house eventually.  

My homestud puttin' up bead-board like a boss!

It already looks so different and so good and its not finished yet.  I am so excited to see (and share) the finished product! 
Over the next few weeks I'm hoping to share more "fun" stuff (as opposed to the medical/diabetes side), since I am in between appointments.  I hope you have a great start to November, friends!

Livin' la vida low-carb,

Lindsey