After a day of running errands, and an hour wait at the M.D. office, I finally made it to the follow up appointment! So far, my blood sugar is no worse! Thank God! It's not better, but at least it's not worse. The problem right now, is my blood sugar is fluctuating, causing my dizzy spells and exhaustion. That combined with my low iron levels makes for a very crappy feeling momma! I have also lost some weight, which earned me the "eye" from the doctor. At 32 weeks pregnant, I have gained 7.5 lbs. That number freaked me out! The doc said it wasn't a huge concern, but in order to kill 2 birds with one stone persay, I have to eat something at least every 2 hours during the day. This should not only keep my blood sugar stable, it will keep me from losing more weight. Whew!! That, I can definitely do!! I was seriously worried that the doc was going to put me on medication, or something was going to be horribly wrong, but considering the situation, I got the best news possible today!! Talk about stress relief! I still have that nagging worry in the back of my head, but that will not go away until our little girl is here! Now I just need to focus on taking care of myself and prepared to meet our baby!!!
In other news, Audrey has hit a growth spurt! I woke her up to get her ready Monday, and it took 15 minutes to find her some clothes that fit... Oy!! I guess it's long overdue, but it makes me a little sad ;) My little girl is growing too fast, and momma isn't quite ready for it. I guess I just need to brace myself and accept it. She is already acting so much older than her 17 months. I do not want to force her to "grow up too fast" with the introduction of baby #2... but I am afraid she is going to anyway! It's just in her personality I suppose. I have also noticed that she is getting bored with her "little" girl toys, so we will be shopping for "big" girl toys too!! I guess there are worse things I could do than go shopping for "our girls" this weekend!! (Love the sound of that!)
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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I am currently 30 weeks preggo, with a child with no name! We are getting closer though...
I had this particular blog all planned out in my head, until a phone call from the MD office threw me for the proverbial loop.
Apparently, my iron levels are "drastically" low, and I am a mere 2 points away from being diagnosed with gestational diabetes.... WHAT?!?! I feel really bad for the poor nurse who called me with this wonderful revelation, because I kind of freaked out when she told me! I have been ridiculously tired this pregnancy, but chalked it up to chasing a toddler and the double work load. That excuse sounded completely logical to me, and when I brought up the exhaustion to the MD he said the same thing. So, I went into "suck it up momma" mode. Push, push, push, get through the day! I am going to have 2 kids under 2 so, I kept telling myself "it's not going to get any easier, suck it up."
Fast forward a few weeks... I go to the MD appointment, drink the nasty glucola crap, and didn't think twice about it. 4 days later, I get the phone call from the nurse. 1 day later, I was calling the office back to ask if they made a mistake.
After I calmed down and gathered my rational thoughts, things didn't add up at all. I have no excessive weight gain (9 pounds to date), I am not a fan of sweet foods/snacks, I eat mostly whole grains..none of this was a recipe for gestational diabetes. The doc called back and we talked about just that, and he agreed that I am not a "common" gestational diabetes patient. I guess it's just "luck of the draw". That's actually what he said.... WHAT?!?! I do NOT do well with vague answers... but, it is what it is at this point. His other view point was simply that 2 pregnancies in 3 years is rough on my body, and most of the time trouble conceiving results in some sort of complication. I am not comfortable taking medication to control my blood sugar at this point, so we decided to try a "diabetic, high iron" diet of my doctor's concoction for 2 weeks and see where we are. The only issue with this is he mailed it to me 4 days ago, and I still do not have it! STRESS! So for the past 4 days I have eaten veggies, fruit, chicken, whole grains and water. The plan is not to stray from this until I get his version of my "diet". He also instructed me to "take it easy" since my body is "doing a lot of work" at the moment.....easier said than done with a toddler. Thankfully Jeremy has been picking up some slack the past 2 days and I have been able to put my feet up, but I hope I don't have to do it the rest of the pregnancy. I have a very cute nursery to create!
I go back in 2 weeks and see if my numbers are any better, and I am praying they are. I do not want to put this sweet girl in any danger.So if medication is necessary, that's what I will do. Gestational diabetes is freaking me out a little at the moment. At least with the low iron levels I just take a supplement, and worst case scenario, blood transfusion for momma. Gestational diabetes has many more consequences... lung development issues, extremely high birth weight, unstable blood sugar in the baby after birth, etc. etc. Freaking out!! For now I am just trying to follow the doc's orders and wait patiently on the mail man. But, if he's not here with my info Monday, this momma is going to the bookstore to buy everything she can get her hands on!!!!!!!!
I had this particular blog all planned out in my head, until a phone call from the MD office threw me for the proverbial loop.
Apparently, my iron levels are "drastically" low, and I am a mere 2 points away from being diagnosed with gestational diabetes.... WHAT?!?! I feel really bad for the poor nurse who called me with this wonderful revelation, because I kind of freaked out when she told me! I have been ridiculously tired this pregnancy, but chalked it up to chasing a toddler and the double work load. That excuse sounded completely logical to me, and when I brought up the exhaustion to the MD he said the same thing. So, I went into "suck it up momma" mode. Push, push, push, get through the day! I am going to have 2 kids under 2 so, I kept telling myself "it's not going to get any easier, suck it up."
Fast forward a few weeks... I go to the MD appointment, drink the nasty glucola crap, and didn't think twice about it. 4 days later, I get the phone call from the nurse. 1 day later, I was calling the office back to ask if they made a mistake.
After I calmed down and gathered my rational thoughts, things didn't add up at all. I have no excessive weight gain (9 pounds to date), I am not a fan of sweet foods/snacks, I eat mostly whole grains..none of this was a recipe for gestational diabetes. The doc called back and we talked about just that, and he agreed that I am not a "common" gestational diabetes patient. I guess it's just "luck of the draw". That's actually what he said.... WHAT?!?! I do NOT do well with vague answers... but, it is what it is at this point. His other view point was simply that 2 pregnancies in 3 years is rough on my body, and most of the time trouble conceiving results in some sort of complication. I am not comfortable taking medication to control my blood sugar at this point, so we decided to try a "diabetic, high iron" diet of my doctor's concoction for 2 weeks and see where we are. The only issue with this is he mailed it to me 4 days ago, and I still do not have it! STRESS! So for the past 4 days I have eaten veggies, fruit, chicken, whole grains and water. The plan is not to stray from this until I get his version of my "diet". He also instructed me to "take it easy" since my body is "doing a lot of work" at the moment.....easier said than done with a toddler. Thankfully Jeremy has been picking up some slack the past 2 days and I have been able to put my feet up, but I hope I don't have to do it the rest of the pregnancy. I have a very cute nursery to create!
I go back in 2 weeks and see if my numbers are any better, and I am praying they are. I do not want to put this sweet girl in any danger.So if medication is necessary, that's what I will do. Gestational diabetes is freaking me out a little at the moment. At least with the low iron levels I just take a supplement, and worst case scenario, blood transfusion for momma. Gestational diabetes has many more consequences... lung development issues, extremely high birth weight, unstable blood sugar in the baby after birth, etc. etc. Freaking out!! For now I am just trying to follow the doc's orders and wait patiently on the mail man. But, if he's not here with my info Monday, this momma is going to the bookstore to buy everything she can get her hands on!!!!!!!!
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