24th Week Glucose Test This morning, I had to go and get my glucuse test to see if I have gestational diabetes. This was the process. I went in the quest lab at 7am, then they gave me this small .25L bottle of water to drink. I have 5 mins to drink it in front of the guy. Then, I'd have to wait at the office for an 1 hr so they can monitor me. Luckily my itouch arrived and I was able to watch a movie to kill time. Baby sure got a sugar high, She was kicking and moving. The drink tastes just like 7-up. It wasn't gross at all so it was easy to drink fast. I fasted the night before, even though you don't have to. I did it just to be on the safe side. I was also good yesterday in not consuming any anything surgery or sweet. Actually I've been trying to consume lots of "whole wheat" stuff like bread, pasta, brown rice, and eating my oatmeals for my breakfast. So, I sure hope my good eating habits will help my test result. I'll find out in 2 days. They'll be complications if my test comes out positive. I will need to be on a strick pregnancy "diet". Mainly staying away from carbs, sweets and eating more smaller portions. During the
It amazes me that what you eat really determines how healthy your baby is. You can get toxema if you eat a lot of junk food that has no nutritional value to your baby. You can eat all food you want, but if it's bad food, you can gain too much and your baby may end up just being 5pds. It also puts you and baby at risk at delivery. There's just too much risk if you gain too much weight, so I still watch what I eat. I'm eating more, but selecting things that are healthy for her. Luckily I never went through any cravings or else I'd be in trouble. I was concerned before that I would crave bad food. But so far, she's been good to me. Wish me luck on the result! I'll find out next week when I meet with my doc for my 6 months appt.
2008-02-18 (22 weeks)
Constipation is a Bxxxx It all started when i got pregnant. I would say, above the indigestions, this is the most annoying. I thought I should mention this because it's actually funny on what's been happening to me. At first, it would be painful constipation, but now it's turned to going every other day painful constipation. So, imagine how hard and how much sxxx there are...hehe. Unfortunately, my plumbing system at my home isn't strong enough to handle it. i've tried using the plunger myself, but I can never get it down. Kris has to do it for me. Oh, the love... I feel awful that this has happened 5 times already throughout my pregnancy and he's been having to clean up after me. What could I do though? Should I go during work, at a shopping center or at a pool restaurant near me? I've tried walking, drinking lots of water and eating lots of fruits and veggies, but it's just out of my control. The real reason is baby's blocking my canal, so there's just not enough room inside for anything to come out. I guess this is where I I'll blame it on the baby. It is what it is.
2008-02-13 (22 weeks)
Time to retire my wedding band Today will be my first day that I won't be wearing my engagement and wedding band for awhile. I was sad to store it away since I just got it cleaned and tightened. It was like brand new and I LOVED my band design too. But, I do what I had to do since my rings were getting just a little tight. I didn't want to take chances of getting it stuck on my finger. So, I went out and got a temporary fake wedding band that was super cheap. I didn't care, as long as I had something on that finger. It's only for the next 4/5 months anyways. I didn't want to spend much when we're trying to save for our baby. My new ring is cute though. It's sterling silver with 5 cubic zicornia diamonds. It'll do for : )
2008-02-12 (21 weeks)
5th month-doctors visit Today was my fifth month visit and everything seems to be going great. Her heartbeat was strong, my blood pressure and urine is fine. She gave me a slip to get my gestational diabetes blood work done. I'm going to not have so much sweets the next couple of weeks so that my test will be normal. Not that I have been eating sweets much. I don't crave anything and am just eating what's there. The doc also said that my weight is perfect and said I should keep up with my 1 pd a week of weight gain till the end. I'm happy to hear about that. I thought I was gaining more than I should but, I'm coming along just fine.
I can eat brocollies and smell certain things that won't make me gag anymore. So far, I don't have any stretch marks either . I've been good at putting the special lotion every day and nite. I'm still sleeping fine with occasional urine wake up calls. The only complaint is the rib/muscle & back aches by evenings. Other than that, II feel great most days. My belly is growing by the day. Just last week, i told kris that my naval area feels sooo stretched and next thing you know it, my naval is stretching enough to close my belly hole. So weird, but i love my belly. I love looking and touching it. It's soo amazing to see my belly pop from her kicks. I can't believe my daughters living inside of me right now. She's kicking quite a bit these days. Kris has felt her several times already. Aside from all the discomforts, to feel and see her kick just puts a smile on my face!!!
