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Done Done Done...another Week bites the dust!!


Alright so I've been sorting through all this new medical stuff lately and I've got it figured out. Here's the run down...last moth I took the glucose test for GD from my midwife...results...high. So they sent me to get the big nasty test done at the hostipal. I drank a 10oz 100mg sugar dose and had my blood drawn over 4 hours. Test results on the four blood draws...2 normal 2 high. I am now diagnosed with GD. Good news is that I don't have to do insulin and that I can control it with what I eat...YEAH!! Praise the LORD!! So for the last week I've been testing myself 4 times a day and logging my blood sugar levels. NOT FUN at all but necessary. In all I'm doing wonderful...I didn't really have to modify my diet much at all as my 2 high results were just slightly higher than normal. Good news too is I only have 9 more weeks of this and I'm done. I can guarantee you that I'm going to do my best to loose baby weight fast and exercise and eat well as I never want to have to go through this again (GD). I can only imagine what my dad and brother must go through day in and day out...test, insulin, food, repeat...It's a life long sentence. I know the first few days I was upset, depressed, overwhelmed, depressed, sad, lonely... It was pity me city at my house :) So since I last post we had a lovely camping to Orcas Island for my moms birthday...It was great to leave technology behind and get back to the roots of family! Although I will never go camping again this pregnancy!! I was miserable and my groin muscle was in full hurt so I didn't do much but sit around the camp fire and half sleep :)

Nate posing with my sisters dog Kevin...again he's practicing the baby hold :)

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