This month has been so hectic so far. I guess I will start with doctor appointments.
I'm 27 weeks now :) My November appointment was in the week of Thanksgiving and Stephanie went with me. Then my next appointment was scheduled for three weeks later. Also the doctor gave me the "glucola" to drink and made an appointment for my glucose tolerance test.
This glucola stuff wasn't that bad. I've heard awful things about it, but to me, it was just a bad tasting Hawaiian punch. I had the red one which was fruit punch. So the morning of that appointment, I drank it and went to the office. I was supposed to fast a certain amount of hours...well I didn't follow the directions, anyways... so the girl in the lab stuck my finger and did the blood sugar test and I FAILED :( -by TWO POINTS. So I'm thinking great, I probably threw the dang test off with not fasting right. So I go to the checkout counter to leave and the girl tells me I have to come back and stay for three hours. so I went ahead and made an appointment for two days later, a Friday.
This time I fasted correctly, and woke up, went to office, got my first finger stick and the results were normal, drank the glucola-orange this time (much better), and sat in my car for an hour. Now about this time, I'm getting kind of hungry and bored. I took Ben's Ipod, but there was no network to connect to, so I just sat there.
An hour later, I went back to the lab and got my finger pricked again. This time I failed. So she told me that out of the four pricks, if I failed two, then I would have GD-gestational diabetes. Anyway, I sat in my car another hour, got another prick and it was normal, sat another hour, got another prick and it was normal too. So the good news is that I dOnt have GD. Bad news is, because I failed at two different appointments, I have to "watch my sugar intake" psshh. It's Christmas! and these kids at the daycare are bringing my coworker and I lots of goodies. I have tasted every one of them. I have thrown a lot away, but my coworker makes comments sometimes about me not eating anymore sugar, and then I look at her and reach for a cookie, and say "just one mooooore" haha. I am doing better though.
We started changing our diets, Ben and I. We are eating more healthy at home and out. I have been craving salads, so that's great!
One thing a midwife told me was if it looks like it did when it came off the plant or the animal, then its ok. In my mind I was thinking, where's this big mac tree?
The following Friday I had a regular appointment with a different midwife than the one I've been seeing. Ben went with me and we heard his little heartbeat and also heard whoever was in the room next to us's baby's heartbeat too. :)
Everything went fine with that appointment. I got to ask some of the questions I had recently like about my leg cramps. I don't think I've written on here about charlie horses. Mostly in the mornings when I wake up, I get horrrrrrrrible cramps in my calves. And they leave my legs sore all day. So i just need to keep myself hydrated and also eat more potassium. Easy.
My next appointment was made for two weeks later, so I'm assuming that means I will go every two weeks now..?
Another issue is my back. Now I know that it's supposed to hurt from all the extra changes and weight in weird spots, but I have to have help getting out of bed sometimes because it feels like someone twisting a knife down there. It was only really a problem when I layed down for a little while and then tried to get back up. Mom and Ben have helped me numerous times in the past two months. This week though, it not only hurts when I get up, but when I'm laying down flat. So, Mom made me an appointment with a chiropractor. I went today and I don't think I've ever heard my back pop so much. It's been hard for me to pop it on my own, so it felt good. The Chiro said, "whens the last time you laid on your stomach?"
I almost cried when I asked him if I was going to get to. I used to sleep on my tummy every night. I miss it so much. But there was this adjustment table that the middle part let out to support Finn. I almost asked if I could just lay there for the duration.
So after adjusting what he could, Ben and I went to my grandparents house and I laid on a heat pad for awhile.
Think I might take a tylenol before bed tonight....
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