It feels as though my pregnancy has taken a major change over the past week. My belly is getting huge and I'm starting to get uncomfortable. Everyone asks if I am due soon and although I smile and say no...I feel like screaming at them that I have 3 months to go! One lady informed me that my legs don't look pregnant...I just smiled and kept all my sarcastic remarks to myself :)
There have been some developments over the past week. During week 26 I took my 1 hour glucose test and had blood drawn to check my hemoglobin levels. The nurse called the next day (always a bad sign) and said that I had failed my glucose and that I was anemic. To address the anemia, I had to start taking iron supplements. Since I failed the glucose test, I had to take another one where they draw your blood over a period of 3 hours.
For 3 days I had to incorporate 16 oz of orange juice and a cup or rice/noodles into my diet. Then on Monday I had to go in for the glucose challenge. If you are not familiar with this test, here is how it works. You can't eat or drink anything the morning of the test. When you arrive they draw blood to get your fasting sugar levels. Then you have 5 minutes to drink this orange flavored glucose drink that is super sweet and a little gross. Afterwards they draw your blood at 1 hr, 2 hrs, and 3 hrs. The main downfall is you can't eat or drink anything and you aren't allowed to leave. On another note, the glucose makes the baby go crazy and I'm pretty sure he was practicing for a future world cup event.
On Tuesday morning the nurse called to tell me I have gestational diabetes. I was really upset and cried several times throughout the day. I knew it wasn't a big deal but since I work so hard to protect my little baby, these bumps in the road feel like I'm failing myself and the baby.
This morning I had a dr. appt and the doctor reassured me that I shouldn't be stressed out about the situation. I am now scheduled for a diabetes/nutrition education class in a couple of weeks and will have to follow a strict diet and check my blood sugar all the time. The doctor was willing to let me stop the iron supplements as long as I promise to incorporate iron foods into my diet and I have to switch to a different daily vitamin.
The one upside of the diabetes is that they will be doing at least one extra ultrasound to make sure the baby isn't getting too big.
Other than the sugar issues, the pregnancy is going pretty well. I'm excited for the third trimester to begin and can't wait to meet my little man!
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