What a rollercoaster ride....So I go to the dr. and get the regular blood test to check for glucose levels....and don't think anything of it. Everything was normal w/ my first pregnancy...so why would this be any different? I get a phone call a few days later from my dr. office telling me that my levels were elevated...and I need to go to a lab, and get my blood taken 4 FREAKING times in a 3 hour time frame. This poor nurse soon found out how terrified I am of needles / shots / blood / etc..by my overwhelmed reaction to her call. So I called the lab, made an appointment, researched gestational diabetes.... and after reading up a little bit was no longer AS scared of needles (still scared, but my mind was now distracted), as I was of the complications that can happen during delivery because of the side effects of this type of diabetes. fat babies = babies getting stuck, breaking their shoulders, or me breaking my pelvis, or having to have a c-section (which I do know are pretty normal now a days...)...preeclampsia, baby having underdeveloped lungs....
I had to fast from the night before....so Thursday I go in to get my blood taken, and 4 viles, 3 hours, a nurse for a new best friend, a STARVING stomach, and 2 bruised arms later I am done....and actually feeling okay about the situation. Really truly thinking that I would be just fine. I had my 30 week appointment the day after my appointment at the lab and the doctor also, tried to calm me down, explaining that 75% of the second glucose tests come back normal....etc...later that day I get a call from the dr. office informing me that my levels once again, came back elevated. I had a little break down in my car....finding out I'll have to prick my finger 4 times a day to check my blood sugar for the rest of my pregnancy was not exactly what I wanted to hear.
I know that I sound like a lunatic, and I do realize that there are so many other things that could be wrong....and I should just be grateful that this is the only thing...and I am grateful that it isn't something worse....but it's hard not to compare this pregancy to my first one...and not freak out a little...
(Thanks to Tiana for watching Damon while I was gone for 4 hours! - and thanks to Jackie for the ride so I didn't have to walk home in the rain storm!)
If anyone is as clueless as I was about this pregnancy issue .....here's a little info in a nut shell...
One website said "We don't know what causes gestational diabetes, but we have some clues. The placenta supports the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones also block the action of the mother's insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels"....etc....
My sweet hubby gave me a blessing to calm me down, and to help me have the strength to deal with this.... and as long as I'm not talking about it I've stayed pretty calm...at least since Friday night (was a rough one).
I was going to post some pics of my bruised arms...but that's just weird....so forget it. Wish me luck!
This is what our little guy looks like after a long morning golfing 9 holes with his Daddy.....TIRED! doesn't he look comfortable? 
A boy who loves ....
loves....
