So this morning I had a doctor's appointment and I WAS really excited about it. I'm 25.5 weeks and it was time to do the dreaded glucose screening test, BUT I was going to get to hear my sweet girl's heartbeat so that made it better. I FAILED the glucose screening. My blood sugar was 171!!!! Talk about scary. So I'm going back on Thursday morning to do the 3-hour Glucose Test. I am not excited about it and now that I've had time to reflect on the test and my diet I'm really worried. I'm not worried about not getting to enjoy yummy foods for the rest of my pregnancy. I'm not worried about learning the diabetic exchange system. Or even the fact that regulating my diet might not work and I might have to take shots for the rest of the pregnancy. I'm worried about my baby girl and how hard it might be to find the right combination of things to regulate my blood glucose. My faulty blood glucose can really mess things up for her...talk about Mommy-guilt at its fullest. Check out this link if you just want an overview of possible complications http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gestational-diabetes/DS00316/DSECTION=complications This is one of those things that is completely out of my control at the moment and that scares me. I do know that it is very common for women to have this condition during pregnancy, doctors have no idea what actually causes it, and every case that I've ever known has been easily controlled through diet. My doctor's advice...eat normally (seriously if he read my food diary I can't say he would advise that) until Wednesday night, fast overnight, be here at 8 am to start the 3-hour test. Personally I think the MCAT (medical school entrance exam) would be less intimidating at the moment. So just think about me on Thursday morning. I'll be hanging out in the doctor's office waiting room hoping/praying for a negative test. Either way it goes expect some large dietary changes in the coming weeks..I think this was the boost of
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