The Results are In..

So after having the 3 hour testing (which consisted of drinking that nasty orange crap again, trying not to throw it up the whole time after fasting for 12+ hours, and getting stuck with a needle 4 times), the results came back positive. I do have gestational diabetes. I am however, a lot less scared/anxious about it than I had been because I was able to meet with the Diabetes Center, and they explained to me what we needed to do to try and control it through diet, and they gave me a glucose tester, and told me to test myself three times a day, and log both the numbers, as well as the foods I eat. Every Monday I send in my numbers, and after my first week of doing it, she told me yesterday that my numbers are looking good. 

In other news, Sophia is quite the active one. She is moving around like crazy. Most of the time I love it, and it makes me happy, but now she's also gotten much bigger, and therefore can now reach my ribs, which is an ENTIRELY different feeling than that of being kicked in the stomach or sides. It's kind of gross feeling actually, and one that I'm not sure I'll actually get used to. 

Also, we are at 29 weeks now, as of yesterday. :) So because of the diabetes, we are anticipating her arrival in 9-11 weeks. :) So excited! 

Testing, Testing, and more Testing...

So Tuesday afternoon I came home early from work feeling really off. I felt dizzy and lightheaded and ridiculously overheated. Something just didn't sit right. I went home around lunch time and was going to try and see the Dr. to get my glucose testing done but they told me I had to wait until 10am Wednesday. Then I got really tired and ended up crashing from 2:30pm-7:00pm, and then again from 11pm-9:45am the next morning. Wednesday morning David and I got up early and he took me to the lab to get the bloodwork done for my glucose testing. This was the 1 hour testing, where they made me fast, and then drink that nasty orange stuff (which really just made me feel like I was going to vomit it all up immediately after) then wait an hour. At which point they pulled three viles of blood from my arm. Me and needles don't mix. I got in the car and the lightheadedness started again. David took me to Village Inn for some lunch since I hadn't been able to eat, and once we got there I had trouble focusing my eyes on things. Almost like moving in slow motion when I looked around. I waited until my sister got home from picking up my brother from school, since David had to go to work, and she brought me to my general practitioner to see what the deal was. They then proceeded to take blood from my other arm, and did a urinalysis. (I forgot to mention the low blood pressure I'd had over the past two days). My blood pressure was again a little low, and they told me that they thought my blood sugar was a little low as well, as well as having a nasty infection. Thursday I again felt crappy. This morning I woke up to my OB calling me saying that the labs from my glucose test came back, and it wasn't great news. My sugars were elevated, and I have to come back in for the 3 hour more inclusive test Monday at 10am, which means that they will take yet again more blood from me. And chances are, based on this, it means I'm cursed with gestational diabetes, which has me super stressed out and anxious. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little freaked out.

27 Week Update:

So we are 27 weeks pregnant now. 

We just signed up to take a childbirth class at the hospital on December 10th that is a full day class. 

In general my health has been good. The nausea has been mostly non-existent now. My lower back has been pretty painful, but I'm not sure whether that is because of Sophia, or if it's because I'm working in an office now, and the desk/chair situation is not entirely the comfiest. 

As of this past Thursday, I am officially 4.5 lbs more than I was pregnancy, with a weigh in at 140 lbs even. 

Tomorrow I go in for my glucose test, which I'm not excited about at all because a) I hate needles, b) I hate mornings, c) I am not feeling good today at all, and it's not looking like it'll get any better soon.

I ended up having to come home early from work today because I started to feel lightheaded, headachy, and really overheated. After finally reaching the lab after almost two hours of trying, and them telling me to come into tomorrow instead, I ended up crashing from like 2:30pm until around 7pm. When I woke up, I still felt incredibly drained, and really weak. The headache was gone though, which was good. Then about an hour or so ago, I started feeling nauseas again. I took one of my pills a few minutes ago, and am hoping that it'll settle me down a bit. I also checked my blood pressure a few hours ago and it was 101/74, which from understanding is a little bit low, but hopefully we can figure out more tomorrow. I'd initially planned to go back to work tomorrow, but now I'm not sure what's going to happen if I still end up feeling like this tomorrow. :( So here's to hoping that I get better soon from whatever this is. It's not fun.