It's after 10pm and I just got home! I'm cranky and wanted to go to bed an hour ago! When in the world did this happen to me? I remember going to a movie @ 9pm when I stilled lived at home and my dad could not understand what would possess me to go out at such a late hour! Now, I totally get it!!
I guess I'm not too tired to put up a new post though!
My hectic day started when I had to go to my baby doctor's office to get tested for gestational diabetes. Last week I had the initial test to check my blood sugar levels. The notes the doctor gave me didn't mention anything about fasting, so I called on my way to the appt to find out. The woman I spoke with said as long as it wasn't sugary or starchy that I would be fine. So I ate a banana and a nutri-grain whole grain raspberry breakfast bar (quite yummy!) Either that little stunt elevated by blood sugar level or I could have gestational diabetes. The normal level is 70-139 and mine was at 161.
So...that brought me to today! I had to be at the doctor's office at 8am (and of course I was a little late) to get the order and then go to the lab. They wanted a urine sample but I had already gone to the bathroom on my way there, so they didn't get much! They took the first sample of blood which had to be in the same spot they took blood last week! I then got to drink an entire bottle of the sugar drink that tastes like extremely concentrated gatorade. A few sips of it is not bad, but when you've got an empty stomach and have to drink that much, not fun!! I was told to come back in an hour so they could suck out more of my blood. And the next hour and then finally the next hour! And all I could have was water! I hadn't eaten since 6pm last night! I finally got to eat @ 12:30 and have never been so hungry in my life! After I found some grub, it was off to work! I'll find out the results tomorrow.
I took stuff with me to keep me entertained, so the time went by fast. I was able to organize all the paperwork & pamphlets I've been collecting that's everything about baby. I called 2 people about possible in-home daycare's and got a lot of good info and advice. And started talking with a doula. Woo-hoo! I got to mark things off my to-do list that has to be done before Wyatt blesses us with his presence.
Tonight I attended my first baby class at St. Francis Hospital. This one was free and was exclusively about the first month of the baby's life. Very interesting and worthwhile. The instructor was this sweet older lady that used to be a college professor for childhood development. There were two other couples and me. Andy had to go to Langston for his job, so he had to miss out. But I'm sure I can relay all the info - I took notes!!
I don't have any fun pics that relate to this blog, but I did take a self-portrait a couple of weeks ago to capture my belly. I keep forgetting to have Andy take pics. I'm usually the one with the camera!
This is at 27 weeks...
