I had my Week 28 Doctor Appointment yesterday. It was a bitter-sweet appointment....literally.
My morning started early with a super-sweet Glucose drink at 7am. (Not nearly as bad as what people have told me.) I arrived 15 mins early for my 8am lab appointment. The lab tech took a blood sample exactly 1 hour after I finished the Glucose drink.
Then I waited about an hour for the appointment with the Nurse and Doctor. The nurse surprised me with a sonogram that I had not expected. Little Punkin' was moving all around, but she was being a little shy and kept her arm over her eyes. The absolute highlight was seeing her little tongue when she let out a big yawn. Super Cute!
Sadly, Bobby didn't get to see our sweet girl yawn. This was the first appointment he did not attend with me because it was just supposed to be the Glucose test and a quick talk with the doctor. Like I said, the sonogram was unplanned. I told our favorite nurse (Kristen) that Bobby would be bummed he missed the sonogram so she was on a mission to get a good picture for me to take home to Daddy. Punkin' didn't really work with us on the pictures because she kept her arm over her face, so Kristen promised they would do an extra sonogram next visit Bobby attends. :-)
Below is the best picture from yesterday's sonogram. The right side of her head is down, her left arm and hand is mostly over her eyes..... in the center you can see her nose and lips. What a cutie pie!
Little Punkin is doing great and the doctor is really happy with her growth so far.
Now for the bitter part.....I did get some bad news at my appointment yesterday, and I took it pretty hard. I failed my Glucose test.
Now I need to change my diet...
- cut out sugar -- the doctor stated that liquid sugars are the worst culprits...uh yeah, I have been having a big glass of OJ pretty much every day.
- low carbs -- this one is going to be pretty hard for me, not gonna lie
- high protein -- I already knew I needed to be better at this one anyway
Now this doesn't mean I have Gestational Diabetes.....yet.....
I have to go back in next week for the 3-hour Glucose test. If I fail that one as well, then I will be diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and will have to take insulin.
My doctor thinks that my case can be controlled with a healthier diet and will not go beyond that.
So my new diet starts......uh, yesterday.
It is as good of a time as any to get my diet on track. Even though I took this news pretty bad, I know that the changes I will be making will benefit both me and Punkin. This is the least I can do.....
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