I received a call from a nurse at my Dr.’s office this morning and it looks like my number from yesterday’s glucose test was high. The next step is to follow a specific diet for three days, and then on the fourth day, go back in to have more bloodwork done. It’s called a “3 Hour Glucose Tolerance Test”, and to be honest, it’s a real drag. It involves getting there first thing in the AM, drinking a sugar solution, and then being pricked three times on the hour for three hours.<\/p>\n
Considering how I’ve felt during the latter part of this pregnancy, many people around me have wondered if I’d have to deal with this again. The first time I found out I had gestational diabetes I was DEVASTATED. I called Vann from work and was hysterically crying, so much so, he thought something was tragically wrong with me or the baby. I was just so unaware of what it all meant that I was scared, plain and simple. In the end, it ended up being a blessing as it slowed down my weight gain and Charlie was born with no complications.<\/p>\n
When the nurse called today, I wasn’t too surprised, considering I sometimes expect the worst and was preparing myself for the stark face of reality. What really stinks, and what I just realized about an hour ago, is that I will be forced to give up my morning coffee for the three days I have to follow “the” diet. This is enough to make a grown woman cry.<\/p>\n
In the end, will it be that tragic if I have to cut out simple sugars and follow a more balanced diet?? No…and believe me, I know that there are other women out there who have far greater struggles than this in their pregnancies and in life…so I don’t mean to make light of it. But to be honest, I want to ask, “Why me??” OF ALL THE THINGS.<\/p>\n
My stupid test is next Thursday morning. Luckily, Vann can stay home with Charlie…anyone who thinks they can bring their toddler to a three hour glucose test has another thing coming. And, I guess there is still hope that it could just be a false positive, which has happened with a few of my friends. I know it will all be worth it in the end. And for goodness sakes, at least then<\/em><\/strong> I’d be entitled to that pumpkin spice frappuccino the day I can stomach anything more than chicken broth and\/or jello (because you know you have to follow a “liquid diet” right after any major surgery). If I am released on Thanksgiving Day, there’d better be a FEAST waiting for me.<\/p>\n Oh, and speaking of surgeries, we have one scheduled: Monday, November 23rd, 10:30 AM. Ready or not, here she comes!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I received a call from a nurse at my Dr.’s office this morning and it looks like my number from yesterday’s glucose test was high. The next step is to follow a specific diet for three days, and then on the fourth day, go back in to have more bloodwork done. It’s called a “3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}