Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there!
At my last appointment, the Dr. ran a slew of labs- two urine samples and 8 vials of blood! One of the tests I had to do was a one hour, non-fasting, glucose tolerance test (GTT). Because of my weight and family history of Type 2 Diabetes, I have had the pleasure of doing this test twice in every pregnancy and I have always passed, until this time, test number 5. Ugh! After I told my surro sisters what I had eaten for breakfast and lunch before the test, they put me in time out;o) Oops! I now know that baked potatoes are very high in carbs and apparently take awhile to burn off. As my consolation prize, I earned myself a 3 hour fasting GTT.
I did that last Monday, since I was visiting my sister in AZ for the week in between. The time actually passed pretty quickly. That extra concentrated glucose drink was pretty nasty, but I got it down with 30 seconds to spare. I got a total of 4 pokes and was on my way. My results are as follows, with the max allowed values in parentheses: fasting- 93 (94), 1 hr- 139 (179), 2 hr- 119 (154), 3 hr- 107 (139). That fasting one was on the cusp, but I passed the others very comfortably:o)
All of my other blood work came back normal.
I have my 12 week appointment tomorrow where I get the full physical exam and hear the heartbeat via Doppler.
I have had the least early pregnancy symptoms of any pregnancy, so far, so I really need to hear that heartbeat.
I will be thankful for this wind to leave the weather forecast, as it has driven my allergies wild:o( The good news is that my normal remedies are allowed during pregnancy, the bad news is it makes me sleepy. So I get to choose- sleepy or sneezing my brains out. Blech!
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