So, after the diabetes scare, I was on cloud nine that I was healthy and this pregnancy was a breeze. Baby E is still moving like crazy and making herself known and I felt great.
Before I got pregnant, I did get migraines. They were never bad enough that I had to go to a doctor, just took a few IBU and I was all better. Well, last Monday I was at work, and I was talking to Brandy, and I realized that my vision started getting blurry, there were blind spots, and I was seeing little streaks of light, like a lightning flash. I knew this was the start of a migraine. I figured it was from lack of caffeine so I took two Tylenol and it never progressed into a headache and eventually my vision came back. Two nights later, I was getting ready for bed and I realized my vision was going and I was seeing those lights again, but it was close to bed time so I didn't take any medicine, and WOW did I pay for that. I was up the whole night with a terrible headache, and at this time, Tylenol wouldn't touch it. I had a headache for over 24 hours and it eventually went away. Throughout the week, I had a total of 4 episodes where my vision was going, and this started to worry me. Of course, I google'd it and it was telling me all of these possible scenario's and of course they were all scary. So, I called the doctor and they wanted me to come in right away to have my blood pressure checked. I went in, and luckily, my blood pressure was fine, so they prescribed me a headache medicine and chalked it up to migraines, nothing related to the pregnancy. I did experience another vision impairment tonight, but Tylenol was able to prevent much pain.
On a positive note, when I went in, they told me her heart rate was 143 and strong. She is constantly moving, reminding me she is there. She always is jabbing me around my belly button area, and I think I am bruising from the inside :) Finally at 30 weeks!! Cannot wait to meet our little girl, but she can stay in there for a while longer, as the book says she is just a little over 3 pounds and 17 inches toe to head.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
28 week appointment
An update on Baby E. I went in for my 28 week appointment last Monday where I had my blood drawn and my blood sugar was tested. Please note, that this was the morning after my birthday. When I went in, they said they would call me on Monday if there was anything wrong, but no call was good. I have never had any issues with my blood sugar and so far this pregnancy has been a breeze, so I never thought twice about it. Monday came and went and when Nate and I were on our way to St. Luke's for our tour, I checked my voicemails and saw that I missed a call that day from the doctor's office. I instantly was sad. I called and they said that I tested high for my blood sugar. I needed to be 130 or below, and my results were 134.
The whole night I was pretty sad. Reading about gestational diabetes, it stated it was from bad eating, lack of exercise etc. Everything that I was reading, was everything I was not. I know that there were a lot of things that were out of my control, but I knew that I had stopped doing Farrell's, I don't eat as well as I used to, so I blamed myself alot.
I was scheduled to come in at the end of the week. The whole week I focused on my diet and went back to the Farrell's diet. When I went in on Friday, they took my blood three times. Each time testing my blood sugar level, and if one time it was over the limit, I failed and was put into the diabetes program. Needless to say, my numbers were perfect and they said that I definitely did not have diabetes. I was so happy and thrilled that I was healthy and my baby was healthy.
The whole night I was pretty sad. Reading about gestational diabetes, it stated it was from bad eating, lack of exercise etc. Everything that I was reading, was everything I was not. I know that there were a lot of things that were out of my control, but I knew that I had stopped doing Farrell's, I don't eat as well as I used to, so I blamed myself alot.
I was scheduled to come in at the end of the week. The whole week I focused on my diet and went back to the Farrell's diet. When I went in on Friday, they took my blood three times. Each time testing my blood sugar level, and if one time it was over the limit, I failed and was put into the diabetes program. Needless to say, my numbers were perfect and they said that I definitely did not have diabetes. I was so happy and thrilled that I was healthy and my baby was healthy.
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