Gestational Diabetes….

For once I do NOT have it!!!  I know for a fact you do not need to have any predisposing factors to have GD.  You could have no family history of diabetes, skinny as heck, and completely healthy and still end up with it.  However, I am naturally predisposed to it because I suffered from Type 2 Diabetes following my first child in 2002.  Chances are I had it even before then, but sometimes it takes a pregnancy glucose test to diagnose things like that.  Not to mention, my family history is pretty solid with diabetes.  I have not suffered a single high glucose number since I had my Lap-Band in during 2005.  Actually, more since I lost the weight following the band.  For me, my weight was the cause of the diabetes, as it is in most people who are overweight. 
Anyhow, I failed my one hour test last week as I previously mentioned.  My official number was 185 after one hour.  Well I went and did my 3 hour test this past Saturday.  I *knew* I failed the 1 hour portion…. if after 50mg of glucose my number was 185, I knew easily that after 100mg of glucose it would be double that.  I think she said my 1 hour number from the 2nd test was 285.  My meter said 313.  Of course, blood tests are more accurate.  My fasting number was 85, which is perfect, one hour, 285, 2 hour was 135 and 3 hour was the killer at 48.  I crashed really bad, which concerns me a little.  I didn’t think i’d make the mile long drive home from the lab, but I did.  I was shaky and weird.  I’ve never allowed myself to have any “episodes” such as passing out or seizures because I always know the signs and symptoms of low sugar, so I had a popsicle and felt better.  So, I passed.  The nurse at Michigan Perinatal Associates called though and was like, “Buuuuuuutttt, that first number was really high so you might have to get re-tested later on”.  Um, no.   I will provide them with my fasting numbers and numbers 2 hours after I eat like they said, since I do that anyway.  I felt so sick for like 2 days after that test.  It’s not for gastric bypass patients, the sugar load alone wiped me out.

That glucose test sucked though.  Thankfully I was in the company of another nice girl who was due a week or two before me so we talked a lot about it.  I told her what to expect when you get the diagnosis of GD and all that.  It’s more of a pain in the ass than anything else with all the stuff you have to do, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

In other news, Chris and Andrew went to a new dentist.  We seen Dr. Jason Cohen in Wyandotte, MI.  I seen his dad as a kid a few times and Matt has been seeing them for a while now.  It’s a nice quiet office. Chris and Andrew liked it, and Chris was proud he had no cavities.  Surprise surprise, Andrew has 2 cavities that will get filled in August.  Maybe after he gets drilled and a shot in the mouth he’ll learn that suckers are not considered replacement meals.  He goes in my cabinet and sneaks the dum dum suckers that I use to keep them behaved on outings.

I have been suffering from some nighttime anxiety.  Nothing too bad, nothing that requires medication I don’t think.  I figured I’d go the herbal route to calm my nerves at night.  I recently learned about a root called Kava.  Last night I made this Kava tea from scratch, which let me tell you is a pain in the butt too.  I have no idea if it’s safe for pregnancy, no studies have been done so as usual most stuff like that should be off limits.  I take a more relaxed view of pregnancy – I eat sushi, raw tuna, eat lunch meat, drink tea, etc.  Of course, that’s me, so nobody else should of course.  I don’t drink alcohol, even though in most other countries it’s acceptable with no worries of FAS.  There are much worse things someone can do to themselves. 

This week as a step to keeping my diet under control I’m starting my morning with Kashi Cinnamon Harvest .  I guess it’s like shredded wheat type cereals.  There are 180 calories per 28 biscuits.  I have checked the stats yet to compare to similar cereals from different companies, but something tells me they are all pretty similar.  I think I’m paying more for the name and the fact that it says it’s organic.  I could care less about organic, so when I’m done with this cereal I might consider others.  It tastes about the same as the others. 

I’m cooking at home a little more these days, which is hard for me because I hate my own cooking, but hey, I guess it saves money!  Tonight is a late night for dinner because Matt is at his C.A.P. meeting, so I have no idea whats on the menu.

Time to get my day started I guess!