I am excited to say that I am in control! I have been very careful with my eating today and I haven't had a blood sugar above 91!!
I'm not hungry because I'm having to eat about every 2 hours to keep it from dropping but I've been eating little bits of complex carbs and lotsa protein.
Being aware it's only day 1 since this all came about, still it is definitely a boost of encouragement to know that I can do it. My fingers are sore because I'm a testing fool but I just want to know exactly what affects it and what doesn't.
Egg drop soup from Evergreen in Bonner (sans crunchies) was a yummy filling lunch that didn't seem to affect my sugar at all. That is very exciting since it's one of my most favoritist things in da whole wide world. I also picked up Weight Watcher's string cheese and cheddar cheese single serving snacks. They have little to no carbs and are still just a point a piece. The best part is they fit nicely in my purse.
The test will be tonight at church when we have our Wednesday night family night. We have dinner together and there are usually some amazing desserts that I'll have to say no to. I bought everything to make some sugar free jello jigglers and they'll have to do.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
10 Week Count Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not sure if I should have started counting down last week or not. I am a full 30 weeks on Friday so should I have counted down 10 weeks including the 30th week or now that I'm 30 weeks do we start. I'm confused :)
Either way we are getting wonderfully close to seeing our little girl (who still doesn't have a middle name). One good thing about gestational diabetes is that we're pretty much guaranteed to see her before 40 weeks simply due to her size.
Graham has napped in the big bed and did great so tonight we'll try him out for all night. Now I can start decorating!!! YAY! God is SO good.
I'm not sure if I should have started counting down last week or not. I am a full 30 weeks on Friday so should I have counted down 10 weeks including the 30th week or now that I'm 30 weeks do we start. I'm confused :)
Either way we are getting wonderfully close to seeing our little girl (who still doesn't have a middle name). One good thing about gestational diabetes is that we're pretty much guaranteed to see her before 40 weeks simply due to her size.
Graham has napped in the big bed and did great so tonight we'll try him out for all night. Now I can start decorating!!! YAY! God is SO good.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
It's Complicated Part 2
The doctor called. I have to go in Thursday for a 3 hour lab test and I have to see a nutritionist to figure out this whole carb thing.
I really thought it would be easy for me to figure out carbs since I'm the diet queen but honestly it's a little intimidating. I can figure points at a glance but balancing carbs with proteins while watching portions and sticking my fingers every couple hours? YUCK!
I have spent the last 7 years of my life watching what I eat and trying to be healthy so I know I can do it. I've always said that watching what I eat is difficult when I'm growing bigger daily but this is more than enough motivation to get in gear.
This little girl is the world to me and I will do anything to insure her health and safety.
I really thought it would be easy for me to figure out carbs since I'm the diet queen but honestly it's a little intimidating. I can figure points at a glance but balancing carbs with proteins while watching portions and sticking my fingers every couple hours? YUCK!
I have spent the last 7 years of my life watching what I eat and trying to be healthy so I know I can do it. I've always said that watching what I eat is difficult when I'm growing bigger daily but this is more than enough motivation to get in gear.
This little girl is the world to me and I will do anything to insure her health and safety.
It's Complicated
Apparently I'm a little high maintenance. I really try to be healthy. I eat right and exercise. I may lose my mind a little during pregnancy but for the majority of the time I make it my goal to be healthy.
Over the last couple weeks I've been feeling, umm icky? I've had a couple occasions when my blood sugar seems to have dropped into the scary zone so I eat uncontrollably and feel better for the most part. I have serious fatigue after one of these episodes. Since I wasn't real sure what was going on with my body I asked my mom-in-law to borrow her blood glucose monitoring kit. I just figured when I felt "icky" I would take it and just see what it says and report back to the doc.
Normal blood sugar should run in the low 100's. In one of these low stages my sugar was 38. I honestly felt like I was going to pass out. I ate some food and then felt better.
This morning however I didn't feel well at all after I ate my morning bowl of cereal. I just had some plain shredded wheat and skim milk. Sounds harmless. I just kept feeling worse and worse so I thought I'd check my sugar. It was 175. Within 2 hours it was back down to 54.
I called my obgyn who is out of the office until tomorrow. The nurse was kind and said she'd check with the doc on call but wanted to know if I was familiar with gestational diabetes.
How would you define familiar? I know what it is, know what the affects can be, and I know I don't want to have it. That's familiar enough for me.
Needless to say I know what's coming but I'm not happy about it and I'm scared. I will do whatever I can to make sure Anneliese and I are as healthy as possible but there are several complications that could happen and as a 8 month pregnant chick my hormones won't let me ignore those.
We are heading into the doctor's office as soon as they call. I appreciate your prayers for me and my soon to be gargantuan baby girl (huge baby is a side effect & have you seen mine when I don't have G.D.? EEK!)
Over the last couple weeks I've been feeling, umm icky? I've had a couple occasions when my blood sugar seems to have dropped into the scary zone so I eat uncontrollably and feel better for the most part. I have serious fatigue after one of these episodes. Since I wasn't real sure what was going on with my body I asked my mom-in-law to borrow her blood glucose monitoring kit. I just figured when I felt "icky" I would take it and just see what it says and report back to the doc.
Normal blood sugar should run in the low 100's. In one of these low stages my sugar was 38. I honestly felt like I was going to pass out. I ate some food and then felt better.
This morning however I didn't feel well at all after I ate my morning bowl of cereal. I just had some plain shredded wheat and skim milk. Sounds harmless. I just kept feeling worse and worse so I thought I'd check my sugar. It was 175. Within 2 hours it was back down to 54.
I called my obgyn who is out of the office until tomorrow. The nurse was kind and said she'd check with the doc on call but wanted to know if I was familiar with gestational diabetes.
How would you define familiar? I know what it is, know what the affects can be, and I know I don't want to have it. That's familiar enough for me.
Needless to say I know what's coming but I'm not happy about it and I'm scared. I will do whatever I can to make sure Anneliese and I are as healthy as possible but there are several complications that could happen and as a 8 month pregnant chick my hormones won't let me ignore those.
We are heading into the doctor's office as soon as they call. I appreciate your prayers for me and my soon to be gargantuan baby girl (huge baby is a side effect & have you seen mine when I don't have G.D.? EEK!)
Monday, January 5, 2009
Big Boy?
I am debating about whether or not to put Graham in his big bed. We have a beautiful crib out in the garage that is waiting to be put together. I really want to start getting Anneliese's room ready and moving Graham out is a necessity.
The age distance between the younger two will be the largest age difference we've had. They are a full 3 years apart. With previous additions we've always had to move the toddler by now. We just haven't had any issues with Graham crawling out of bed. It's super easy to just put him in there and call it good.
We usually keep the baby with us for the first 3 or 4 months until they are sleeping through the night so there is really no reason to move him other than I want to decorate. I am also concerned about him handling being in with the big boys. We may have to go to bed in shifts so he has a head start before the bigger boys head in. Right now we have 2 sets of bunk beds in the main room upstairs so all 4 will be in one room. They actually prefer it that way for now. I'm sure things will change as they get bigger.
We have 3 bedrooms upstairs and right now there's the boys "dorm," a spare room, and the nursery. Jared and I have talked about it quite a bit and we figure that as the boys near the 6ft mark we will eliminate the spare room and separate the boys 2 to a room while Anneliese has her own room.
It's really not that difficult it's just trying to decide how much sleep we're willing to go without while Graham handles the transition :)
The age distance between the younger two will be the largest age difference we've had. They are a full 3 years apart. With previous additions we've always had to move the toddler by now. We just haven't had any issues with Graham crawling out of bed. It's super easy to just put him in there and call it good.
We usually keep the baby with us for the first 3 or 4 months until they are sleeping through the night so there is really no reason to move him other than I want to decorate. I am also concerned about him handling being in with the big boys. We may have to go to bed in shifts so he has a head start before the bigger boys head in. Right now we have 2 sets of bunk beds in the main room upstairs so all 4 will be in one room. They actually prefer it that way for now. I'm sure things will change as they get bigger.
We have 3 bedrooms upstairs and right now there's the boys "dorm," a spare room, and the nursery. Jared and I have talked about it quite a bit and we figure that as the boys near the 6ft mark we will eliminate the spare room and separate the boys 2 to a room while Anneliese has her own room.
It's really not that difficult it's just trying to decide how much sleep we're willing to go without while Graham handles the transition :)
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Attention Attention!!
Are you wanting to eat healthier? How about cheaper? I have great news but you have to act fast.
From now until Tuesday the 6th area Price Choppers are having a "Healthier You" sale.
They have boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale for $1.19/pound. That's ridiculously cheap for those of you who don't know the price of chicken. We eat tons of chicken and this will save our family significantly over the next couple months. I bought chicken (and some beef) today and spent $121.00 but saved $111.00. They had to call a manager over to my register to approve the sale because I saved soo stinkin much. YAY! It's a bit of a hit at first financially but the savings over the next few months will be wonderful.
As a Weight Watcher we eat primarily chicken breasts and lean ground beef. They also have their 93% lean ground beef on sale for $2.29/pound. For all you WW members out there this is a Filling Foods Fantasy! Go hog wild, or at least Go Healthy Portion Wild!
For those of you who love those quick frozen foods Price Chopper's lean cuisine meals are 50% off of their normal prices. There are several of these that I absolutely love. They are quite tasty and have the points values on the side of the box.
I am not an advocate for New Years Resolutions but I am an advocate for a healthier you (and me) and the best way to achieve that is to purge your house of the unhealthy junk and fill it with yummy health conscience options. If you fail to plan you plan to fail. Take advantage of this sale and all the other "deals" out there right now targeting those who have decided weight loss is a goal for 09'. Just be an exception and make life changes for you and your family!
YAY cheap healthy food!!
***Update...Our friend Pat B. went and spent $140 on chicken but saved $275. Now that's a deal.***
From now until Tuesday the 6th area Price Choppers are having a "Healthier You" sale.
They have boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale for $1.19/pound. That's ridiculously cheap for those of you who don't know the price of chicken. We eat tons of chicken and this will save our family significantly over the next couple months. I bought chicken (and some beef) today and spent $121.00 but saved $111.00. They had to call a manager over to my register to approve the sale because I saved soo stinkin much. YAY! It's a bit of a hit at first financially but the savings over the next few months will be wonderful.
As a Weight Watcher we eat primarily chicken breasts and lean ground beef. They also have their 93% lean ground beef on sale for $2.29/pound. For all you WW members out there this is a Filling Foods Fantasy! Go hog wild, or at least Go Healthy Portion Wild!
For those of you who love those quick frozen foods Price Chopper's lean cuisine meals are 50% off of their normal prices. There are several of these that I absolutely love. They are quite tasty and have the points values on the side of the box.
I am not an advocate for New Years Resolutions but I am an advocate for a healthier you (and me) and the best way to achieve that is to purge your house of the unhealthy junk and fill it with yummy health conscience options. If you fail to plan you plan to fail. Take advantage of this sale and all the other "deals" out there right now targeting those who have decided weight loss is a goal for 09'. Just be an exception and make life changes for you and your family!
YAY cheap healthy food!!
***Update...Our friend Pat B. went and spent $140 on chicken but saved $275. Now that's a deal.***
Friday, January 2, 2009
Installment #1 Of Give Me The Baby
Today marks the beginning of week 30. I have said for years that the purpose of the last 10 weeks of pregnancy is to make you look forward to birth.
I am reaching the "are we there yet" phase of pregnancy and I'm struggling a bit today with the idea of weeks and weeks of waiting. I'm sure I'll be better tomorrow but for now I'm a bit impatient.
Elijah had a bit of a breakdown today and I had to discipline him. The problem was that he had decided to retreat to the far corner of his top bunk. This forced me to scale the bunk bed in order to reach his delicate rear. It took me not one, not two, but 3 attempts to get onto that top bunk. Once Eli and I had our discussion about his behavior I slid down off the bunk headed down stairs for a nap. Whew I am too pregnant/fat to be climbing bunk beds.
My weight is at an all time high post Weight Watchers (even with my previous pregnancies). Every time I decide to get in gear and watch what I eat I fail miserably. I even decided to start this morning walking just 15 minutes a day figuring it would help and such a small amount wouldn't affect my hip. I woke up with it already hurting so I didn't go.
Graham came up to my belly today and said, "it's too big, it goes higher higher and bigger bigger." I'm feeling it and eager to lose my second chin I've aquired.
I have no doubt the time will pass quickly and she'll be here before we know it. I'm just super ready for that next step. I apologize but I'm sure there will be many more installments before she's born :)
I am reaching the "are we there yet" phase of pregnancy and I'm struggling a bit today with the idea of weeks and weeks of waiting. I'm sure I'll be better tomorrow but for now I'm a bit impatient.
Elijah had a bit of a breakdown today and I had to discipline him. The problem was that he had decided to retreat to the far corner of his top bunk. This forced me to scale the bunk bed in order to reach his delicate rear. It took me not one, not two, but 3 attempts to get onto that top bunk. Once Eli and I had our discussion about his behavior I slid down off the bunk headed down stairs for a nap. Whew I am too pregnant/fat to be climbing bunk beds.
My weight is at an all time high post Weight Watchers (even with my previous pregnancies). Every time I decide to get in gear and watch what I eat I fail miserably. I even decided to start this morning walking just 15 minutes a day figuring it would help and such a small amount wouldn't affect my hip. I woke up with it already hurting so I didn't go.
Graham came up to my belly today and said, "it's too big, it goes higher higher and bigger bigger." I'm feeling it and eager to lose my second chin I've aquired.
I have no doubt the time will pass quickly and she'll be here before we know it. I'm just super ready for that next step. I apologize but I'm sure there will be many more installments before she's born :)
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