Wow, where did the time go? It seems just yesterday I posted about how I was expecting, and now I'm posting about how he'll be here soon! Trent's room is looking amazing, too bad his closet is not. It's far from the organized pretty closet you dream about. It's more just clothes on hangers with boxes that don't belong and board games that have no other home. Plus I have to start washing those clothes. Well, at least the newborn and some 0-3 months.
Speaking of clothes, for anyone reading this, please do not buy us any more clothes in the 0-3 month size. Go big! We have an abundance of clothes in that size, which is great, but much more and we'll never even get a chance to put them on him!
So the doctors at the Naval Hospital told me last month that I'm gestational diabetic. It has been hard to not eat what everyone thinks is normal during pregnancy. I have a huge craving for foods I can't have. I can't even eat fruit because I can't find any fruit (or juice) that doesn't make my blood sugar skyrocket. The natural sugar in it is too much. So cheese and crackers have become a staple for me. As has Smart Ones freezer meals. I can't eat peanut butter and they tell you to avoid deli meat while pregnant. So WTH am I supposed to eat??? Freezer meals.
Oh, and I have to poke myself in the fingers four times a day. I had a few days where I just about cried every time I had to because I just didn't want to anymore. It hurt, I bled a lot even though I'm on iron supplements, and nothing about learning that my previous healthy meal still made my blood sugar high appealed to me. How does chicken and broccoli raise your blood sugar?! That's a rhetorical question by the way. No scientific answers needed.
So I go in on Tuesday to find out if they think my new numbers are more acceptable. I'm pretty sure they're going to have a heart attack when they see I had a 189 one night after dinner. When they asked me what I ate, do I answer truthfully and tell them Arby's? Because I'm pretty sure that will get us nowhere as they'll try to lecture me and I'll just tell them shove it. My other numbers are fine. Even the day that I ate Wendy's for lunch, so ha! I can't constantly cook dinner, I like to enjoy eating out every once in a while. So I have to try new things to see what they do. A roast beef and cheddar may not have been my best idea, but a marketfresh sandwich carries more carbs. And it's deli meat.
So on to bigger things. I have an ultrasound next Tuesday too! And my mom actually gets to go to my appointments since she'll be here! And Mark gets to go to ONE Lamaze class with me! Next week is going to be awesome. I'm taking off Tuesday to spend time with my family after my appointments, and they'll be here all week. I wish I could see them more often. You don't realize how important family is until you only get to see them once or twice a year. I call my mom almost every day after work at 5 p.m. It's a routine and I love it. It would be much better if I could see her more, but at least I have those calls to look forward to.
