Diabeetus

Well yesterday was my first day being an official 'diabetic.' I went and met with my dietician in the morning and watched a video on how gestational diabetes is caused and how it all works. Luckily i do feel a little bit better that there really is nothing i can do or could have done to prevent it. My body is simply either insulin resistant, or not creating enough period due to the VAST increase of hormones going on, especially in the last month or so.
I got my little blood testing kit and learned how to use that. It's no fun but at least it isn't as painful as i would have thought. Just a little bitty prick on my finger, a squeeze, and i'm done. So far since breakfast yesterday i've been right on with my readings and goals. I'm quite proud of myself that i have managed it so far. I know there is a long way to go but i have a good start. It's not so difficult to eat better and make good choices, but it is hard when i'm at work for example and i have to eat very specific groups of foods at specific times. I get 3 meals and 3 snacks per day, which is nice, but i do have to cut back on my milk intake, LOL.
Joel brought a smile to my face this morning at least. I hop on the computer and log in under my name and what do i see? A picture of a cat that looks just like the guy on the 'Liberty' diabetes testing supplies commercial....and it just says above the cat....'Diabeetus.'
I got a great kick out of that one. :) So i just finished my Dr. approved breakfast of toast with peanut butter and an 8 oz. glass of milk so i should get ready for work now. TGIF!!

GTT and a good weekend...

Joel and i had SUCH a good weekend this weekend. It was really cold the whole time so we had our fire going the whole time. We had planned to plan nothing for the weekend and were successful with that. Friday we ate pasta and sat around watching tv until we fell asleep. Saturday we woke up and sat around some more. I made waffles for breakfast :)...yummo! We didn't even shower until the late afternoon...it was wonderful. We cooked chicken kabobs for dinner with fried rice...more yummo. You can tell where my preggo brain is, LOL.
Sunday we went to church and Joel's mom came with us. We had lunch afterwards and ran some errands and went to see Joel's great aunt for a little while. Overall it was a very relaxing and wonderful weekend full of warmth and relaxation. I did get more ambitious of Saturday afternoon and re-arranged the living room in prep for baby and Christmas. I wanted more space in here and there was too much 'stuff' too. So now it's nice and clean and spacious! HURRAY!
As for my glucose test, i finally got the results tonight. My final #'s are supposed to be between 75 and 110, and i had a final blood sugar of 96...so it was still pretty high, and my first hour was of course really high. So my doc wants to be cautious and she's sending me to work with a dietician of sorts to talk to me about what i should/should not eat. I don't think i'll need to test my blood sugar or anything since technically i was within the 'normal' range, but i guess it's good to be careful. SO i guess it's good news and bad news. But overall i'm happy with the results. I kind of knew that i had blood sugar issues since i always have had weird reactions to not eating or not having any sugar in a day. But anywho...

As for baby...she is getting big and is up to my ribs now. She doesn't like my ribs so she is trying to kick them out of her way. I think she has finally turned to be up/down instead of side to side because i feel much 'bigger' in a different way now. Plus the kicking has relocated :). I can't believe i have 9 more weeks to go, and at the same time, ONLY 9 weeks to go. It's very bittersweet really. I am miserable with back pain and hip pain and heartburn and not being able to breathe, but i also can't wait to hold her in my arms and have our lives change so copmpletely.

Well i'm gonna head off to bed soon. Have a good week everyone!

Why I Am Fabulous!

Ok Hettie....this one is for you....

Why i am fabulous...

1. i am a good wife
2. i am a mature 22 yr. old with a house and a baby on the way
3. i defied the odds and got married at 18, and still am!!
4. i am a good daughter/daughter-in-law
5. i love my husband
6. i love God
7. i take care of our two pups
8. i love to take day trips with my husband
9. my fave thing to do is sit at home all weekend with my husband
10. i think i've managed pregnancy well
11. i haven't gained 412 lbs!! :)
12. i finished HS in the top 10 people
13. i went BACK to school after taking a year off
14. i went back to college for FREE!
15. i am a member of a wonderful church
16. i have surrounded myself with wonderful and uplifting friends, love you all!
17. i don't drink sodas! LOL
18. i am politically informed and participate in my government and society
19. i am still a kid at heart
20. i am thankful for everything that i have and have been given in life

ok that's me!! :) pass it on and now someone else needs to do this too!

30 weeks down, only 10 to go!

WOW. Saying that i only have 10 more weeks to go seems like SUCH a short time! I can't believe that our little girly will be here in 10 weeks or less...hopefully a little less, but not by much LOL.
Today i had my 'fat girl' realization. Granted i've been 'enormous' for a little while now, at least i feel that way, but today while getting dressed for work i took out some of the clothes that my sister had sent me when i first found out. Well 7 months ago her clothes were HUGE on me, didn't even come close to fitting. Today, i took out a pair of dress pants, and they fit perfectly. LOL it's so funny how much you can grow in these 9 short months. Granted it's been 22.5 well earned pounds causing it, but i'm happy with my size and think i'm doing great, and so does my doc. Hurray!
Anywho.....this past week has been pretty un-eventful. It's been raining almost all week long, but has also been down in the 40's at the high point of the day so needless to say...it's cold. The puppies went outside this morning to do their business....got two paw steps out the door, and turned around as if to say...uhmm....no way...uh uh.
I did take my 3 hr glucose test finally yesterday and it hurt like a mo-fo! I had 5 blood draws, and 6 urine samples. Madness. I'm surprised i could pee that much, LOL. I'm hoping to have the results soon today.
This weekend we don't have many plans, and by many...i mean NONE. We've been out and about all weekend these past few weekends, which is very un-like us so this weekend we've decided to do a lot of nothing. My hopes are that we can come home on Friday and sit our bums in the living room until Monday morning. We'll get the fire going nice and hot, and just enjoy the cold weather together.
Well that's it for me, have a good weekend everyone!

Glucose Tests and another NEW TIRE!

So to update you all on how my 3 hr. glucose test went....it didn't. I got to the hospital at like 6:07...right on time. I hadn't eaten since 8pm the night before, and i made sure to avoid any extra sugar all day long. I even avoided the birthday cake at the party for Joel's aunt. SUCKED. So we get to the hospital i tell them that my doc sent over paperwork, they have it, it's no problem, i go to the lab area and get my drink. I force the nasty thing down, it's horrible as expected, and then a long horrible hour later i get called for my blood draw. They draw my blood, which this time hurt really badly...and then the lady says ok that's it! So i say uhh no...i am here for the 3 hr. test?! She says that my paperwork only said the 1 hr one. SO i ask if i can do the 3 hr one and she says that i have to start out with a more sugary drink for that one so i can't do it. Basically i'm screwed. So now i just have to hope and pray and hope and pray that i for some reason pass the test this time so i don't have to do this again. I really hate fasting, and that drink is awful! Plus i know my insurance will get billed for this 2nd round of test and i'll get deductibles....so that's a whole different subject i'll have to fight later. Anyways....so i'll get the results on Monday and then call my doc and yell at her. grr.
As for the rest of our weekend...Friday night was lots of fun. Joel's mom and 2 aunt's came over to celebrate Sandy's birthday and we ordered pizza and played Apples to Apples all night long. Lot's of fun times. Saturday was spent at Joel's friend's house from work teaching his family how to shoot guns since they never have before and want to learn. That was a pretty good time and i did shoot off 5 rounds and did pretty well. YAY!
Sunday was church and then to Walmart to get my tire patched...buuuuuuut the tread was too low for them to patch it and we had to buy another new tire. So now i have 3 new tires, 1 old. I'm sure i'll bust that one soon enough though :(
For now we are enjoying our evening at home together. Today's high was 48 so we have had a fire going all day and it's so warm and cozy. I can't wait to snuggle up on the couch with my hubby and baby girl and drift off to sleepy town :)
We also got to see the rest of our maternity pics so we get to go through all of the proofs and pick what we want now. I love all of them so it will be hard to choose a few out of the 76 options!!
Well i hope everyone had a good weekend!

Another day another tire gone bad...

So on our way back from FL we had a tire blow out and had to replace both front tires. No biggie since they were old anyways and we knew it. So now i get to work today (everything is fine) and when my boss comes in 30 mins later she tells me that i have a flat tire in the back now!? Now i can't exactly walk out there and pick up my spare, lay on the ground to jack the car up and replace the tire, even though i do know how to. So i have to ask one of the like 3 men at our work to help me out. Luckily he obliged so it got changed out just fine, and thank GOD it is a fix-able flat with just a piece of metal in the tire....hopefully. I'm going to stop by walmart on the way home and have them fix it. Ugg how annoying this is. I'm tired of bad tires!

Anywho...in other news....I failed my 1 hr. glucose test so now i have to go and take the 3 hr. test to see if i've developed gestational diabetes. I really hope that i don't have it of course, but the good side would be that Little Ms. Kenzie would probably be delivered a few weeks early, which is always nice :). Saturday morning is the 3 hr test and i am dreading every second of it. YUCK 3 orange drinks. :::blech:::

Friday night we're having Joel's family over to celebrate Aunt Susie's birthday so that should be fun, but i'll have to turn in early since i'll be up at 6am for the testing. Oh well...should be a fun night.
As for the baby update....this past week has brought along another little 'first.' I have started to really feel Kenzie's body shape inside my belly. I can feel a big round head or a butt and i can rub along her body to feel her all curled up inside. It's really cool. While sitting at work i saw my belly go really weird shapes...bubbled out then flat then back and forth really fast. I laughed out loud and when my co-worker looked over she saw it too and was like what's so funn-WOAH! That's weird! LOL. So now we sit and watch the alien baby in my belly for fun.

Well i should get back to work. I'll blog more lata!!

Maternity Pic Preview

So we had our pics made and are THIRLLED with the results. Kara did such a great job and took SO many pics for us. Here are some samples!! :)