Gestational Diabetes

I 'failed' my three-hour blood glucose test last week and was given the diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes. Yesterday, I met with the dietician who talked to me about portion control and carb counting, and set me up with a blood sugar meter.  We did a test run with the meter in her office and my reading was high.  We attributed that to the candies I stole from Sami's candy jar before I left for my appointment. Not smart on my part.

I have to test my BS level four times a day: when I wake up (before eating/drinking), two hours after breakfast (before my morning snack), two hours after lunch (before afternoon snack), and two hours after dinner (before my bedtime snack). Today is the first day that I started testing my BS level at home and my wake up level was high but my after breakfast level was low. Very low (hypoglycemia). Which, I guess, is not uncommon in gestational diabetes as our bodies get used to the new diet. But hypoglycemia makes mama bear very irritable and moody and weak, so I need to learn to keep carb snacks in my purse and the diaper bag at all times.

So I have lots of learning to do, but it is all for the best. Not only for a healthy baby, but a healthy mama. And it is kind of cool seeing how what I eat effects my BS. That's for Blood Sugar levels, not Bull Shit levels.

One-hour glucose test

I did the one-hour blood glucose test this morning. Just got a call from docs office that it came back at 138 and the doc wants it at 135 or below. So, I have to go back on Wed. morning for the three-hour test. 630am. Ouch. Nothing to eat or drink (not even water-W.T.F.!!) after midnight. Then the test/blood draws every hour for three hours. Yay! This is pretty much the same scenario I went through when I was pregnant with Stella, except then I was 136.
Maybe I shouldn't indulge on pasta at Altony's tomorrow night for Cam's 13th birthday. But I really think I should.