17 Weeks 3 Days

My appt last Friday was pretty uneventful. Things looked good and the NP did not seem too overly concerned about the blood sugars. She did say that she would tell the RN that works with gestational diabetics and if needed the nurse would call me.

I got that call today. She said to follow a diabetic diet, check my sugars 4 times a day and call her once a week to report results. She said they will test me for diabetes at 24 weeks or earlier depending on what my doc thinks about the home testing results. She said they don't want to test me too soon because they will end up having to retest later if I pass because they don't want to miss the illness altogether by testing too early.

She said my monitoring at the end of my pregnancy is the same that they do for moms who are insulin dependent during their gestational diabetes, so I am already scheduled for everything I would need if that happens. She said I will be treated like a diabetic and they will try to test me at the right time so they catch it early but only have to test once.

The baby's heart rate was in the 140s to 150s. The NP couldn't pinpoint a number because the baby was flopping around too much while she was using the Doppler.

I had a second dream that the baby was a boy. Not sure if that means anything, but after two like that, I now have no idea or inkling about baby's gender.

I cannot remember if I have more to blog about...I am exhausted. If I think of anything else, I will post again tomorrow.