DeMarye's Soapbox

Ok… weekly update on Danielle and baby-to-be. Things are going so-so. Last week I met with the diabetic nutritionists at the hospital and while there me and a bunch of lighthearted preggo’s got our new blood sugar testing equipment. I had one I had gotten from the Travis hospital so this wasn’t anything new to me but I stayed and watched the demonstration of how this new little gadget worked compared to my old one, let’s just say I did manage to learn something new. We also got a new diet to follow and were told to return in a week for an evaluation/prenatal visit, thus yesterday’s appointment. After a week of struggling and finally figuring out what things work for me and what things don’t I was basically told I was in the wrong for eliminating the foods that gave me the worst time (i.e. any starchy carbs in the morning and any dairy in the p.m.). I found this a little unusual since they were the ones who told me that see what works and modify the diet and eliminate the things that spike my sugars. See what I get for listening…lol. So I was put on a slightly modified diet for this week and I go back next week with my new batch of blood sugar numbers and we will see if I need to continue on with this diet the way it is or if they are going to factor in blood sugar medication for me to take, apparently safe for me to take while with baby. My problem areas right now are usually morning fast readings and the one-hour after breakfast… today my fasting was high but my breakfast numbers were within range… so some improvement… I guess.

I have been having aches and pains here and there but when I brought it up to the Doctor yesterday, re: a side pain that seemed to be dull but pulsing, she said it was “most likely a stretched ligament”, so I settled for a “most likely” I mean what can I do, I have never been pregnant and I don’t mean to nit-pick every little ache or pain but I have no idea what is “normal” and what should I be concerned with. Other then that the only thing that seems to be bugging me is the fact that the early a.m. when I wake up religiously for either a stretch and readjustment of my body or potty break, I seem to get a charlie horse cramp in my leg. I am guessing that is normal too.

Other then that things seem to be going… not good but not too bad either. I am battling it out with a few emotional issues, and try to stay in good measures but have a hard time when most of my time is spent either at work (which I love) or home alone with our two cats (I love them too... lol). The oldest of the two cats knows something is up with me and has been pretty much by my side for the last two or so weeks, I like her company. Jesse has been working hard and is hardly home with me so I am missing him a lot more and he knows it. In an average week we see each other a total of 3 days combined… I miss him and wish he would change his work schedule, but I don’t know if his boss would be so willing to work with him on that. I just miss having him home at night and having him to hold onto me while I sleep, and feeling the little one move and all that good stuff. Plus I know if he was home more with me things around the house would actually get done. He usually is my motivation and I am usually his, but since he has been back from overseas its hard to get coordinated and get things going like we used to. I miss him keeping the kitchen up for me, I miss having someone help me with the laundry, I miss our laundry days in general. I miss a lot of things.

If the deployment didn’t change our lives, bringing a baby into it has… but change is good.

Posted by DeMarye on Friday, September 16, 2005 at 1:01 PM | Permalink