I ate Fruit Loops today!

Well, this is what I look like now...for better or worse. :) I have such a misconception of how I look until I check out pictures of myself. Funny.

Updates:

Gestational Diabetes-I've had a rough day with my blood sugar. Something wacky is going on and I can't figure it out. I had corn flakes for breakfast...not alot of protein except for what I got in the milk that gathered on each flake. I was worried my sugar might be a little high. Not the case. When I checked it two hours after breakfast it was 66! I was warned to stay above 70 as a gestational diabetes patient. They told me it could cause harm to the baby below that. So, I went to the clinic at my school and the nurse gave me OJ to drink. Fifteen minutes later I checked and it was up to 96. I was pleased. I ate my normally scheduled snack not long after that...which was the same snack I have everyday at 9:15, peanut butter crackers and water. I started feeling weird...I got the chills and felt like I was "floating" above everyone else, and not really with it. I checked my sugar again and even after my snack it was 68. I decided to go call my doctor. I called my normal doctor first and they didn't seem too concerned, just told me to drink more OJ and add two packets of sugar to it. Then I decided to call my specialist since that IS why I go to them...they said the same thing, but told me to add more of my free foods to my diet. This is stuff like pickles, carrot sticks, etc...this part makes no sense to me because how in Sam's name does that affect my blood sugar?? It doesn't! I think I'll add a little more carbs to my morning and daytime meals and snacks since my numbers at dinner lately have been borderline high. Anyway, my after lunch number was decent, in the 80's. I decided to check it out of curiosity when I got home before my afternoon snack and it was down to 64! I do not get this! So, I had a bowl of fruit loops. Man, were they good. I haven't had sugary cereal in forever.

Is it possible for someone to "un get" getstational diabetes? I feel like I am the opposite of what I was yesterday.

Probably the hardest part of this is feeling like there isn't someone that can truly understand the emotions that are tied into this. With all the other things I've gone through in my life that have been difficult, I've known someone who's also had that experience and I know that they can truly relate to me and understand my emotions without explanation. This is completely different. Though I have wonderful support from my husband, family and close friends there are times when I feel so alone on this gestational diabetes journey. I just keep talking to God and though I know He's never had gestational diabetes, I know that there is nothing He doesn't "get" about me...and I know that He will never hand me more than I can handle. So, prayers for continued emotional strength are appreciated! :)

Childbirth classes-
This was alot of fun! I didn't learn a whole lot that I didn't already know but that's because I'm a super-nerd who reads wayyyyy too much and asks Jenny WAY too many questions. I am probably that annoying "know it all" who really knows nothing at all because she's never ACTUALLY done this before! I enjoyed taking the classes with Cliff though and I think they were really beneficial to him because there was a lot of time spent directed towards husbands and how they could help their wives by doing things like some of the calming techniques we learned, keeping the room quite, keeping annoyingly talkative people OUT of the room, etc...

We did get down on the floor and practice breathing techniques just like you see in the movies. It was so relaxing though to just lean back on Cliff for a few minutes and relax. They gave us ice packs to hold in our hands for as long as a contraction would last and we had to breathe through it. We had to do that a few times and with each time it got worse! But then the best part came when the husbands had to do it. Cliff said it hurt so bad and that the breathing did NOT work. :) Men...