I had my glucose screening this week. At the birth center they have you eat a 50 gram carbohydrate breakfast instead of drinking the glucose drink. I guess the glucose drink makes a lot of people sick? Who knows, but the 50 gram breakfast is pretty good. 2 eggs, 2 slices of buttered toast, 4 ounces of unsweetened juice and 8 ounces of milk. With my pregnancy with Piper I was so excited for everything and a few days before my glucose screening I remember going to Publix with Patrick JUST to pick out the ingredients for the breakfast. We even deliberated over which juice to get. Ah, to have the luxury to worry about such incidentals! This time around I ran down to the cafeteria on campus at 9:45am praying that they were a) still serving breakfast b) had all the items I needed and c)that the plastic bag of spare change that I keep in my backpack would cover the cost. I was lucky on a, b and c. I ate my breakfast at 10:30am over a study session with my professor and then left campus at Noon for my 12:30 screening. My blood sugar was perfect (80) and my iron was low (9. It was low with Piper too).
I had a nice, quick appt with the midwife, she told me to start taking some iron supplements, felt around for the baby (still lying transverse), listened to the heart rate (140) and sent me on my merry way. As I was walking out the secretary stopped me to book me for my next appointment...in two weeks. Jigga wha? How the holy hell did that happen so fast? I can't believe that I am now going for check-ups every two weeks!
I feel like I'm having more intense Braxton-Hicks contractions now. I don't know if that is just where I am with the pregnancy or because I'm not drinking as much water or because I'm totally stressed out. Have I mentioned I'm totally stressed out? Yea, I am. All the shiznit is coming down to the wire with school and that, combined with the HUGE test that I failed (66%) has me absolutely stressed and anxiety ridden. I was calmly and sweetly told by Patrick on Sunday night that he was "semi-worried" about me because I am not handling my stress well at all and I really need to get it in check. So I'm trying. I have a gigantic exit exam on Monday and then I start my 7am-7pm clinicals and then on August 22 it is all over. Pleaseletthatdaygetheresoon!
2 comments:
wow, that breakfast beats a glucose drink any day! with owie i had to do the glucose screening twice b/c the lab made an error.
i know you are stressed out, but, boo, aug 22=less than a month away!
ps we went for a family swim at the north beach pool today and the entire pool had to evacuate b/c some kid pooped in the water. GROSS. the lifeguards were freaking out and screaming at everyone to get out. cpg
ps it wasn't my kid!!
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