29 Weeks Along

We are now 29 weeks along and by far I'm having a "healthier" diet to stabilize the sugar level in my blood.  That being said means that I am not only eating three times a day but almost every hour to prevent a drastic drop of bloodsugar in my body.  My meals would usually consist of: two slices of 10 grained-brown bread with strawberry jam or meusli with dried fruits and a yogurt to mix it with. A piece of fruit an hour later and maybe a fiber-rich cookie depending on how low my bloodsugar is. Then there's lunch that is either a cold pasta salad with veggies, smoked salmon and shrimps or just a regular sandwich with a homemade chocolate paste and then something light in between to bridge dinner which usually consists of a portion of meat, carbohydrates and veggies and a yogurt or a glass of chocolate milk just before we go to sleep.

Yup, I eat more now! Before, my first meal wouldn't start until 2pm and that'd be mostly a piece of toblerone to keep my sugar level high again. O.o I'm just so used of eating a meal a day because I hate eating alone.  But this baby changed all of that because I want him/her to be as healthy as possible.

On a different matter, we went for our third 3D ultrasound but we didn't get to see much of our little Eskimo.  He/she was all curled up like a ball! Uhuh, both its legs were up its head. Most amazing thing was it seemed like it was sleeping comfortably that way because I tried moving up, down and sideways but it could not be bothered at all.  We saw it yawning, kicking back the ultrasound, lots of hair, baby love handles and yes it is still the same baby as it was during our previous ultrasounds but with more body fat that fills the cheeks and everywhere else.

So, 11 more weeks to go and we'll finally be able to hold you!

29 weeks 

29 weeks

26 weeks Gestational Diabetes

On our 24th week, I had to do a glucose test as an S.O.P.  The week there after the hospital called to inform me that I have to do another glucose test because the first test turned out to be positive.

First test

It was complicated. I only had to drink a glucose syrup and wait for an hour.  I was advised not to walk around though.   An hour later the nurse took some blood sample and I was allowed to go home.

Second test

I was not allowed to eat anymore from midnight but I was allowed to drink water.  They took a blood sample when I arrived and afterwards I had to drink they same glucose syrup they have me the first time. They took a blood sample after an hour and another an hour after the second blood work.  Then they released me.

That turned out to be positive and the doctor said that it is possible that it will go away after pregnancy but that in most cases it will come back. In some cases diabetes stays even after pregnancy.

Effect on the baby

There is a chance that the baby will be overweight which will stay even until adulthood.

What now?

An appointment is scheduled for us to meet the endocrinologist and afterwards with the dietician this Wednesday.  So I suppose they will explain to us what we should do and how we cope up with it.

As of now our baby is estimated to weigh 3600gram at the end of 40 weeks and a length around 50 - 75 cm.

Above 4 kilogram would be considered overweight in a baby depending on the height during birth of course. So the doctor assured us that we shouldn't worry about it. Our baby is healthy and is growing beautifully but, I don't want to end up diabetic at all and not even in a later stage of my life...