Pregnancy induced insomnia

Ah, yes, another sleepless night.  I was up at around 430 am yesterday and I went to bed around 145 this morning and up again at 9am.  The only reason I got up is because my husband came in and kissed me and said, “It’s quarter to nine,” which implies that #1:  He’s late for work #2: It’s time for me to take my medication/eat #3:  You’re not sleeping all day and up all night…

I will get through this, as every pregnant woman does.  It is a well known fact that no woman has STAYED pregnant forever!

I need to go to Target to get some stuff for some kids that are coming to my baby shower.  They are going to be pretty young kids…but I think they can handle crayons and a color book…or I sure hope so…I also have been invited to one of my husband’s co-workers kid’s 2nd birthday party this evening and I need to find something for her.  Something cute!  Maybe I can find a sweet outfit for her or a game for her to play?

Random off topic subject…I think I spend WAY too much time on the computer/facebook…I gave up myspace for the same reason back in 2007/2008 and started blogging on a regular basis.  I don’t think that I’m going to be giving up facebook anytime soon…but I do need to cut back significantly…I’ve gotten very VERY lazy these days and there is a lot of cleaning up than needs to have happen…should I say “NESTING”  In desperate need of nesting!!  I want to start in the dining room and work my way back to the kitchen to the living room and then upstairs and then downstairs…I really don’t want to deal with downstairs…it’s a mess…clothes everywhere that NEED to be either washed or folded/put away…

Yeah, well, I’ll do it later…always later…

Now you don’t see it, now you do…

My daughter is a cheeky little thing–at 33 weeks gestation!  This is the best series of pictures in the world!  This is how the sonographer got her photos today!  Of course, I have to show them off!  I love this kid so much and she’s not even born yet–but that’s not to say that she’s not going trying to come sooner.  She’s in a head down position and pre-term labor contractions have started in earnest.  Doc is trying to hold off labor for a few weeks, but said that he’d cheer us on in about three weeks!

Keep your hands and feet in the car at all times!

What to talk about…what to talk about

I’m as inconsistent as ever.  I knew I would be, when it came down to me starting to blog again.  It’s been such a long time since I blogged on a regular basis.  I started a new blog (which I have already transferred over here) when I was going through IVF and nursing school–my”journeys.”  The fact that I’m no longer in nursing school…I had to drop out for my pregnancy and I’ve finished with IVF–now just expecting…I guess I could talk about just the normal aches and pains of pregnancy…but who REALLY gives a shit?  Besides, the vast majority of women on earth will get to experience this on their own, if they want to.

I have been so tired lately that I haven’t read any good books lately.  I bought a book the other day called “Staying at Daisey’s” and I haven’t even gotten to the end of the 1st chapter, yet.  I can only read a few pages sentences at a time before I feel like I am going to pass out.  Even as I type this, I am feeling quite exhausted and feel the need for a nap.

My diabetes is okay.  I feel as though I am starting to chase my blood sugars, in an effort to keep them down.  I had kind of an off day yesterday and my numbers reflected that.  This morning, I had the same thing I have everyday and my numbers were high, but not out of the normal range…just higher than they have been.  My blood pressure has been a little off and ended up in the ER with my BP 168/100.  The doctor increased my meds, so maybe that’s why I’m feeling off?  I don’t know.  I did notice that after the trip to the ER, my blood sugars were high and it’s been a mess ever since…

Well, I think I am going to go take a shower and see if that helps me feel better.

Merry Christmas

Not a whole lot going on.  I *think* I mentioned that I have gestational diabetes in an earlier post, but I can’t remember precisely.  So, that’s been going on for about 3 weeks.  In the last couple of days, I’ve finally got my blood sugar down into a good range and in doing so, it has made me feel tons better.  So, a few days ago, experimenting with my food choices, I decided to have a Mini drumstick as part of my carb choices.  For the diet that I have been given, my lunch and dinner carb totals are up to 60 g of carbs, or 4 (15 g each) choices.  I had 1.5 servings of mashed potatoes and the ice cream and my blood sugars soared!  I reported this to my diabetic nurse and she said it wasn’t terribly bad, but that if I wanted to have a sweet again, to just up my dose of insulin by 2 units for the meal.

So, I did that today.  I figured that it’s a special occasion–it is Christmas after all.  So, I up’ed my dose and had 2 teeny-tiny squares of peanut butter fudge that my mother in law sent for Christmas and had the highest number I’d had, but checked 30 minutes later and my blood sugar was at a fasting level.  I don’t know exactly what happened and if I was just testing too early or what, but I’m going to go with the lower number to report.  I know that I shouldn’t be eating that crap anyway, but it WAS a special day…going through the rest of this pregnancy saying, “I can’t have anything” is not a way to live–I’m just going to have to learn to manage it better and yes, I do realize that it’s not forever…maybe…

My dad’s dad had and my dad currently has type 1 diabetes.  There is a good possibility that I’m going to develop type 2 later in life.  Since I have GD, I have a 50% chance of developing Type 2 in the next decade.  Yes, this can be controlled to some degree with diet and exercise.  I run the risk of my baby being born with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and she also, in turn, runs the risk of developing type 2 as she gets older.

But anyway…

Hope that your Christmas wishes came true.

 

Christmas Eve

What a day!  It’s Christmas eve.  I’ve been up since 3 am and I don’t see a nap in sight.  I don’t feel terribly tired.  Baby girl is quite active today.  I just feel so run down today.  I’ve had 2 baths so far…might end up with three, we’ll see how it goes.

I’m already starting to feel contractions, so that’s fun.

I think there was more that I wanted to write about, but I can’t remember right now.  Maybe I’ll remember in a couple of hours.  I’ve gotta get some dishes done…been slacking big time in that area…

 

29, almost 30 weeks pregnant

It’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog.  It’s been a long pregnancy.  I got pregnant using donor eggs while my husband was deployed to Iraq.  Because of my high risk status, I dropped out of Nursing school and became a full-time stay at home.  On Halloween, we adopted a stray kitten.  He’s been a joy to have.  I love my new kitten.   We named him Jack “O’ Lantern” since we found him on Halloween.

We found out about 10 weeks ago that we are having a little girl.  We’re super excited about it.  We also found out a few weeks ago that I have not ONLY chronic hypertension, but gestational diabetes.  It took one day to fully realize that diet and exercise alone would not keep my blood sugar under control and I went on to insulin right away.   It’s taken a couple of weeks, but have managed to get my blood sugar down into a good range.  It may spike again, but hopefully, we can get it managed quickly now that it’s managed to this point.  I have to check my blood sugar 5 times a day and extra if I want to and I have to shoot myself full of insulin 4 times a day–in addition to counting my carbs and being very careful about what passes through my lips.  Yesterday night, I calculated my carbs and decided to have a small ice cream cone, but it spiked my sugars too high, fortunately, it stabilized in under 45 minutes, but basically it’s gonna have to be something that I have to wait to eat until after this pregnancy’s over.

The baby is so far measuring around 3.5 lbs.  Woah!  Big baby!

She’s been a little quiet today, usually she’s bouncing around twice a day.  It’s been a bit disconcerting that she’s not moving around as much as normal, but I’m not sure it warrants a trip to the ER just yet…

Well, it’s pretty late, so I think I’m going to go lay down.

Journey to being a stay at home mom

Well, it’s official!  I’m pregnant!  The IVF worked!  After some discussion, we decided that it would be best that I stay at home and raise our baby.  It will be hard to give up school, but it is only for a while.  Rob’s looking at getting an appointment to the Naval Post Graduate school in Monterey, CA and he will be starting school in less than a year.  It isn’t practical for me to continue school while he’s in school.  Someone needs to raise our kid!  So, anyway, it looks like I will be leaving school at the end of this semester.  School will always be there, but there will only be one time to raise my baby.

Journey of the Egg retrieval

I thought this day would never come, but it did…it came today.  We got 42 eggs from our donor.  ICSI was performed on the eggs and we will know tomorrow how many of the fertilizations took.  I’m very excited.  Hopefully the little embryos grow out to day 5 and that we can transfer 2 and freeze the rest for later or for a friend of mine who may end up adopting them.  We’ll see what happens!

Journey to Transfer

Well, it’s going to happen.  And happen soon.  We are now on donor #4 and she is starting to take her medications and I am going to start putting on my patches pretty soon.  Transfer will be the week of June 13th.  I’m pretty excited, but nervous at the same time.  It will most likely be on that following Saturday, but can’t say for sure until we get closer to that time.  Based on past experience, she will have the retrieval on Monday the 13th.

Well, anyway, probably need to get some stuff done around here and get busy studying.  Trying to enjoy my day off as much as possible!

Journey through Nursing School

Well, it’s official!  I started Nursing school this past week.  Didn’t do a whole lot, just got through orientation.  Start classes on Monday!  Hubby’s home for RnR.  Too bad I won’t be able to spend a whole lot of time with him while he’s here.  We’ve already lost 2 days due to orientation and I have to study all weekend.  He’s being really good to me.  Fixing stuffed bell peppers…yummy!  One of my favorite meals!

Well, I’m off to finish some math/conversion problems and start reading the next three chapters.  Perhaps I’ll be pretty close to done today so I can spend tomorrow with the hubby!