I was gestational diabetic with Riley. I failed my 1 hour glucose test on Monday this last week. To truly diagnose gestational diabetes a woman has to fail the 1 hour test and then she has to take a 3 hour glucose test. If she fails the 3 hour test then she is diagnosed. Typically a woman is not diagnosed just based on the 1 hour test. But since I had it with Riley and I failed the 1 hour test this time around, we all pretty much assumed I would fail the 3 hour test as well. I met with a nutritionist, started following my diabetic diet plan, got all my supplies to monitor my blood sugar and started testing it six times a day. My doctor was convinced that I had it enough to go ahead and let me move forward with all those things. I didn't want to take the 3 hour glucose test because I didn't really want to sit in my doctor's office for three hours and put all that sugar in my body for the test just to be diagnosed with something I already knew I had. But my doctor convinced me to do it so on Thursday this week I went in for the three hour test. By the end of the test I had been fasting for over 16 hours and only had drank water and the sugary test drink in that time. When I was driving to meet Jason after the test, I started to feel really dizzy, my heart was racing and I got really hot and a little disoriented. I checked my blood sugar. It was 50. My blood sugar was too low, not too high at all. It dropped low enough to make me sick. I ate lunch and after eating I started to feel better. I think it was a clue to the news to come...
On Friday the nurse called me with the results of the 3 hour test....I passed! Not just passed but passed with flying colors! All 4 of my levels were way under the cut off to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The nurse said sometimes people fail the 1 hour test but pass the 3 hour and that is why you have to take the 3 hour to be diagnosed. She said I do not have gestational diabetes right now! I will do the 3 hour test again at 26 weeks because I could still get it as the pregnancy progresses and the hormones get stronger and stronger that cause my insulin levels to get out of whack, but for now, I am good and the longer I go in the pregnancy without being diabetic the better! I may still develop this complication later in my my pregnancy but having to deal with it for two or three months is way better than having to deal with it for four or five months.
Last night we spent the evening on the lake with Jason's cousins and their new boat. The weather was absolutely perfect, the sun was shining and when it went down we watched the most beautiful sunset. Riley loved the boat and "driving", she played and ran around and asked about everything on the boat, she talked up a storm. I ate strawberries and didn't have to worry about them raising my blood sugar. It was a perfect evening. Thank you God for blessing me with more than I could have ever asked or imagined, not just a baby that is going to be ok despite complications, but a pregnancy free of the complication to begin with (so far, fingers crossed!!), not just for a little girl who is talking, but for a little girl who never stops talking, for family and a beautiful sunset. Thank you God for bringing joy back into a heart that has been sad for so long.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. - Ephesians 3: 20 - 21
I love you always and forever and no matter what.
On the Pontoon!
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