I got a call this morning from the nurse at the doctor’s office. She had never called before, so I knew it probably wasn’t a good thing. They got the results of my gestational diabetes test and my blood sugar was 136 but needed to be below 130. I had previously heard that it’s pretty common for people to fail the first test and then pass the second, longer test, so I wasn’t completely surprised. As I started grumbling about it the nurse cut me off and explained that the doctor was willing to ignore the results since I was so close and didn’t have any other symptoms of GD. However, the lab work also showed that I’m anemic and so I need to add yet another pill to my daily routine.
I went in this afternoon for my appointment and was so proud of myself – after losing a pound during the previous 2 weeks, I finally gained 4 pounds. The celebration was short-lived though. Apparently too much weight gain in a short amount of time is a warning sign, so it actually wasn’t a good thing. The doctor explained that it was very unlikely that I had eaten enough to gain that much in 1 week, so it was more likely that I was retaining fluids. I can’t win! Although my blood pressure is in the normal range right now, the doctor is concerned that I may develop high blood pressure which could cause some serious health issues for me. So the fun continues…
Fortunately the girls are still looking good and my cervix hasn’t gotten any worse. Baby B is back to being slightly bigger (I suspect that there was a size difference the last time, but that it got lost in the margin of error) and is actually measuring at a day ahead of my due date. Baby A is measuring at 2 days behind my due date which is also an improvement. They’re now up to 1 lb 12 oz and 1 lb 11 oz. Next visit is in 10 days.
We didn’t get any good pictures of them today, but here is one of the tops of their heads together. I’m not sure if it’s by choice or necessity, but they always seem to stay close together.
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