Last Friday, I had my glucose tolerance test (yay, good times... that drink was SICK, and the fact that you have less than 5 minutes to drink it is even less fun...). With the weekend and holiday, I didn't get my results until Wednesday, but I am happy to say I PASSED! Words cannot express how happy I am about this. I really didn't want to have to go back for the 3 hour test. I was worried because, to be honest, I eat a lot of sweets... definitely a lot more than I probably should (especially now that the candy corn is out for sale; I seriously ate a whole bag in one day, I was so disgusted with myself). According to my doctor, you want to be under 130 mg/dl, and my results were 102 mg/dl.
BUT, along with finding out that I did good on the GTT, I found out I have an iron deficiency. I knew it was a possibility, as she mentioned it during the appointment on Friday, but it was made official on Wednesday. Now in addition to my daily prenatal vitamins and extra 2000 IU of Vitamin D, I have to take an iron supplement (called Slow FE). Plus, my doctor said to be prepared and just start taking a stool softener daily, because lets me honest, additional iron can only hurt a pregnant woman's digestive system at this point. So many pills! To make it even better, I swear these pills smell like raw bloody meat. It may just be me and my overactive pregnant nose, but every time I open the bottle, I want to die. It just smells like uncooked ground beef... ick.
On the plus side, the additional iron might help snap me out of the dreary tired funk I have been in for weeks. Apparently, lack of iron can really affect you, and it might explain why I am exhausted literally from the second I wake up in the morning until 8 or 9 o'clock at night (basically all but 2 of my waking hours). I've only been taking it for two days, but I hope to see some improvements soon!
In other news, this weekend will be my last out of town visit for the rest of the pregnancy. I got the OK from my doctor to go to Blacksburg this weekend (with some restrictions and rules to follow, of course), so I can attend at least one of the home VT football games, as well as the shower my mother-in-law is throwing on Sunday. I honestly couldn't tell you which I am more excited for... probably the football game, but that may just be because it happens first :-D.
Annnd to wrap up, here is this week's belly pic! Enjoy!
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You are SO cute!
ReplyDeleteI took a stool softener the whole pregnancy. I had too myself.
Ummm... make sure after you have the epidural you keep asking for the stool softner. The epi can cause constipation and after all you will go through to have them, umm.. pushing ANYTHING out is the last thing you want to do after choldbirth (and I would think with a c sec it would be painful too)!!!!!
I am SUPER jealous you are going to a game! I wish I was **tear**