Blood Tests

I had my 3 hour glucose tolerance test today. Fast for 8-12 hours, first draw is a baseline. Then drink a bottle of super sweet juice...or I should say...sugar water then wait one hour for first initial draw of the GTT. One hour after initial draw is second draw, wait another hour. Last draw was at 11:47a and I have not eaten since 5p yesterday! It is not a fun feeling. I was hungry, thirsty and light headed. Thank goodness my bubby kept me company.

After the horrible ordeal at the lab my bubby took me to eat at a Chinese restaurant. It was okay food. Not the greatest but it was food. LOL!

We went straight home afterwards because I was so worn out. I ended up taking a nap from like 1 to 4pm. I woke up bloated, eck! I think the cause was the Chinese food and lack of water intake. So I have been drinking water, had my protein shake and still drinking water. Need to flush out all the salt and MSG. No more bad food after that. Time to get down to business especially since it is the last trimester!! Woot!

I am a little worried and stressed because I am scared that I may have preeclampsia, obstetric cholestasis and gestational diabetes -- all bad which could lead to early delivery. I know I should not stress until the blood results are in. But I swear Google is the devil because it gives you the power to research and the results are horrific! I still have to do a 24 hour urine collection, which I will start Sunday evening, and turn it in Tuesday morning. The 24 hour urine collection is to determine if I have protein in my urine. If I have protein in my urine then I have preeclampsia. GAAAAHHH!

I just pray that JJ comes out healthy. I want the best for my baby. I cannot help but blame myself for being so unhealthy. Even after losing 70 lbs it still was not enough.

Bubby says to have faith. Everything is in Gods hands. I know this and I have faith, but a little part of me is not in a good place with myself. I need to stop thinking about all of this. If I stress, JJ stresses and we cannot have that.

xoxo