On a side note, that gestational diabetes test did not come without major side effects for me. After taking that drink I was as sick as a dog, and ended up sleeping eleven hours straight on the tuesday night. I tried to just eat protein and natural things to flush all the sugar that was in my body on wednesday which seemed to help a bit but not really. Man alive, I think that by far has been the second worst thing about pregnancy. The first being morning sickness in the first trimester and just wanting to die because you feel so sick. But for the most part I love being pregnant.
On wednesday, at 1:45 I had my last 4 week appointment with Dr. DL and now I am down to every two weeks, which means that this baby is coming sooner than later and I am almost done being pregnant! J has been able to usually come with me to my appointments and it was especially nice to have him there this time. When we arrived at Dr. DL's office, the waiting room was full! Really full! I couldn't get over it because usually there are a couple of people but there wasn't any seats left for people to sit down. Needless to say there had been a bit of an emergency in the morning that had thrown the dr's schedule off and he was 2 hours behind schedule.
Now my first reaction to having to sit and wait is to be annoyed but with all the other mommas sitting there and the husbands complaining about waiting just became more hysterical as the time went on. There was a couple from the army who were sitting across from us, and her husband kept saying "let's just pack it up and go home!" and "there goes another hour of my life" but his wife was so good natured that she just gently reminded him that they would want the same treatment to have a doctor who drops everything to help in case of an emergency for them.
Having Dr. DL as my obstetrician/gynecologist has been simply marvelous. He has a great bedside manner where he knows how to smile despite the trials of the day and is quick to talk about some of the joys of labor and delivery. Remember my previous posts of being antsy about having a baby in a hospital? Well the Lord remembers us and directs our path to what we need because Dr. DL is very close to being on the same page as we are. One thing I had been constantly told about delivery is don't allow the umbilical cord to be cut until after it stops pulsating. But this is a rare rare thing to find with doctor's here. But when J asked Dr. DL about it without us even telling him what we wanted he said he waited until after the umbilical cord stopped pulsating. It was a simple reminder on wednesday that the Lord is truly mindful of us and knows our every concern and need. So I am starting to feel more and more confident that this hospital birth won't be so bad after all.
The news came back about my gestational diabetes test... and I do NOT meet the requirements of having it. Apparently, if you are pregnant now and going for that test just fast before you do the test so you pass it right away... I was reading a website that said 70% of women who take the 1 hour gestational diabetes test fail it... I seriously hated this test... you can tell just how bitter I am about it too! Dr. DL joked that I survived so we are good to go now the rest of my pregnancy will be a breeze; haha so here's hoping.
The next exciting thing that happened wednesday is J and I went on a date, spur of the moment, and it was great. We went to Boston Pizza because of their gluten free pizza and then headed over to the movies. J and I both talked about how we were watching a lot of movies lately but chalked it up to these are going to be the last movies we watch for a while with baby on the way so enjoy them now. A fabulous movie that we recommend that you all watch that is definitely family friendly is Journey 2.
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