Diabetes victory of the week: My overnight lows have been almost non-existent, and for some reason, this pregnancy, the post-breakfast lows in the morning haven't really been very troublesome, either. It's not that I haven't had ANY of them, but I think not worrying about weight (i.e. eating when I'm hungry, exercising as I'm able, rather than really stressing about those two things) and eating eggs every morning (prepared by my amazing older boys!) has helped a TON.
Diabetes failure of the week: Pumpkin bread. You know what I mean, right? Just another bite... And then maybe another half piece... And then a correction bolus two hours later because my blood sugar, to no one's surprise, kept going up...
Mostly unfounded anxiety of the week: That this labor will take forever and be more painful than the others. I'm not banking on less painful than the others, but I've never had an epidural, so I'm pretty sure that more painful is not realistic. It could probably stand to be a touch longer and that would be OK!
Mostly intangible joy of the week: When I asked my four year old what makes a princess beautiful, he answered, "Love." That's right, son. Look for the beauty within! This little girl has got some GOOD big brothers to welcome her to the world. :)
Diabetes failure of the week: Pumpkin bread. You know what I mean, right? Just another bite... And then maybe another half piece... And then a correction bolus two hours later because my blood sugar, to no one's surprise, kept going up...
Mostly unfounded anxiety of the week: That this labor will take forever and be more painful than the others. I'm not banking on less painful than the others, but I've never had an epidural, so I'm pretty sure that more painful is not realistic. It could probably stand to be a touch longer and that would be OK!
Mostly intangible joy of the week: When I asked my four year old what makes a princess beautiful, he answered, "Love." That's right, son. Look for the beauty within! This little girl has got some GOOD big brothers to welcome her to the world. :)
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It took a while, but I finally convinced my doctor that baby's due date is November 9, per the 20 week ultrasound, and not November 1, per last menstrual period. I still think it's November 11, per the fertility monitor's ovulation date, but two days is really splitting hairs, so I give up. Also, since she's consistently shown growth at the 50th percentile, it doesn't seem like they'll be pushing for an induction early anyway.
I had my first bout of contractions today, but as they say, labor can only ever be a retrospective diagnosis. It's funny that they insist on a different name for these contractions ("Braxton Hicks"), because they're basically labor contractions that don't get strong enough or go on long enough to push out a baby. I prefer to think of it as labor warm up. :)