The Day Thus Far

Well, I spent the night in the hospital, waking up throughout the night, as expected. You'd think they'd make hospital beds more comfortable! I spent the day taking my blood sugar levels, eating and talking to midwifes and diabetic specialists. I had a baby scan, which was good, and they measured the weight and size of baby. At the moment, baby is on the high side of average...phew! It's possible that waiting any longer to deal with the GD would make baby pack on the weight. So baby is about 5 pounds 10 oz at the moment, though that's a best guess as my bigger belly makes it more difficult to be accurate.

BUT, heartbeat is still good and there's plenty of movement! The little poop even started the scan head down, but decided to go transverse part way through, and was breech by the time I was back in my bed with the midwives trying to find the heartbeat for a monitoring session! I THINK baby's back to being head down, as there seems to be more butt above my naval at the moment. :)

I had a few meetings with the diabetic midwife who showed myself and the other newly diagnosed mums how to use the insulin pens and when and where to use them. We learned about going hypoglycemic as well...which I remember oh so vividly from when my previous flatmate Mike used to go hypo on me and I'd have to stuff glucose gel into his mouth. I'm planning on managing a bit more accurately than that though.

Last convo with the D.M. found that I'm not going to have to start off with insulin injections 4 times a day, but just in the morning, and then a long acting one at night, which is nice. It's likely though, that as the pregnancy progesses, my hormones will increase, making the need for more insulin likely. But it's a start. I'm anxious to get started to make sure I'm doing right by baby.