Sunday, June 26, 2011
So we've been talking about buying a home as opposed to renting again, especillay with expecting baby number 2 and with wasting money in rent each month. So today we took the big plunge and got the ball rolling on building our own home!!!! I'm excited and nervous all rolled into 1...lol. We still have to wait a few days to make sure everything gets approved for our loan, but fingers crossed, everything looks good.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Things are looking up!!!
Had a wonderful weekend with great sugar control and even though I have changed a lot of my eating habits I can still have treats in moderation. I am a type 2 diabetic and and have been for 10+ years, during pregnancy insulin is perscribed because it is safer than oral meds, or so they think, since they don't test oral medications on pregnant woman. Doing 3 shots a day is not as bad as doing 4...lol. Testing my sugar on my arm is a walk in the park compared to doing it on the fingers.
The worst thing is when your not hungry but know you need to eat something so that your sugar doesn't get too low. Like last night before giving my night dose of the long lasting insulin I knew I had to eat something since my sugar was only 104 and if I went to bed was afraid I may wake up in the middle of the night too low (which is not good either), so I ate 2 cheese sticks (4 grams of carbs) and 2 cups of frozen peaches (26 grams of carbs). The trick is to look at your carb intake, and trust me there are days I want a cookie and I do eat one, just factor it in and try to eat better the rest of the day. I also try to eat more protein and eat little meals throughout the day. Sometimes it doesn't always work out, but it's a bit of trial and error the first few weeks. And so far so good.
The worst thing is when your not hungry but know you need to eat something so that your sugar doesn't get too low. Like last night before giving my night dose of the long lasting insulin I knew I had to eat something since my sugar was only 104 and if I went to bed was afraid I may wake up in the middle of the night too low (which is not good either), so I ate 2 cheese sticks (4 grams of carbs) and 2 cups of frozen peaches (26 grams of carbs). The trick is to look at your carb intake, and trust me there are days I want a cookie and I do eat one, just factor it in and try to eat better the rest of the day. I also try to eat more protein and eat little meals throughout the day. Sometimes it doesn't always work out, but it's a bit of trial and error the first few weeks. And so far so good.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
June 9, 2011
Today has been a wonderful day, surprisingly doing insulin today has not been as painful or are hard as it had been yesterday. Still think that the doses are not correct, but who am I to correct it, since I am no Dr. Went to a great lunch today with some great woman and let the kinds burn off some energy, not enough for mine to take a nap, but enough to make the afternoon fly by. Since I am not watching all my carbs like a hawk, I've started to make my own salsa and use it in place of salad dressing and I am in love with it. Also tonight for dinner we had some grilled pork chops with some garlic pepper seasoning, loaded baked potato's that I wrapped in foil with some sea salt and popped on the grill with the pork chops and a salad with some avocado in it and of course salsa...so yummy.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Day 1 and the longest 8 months are yet to come
So today we went for our first appointment to the OB, let me give you some background about this situation. My husband and I found out we were pregnant almost 2 weeks ago and since then I have felt like I have been given the run around by everyone. This is because my pregnancy is high risk, not because I have had a number of miscarriages, some funky illness, a history of birth defects...nope it's cause I'm a type 2 Diabetic. I have been treated like I have the plague by some of these so called health care professionals. I was accepted by one doctor (after they knew my situation) only to be called 3 hours later and told "sorry, we can't accept you as a patient"..um I'm not applying for a job here people. So now onto dr #2....hmmm is all I can say about that one at the moment, jury is still out on that one right now.
So you may ask so what is day #1 mean?? Well today I got put on insulin and even though I was on it from 7 weeks 3 days with my son (so I did it for a total of 30 weeks with him), this time starting it almost 2 weeks earlier really is taking a toll on my mental stability. Some may be saying it's only a few months that you need to do it and it's for the sake of your child. How can she be so selfish? Well first off I will ask you, have you ever had to give yourself injections? If not, then you have no idea what it feels like and if you have I am sure it was certainly not the funnest thing to do, but you did. I'm not saying I'm not going to do it, I am, just that this time has hit me harder and I never realized how hard it really was to do these injections. They are no fun at all. I have to keep them cold in the fridge so I have to plan meals around it, I have to make sure I eat just enough, but not too much to raise or lower my sugar. I have to learn how to mix 2 different ones in the same syringe and inject it. All this while taking after our almost 3 year old and preparing for when my husband will be gone, which is rapidly hitting the single weeks digits.
Back to a happier note. Our due date is 2/3/12 (s o we are almost 6 weeks pregnant) and we have a long way to go, but today was the first day that I woke up to a peaceful feeling and ready to shout it to the world that we were PREGNANT...lol. Up until today I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach that something wasn't right and today, that weight has been lifted (or the feeling of it has). So I started this blog to write down my feelings, thoughts, emotions while going through this roller coaster ride we call life!
So you may ask so what is day #1 mean?? Well today I got put on insulin and even though I was on it from 7 weeks 3 days with my son (so I did it for a total of 30 weeks with him), this time starting it almost 2 weeks earlier really is taking a toll on my mental stability. Some may be saying it's only a few months that you need to do it and it's for the sake of your child. How can she be so selfish? Well first off I will ask you, have you ever had to give yourself injections? If not, then you have no idea what it feels like and if you have I am sure it was certainly not the funnest thing to do, but you did. I'm not saying I'm not going to do it, I am, just that this time has hit me harder and I never realized how hard it really was to do these injections. They are no fun at all. I have to keep them cold in the fridge so I have to plan meals around it, I have to make sure I eat just enough, but not too much to raise or lower my sugar. I have to learn how to mix 2 different ones in the same syringe and inject it. All this while taking after our almost 3 year old and preparing for when my husband will be gone, which is rapidly hitting the single weeks digits.
Back to a happier note. Our due date is 2/3/12 (s o we are almost 6 weeks pregnant) and we have a long way to go, but today was the first day that I woke up to a peaceful feeling and ready to shout it to the world that we were PREGNANT...lol. Up until today I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach that something wasn't right and today, that weight has been lifted (or the feeling of it has). So I started this blog to write down my feelings, thoughts, emotions while going through this roller coaster ride we call life!
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