Ok, so in reality, this is nowhere near that story! Ha, but sometimes I definitely feel les miserable!! I wanted to document these crazy weird things in this pregnancy.
Sidenote...les mis is one of my very favorite books in the world. The movie was good-minus some trying their very best singers/actors, the musical is great, but the book is so so good. I am a literature nerd and try to re-read the novel every 5 years or so. You should try it. :)
If you are not into rambling prego symptom documentation, just stop now.
This has been a very different pregnancy than before. After the flu and infections in the beginning, I was so sick until about 13 weeks. Those weeks seem like a blur to me now. I would gag all day long. Very odd, and so glad I didn't puke all day long. After that things were good. I could run some and exercise and be a mom for a change. Then at about 27 weeks I had the glucose intolerance test. My blood sugar after the drink of death was 191. I failed so badly that they didn't even make me take the fasting one. The dr was very shocked, as was I. I really never have carbonated beverages, or straight up sugar. I cook with spelt mostly and only use coconut crystals instead of white sugar. My carb intake was also fine. He said I was just one of those people it happens to. So I have been testing my blood sugar 4x a day since. I have to snack a lot. Like eat 6-8 times a day. GAG. Makes reflux sooo bad, but I have to do it. Also snacking on mainly protein is sooo hard. Sometimes I think if I see another egg or spoonful of peanut butter I might be sick. I have learned that carbs hide everywhere. I have only had a handful of bad sugar levels in 10 weeks. Only one bad day all day, too. I'm basically regulating it with diet well, so no stress tests or weekly blood draws. Just a pain. The baby is measuring right on, so that is good. They worry about huge babies, oh my. Another problem with this is that your baby could be born with very low blood sugar if you have had high sugar issues. Then they would need an iv to supplement, and they usually battle jaundice more than most babies. The longer in me with higher sugars=the lower their sugars might be. Scary. My high moments have been once in the 160s and the rest in low 140s. These are nowhere near what I hear some people with this have. They are like in the 300s! So I am concerned, but not crazy yet about it. Along with that I have been swelling like none other. The week of the 4th of July my face got puffy, and I had some days of ankle swelling, but nothing else. But it has gotten worse and worse. I would go to the dr having lost 5 pounds, then the next appt in 2 weeks I would have gained like 10. Then back and forth, depending on how much I was swelling. From last Sunday until Wednesday morning I gained like 7 lbs!! No shoes would fit for 2 days and my wedding ring and my other alternate ring both would not fit anymore. Just nuts. Yesterday I could see my feet, and today they look like blobs. My blood pressure is way too low most of the time. Last week at my dr appt it was 119/78. The nurse was commenting on how great that was to be so swollen, and the dr said it was great for most everyone but me. Ha! I'm rarely even over 100. He knows it is inching up for me. There was also some protein in my urine. Stink!!! Not preeclampsia level, but close. Ugh. They are watching me closely. I take my bp at home in the mornings. Nothing over 120 here, so still right on the edge. My dr is just wonderful. He does not believe in induction unless very medically necessary. I love that. Last week he just told me that he can't let me go to 40 weeks with these things creeping in. He was sad. I was sad. I know with a VBAC it is soooo important to go into labor on your own. I'm just praying I will before the day. No, we don't really know the day bc who knows what my body will decide to do this week. Freaks me out. I have never been so weird with all the classic prego symptoms. I have done too much or the baby has issues. My cervix has shortened and then gone back. But never any of this! I could get out of bed or walk around or lead worship or exercise or be a mom before!! It is crazy that things hurt and I can hardly get out of bed. The swelling...and painting for weeks...has also caused carpel tunnel syndrome. For weeks I was up every night for hours in pain, but now I sleep in a brace so that helps. I still have mornings that my hands hurt so bad and won't wake up. Even today at 4pm the tips of my right thumb, first, and middle finger are completely numb still. I am praying these things go away after delivery. I have heard immediately when swelling goes down, and I have heard months after. Same with blood sugar thing. Praying.
Sooo, what a wonderful post.
But I really wanted to document all these things to remember them. I keep loving this baby moving all around and try and focus on that. These issues are not life-threatening. Mostly they are a pain or weird. I know that!! It is all worth it. I also believe it is my age, and my body saying you cannot survive this again!! Hahaaha!
Just pray things go smoothly. Pray for no C-section. Pray for my bp to stay normal. Pray for this baby to have the perfect blood sugar upon delivery. NO trauma. I do not want an epidural or Pitocin. Pray I can labor well. Pray for everything!!!
This momma is ready!
I think???
