Gestational diabetes: “is a condition characterized by elevated blood sugar brought on by pregnancy… The condition affects the mother in late pregnancy – usually beginning sometime around weeks 20 through 24 – after the baby is formed… Gestational diabetes ends once the pregnancy has ended, but it increases the risk of the mother developing type 2 diabetes later in life.”
I am 0.1 away from being officially diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I’m not impressed. It’s mind boggling how much starch and sugars a person can consume in a day – I hadn’t really noticed it until I couldn’t eat these things.  Fruit juice from concentrate, a lot of cereals, breads (except for whole grains), pasta, rice (except for brown rice), etc. are now out of my diet. I’m limited to water, milk, and unsweetened juices; limited amounts of fruit; only certain kinds of vegetables; meat; cheeses. The good thing is I’m discovering how many specially made sugar free products there are out there – I’ve discovered sugar free chocolate ice cream (I swear this has saved my life – I love chocolate and to be forced to go completely without it was driving me crazy), and my husband even found sugar free cookies.
 I was borderline gestational diabetic with my first child, but I was not disciplined at all. I didn’t even attempt to reduce my sugar/starch intake. As a result, I got really sick – I retained a lot of water and was really, really tired. I don’t want to go there again! But I am noticing I don’t have as much energy which is hard for me to deal with. But as my husband says, I’ll just have to suck it up and accept it. Thank goodness I’ve got less than 2 months to go.
congrats on your new house!!!! am super excited for you guys! Your possesion date is my birthday! and it’s neat how you’re moving into your new house 3 weeks before baby, it’s exactly what we did. Take it easy, and let that strapping 6’6 hubby of yours handle it all. 🙂
How sweet of your husband to tell you to suck it up.
I won’t tell you how I’d respond to that, in my hormonal state! 😉
Becky, it has more to do with my denial that I am actually incapable of doing all the things I was able to do when NOT 7 1/2 months pregnant. I don’t change my expectations of myself even though there are some huge physical differences standing in my way. My husband was telling me to accept myself and cut myself some slack instead of beating up on myself for not being ‘supermom/wife/employee/etc’ (ie: ‘suck it up’). 🙂
I can hear what youre saying. there is a strange pressure out there to just “carry on” like nothing is different, even tho you have a huge belly, your organs are all pushed to the side, your bladder is as thin as paper, we can’t even begin to imagine all the hormonal changes in our bodies, we aren’t sleeping as good, the baby is depleating the nutrients from our bodies, we are retaining water, getting kicked in the ribs and other organs….
yep, we are pregnant, and something inside of us wants us to pretend like we can do it all like before. I want to ENJOY being pregnant and if you ignore that you are and pretent that youre not (by doing things as normal, like heavy lifting, or working too long…) then we miss a blessing
I try to go out of my way to talk about my pregnancy. To share with joe, the kids and myself everything that’s happening to my body. I find that helps me to slow down and appreciate this gift of carry a life. Even if the detail is “negative” like “he’s on my bladder today” or “I have heart burn today” “My feet are swollen today” …. Joe knows I’m not really complaining, but ironically just enjoying all the little things that come with carry life. I rememeber flowerlady posted on taking joy in the morning sickness. I understand what she means. It’s part of this wonderful thing that God has enabled us to do.
Take it easy, we aren’t pregnant often. we only get to experience it a few times in our lives. Even if you have a couple more or if this is your last one, try to enjoy every moment by taking care of yourself.
Love ya