Dun Dun Dun...

Well, it’s official. I got the call from my doctor’s office this morning confirming my suspicions. I have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. Blah.

The 3 hour glucose test was horrible! It made me feel sick and dizzy and overall not a happy camper. I think that making a woman who’s seven months pregnant go 15 hours without food then drink super sugary crap and get poked over and over again for 3 hours should be considered cruel and unusual punishment! By the end I was super starving but luckily I had planned ahead and had a banana and some chips in the car. Then I drove a block down the street to Carl’s Jr for some chicken strips. I was in serious need of protein at that point.

The next day I logged online and found my results: 87 mg/dL fasting glucose, 232 mg/dL 1 hr after 100 g glucose, 166 mg/dL 2 hr after and 95 mg/dL 3 hr after. The first and last readings are within normal ranges, but the middle two are pretty high.

So now it looks like I will have to meet with a diabetes specialist who will teach me how to monitor my blood sugar and what diet and exercise plan I should follow. I am really not looking forward to it but I suppose sine it’s 2 weeks away I don’t have to worry too much about changing my diet over the holidays, right? Well, I guess I can try to snack a little better but I’m surely not missing out on my holiday favorites, that’s for sure!