People! I’m 38 weeks +1 day pregnant! I’ve been growing a baby now for 267 days, I’m 8.8 months pregnant, in my 9th month of this pregnancy… and all I really want is for this baby to be laying in my arms right now! I’m over this whole pregnant belly thing, over answering all the random… Keep Reading
PREGNANCY: Day in the Life of Gestational Diabetes
…I am beyond determined to manage my Gestational Diabetes with diet and exercise just as I did with my first pregnancy. I will do all I can to ensure insulin intervention is not needed, this is my word! This is how I entered into my appointments with my Gestational Diabetes Team after being diagnosed last… Keep Reading
PREGNANCY UPDATE: Week 33 (49 days to go)
5 weeks has passed us and I think a Pregnancy Update is in order, wouldn’t you agree? We’ve had lots of changes in those 4 weeks including a 6lb weight loss, thankfully I am on a close watch with the Dietitians and Gestational Diabetes Doctors and they’ve reassured me baby is still growing at a normal… Keep Reading
PREGNACY: Making The Most Of Gestational Diabetes
Finding the best in the worst is something I am working on, so why not now? Getting Gestational Diabetes was not the best of news, actually it was quite the opposite, the shits actually if I can be frank, but I must remember that things could be worst. The pitty-party invites have been recycled, no need… Keep Reading
PREGNANCY UPDATE: Week 29 (80 days to go)
I dunno? What do you think? Are we due for a pregnancy update yet? It’s only been 12 weeks since the last one! Many many changes, not only in the size of this baby bump. We’re officially not fitting into most of my current wardrobe staples, I was diagnosed officially with Gestational Diabetes (chatted a little… Keep Reading
PREGNANCY: Getting The Bad News
You have Gestational Diabetes, a condition in which women who currently don’t living with Diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during their pregnancy. It’s caused by improper insulin responses which the body then has high blood sugar levels and registers as being Diabetic. It hurts. I mean saw it coming, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still… Keep Reading
PREGNANCY UPDATE: Week 17 (163 days to go)
The first of many updates, why not start at lucky 17, right? Nah it just felt right this week! I’m happy to announce I’m enjoying this pregnancy FAR MORE than I ever did with Sofia, thanks to two little white pills (I know you know what I’m talkin’ about mamas’). I’m tired, like feels like I haven’t… Keep Reading