This has been a challenging week for me and I have been looking forward to the opportunity to vent about it! Being as I am a pregnant diabetic, I have an arsenal of medial experts on my team. I have an endocrinologist, for my diabetes and thyroid issues, a diabetes educator, for insulin regulation and nutritional help, a team of obgyn doctors, for all the babies needs, and eventually I will need a fetal specialist. I am sure you can guess I have been receiving conflicting advice about how to manage my meds and sugars. I basically had to decide that my endocrinologist and his team, which include my diabetes educator, are some of the best in the country and they are the only ones I am going to listen to.
I learned more information this week about my chances of a miscarriage. My two most serious threats are my blood sugars being out of control and my thyroid levels not being where they need to be. As a result, I was on the phone with the doctors trying to arm myself with as much information as possible. I also learned this week that my focus for my second and third trimester has to be on the amount of carbohydrates I eat. I can only have an average of 200 carbs a day. Any less would not properly fuel the baby and any more would goes straight to the growth of the baby. If not regulated, the baby can grow to be too large.
As a result of all the medications, blood sugar monitoring, phone calls with the doctors, counting carbs, and worrying, I am not finding the “enjoyment” in being pregnant. I really need to remember to not be so hard on myself and enjoy the process. To be honest, it’s a lot of work and when I really stop to think about it, it sucks! I have no intentions of “slacking off” and I 100% know that it’s all worth it! Hopefully the enjoyment will come soon.
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