Well

I got the official results of my three hour glucose screening. . .and it was normal. I said "Are you sure?" and the nurse said, "Yes ma'am." I said "Oooooo-kay. If you say so. . ."

I doubt that's the usual response to normal test results, but it was mine.

This doesn't mean we're done testing. We'll repeat the testing sometime in May, I believe.

I have a regular OB appointment this Monday. Don't expect any news--it'll be pretty routine.

:)

Yay Diabetes

Well, that title may be premature, but I'm guessing it's accurate. Today was my three hour screen. I didn't get to eat breakfast, I didn't get to drink coffee. I got to drink orange soda with an extra cup of sugar stirred in. I got to let the labtech stab me with needles four separate times. Once is fasting, before the sugarsoda, then 1, 2 and 3 hours after finishing the bottle. I finished it in less than a minute. She was. . .well, surprised. I don't think she was impressed, but definitely surprised. I wasn't. I was thirsty.

Based on the way I felt, I'm reasonably confident my results will be abnormal, and I'll get a call tomorrow with my official diagnosis.

Like I didn't know already.

Sono Update

Let me begin by apologizing for not posting the sonogram news on Thursday. It's been a busy Easter weekend. . .

So the big news that everyone's just so curious about--it's a boy. We weren't able to scan the pictures, so there are no grainy gray rectangles for me to post, and for you to guess what that is. The other important result from this appointment? Everything looks fine, there's only one Polliwog, and he's approximately 8oz. This was at a high-rish OB practice, so I feel completely reassured regarding Polliwog's health. They know what they're looking at in there.

Eric was impressed with the "baby pictures." It really seemed to help him understand that this is an event in progress. He's also excited that the baby is a boy, because now he doesn't have to throw away any of his toys--he can pass them on to his brother when they're outgrown.

Tuesday is the 3 hour glucose screening. I'll probably know those results Wednesday (well, I probably know them right now, but I'll have the numbers on Wednesday)

So stay tuned...more to come.