The results of my lab work from last week came back and it turns out that my glucose/sugar level was too high. This means that I had to go back to the lab yesterday for more testing. This time though, I had to be there for a little over 3 hours rather than just 1 hour. I also had to fast overnight. They had to draw my blood four separate times. Once when I first got there, and then once every hour for 3 hours after drinking twice as much of that glucose liquid (which really made the baby active). One of the ladies was having problems drawing my blood, so I ended up getting poked 5 times instead of just 4. Two of those times were especially painful as she had to move the needle around trying to get my vein to cooperate. I should get the results either today or Monday – I hope they are better, as I would really hate it if I had that gestational diabetes! I just ordered a bunch of ice cream sweets from the Schwan’s man and I definitely want to be able to partake of them. 🙂
The results of my lab work from last week also showed that my levels of iron barely squeezed by as “normal”, which explains why I am tired so much. So I am also now taking iron supplements by order of my doctor – I hope this helps!
I HATE it when nurses can find veins.. or miss! My veins are really deep, so they usually have to
look at my arm for awhile.. and then they end up doing it through my knuckles. That’s okay though
i’d rather one well placed prick then several.. and if i ever saw a nurse just “fishing” for a vein, i’d probably faint. Hope everything’s okay with little amber! We’ll see you soon =)
amba…u gots to eat healthy for lil cindy. if you want her to be healthy like me:) i hope everything turns out ok…get some spinach in you! hehe