2008 January » KiddoBlogging

Hello, my name is Erin, and I am a diabetic.

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Jan 252008

I got my test results today…I have gestational diabetes. I’m trying not to throw myself a pity party. I know it’s not the worst thing that can happen, and I am very thankful that my baby has been just fine through everything that has happened to my body. Still, hearing that I have a condition that needs constant maintenance at least until I deliver is not easy. I have an appointment with a diabetes educator on Monday at 2pm, so please pray for me that I am able to absorb all the information that I will need about testing and shots and carbohydrates and everything else. I am blessed to have Patrick’s expertise in this area, so I guess I am ahead of the game a little. Even so, it’s just all so strange.

Please pray also that the treatment for my condition will help me with other problems that I have experienced, such as constant extreme weakness and fatigue. I appreciate all the kind words that I have received. You have encouraged me very much.

Timothy’s one year well-baby checkup

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Jan 222008

We saw Dr. Gilsoul today for Timothy’s one year checkup. He officially weighs 25 pounds 9 ounces, and they say he is thirty inches long (unfortunately he wouldn’t lay still so I would call that an estimate rather than a good measurement). She checked him all over and pronounced him healthy! We couldn’t get his shots today since it is one day before his birthday, and the nurse told us that the schools are very picky about making sure the one year shots are done after kids are one year old. We plan on home schooling, but we don’t want to make things difficult if we change our minds! We’ll just take him back in a couple of days, and he’ll see a nurse for the shots.

Tomorrow is his birthday, so look for birthday pictures soon!

Blood glucose test results

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Jan 222008

This is something that I thought I was past, but due to an oversight, I will have to deal with. In my appointment with Vivian today, she told me that my blood glucose level was high on my one hour test a few weeks ago. Due to this, I will have to have further testing tomorrow. I will get to fast overnight, then go to the lab in the morning where I will have a sugary drink, then wait one hour for a blood test, then one more hour for another blood test, then one last hour for another blood test. I will not get the results of this test for at least a couple of days, so it will probably be Friday or Monday afternoon before I know anything. Hopefully the high result on my one hour test was a fluke, and the three hour test will be within the normal range. We would appreciate your prayers as I go in for this test in the morning.

Preparing for the new kiddo

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Jan 172008

New kiddo had the hiccups last night for the first time of which I am aware. Patrick was able to feel the rhythmic movements with me. I remember feeling Timothy hiccup toward the end of my last pregnancy…this brings it home that we are only weeks away from the big event. I am getting so excited about meeting the new little guy. Yes, we have a name picked out; no, we aren’t telling! I just can’t wait until the crib arrives and we can put together the nursery with this little one in mind. Timothy is moving on to the old spare bedroom, and we’ll be carpeting that for him, then moving his crib into there and decorating it for our big boy. Eventually we plan to have the boys share that room, but we are going to wait until new kiddo can sleep soundly through the night so we can at least let both of them get some rest. I also don’t want to be going into the room for a middle-of-the-night feeding and having Timothy start screaming about being woken up. I would really rather keep him in a good mood, and keep my sanity intact at the same time.

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Say “Ham!”

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Jan 142008

I love having “photo shoots” with Timothy. He is such a ham that he makes it easy to take his picture. In these shots, he is playing around, eating, then playing with some old video tapes that we are throwing away, and the box of tapes/cd’s that we are selling. Also, thanks to Dan and Sandy for the musical table.

Bathtime

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Jan 122008

We finally purchased the long-coveted bath seat. These are pictures of Timothy in his first bath with it this evening. (Thanks to Auntie Ashley and Uncle Daniel for the bath letters and book!)

He’s just so cute! We were looking at some old photos of him this evening, and we can’t believe how much he’s changed in such short months. He’s thinning out as he cruises and plays more, and just check out all those teeth! We love our handsome little boy.

Ultrasound and midwife appointment

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Jan 092008

After braving the fresh 4+ inches of snow this morning (the snow on the ground is now up to Molly’s belly), we finally arrived at the doctor’s office to get my ultrasound done. Everything was measured, and the baby and I are just fine. I couldn’t get any new pictures of him because he was squishing his face up in a corner, but that’s okay, I’ll see him soon enough. I saw Vivian after this was over, and my uterus is back to measuring close to normal as well. All this worry for nothing, praise God!!

Also, we talked about scheduling the C-section, and we won’t be able to schedule the exact date until February (due to the hospital’s schedule, I believe), but the birth should be during the first week of March.