Something for Satch

March 20, 2005

This morning I made a little slide show, entitled "i carry your heart", that I will give to Satchel one day. It's a work in progress. The slide show will end with a live video clip of him right after he's born, but I'll have to wait 10 more weeks for that. We will give it to him as a birthday gift.

Twenty Eight Weeks Testing

March 14, 2005

At 28 weeks we are tested for gestational diabetes. I had to drink 50g of glucose and have my blood tested one hour after ingestion. My glucose level came back high so I had to do a 3 hour test after ingesting 100g of glucose. I failed that too and have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. My advanced maternal age is probably the culprit, nevertheless...my placenta is not behaving. Therefore any sugar that I ingest does not get absorbed by my cells and excreted, but rather floats around in my blood stream and goes to Satchel. This can make him grow rather big and cause complications so now I must be monitor my carb and sugar intake and check my blood several times a day.