So they told us that D possibly has gestational Diabetes. But apparently it is acute enough to be handled with Diet. So let's go to a dietitian and see what we can learn.
So, no more fun and you gotta check your sugar 4 times a day.
After about 2 weeks, I don't see what they are talking about. We haven't seen any sign of 'HIGH' sugar. Nothing about 13o anyway. And that was only once. But OK, since PCOD is an insulin-resistant disease, we can deal with the watching the sugar thing.
What the heck is FACTOR V LEIDEN?
Long story short... Factor V itself is a clotting factor which helps blood to clot. However Factor V is subject to regulation to keep it under control so clots don't form too easily or too quickly. Factor V LEIDEN is a resistance to one of the things that regulates it, causing the blood to have a propensity to clot if not treated.
The clotting USUALLY occurs in the deep veins in the leg and can travel to the heart or lung. During pregnancy a clot can form in the placenta or umbilical cord.
So, the treatment is an anti-coagulant. (Something else that helps your blood not to clot.)
However, during the pregnancy, you have to give it to yourself as a shot in the belly ... DAILY!
So, we beat one battle, and here we go with another. Most people with FVL never have a clot, so it isn't something that we should have to worry about forever, but it is something we need to pay attention to for a couple months.
I am sure that most of you don't care, but hey... you came here... I didn't mail it to you or anything! :)
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I FELT IT!
OK, this whole pregnancy thing just took a giant leap into 'realness' for me.
I felt the baby kick, or punch, or elbow, or headbutt (who knows?).
D has been telling me every time she feels the baby. EVERY TIME?!?! Yes, every time. I don't get tired of it at all. I love experiencing this with her any way I can. And if all I can do is be told what is happening then, I'll take it!
So a couple times she wondered if I could feel the baby by pushing my hand on her belly. After 1 or 2 tries, it happened. My baby and I had a moment; no matter how coincidental it was, it was still a moment!
I LOVED feeling that little jab! Every day almost, it seems that something happens to me that millions of people before me have experienced, yet I feel like I am the first!
It's real! It's alive! And I hate calling it an 'IT'!
I felt the baby kick, or punch, or elbow, or headbutt (who knows?).
D has been telling me every time she feels the baby. EVERY TIME?!?! Yes, every time. I don't get tired of it at all. I love experiencing this with her any way I can. And if all I can do is be told what is happening then, I'll take it!
So a couple times she wondered if I could feel the baby by pushing my hand on her belly. After 1 or 2 tries, it happened. My baby and I had a moment; no matter how coincidental it was, it was still a moment!
I LOVED feeling that little jab! Every day almost, it seems that something happens to me that millions of people before me have experienced, yet I feel like I am the first!
It's real! It's alive! And I hate calling it an 'IT'!
That went by quick!
Since this is considered a high risk pregnancy, apparently they want us to see this baby every month. We went in for the sequel, and they want us back to complete the trilogy in 4 weeks.
So this time, lil' bean wasn't as active. Just some punching and moving the arms a bit, but no running in place or anything.
The cool thing this time, is we went in on a Monday morning and came out 3 days later. We are 3 days closer to this bean being born then we were when we went in. Time sure does fly when you got kids!
As before, we reminded the sonogram tech that we do not want to know the gender. (All the doctors we talk to say that's cool. But, we have gotten scolded for not finding out from some friends)
If she could tell, she didn't say anything. I don't know how long they have to go to school to read those things anyway, I could barely tell the difference between arms and legs. When she zoomed in on the heart, that was cool. Seeing all 4 valves of the heart pumping, just amazes me.
So this time, lil' bean wasn't as active. Just some punching and moving the arms a bit, but no running in place or anything.
The cool thing this time, is we went in on a Monday morning and came out 3 days later. We are 3 days closer to this bean being born then we were when we went in. Time sure does fly when you got kids!
As before, we reminded the sonogram tech that we do not want to know the gender. (All the doctors we talk to say that's cool. But, we have gotten scolded for not finding out from some friends)
If she could tell, she didn't say anything. I don't know how long they have to go to school to read those things anyway, I could barely tell the difference between arms and legs. When she zoomed in on the heart, that was cool. Seeing all 4 valves of the heart pumping, just amazes me.
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