Beat diabetes, but still gotta get a shot!

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! :)