The Last Stretch
I'm on my last trimester and a few more weeks, I'll be able to see, hold, and hug our baby - I can hardly wait!
I have had a relatively easy pregnancy (thank God!). In fact, I've had much more trouble getting pregnant (due to infertility issues) than staying pregnant! Though I have had some barfing episodes in the past, those were tolerable enough and it happens usually at night after dinner. Besides, they were few and far between that I don't really consider it a bad case of morning sickness. I've seen worse and I can only be thankful mine was very mild.
I had my glucose screening test and though I failed the 1-hour test, I aced the 3-hour one. All 4 blood tests for the 3-hour screening came back normal so the doctor was really surprised I failed the 1-hour test at all. I blame it on a bad fast. I was supposed to fast for 12 hours before going in for the test. By 10pm the previous night, I was still feasting on egg pie, and then I went in for my test at 8am. They drew my blood at exactly 9am (an hour after they gave me a very sweet juice to drink). God is really good because I've been praying so hard to pass my second test, which thankfully, I did. I was more worried of the risks to the baby associated with gestational diabetes than I am with dieting. And then, there are holidays coming up which would definitely make it difficult for me to control eating... :)
Now my only complaint is numbness on my wrist and fingers. My doctor calls it carpal tunnel. A wrist splint helps but it doesn't make the pain go away. She said if I really want to get rid of it, I need to see a specialist who will inject steroids. The sound of it just freaked me out so I told her I'd rather not - for my baby's sake.
5 comments:
wow...how time flies! better postpone the steriod thingy til after you give birth. better yet, after you're done brestfeeding. :)
You're almost there :). Congrats on passing your glucose test. It was so hard to have gestational diabetes with Jake and I'm so happy whenever I hear moms passing their tests!! I also had carpal tunnel but my doctor advised on 'winging' it if I could until I gave birth since it will just go away (just like the diabetes) and she was right, a couple of weeks after, the tingling on my wrists were gone and my hands were functioning normal again. Just hang in there - a little bit more sacrifice. Be careful of the swelling too. BTW, we'll be up in AC this weekend. I'll call you - are you free on Sunday?
hi sis -- lapit na! woohoo!!!!
Wow,the most awaited moment is getting close. Hope everything goes well with your delivery. Take good care.
Hanagirl - I'm still hoping this carpal tunnel will go away after I give birth so I won't even have to be injected with steroids (awww!).
Josephine - sure, give me a call. I'd love to meet with you, N and J.
Xtine - yep sis, lapit na nga... and we're getting really excited.
Angelove - thanks. We're also praying for a safe delivery and a healthy baby.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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