My New Toy

Well here it is, my new toy for the next serveral months. I attended my nutrition class yesterday and I really thought is was going to be boring. I was wrong. This class was very informative and I really loved it. By the time the class was done I couldn't believe that 2 hours had already pasted. They taught us how to read nut. labels and what to look for. Since this has never been an issue for me I never bothered to flip the box over.

I made my own meal plan and I'm really happy how I planned my serverings and food groups. I have to eat every 2 hours and lots of water. The one sacrifice I have to make during this pregnancy is no fruit juices. I'm not a big junkie drinker, but I love my V8 Splash and Ocean Spray drinks. So for the mean while no fruit drinks. One other thing that's a big no no is pastries. OMG, hubby is Italian and when we have family gatherings they always have different kinds of yummy pastries to go along with your espresso. Oh the sadness, but it's all for a good cause, our baby's health.

Oh well as hungry as I am already I'm confident that I will adjust very well.

I Don't Have GD, But...

...I do have Impaired Glucose Tolerance. I'm quite not diabetic, but in it's beginning stages. I was poked every hour on the hour. The nurses were so mean. They straight jabbed the needles in my arms and left me bruised. This is my right arm right now. My left arm isn't too bad. The bruising has gotten better, but it still kind of hurts.

I do need to attend my class still this Friday and they will be providing me with a glucose monitor. They will show me how to check my sugar levels and they will also show me how to make healthier choices in my eating habits. Argh! The one thing I'm glad is that I do not have to take insulin to control it.

Maybe this will help me in the long run.

I Failed!!

Yup I failed my 1 hr glucose tolerance test. I have to go back in tomorrow at 8 am to do the 3 hr test. I'm really hoping that I past. I'm not sure why my sugar is elevated. The nurse did say that it's probably because I have PCOS. She set me up for a nutrition class for next Friday. After that I have to go and see her to go over my results. This sucks!! Let's see how tomorrow goes.
Some other minor things came up, but was told to not skip taking my PNVs.

The Works

Today I had an appt with the nurse to start my PN stuff. I had the works done on me. I filled out ton of paperwork, blood work, glucose tolerance test & POAS as well. I won't know the results from my blood work until tomorrow or Thurs. I have my very first PN dr visit Oct. 6th. This day I will have an u/s done and we will get to see our baby. I'm so excited!! Since they go by my first day of my last AF, I'm supposably 5w 1d today. We'll see what the u/s shows.

Today's Nurse Visit.

This morning I went for a nurse visit. They needed to confirm my test before giving me my first dr appt. I was kind of nervous. After 5 mins she called my name and told me that my test come up positive and I smiled big. The next step for me is to start paperwork. I go in on the 16th and she told me that it will take about an hour and also no eating. They will be drawing blood that day as well. After that, I'm done and she will give me my 1st dr appt. How exciting!!

As for pregnancy symptom I've been having heartburn, gagging, sore nipples & mild cramping. One other thing I'm going through is diarrhea. I know TMI, but I had this all last weekend and now it's starting up again today. I was told this is common.
This morning I woke up at 4:30 and had the most awful heartburn. I've been having heartburn for some time now, but I just thought it was my acid reflux acting up again. I took some tums and it gave me nausea. By the time I had to get up and get ready I wasn't feel too good. Yesterday I gagged so bad when I was brushing my teeth that I almost had to throw up. I held it and stood in front of the fan to calm me down a bit. It happened again this morning.

I have to say even though I have 2 children both pregnancies were completely different. I feel that this one is going to be very different.
Since I will be 4 weeks tomorrow this is what our bambino is going through now.

Week 4: The embryonic period begins
The fourth week marks the beginning of the embryonic period, when the baby's brain, spinal cord, heart and other organs begin to form. Your baby is now 1/25 of an inch long.
The embryo is now made of three layers. The top layer — the ectoderm — will give rise to a groove along the midline of your baby's body. This will become the neural tube, where your baby's brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves and backbone will develop.
Your baby's heart and a primitive circulatory system will form in the middle layer of cells — the mesoderm. This layer of cells will also serve as the foundation for your baby's bones, muscles, kidneys and much of the reproductive system.
The inner layer of cells — the endoderm — will become a simple tube lined with mucous membranes. Your baby's lungs, intestines and bladder will develop here.

So it's a BFP!!!!

All this obsessing paid off. I can't believe that I got my BFP. I can't begin to tell you all the things I was doing since the beginning of the year for this to happen. I drank green tea, Fertiltea, MACA root, stopped drinking caffeine, PreSeed & Mucinex and none of these worked. It was the prayers!!

EDD = May 23, 2009
3w5d

12 DPO and a BF...

...what do you think?