After a week...

So heard back from the dietitian and she and the doctor conferred.  I only need to do my ketones in the morning or if I don't eat for more then 5 hours.  My supper N has been raised from 15 to 18.  Plus I have to try and stay closer to my carb choices as possible so that it's easier for the doctor to adjust the insulin if need be.  Let's see how much weight can lose from the last doctor visit to the one on Tuesday to the appointment with the dietitian on the Monday after that.

A week on the stuff..

I've been taking the insulin for almost a week now and I'm just starting to see my numbers come to where they want them to be.  Still high on some things depending on what I eat.  I'm trying to do really good and stick to the carb counts I was given, also trying to keep up on the walking.

I signed up for the fit for life Ultra Marathon, and I'm trying to do just the walking miles for it.  I've almost have my goal of 27 miles in for the month, I'm pretty excited about that.  Did a Boston remembrance run, not all the miles towards that were walking.  So I wasn't including it all for the Ultra.  But my goal for next month is 30 miles and the goal for August...35 miles, at 8 months pregnant we're gonna try for 35 miles, I might be pushing it but we will see.  I have the 2 baby showers to contend with and trying to find room for things, so as much as I want to go to my cousin's wedding end of July, I'm opting to take few vacation days to get the hose ready for the baby.  I hope that doesn't make me a bad cousin...

My journey continues...

Went to the dietitian for a follow up this afternoon. She thought the numbers were reasonable but higher then she or the doctor would like. So it looks like I get to go on insulin and poke myself 2 times for that, still 4 times for glucose and I'm still peeing on a stick 4 times, though Mary (the dietitian) says that might change once I get going on the insulin.

It sounds like I'll be getting 2 types of insulin, a slow acting and a fasting acting.  One can actually be cloudy, I thought that was interesting.  Once again I think she was somewhat impressed that I knew some of the stuff I needed to know.  So she went over with me the ins and outs of drawing the syringe and the insulin, the best places to poke for the needle.  The great thing is it's only twice because the 2 get mixed together in the same syringe so I don't have to do 4 pokes.  Once in the morning and once in the evening.  As much as I really don't want to do the insulin, I know it's what's best for me and the baby, so I'm gonna put on my big girl panties and deal with it , because that's what a mom does best!

On a better note, the belt seems to be helping the hip.  Plus my husband and I are trying to get out and walk more, so I push through the pain if it starts,  I'm trying to remember my stretches, though not always easy to do, and now that I don't take the metformin, it's harder for me to remember to take my vitamin.  So lets add the insulin to the memory and see how I do on that.

I keep signing up for more walks in hopes that I'll be able to do them, as it is I tend to do them in 2 walks instead of one at the moment.  But that too will get better...I hope.

Interesting...

So yesterday I went rummage sale-ing with some friends, no problem with my hip what so ever, I figured I'd be sitting more then walking, so I didn't wear the belt. Went for a walk with my husband and dog, we won't mention it started raining half way through, but my hip was aching by the time we were done. Today we went to some state parks and walked around, no problem what so ever again. So I'm hoping I do good tomorrow, but time will tell.

PT appointment

So the PT appointment went pretty well. I got a stretch to do and the mother-to-be belt. What the physical therapist thinks I have is rare in pregnant women, the only reason I think I have it is because I had it before. Hip bursitis is apparently what I have. So far the belt seems to be helping though somewhat of a pain, but if it allows me to do things and keeps me at work a little longer, I'm all for it. I go see the dietitian again on Monday to see what she thinks of my numbers. I don't think she will be overly pleased with them, but they could have been much worse. My concern is that the doctor will want to put me on insulin right away, which I'm hoping not. But we shall see...

New news

So at my last doctors appointment I had to do the glucola test, just the one hour, but after the one hour my blood sugar was 202. (My husband thinks I was set up for failure because I was told I could eat before the test but the bottle said 12 hour fast...) So know I have been marked with gestational diabetes. So I was sent to see the dietitian, who has me watching my carbs. So I get 2 carb choices at breakfast, AM snack, PM snack, and bedtime snack and 5 carb choices for lunch and supper. If you know me and my husband you know we don't cook much at home, so this weekend has been interesting trying to figure out what I can and can't eat at the restaurants. To add to that joy, I also have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day, right out of bed before eating anything and a hour after eating, because that's when it's the highest. I also have to check my ketones 4 times a day, before breakfast, lunch, supper and the bedtime snack. And if my blood sugar is higher then 200 twice in a 24hour period, I have to call in to the doctor and there is a good chance I'll get put on insulin, if the ketones are high twice in 24 hours it means I have to have more carbs added...go figure. The other news is that I'm going to go see a physical therapist about the leg pain I've been having, I thought at first it was mostly my hip and then down, but as I've been paying more attention sometimes it's my shin/calf and up. So I wonder what other then stretches I will get, that appointment is on Tuesday before work.