But man, this pregnancy has been much harder than my first. Maybe I went into it with the wrong expectations, anticipating that it would be similar to Reed's, and being totally surprised when it went differently.
A bit before Christmas I had sciatic pain start. Holy smokes - that's no joke! The pain was terrible for a few days/nights, with the only neutral-pain position being on my hands and knees (seriously). The pain migrated to my knee and then to my ankle and after about four weeks seems to have disappeared altogether. I am SO GRATEFUL it's gone. I did some stretching (probably should have done more) but not much seemed to help. It's amazing how much more I love walking (I always have loved walking) after I couldn't do it for several weeks.
Two weeks ago I failed my glucose test. Then I failed the three hour glucose test. Now I have gestational diabetes, which I did NOT see coming. Maybe I'm just pathetic, but these past ten days have been hard for me! I am testing my blood sugar four times each day and recording everything I eat. This afternoon TJ and I went to a three hour class about gestational diabetes that was incredibly informative. My/our biggest worry is the likelihood of me having diabetes after pregnancy, which is a real risk/concern. We are hoping and praying I don't and TJ has (of course) been incredibly supportive as we've overhauled our diet (again) to count carbs and try to keep my sugars in check. So far my scores have been pretty good but it will become more difficult to manage over the next ten weeks, so we're buckling up for what may be a rough ride.
But we are going to have a baby! And with all this work we hope to have a very healthy baby. The eating changes should really be beneficial for all of us - both now and in the future - and we have the time and money to make them pretty painless. I've even managed to squeeze in chocolate basically every day.
Baby #2 - here we come!
