33 weeks and 1 day

There are many things to be grateful for and this week is one of them. First is that I thought I could already be in the hospital from Friday's ultrasound. Baby Yanis stomach had past 2 weeks behind. It's going 3 and the Dr. W was so worried. I was almost admitted to the hospital to get the 2nd Betamethasone shot. It require hospitalization until the baby is born. She was even saying I could have the baby a week after. It turned our eyes big that afternoon but instead she called Dr. D discussed the situation and then I was rushed to do NST. Baby passed nothing significant to require we need to be hospitalized. We were so relieved and went home.

Monday I did my Nst for the week with my OB Dr W. Baby passed again on the test. Then, she told me that we will looking at 36 week delivery now instead of 37 week. It was not the news I want again. Why would they keep on moving that. If baby is fine regardless of measurement, nothing could be done if baby is okay inside my womb. I wasn't really happy about it but in the end I take it in. I asked her that it's better for me to work on my maternity leave now since everything I am going through is always at the circumstance. I will never know when I could have my baby delivered because every test and result is different with these doctors. 

Have no energy to wear makeup and all, but to keep my pregnancy photo journal going at 33 weeks and 1 day.

So yesterday I talked to my boss and his very understanding. I will start to stay at home starting Sept 1. That would give me a little time to myself and baby and just relax to prepare for my delivery on the 3rd week. I also suffered from contraction yesterday from overdoing the laundry with Yanis clothes. I didn't know how much clothes he has now. I did it all so I could be ready when his here. 

Also to update on GD, my fasting got worst. I went to see an endo did my exam and administer insulin shot by myself starting Friday night. I started with 2u then on the 3rd day it went up to 3u since on the second day it went up above my original fasting reading when I was diagnosed. Since then, blood sugar in the morning is good. Didn't change my diet and all. Still the same and it didn't change my blood sugar reading good throughout the day at all. I can even eat ice cream sugarless without disturbing my readings. Hehehe.. I know I should not but if it won't affect my sugar why would I suffer myself from deprivation.

I am getting close to 3 weeks now. Soon I could hold my baby and hoping his going to be healthy and could catch up his weight with no problem. That's all I've been praying! 

32 Weeks and 4 days

I have a late updating my status for the week. On Monday, I did an NST with Dr. W. She was so happy to see me at the same time her words where not that encouraging because she said 'Happy to see you, you're still pregnant'. What do they expect me to have the baby early? I am not really so enthusiast on that praise but on the positive side of course it's a good thing to hear that I've reached to this point having still my baby in the cozy womb.

Then I did another NST with her on Thursday which baby is showing really good with the result. Baby is active and kicking and there's no lower number this time. Though I've seen the lows 109 it wasn't that low compare the other times when the machine got to an error or read 70 which scared the hell out of me. Anyway, so we did passed on that. I was relief.

 

Later on that afternoon, I saw my nutritionist and reviewed my glucose chart which somehow lead me to an end result of having to take an insulin. She said all of my daytime numbers are pretty good and I am eating pretty well. The problem was the fasting number. It goes as high as 106 which was above the reading I got when I was diagnosed at 24 weeks of 95. That's a high number and it needs attention. So she referred me to an Endocrinologist the following day.

So Friday which was yesterday, I saw the Endo Dr and she was pretty nice. Did the exam on my skin and all and she said that I am looking good and uterus is the size as normal. She mentioned about the doctor's concerned on the diagnosis of baby being small she said that Asian are really small and their charts are based on white so most likely we would fall into the small or lower chart. She told me not to worry about it and we just have to make sure that the baby is healthy.

She went with the process on how to inject the insulin and give me advice not to lower my carb intake or change my food eating style now since it really work for me. Just have to maintain it and watch how we could progress with insulin on the fasting reading. After I went home, grab some snacks and went to Walgreens to get my prescription.

Later on that day I went to the the Growth Scan with MFM. The result was hadlock is lower than 3 percentile which was not we wanted but in comparison to his growth the last 2 weeks it's his normal range. Weight is a little off but his growing. Placenta resistance is normal and Dr. W a doctor which we just met said to administer steriod which we were not really happy about but before that drastic move she called Dr. D our supposed to be doctor that day and said no. Baby's growth is normal with his status. Had a NSt done again to make sure baby is normal and doing okay. He was okay. So we were let go and no hospitalization needed. Damn doctors, that scared the hell out of us!

So this is my week, a lot of appointments and monitoring but baby is fine. We are both fine!

31 Weeks Pregnant

Today I am 31 weeks and 2 days to be exact. I am the happiest in the world no matter what. I reached to this point. The baby is still in my womb. My prayers are answered and I am continuing to pray until I can get to full term.

I just arrived home from NST exam this afternoon. Eating my afternoon snack. Having gestational diabetes you have to timed your food intake and sometimes even if I am not hungry I just eat. My weight today is 138.6. I gained 1 pound since last week. I guess eating fats work. The portion of food I ate is still the same but I ate more rice for the past 2 weeks. I think that's what makes it. But there was so many spikes I had for the past 2 weeks. I wonder if my nutritionist will going to be happy with that. I will miss an appointment with her tomorrow since it conflicted with my ultrasound so I moved it to next week. I hope by then I can control my sugar level and no spike if possible.

Anyway, the NST exam was good. There was a moment when baby's heartbeat went below 80. I was scared at first but doctor W said it's fine. He passed the test. And asked if I am counting his kicks which I am. Dr. W was so happy to see me and she even said surprised that I am still pregnant. 31 and 32 weeks is a big difference and she is so happy that I am still pregnant and will be her OB until the baby is born. Wow, amazing to hear it! Even she I didn't expect that she's already anticipating I could have the baby soon. Miracle of prayers work. I believe in my faith and God is listening to every bit of it and I am so glad His there for me when I needed him.

All I can say about the past week is that, I feel that my belly is growing and definitely I am gaining weight too. It shows on the belly now and my face is getting rounder too. Baby is growing at his own pace and still behind but definitely his fine.

Food is still a challenge with diabetes and I am having some sweet moments with soda if I want to that won't even hurt my sugar level. At least I could have some. I don't drink it every day only when I am already wanting to get some sweets in my taste. I still have some after taste after I eat. Heartburn is still bad and I found a sugarless Tums for it. The past 4 days I slept better at night. I think this is just what happen for the week. I am happy and satisfied. I am praying for good BPP tomorrow.

30th Week and 2 days Pregnant

Somehow, I can't believe that I passed through this stage. I still have my baby with me and his kicking and moving like crazy now. I just observed that he wakes up on schedule too. But I am glad up to this day, I have a God who listens to my prayer.

An update to my health, well I have abdominal muscle stretching pain above my pubic bone now. I don't know if the baby is growing or my belly is growing. I am measuring myself and I am still at 38 inches for the past 2 months. So I can't tell really. My weight went to flat to 133 for the past 2 months as well. So all in all I only gained 14 pounds with this pregnancy. I don't know if it's good or what but I am hoping that the baby inside is growing. He was 2.10 pounds in his last growth scan. I hope his going to be 3 by now. I hope he is. Tomorrow is my appointment both NST and Ultrasound. I keep my fingers crossed!

For my gestational diabetes update, the last time I visited my nutritionist everything went out good. Except I have to introduce fat to my diet so I could gained weight. She doesn't want anything with IUGR to go worst with my weight not on target. Right now, it's the same. But my co-workers had told me that since last week they saw me, I have gained weight. That makes me happy. I hope that baby is too.

Went to a park yesterday to shoot for a different location aside from home lol - 30 weeks 5 days

Sweet foods are a killer right now. I hated the fact that I can't have one. I just don't want to get anything worst so I don't cave in to my liking. I stick to what works for my blood sugar to be stable. Somehow, someday, I will going to have my sweets again. I am praying that these are all just part of being pregnant.

Baby Shower

Finally I was able to attend a baby shower last Saturday. One of my good friend hosted a party for me. I was so happy to be able to see my friends. Not all came, but I am glad at least I could have seen some. We had a great time and the party was so fun.

Having the shower meant so much. It's hard to tell when I could have my baby boy to be out in this world since I have weekly appointment which somehow could tell me that I could be hospitalized anytime soon and having a shower did make a difference while my baby is still in my womb.

Here's the photos from the shower:

BPP and NST Test 29th week

I did my first BPP in the morning at the maternal fetal medicine department. Arrived on time though parking was a hectic. I was almost not able to make it on time. Check in at the front and still waited for another 15 minutes. My name called in and what they normally do. Get your BP and BP pressure and weight then they let you wait again for sometime.

I got it to the exam room 12noon already. Baby is already sleeping when they had them checked on him. They poked him several times and baby was not so active. Looking at the screen I was kind of nervous whether his alive or something but his just sleeping and won't cooperate that well. But I saw his heart is beating 130 something. He normal is at 146 but his sleeping so he in his 130s. Several pokes done, he was able to make his movement. Saw his breathing as well. I was relief. For a moment, I was so nervous.

Later before 30 minutes, Dr K came in to check and she already read and saw the movements of the baby. She did her own test as well. Everything is stable as she said and placenta is not getting worst which they expect it to go wrong. No change as to what my plan schedule for testing for the coming weeks.

After leaving the facility, head straight to Burger King. Yeah right! No choice, fastfood is not good for gestational diabetes patient but I have no time to find something healthy. Grab some fish fillet eat just half of the bread and eat a portion of french fries. Kiss my honey goodbye after lunch since he can't make it to go with me on my next appointment. I went and drive to the other location for my NST.

Arrived at the building, worried about my sugar level. Instead of using the elevator, I gravitate to walk the stairs. That would make use some of the calories I just ate. Checked in and the nurse gave me a sample container went to the bathroom and did my stationary walk inside for 3 minutes. After doing some of the business, went back to the waiting room. I was able to get to test my blood while waiting and yes blood sugar level went down. Then after 3 minutes, I was called in just about time. Perfect!

The NST went okay. There were glitches when the machine can't read baby's heartbeat and literally it dropped to 90bmp. I was scared like hell. I didn't know what to do. I was thinking is baby will going to be okay or what. But yeah, it happens when baby moves, the machine can't pickup the vibration. It took me 40 minutes to stay in the room because Doctor had to double check his okay. There were 2 actually big flat zero reading and that moment made me scared. But he was okay. I know he was because he was moving and all of a sudden the machine just went blank. Also, the band was too tight on me and when I readjusted it the baby was perfectly fine and the machine did pickup the heartbeat with no problem. Next time, I have to make sure it's not too tight. Lesson learned! But I thought it won't affect the baby's heartbeat yet now I know baby doesn't like it. Will make it to a point next time.

So I guess, everything is fine for now. Thanking God for listening to my prayer and Mama Mary for understanding my heart's concern. Until next Friday test!