The best of times... and the notsogood

I had an appointment today with my OB.  Love her!  She is fantastic.  It was a jammed packed appointment... Gestational Diabetes testing, lab work, ultrasound and the visit with my OB.

I had been a little worried about the GD testing.  I knew I'd pass, for I regularly check my blood sugar.  It's always normal, so I was not worried.  I WAS worried about taking the actual test.  My body cannot handle a whole bunch of sugar well.  Especially highly concentrated sugar in a little bottle.  But I have had sweets before, so I thought it *might* go ok and I didn't want to refuse the testing.  I had talked about it with my OB and since there is a family history of diabetes and GD, I decided to give it a go.

Boy, was I wrong about it going ok.

I chugged the drink like a champ, squinting the entire time.  That stuff is nasty.  Granted, I never drink anything sweet like that, since I'm a water, tea, milk gal.  I had my ultrasound right after.

I LOVE ultrasounds.  LOVE THEM!  I never want them to end, for I could stare at the screen forever. However, a few minutes into the scan and I started thinking... 'I hope this ends soon, I don't feel so good.'  But I pushed those thoughts aside and concentrated on that sweet baby on the screen.

We oooohed and ahhhhed at baby boy and then, all of the sudden, the u/s tech (who was wonderful!) told Doug to grab the trash can and quick.  She hoisted me up and said that she thought I didn't feel well.  She was right.  I was pale (well, I'm always pale) and shaky and could not hold it in.

Bye bye glucose drink.

Oh well.  It's not the end of the world.  My OB said I do not have to repeat the testing, unless something happens.  Whoot!  I will just continue occasionally testing my blood sugar at home.

I was planning on going to work after my appointment.  Instead, Doug and I ran and got some great food and spent the day resting.  The shaky feeling from the drink didn't go away for a long time.  But... hours later, I'm feeling much better and not planning on drinking any sugar anytime soon!

Now... for the good stuff!

Baby Boy is doing great!  He weighs 3 pounds and has a little bit of hair!  He was in a great position during the scan (pre-puking!), so we were able to really get a good look at him.  Oh, how I love that baby!  I just started crying when I saw his sweet face.

Here is he!