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Category: pregnancy
good news on glucose testing
My doctor reviewed my six days of diet and exercise notes and home glucometer testing results and said that my blood sugar numbers look good. Especially the fasting numbers (first thing in the morning) which are the most critical. In…
catching up: me other places
A bit of this and that at my other location, Project Pregnancy… First I was feeling sorry for myself about how few clothes I have to wear while pregnant. Next I said a few words about just being, while being…
last night’s fight
He: Honey, can we talk about these dishes? Water running. He stands at sink. She walks around kitchen, finding other things to pick up and move. Anything but a dish. She: I thought it was a collaborative effort, or lack…
glucose self-testing, day 2
After an encouraging phone message from my doctor (“Good for you for going for it!” she said), I decided to keep doing this crazy self-testing thing. On the up side, there is a top to the learning curve. As of…
glucose self-testing
After thinking it over for four days, and discussing it with your friends, doula, psychic chiropractor, and nurse practitioner, you decide you WILL take the 3-hour glucose tolerance test. At 5:45 p.m., on the evening before you plan to go…
will the real salmon quiche please stand up?
Write a blog post about your search for the quiche of yore, and your mother’s inability to help you recreate it. Have your dad find out about the problem because he reads your blog. Suddenly, the old recipe appears: Apparently…
hope is a thing with feathers
and I am a plucked chicken. I had hoped that my glucose tolerance test would turn out to be a never-you-mind sort of deal, but sadly, my “number” was too high. 149, vs. the nice 130 or below my doctor…