Little update

Just thought I would give everyone a little update on me and baby boy. We had a Dr. appointment today that didn't go so well. I failed my glucose test meaning that I need to go back in on Tuesday for multiple hours of testing where they will then determine if and how bad I have gestational diabetes. Depending on the results on Tuesday will tell whether it's small dietary changes that need to be made or if they are going to need to put me on medication. I'll keep you updated. And if that's not bad enough I am severely anemic, so much so that the Dr. says if we don't fix it and fix it soon (time is becoming short) that I would not be able to make it through labor and delivery the way I am. Easy but not so easy fix; take a bunch of iron supplements; one problem they make me extremely sick. Average person needs about 15 mg of iron a day which can easily be found in everyday food. Pregnant women need about 28 mg of iron a day which are added to the lovely prenatal vitamins, then there is me I have now been instructed to (on top of my prenatal vitamin) take at least an extra 120 mg of iron a day. Not fun and it makes me very sick, although good to know that the being weak and tired and my suffering from insomnia (all side effects from anemia) was not just in my head. If anyone's got any suggestions on how to take that much iron twice a day and not get so sick I am all ears! Meanwhile that ticker in the sidebar just became all the more important to me:)