Doula

As I head into the second trimester I have started to think about what I want in regards to delivery. I know that unless I spontaneously go into labor early I will be induced because of my diabetes. I won't lie that pitocin scares me. I have heard nothing but horror stories of women all set to deliver naturally and unmedicated who then beg for an epidural to escape the relentless pain that comes with pitocin. I want to try my best to go naturally. To help myself and my husband I decided to hire a doula! We met with her yesterday and decided she would be perfect to help us out. She herself went through an induction without an epidural and that in and of itself made me know she was the one. In the moment I am thinking I can't do it she will know exactly what I'm thinking and can help remind me of the decisions I made beforehand and why. I am super excited to get to know her and have her support and knowledge.

On another note, in 12 days we will be able to find out the sex of the baby and we are so excited about that! We will be having a small gender reveal party to announce the gender. I will have the ultrasound tech write the sex on a piece of paper then I will take it to a bakery and have them make a cake that has either blue or pink frosting inside. We will get to be surprised just like everyone else :-) we are so excited and amazed that it's time already to find out!

12 weeks =)

 The other day I began week 12 ( so glad 2nd trimester is so close!!!) I have had my first appointment ( at 10 weeks) and everything went well. Our little gummy bear had a heartbeat of 160 and we got to see him/her move around a lot. I got all of my blood work back and my HBA1C was 6.4 I am working towards a goal of 5. I know it will be hard but it is worth it! I am finding the days easier to get through now that my severe morning sickness has subsided a lot. In fact I have not had to take any zofran for many weeks. I can see why many women gain a lot of weight!!! It is really hard to not devour everything in sight! We will be able to determine the sex of the baby on June 3rd and we cannot wait because we will have a reveal party for our friends and family! I plan on not finding out at the ultrasound and having the tech write the sex on a paper in an envelope that I will take to a local bakery to have them fill the inside of a cake with either blue or pink frosting which we will cut for the first time in front of everyone. Thank you to everyone reading this and I am sorry I have been absent lately :(

Week 7

I've now almost reached week 7 with my little bean and I've found that my insulin requirements that had nearly doubled since first have now gone to lower rates than before I got pregnant. I am currently miserable with morning sickness and got prescribed zofran which is giving me immense relief from the constant nausea and vomiting. I am hoping to become more active with my writing since I'm going to start feeling better.

Big big news!!!

So we sort of have some news!

I dropped off the face of the earth!

Man oh man, the past few weeks have been terrible. I am a huge baby when I get a cold so I've been put out for a bit. We also had a terrible accident in the family and I've been caught up in some bad moods and worrying lately so I apologize for disappearing. I will get back to writing soon I promise! Thank you for sticking around!

Why am I opening up something private to my friends and family?

Many people are probably wondering why I am opening up about something so private with the world. I am not ashamed of what I am doing. I have natural feelings and desires to create a family. I am generally a private person but because of my struggles with this disease I wanted to open up about it for people to read and maybe start to understand. Whether writing here helps someone also struggling with the same situation or it helps a loved one understand what someone in their life is going through then I have done good. Diabetes and pregnancy is a subject not talked about very much. Growing up I truly believed it was not possible, I was not worried about it in the least. As I got older and became engaged and then married I started researching for information to help me understand if my dreams were possible. It turns out they are entirely possible. I have teamed up with my endocrinologist who has referred me to a Peri-natologist which is an OB with a specialty in high risk pregnancies.

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