Adjusting to the new and healthier diet catered to lowering my blood sugar + testing my blood has not been without its complications last week. Menu planning for the week is now all protein and vegetable focused. This has been so hard for me since I love carbs and sweets (in the evenings). It’s getting easier though. I am finding new recipes and things to keep me sustained without having those uncontrollable urges. I also had some issues with my blood testing last week that caused my numbers to be a lot higher (over 150) than what should be expected with my condition. I left the cap off on my test strips one night which is a big no-no! This contaminated the whole container of 25 very expensive test strips, the same ones I used last week with all the number spikes. I also did not know I had to wash my hands every time prior to blood testing. Hand sanitizer and lotion on my hands can impact the test scores I get too. It’s all been trial and error so far and I have learned so much. This weeks numbers are much better so far thanks to the adjustment to my diet and all the new blood testing education I received last Friday from a Diabetic RN. Later this week I meet with a Diabetic RD for more education on diet.
Dan and I had our second visit with SD Hospice last Thursday to start developing our birth plan. We got through the first part of the birth plan fairly easily (who we want in the delivery room, non-continuous fetal heart monitoring, natural labor with no drugs)… but then had a really hard time what to specify after Samuel’s birth because there are still so many variables. I know so well from my last experience with having Luke that everything can change in the blink of an eye. Our last birth plan basically went right out the window when we discovered Luke had some complications a couple hours after his birth that needed tending to immediately. (he had an infection in his blood and just needed more hydration and antibiotics for ~28 hours then was fine to take home)
Our Hospice support team has been so incredible. They offer up so much information and resources we never considered. For instance, we originally planned to go on a public tour of the hospital this week so we can get a feel for the hospital layout, see the delivery and post-partum rooms, ask questions, etc. Hospice recommended to us and is now working with Mary Birch to set up our own private tour. This will give us the ability to ask specific questions to our situation, questions we wouldn’t have been comfortable asking on a public tour. We also consented for Hospice to work with ‘Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep’ foundation which is an organization that will come out and do free photography of our Samuel after he is born. See their work on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJF0Cs4f9s This is a very emotional slide show but so beautifully done. I can’t watch it without completely losing it still.
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