6/26

I know, the title of this entry seems plain but yesterday was pretty eventful.

I started off my day by bringing Cailin to daycare per usual. I had enough time to stop by Starbucks on my way to the last day of school and got a grande hazelnut machiatto (my fav) and an oatmeal. As far as last days of school go it was pretty uneventful. My three classes went smoothly, we all watched Daddy Daycare (hilarious) and the kids helped me clean up my room. They still don't know who my substitute will be for next year which somewhat worries me. I hope it is someone competent and won't set the kids back. I have worked hard to get them to where they are with theory and singing and it would be a shame for them to have to re-learn a bunch when I get back. It would also really suck if the sub doesnt do all of the necessary assessments and I a stuck trying to cram for the two weeks I will be there during that term. Oh well, it is out of my hands at this point.

After work many of us headed to a co-workers house for a cookout. It was really nice to end the year on such a positive note and see all my teacher friends before parting ways for the summer. I am sure I will see some of them before I come back in November.

I made an early exit from the cookout to head to my OB for a routine appointment. Baby M had a good heartbeat and was super active. We saw him squirming all over when my OB was getting his heartbeat. It was a really important appointment because it followed my diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes and we had a lot to discuss. In general, my sugar numbers have been good except for my fasting number. It is consistently high. My OB wants me to go back and see the diabetic counselor to *most likely* get me going on insulin. My other numbers are good but the fasting number is bad because I take my medicine (which is causing this) right before bed. The fasting number should be around 70-90 and mine is susally 100-105. Not too high but high enough that it could cause the baby to be huge, and judging on how big Cailin was when I didnt have GD, this one will be massive. My OB and I discussed delivery options. I will either be induced at 39 weeks or I will get a c-section. She gave me the option of getting a c-section and choosing it now but I want to wait and see how big baby M is before we make our decision. We will be making a final decision at 36 weeks. I wish I could be induced at 38 weeks, I think that will be early enough that he won't be gigantic. I do have to try really hard with the diet they gave me to keep my levels normal. I really can't stand the diabetic counselor either. She was a douche when I met her last time. I can't stand it when people think that because I am fat I must be eating a lot of sweets and white bread/carbs. I don't. I literally never eat white bread unless I am served it in a restaurant. I consider plain wheat to be the junk food of breads since we always get multigrain. As far as sweets goes, we don;t keep them in the house and I eat it approx. once a week, if that. I had some cake on Cailin's birthday last week and that was it. I am not a fat ass who eats bullshit day in and day out. Some of my weight is from diet, and some is also from genetics. I digress, but it really pisses me off that a professional would just judge someone like that. I even have been writing down what I eat so she can see that I don't eat cupcakes as meals or drink sugar. My OB is having me come weekly now since I am considered high risk. I also have an ultrasound next week to check on baby M's growth. Surprise! I also have to see the stupid diabetic counselor to get insulin. Thank god I only have 6 1/2-7 weeks left of this pregnancy so I never have to see her again. Just talking about her is making my blood boil.

Cailin has been miserable starting yesterday. She had a little fever Tuesday and a cough. She still has a little cough but she is more or less ok. I think it might even be from teething because she popped a tooth on the bottom about 6 days ago and while at the grocery store I noticed her cheek looked bruised so I opened her mouth and behold a molar! She has been picking at her mouth and drooling ridiculously so I thought that was the case but didn't think they would appear so soon. Cailin has a routine visit tomorrow for her 1 yr check up so I will have the doc look in her mouth to make sure the molar looks good and see if there are any more coming. She won't let me near her mouth usually so it is hard to check.

I have an appointment with her pediatrician next Tuesday to discuss everything about baby M. I won't be breastfeeding this time around because of the medicine I am on so I kind of don't know what to do about formula for a newborn. I also want to discuss the GD and its side affects on baby M.

So all in all next week is a week of appointments, four of them. I was going to try to visit a friend in NYC but it seems impossible now. I have three appointments on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. I will be sure to update everyone on Tuesday. Wednesday is the Ultrasound and I will hopefully have pictures.