Yesterday, I get home and a brown cardboard box is waiting for me at my front door. Now, usually a big, brown, cardboard box with my name on it would excite me, however, the contents of this box beared nothing but strictness, pain & a reminder that pregnancy will put your body through so much... however, the rewards of pregnancy are comprable to nothing! Alas! My Diabetes Maintenance Kit! Multiple, daily finger sticks, a strict 1800 calorie meal plans and absolutely NO CANDY BARS OR DONUTS? What's my life come to!?!?! This will definitely test my endurance, but I'm up for a challenge... last really hard challenge I had in my life was... deciding my motif colors for my wedding - shallow, I know! Now, today, instead of a cardboard box waiting for me at the door, it will be a Registered Nurse/Dietician to educate me on gestational diabetes and how to make sure I stay on top of my health and eating habits for me, but moreso my precious BB! So, my journey with gestational diabetes officially begins. Pray for my strength to endure this!
UPDATE: The nurse just left and I now feel likecan empowered patient. It's not as bad as I thought in regards to the strictness of the diet... Just count carbs! It's like an altered version of the Atkin's Diet, but for prego's! The finger sticks ate something I have to get used to though. Anything for BB! anyway, just thought I'd give y'all an update! More later! Gnight!
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