Side Note: I had my gestational diabetes test today as well - this is where they make you drink a glass of pure sugar syrup that is supposed to taste like orange pop (but does NOT.) After you wait an hour, they draw blood and look to see how much sugar my body was able to process - if I still have a lot of sugar in my blood, then chances are I could have gestational diabetes, and I have to go for more testing.
Regardless, the orange stuff tasted like absolute crap, and as I choked it down this morning at 8am, King David lay there in blissful slumber, having never had to get up 15,000,000 times during the night to pee, and not having to lay on HIS side.
This "lay on your side" thing is really starting to tick me off. The books and websites say that it is preferrable to lay on your LEFT side, so that all the pressure is taken off of my uterus. God forbid I lay on my back and possibly restrict blood flow to the uterus. The thought of accidentally waking up on my back makes me lie awake at night, worried I may commit unintentional fetus murder - so I'm not sure what's worse: lack of sleep due to the constant fear of accidentally rolling onto my back, or actually committing the heinous act of ROLLING onto my back. I don't know exactly what happens when you roll onto your back, but I'm imagining something akin to an atomic bomb exploding in my uterus, then I wake up in a red haze of spattered blood and guts, and...you get the picture. Well, as you can imagine, I'm not getting much sleep anyways.
So, David slept like a baby while I choked down the orange goo, and then we went to the Doctor. I got the blood taken (David had to step outside of the waiting room for that...wimp.) and then they put me in the room to wait for the Doctor. All we could talk about was, "WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE?!?!?!??
Well......here's the answer:
That's right! We don't freaking know for ANOTHER 4 WEEKS!! UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
But, we do get to have one of those cool ultrasounds in 4D where you actually get to see what the baby looks like - it should look something like this:
So...sorry about the big letdown. Trust me, I was so disappointed that I almost couldn't bring myself to finish my cheese and veggie omelette after the appointment. (I said almost.) xoxo
