I Failed

Okay, I'm a dunce.

I went for my 1 hour Glucose Tolerance Test this morning.

Yep, you guessed it!

I failed.

In fact, I failed it when I was pregnant with R.J. too.

The bad news is that when you fail this initial 1 hour test, they usually have you come back and do either a 3 hour or 5 hour test where they draw your blood at various timed intervals.

Trust me, by the time you are through with that series, your arm feels like you've been an intravenous drug user.

The good news is that my doctor (God love him) said that even though I failed, he is not making me go through the additional testing this time around with this baby.

His rationale?

He said that since I am already taking the oral anti-diabetic drug called Metformin, which was originally prescribed for me while dealing with my secondary infertility issues (evidently studies have shown that Metformin combined with the fertility drug Clomid improved chances of pregnancy in women with elevated insulin levels), he felt that I am being medically monitored closely enough without having to endure the prolonged testing.

So, yes, I am a dunce, but I guess I'm also a teacher's doctor's pet too...LOL!

Nevertheless, I suppose that cutting out those McDonald's breakfast burritos is probably wise, don'tcha think?!

It Just Doesn't Happen That Much In The South

Hi, readers!

Thanks so much for bearing with me and understanding my absence from the blog lately. Trust me, it's not because I don’t want to be here.

I am a legislative liaison and the Alabama Legislature is now in session and work has just been super busy and I feel like I've been running a marathon ever since January 12th (when they convened), but not today.

Wanna know why???

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S-N-O-W!

Yep, we finally got some!!!

So, needless to say, no work for me today…YIPPEEE!!!

Okay, all of you out there with (fill in the blank) _____ feet of snow…don’t laugh at my pics.

We are just happy as can be to see even the hint of white stuff here in Dixie!






















When it started snowing this morning my son said, "Hey Mom, come and see this. You know, it only happens once in a lifetime!" LOL!

Poor kid, I didn't have the heart to tell him that growing up in New Jersey I saw snow every year, sometimes two or three times in one winter!

Enjoy my sweet child, enjoy!

Let's Talk...

Theme for the day…discharge.

Sorry if it’s too much information for you, but by now if you've been reading my blog you know I am pretty much a right-to-the-point sort of chick.

Okay, okay, I guess I can call it whatever politically correct word you want me to, i.e. leakage, wetness, leukorrhea, etc. but whatever it’s called, it’s a nuisance and a scare all rolled into one.

Nuisance not only because it requires me to change my panties on timed intervals, but also because it has the consistency of wallpaper paste albeit a tad bit more watery.

So, instead of being able to celebrate the fact that my good ole’ relative Auntie Flow is on a 40-week vacation, I still have to dig into my “monthly” stash to catch this progesterone induced gunk.

Why is it a scare you ask???

Because with every awareness of some sort of dribble “down there” it’s like starting me off at a track meet…3, 2, 1, gunshot - - I’m off…to the bathroom that is.

Yep, off I go running to the potty, and with my eyes closed and a quick prayer said, I glance down (first one eye open, then the other) hoping not to see any type of "colored" stuff a.k.a. blood.

At this point you all might be saying, "But Tracey, you are half-way through your pregnancy, surely you aren't afraid of bleeding at this point?"

Well to be completely honest, I guess my early on spotting/bleeding episodes during this pregnancy still have me a bit freaked out. And, while I know that “spotting” (and perhaps even light bleeding) is completely common and/or normal at some point during pregnancy (especially early on), personally, at this point, the more wallpaper gunky, the better.

So, girls, it looks like I won’t be avoiding the feminine hygiene aisle just quite yet!

Bring on the panty liners!!