Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Discovering the Unpleasant Side of Pregnancy

I'm just going to go ahead and get it off my chest.  I've had to unclog three toilet's over the last 6 months.  That's about 3 more toilets than I would prefer to unclog and as a matter of fact have ever unclogged.  Rather than go into much detail about that aspect of pregnancy I will just mention that fiber is a girl's best friend.

One thing that is not a girl's best friend (at least at this very moment) is sweets.  My favorite line from the movie Elf, "We elves like to stick to the main food groups:  candy, candy cane, candy corn, and syrup!" can no longer be my mantra.  I had my glucose screening yesterday which checks for the possibility of gestational diabetes.  During the hour long test I prayed that my chocolate intake over the last few months had not hurt my chances of actually passing.  I think God didn't hear my prayers because I have to go back for the glucose tolerance test which takes a grand total of 3 hours and consists of having blood drawn 4 different times.  I'm not dreading it nearly as much as giving birth but I'm definitely dreading it.

There's also the other side of me that takes a little offense to being told I may or may not be diabetic.  Way to kick the pregnant lady when she's down and feeling overweight.

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