Lab Tests

When I received a call from my doctor's nurse about my failed lab results I was not surprised.  Story of my life with this pregnancy.  I failed the glucose test.  She stated that I needed to take the 3 hour glucose test - no eating after midnight and drinking oodles of sweet glucose and then waiting at the hospital for 3 hours until the lab drew my blood.  I chose to exercise my right of freedom of choice and said I would not be taking that test. 

Nurse: "He might want to send you to a perinatal doctor then."

Me: "I'm already seeing one so that's fine."  Send away!

Nurse: "Oh....Let me talk to him and see what he recommends."

Yes, you do that.  I mean what are they going to do - send me to a dietitian or nutritionist?  Go ahead - I've been on Dr. Brewer's Pregnancy Diet for the last 12 days.  No sugar, no white flour, no processed foods.  It consists of eating 4 servings of milk, 6-8 protein, 2 eggs, 5 whole grains, 2 green leafy veggies, 2 vitamin C, 1 vitamin A, 3 fats/oils, and salt, water, supplements.  So isn't that pretty close to a diabetic diet anyway?  Bring it.

I began the pregnancy diet because baby #3 is measuring small - well her abdomen at least.  It measured at 11%.  When her abdomen reaches 5% that is when the doctor takes action.  But I thought, why wait?  I love research so let's see if this diet is all it's cracked up to be.

I go in at the end of the week for a hemoglobin test instead of a 3 hour fast test.  Awesome.  Sometimes being stubborn pays off.  In a couple of weeks I'll find out if my diet is helping baby to grow.  BUT if she does happen to grow, and my hemoglobin test comes back positive for gestational diabetes, the doctors are going to think that she's growing due to the diabetes!  I just can't win!!