September 2007 : Gestational Diabetes

My OB visit this month is schedule to test for the gestational diabetes, which is a type of diabetes that starts during pregnancy and will be gone after delivery the baby. The big thing about this test is, if I have the diabetes (means my body isn't able to use the sugar in blood as well as it should, so the level of sugar in my blood becomes higher than normal), it can be unhealthy for me and my baby. The baby may be more likely to have a low blood sugar level or jaundice, or may weigh much more than normal-which make me become very over weight and may have a difficult delivery or need a c-section.

I was never heard of this GD before, and the nurse seriously told me that if I fell this test-she called it 1 hour test, I will have to come back for 3 hours test. And if I happen to have that GD, I have to see a specialist to control my food intake.

I kind of a bit scare, because my eating habit was change dramatically. In the past 3 years, I'm not really in to fast food at all-I ate 2-3 times at most. But this Past month, I crazilly fall in love with it, just to see the ads on TV- I feel like I have to have it. So, PP is very concern that I might fell the test, he try not to let me eat fast food the week before the test. but still- I can't help myself eat an ice-cream the night before the test 555.

Anyway, no one call me after the test which is a gesture that I'm fine-no GD :)

Lucky me, It is one pace further for my baby to a healthy world.