I admit I've been on baby cruise control for the majority of the pregnancy. Aside from the one stint where I researched the best of everything when putting together my baby shower registry, I've been pretty ignorant of the whole pregnancy process.
I take my vitamins, I go to my doctor's appointments, I try to watch what I eat and I try to exercise. That's it.
I have this sneaking suspicion that after the baby comes and if anything goes wrong, I'll be overcome with mom guilt for not doing everything I possibly could while she was developing in the womb.
Yesterday's doctor's appointment involved the gestational diabetes test. The doctor didn't make a big deal about it at the previous appointment and just recommended not eating such a big meal before the test. Ok, I can do that! Then I start googling about it and I get freaked out.
Apparently, you don't want to fail this test and some recommend fasting and not eating any sugar or carbs prior to the test. I quickly glanced inside my lunchbox to see what I had packed:
Salad with grilled chicken breast
Bananas
Strawberries
Clementines
Cheez-its
Fruit Snacks
Chocolate chip cookies
Dark Chocolate granola bar
Quick scan of my snack drawer reveals:
Life saver mints
Lindt Dark Chocolate truffles
Honey roasted peanuts
Omega Trail Mix
Mixed nuts
As you can see 90% of my food is on the no-no list. I didn't eat a lot of my snacks. I did cave in and ate a clementine. Test be damned, I'm not starving myself.
I subsequently passed, but am I doing a disservice to my baby by not properly preparing?
We got a packet from the doctor about going in to labor and this is all new to me. I've read through the packet, but none of it wants to stick. I can't say it's because I still have three months to do. I research the shit out of vacations months and months in advance. Why not for baby?
I hope the urge to know what's going to happen when this baby wants out and all the options I'll be presented with will come soon. But for now, I just want to sleep.
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