I had wrote that I had my GD test Sunday which I failed. I took the 3 hour test on Monday. The nurse called the resident and the resident said that I had passed. I felt like it was wierd because the nurse said she wasn't sure if I passed or not. Well my doctor came to see me today and looks like the resident read the test result wrong and I did fail! So I officially have gestational diabetes! Now I have to do blood sugar 4 times a day, in the AM when I first wake up so a fasting one, then a blood sugar 1hr after each meal. I also have been put on a diet so I have to carb count and a diabetic educator is going to talk to me today. I feel so confident at work when I teach patients about diabetes but all of a sudden I feel so lost in all of this! Now my poor fingers are going to be all bruised :-(
Yesterday one of the on call doctors saw me, who I have not been to fond of. She basically told me that she didn't understand why I havn't gone home yet. She said, don't you have relatives that can help? I say, not really it's my husband and my mom. Then she says, why don't you have your mom move in? I say she has a 15 year old at home and I don't have a very large house at all. Then she says well then you can move in with your mom...umm no my mom lives in a decent size apartment but has 3 adults living there and my 15 year old sister. And honestly if I am not going home home I might as well be in the hospital!
So that doctor made my a bit upset and I spoke with my doctor today about it. I asked her what I would have to do exactly to go home. She basically said the same things again, 24 hour child care but she did say that it would be ok for me to be home for short periods of time by myself, Skyler is not allowed to be home alone with me though.(that makes me feel like I have supervised visits with my son lol). So were going to consider me going home if we can assure that we keep doing what we are doing as far as childcare. Things get a bit more complicated now though that I have GD because I have to get that all set it. She said if I decide that I really want to go home (which obviously I do) that we will do another ultrasound to make sure nothing has gotten worse.
I think that I am going to revisit this idea at 28 weeks, I will feel more safe the further along I get. I am nervous at the idea that I could have a large bleed at home when I am alone though. I get nervous that I wouldn't get to the hospital in time, in which I was told I have to call the ambulance if I am home alone and the bleed is bad. I also get nervous that I would be in such shock it would take me longer than needed to call. Ugh I don't know what is best! I guess I will take it day by day and as we get closer to 28 weeks, we just have to hope that there is no bleeding or contractions and then there will be the possibility of me being able to be at home! That would be great for the holidays!
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