the GD scare

the only thing that kept my parents happy during the last ob appointment on tuesday was hearing my heartbeat once more and seeing the bpm count increasing when i was jiggled by dr. bouchard. she even told mom that she just has to believe that i am fine. the rest of it isn't too promising...

first, mom's uterus was measuring longer than expected (she was at 30cm, when she's supposedly at 28cm only). well, no scan was done so we're not sure if i am bigger than what a 28-week old baby should be.

second, her hemoglobin count is lower than normal and hence falling into the anemic side. it was normal on all of their past appointments, but now she had to take iron supplement asap.

and lastly, and the most dreadful of all, she failed the glucose challenge test. she fasted last night and prepared for her 3-hr glucose tolerance test this morning but almost an hour after she drank that carbonated super sweet glucose drink, she just had to puke (fasting + carbonated drink + pregnant woman = disaster!). so she had to redo the test again on monday. hopefully it'll be successful, or else, she'll just tell dr. bouchard to diagnose her with GD and not undergo this OGTT anymore. mom is actually expecting she might have this since tita tokti had gestational diabetes when she had ate yana. but she's still hoping she won't have it... so, we'll see.

mom is actually ok to have all these as long as i'm not affected by them and i stay healthy... so, please please pray for us ok?