Week 28: Numbers

On Thursday I had the pleasure of spending all day in gestational diabetes training... fun, fun, fun! Turns out my glucogen test was 199, which is borderline tragically bad. So, the game plan is to count carbs and monitor my blood glucose until little Miss Allison's arrival. It's been a bit of a learning process to determine how much sugar my body can handle at one time, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. I just never realized how carb heavy my diet was. Especially snacks. I love fruit, granola bars, and milk, all of which have to be restricted. But honestly, it's not a bad thing for the Crohn's. Sugar is food for the bad bacteria in your gut, so limiting my intake can only do good things. As I continue to taper off the steroids, my body should also be able to process it better. We've only got about 10 weeks to go, so I'm sure the time will fly by! I also get to add additional appointments with a perinatologist as well as a diabetes educator to ensure that I'm doing everything right and that baby is healthy. That means more ultrasounds and fetal monitoring, which can be fun. Just not looking forward to spending so much time at St. John's!