Well, since it's been 24 weeks this little minion has been incubating in my belly, and that I've not done a cool recording of what happens and what not happens while pregnant, well here is a list!
Of course, if you've been reading my other stuff, you'll notice I, do have a sense of humour, granted sometimes a bit crass, or you will want to face palm yourself , or simply laugh a good one. Good! It's meant to be...partly informative, partly traumatizing, partly, amusing!
So, All is fine up to now. Little fine tuning to be constantly made with my Blood glucose, since it doesn't want to cooperate as much as we'd like. But, that's what eating carbs does.
Yay Carbohydrates. You little sneaky moffos. Everything you're body craves for while pregnant? Well most everything you crave for since I've had moments of intense craving for salads too.
But Carbs. Fricken in everything. Junk Food? Yeah, Carbohydrate heaven! or Hell. Depends on how you see it!
Since I am a big woman, And Diabetes runs in my family like blood in our veins, well my body has begun the kind process of being insulin resistant. See, a Government Resistance is good! A overlord resistance is also, a Tyrant Resistance too! But Insulin resistance? Hmm nah, not so good a thing.
That just means what carbs you eat, all that fine yummy sugar, goes right to that baby giving it it's first true sugar buzz of it's life!
Meaning, the minion grows bigger, and bigger than it should, where delivery complications can happen.
Mine you, you don't have to be Fat-astic to have this Gestational Diabetes Gig. I know pleeeennnty of women who are 'normal to thin rail' sizes and who had it too.
I personally think it's because our bodies float in these Additives we got in our foods like fructose, corn Syrup, Which is in like everything, look on your food labels when at the store! It's everywhere, our bodies were not made to process so much sugar and eventually you Pancreas goes..
"Fudge this Bitch, I'm taking a vacation! It might be temporary, it might be permanent, but until you smarten up, I'm on a Fricken strike! Mexico Bitches!!!"
So see, it's not so fun.
I could of gotten away with Metformin, which is a little pill you swallow that helps your body process these sugary yummies. But, some people, like 8% or so, react not to well to them...Guess who's in that percentage!...*JUMPS UP AND DOWN HOLDING HER HAND UP*ME ME ME ME ME!!!
So, my yummy smelling GYN put me on insulin right up. Don't be afraid ladies of the needles. It isn't that bad as you'd think. really. Just hold it in, don't pull back ...Not like you got in this situation by your partner pulling back....
And inject.
It does help. But honestly, at my levels of resistance, if I remotely had enough self control, I am pretty sure I could manage mostly without insulin and just diet and exercisse through it.
Sadly, my fasting numbers are slightly higher than what the doctor wishes so, Insulin stays.
Also, big babies seem to run in my family on this generation. See, my grandmother gave birth to my mother who was, 13 pounds o.O Holy lord. And my mother is NOT a tall big woman like I am! hells no! She's been average/petite most of her life!
Then my sister. Oh Gosh....My sister had her first son over 3 and half years ago... 12.9 pounds of sugary pink chubbiness! Poor thing, her numbers were low like mine but they figured it was 'okay'. In the end, not that okay since now, in her 2nd pregnancy, she has to take insulin and her chances of staying on insulin afterwards are very high. All because the staff were being 'slack'.
So with me, well, the doctor wants to make sure that will not happen. It is a worrisome progress since all you tend to think is 'if I cant get these sugars under control, will baby be big too, will it have troubles. What can happen to me'. I mean a shit load of things can and will go in your mind if you are in this situation.
Don't stress. It makes it worse. In my case, it does this.
I see high numbers, I stress, I feel troubled, I eat junk to help feel better. The Junk Brings the blood sugars up, numbers get high again, you feel horrible, and eat junk again to feel better.
It's a vicious cycle.
The kind of Cycle most over weight person will have I bet. We eat, to compensate our emotions, or to fill in something, to make yourself feel better due to a situation. you need to eat, you eat wrong things, feel bad, then need a picker upper, so eat more junk. See? Horrible Horrible. It's worse than Drugs.
Because your body, for a while after detox, you will not need the drug. It's chemicals, not meant to be there. The desire is in your head.
Food? You NEED Food to survive. You're body needs the fuel, the energy it produces. Worse is good foods, the Wholesome foods our grandparents use to eat out of their gardens? Well it's more expensive than going to a Burger joint and get a Burger under 2$. And the burger is already made, so easy access and easy to go.
Today's world, we are all about 'fast fast and faster'. Cooking a healthy meal has jumped in the back seat to many things. But it's starting to come back I think I hope.
Because I don't want this lifestyle for my kid, so this week, I have been trying to jump in gear and be more careful. Make homemade meals, even if some meals are store bought, to at least add a salad, Read the labels so your carbs are lower. Eat Protein, eat the healthy fats to fill you up.
And talk. Talk about how you are feeling. take your phone, call, go see a friend, or blog it even. vent it out!
Gosh, now that I read what I've just written, I guess I won't be making a list of things about pregnancy. I guess this turned out into a Sugar eating rant!LOL
Adios Amigos!
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