Blood Sugar Sex Magic
(well, really just the first two)
See, I told you my attention span was getting short! Can you believe I already missed a day of Holidailies?
I've been preoccupied with my blood sugar levels here these last couple of days. I remember when I first started researching the gestational diabetes, almost a month ago, I read that most people have certain foods that are "trigger foods," in that they can trigger high blood glucose levels. Well, pizza is definitely one of mine. Last night we had dinner at Bertuccis, a pizza restaurant that serves fairly healthy Neopolitan style pizza, brick oven style, not very greasy. And two hours later, my blood sugar level was 200.
Two hundred, people! It's supposed to be under 120 by two hours after every meal!
In the three weeks (plus) that I've been taking my levels, I had never seen anything close to 200. Once I got a 150 after eating a burrito full of rice, but I figured I learned my lesson there. I guess I learned another lesson last night, too... no more pizza until the bambino is here.
But it gets stranger. While the post-meal number was the one that shocked me last night, normally my two-hours-after-eating numbers are right where they're supposed to be. Only rarely do they go out of line, and then I can almost always attribute it to something specific (like that pizza). The problem I normally have is that my morning number is too high. This is the fasting number, the one I take right after I wake up. It's supposed to be under 90, and in three weeks of testing, it's been 90 or lower only twice. Since I started taking insulin injections at night last week, it's been in the 90s most of the time, but still not under 90. It has been really, really frustrating.
Well, this morning the fasting number was 83. Yes, after that insanely high post-meal number last night. And since I have never seen the post-dinner number so high, and I also have never seen the morning number so low, I have to wonder if it's a case of cause and effect. But I don't know!
Actually, all my numbers today were great. Go figure. Of course, tomorrow is always another day!
In other news, we finished our childbirth class tonight. It was only three weeks long, which seemed a little short to me, but to be honest I think it's nice to get it over with. We both felt like we learned stuff from it and I guess it will help when the time comes. I am trying not to get my expectations too set on how it'll be... with the gestational diabetes I am at a higher risk for c-section or induction, and I feel like I need to stay flexible about how the delivery will happen.
There's some stuff about my first week of fetal monitoring over on the baby blog if you want to read it. If the blood sugar update wasn't already enough TMI for you!
See, I told you my attention span was getting short! Can you believe I already missed a day of Holidailies?
I've been preoccupied with my blood sugar levels here these last couple of days. I remember when I first started researching the gestational diabetes, almost a month ago, I read that most people have certain foods that are "trigger foods," in that they can trigger high blood glucose levels. Well, pizza is definitely one of mine. Last night we had dinner at Bertuccis, a pizza restaurant that serves fairly healthy Neopolitan style pizza, brick oven style, not very greasy. And two hours later, my blood sugar level was 200.
Two hundred, people! It's supposed to be under 120 by two hours after every meal!
In the three weeks (plus) that I've been taking my levels, I had never seen anything close to 200. Once I got a 150 after eating a burrito full of rice, but I figured I learned my lesson there. I guess I learned another lesson last night, too... no more pizza until the bambino is here.
But it gets stranger. While the post-meal number was the one that shocked me last night, normally my two-hours-after-eating numbers are right where they're supposed to be. Only rarely do they go out of line, and then I can almost always attribute it to something specific (like that pizza). The problem I normally have is that my morning number is too high. This is the fasting number, the one I take right after I wake up. It's supposed to be under 90, and in three weeks of testing, it's been 90 or lower only twice. Since I started taking insulin injections at night last week, it's been in the 90s most of the time, but still not under 90. It has been really, really frustrating.
Well, this morning the fasting number was 83. Yes, after that insanely high post-meal number last night. And since I have never seen the post-dinner number so high, and I also have never seen the morning number so low, I have to wonder if it's a case of cause and effect. But I don't know!
Actually, all my numbers today were great. Go figure. Of course, tomorrow is always another day!
In other news, we finished our childbirth class tonight. It was only three weeks long, which seemed a little short to me, but to be honest I think it's nice to get it over with. We both felt like we learned stuff from it and I guess it will help when the time comes. I am trying not to get my expectations too set on how it'll be... with the gestational diabetes I am at a higher risk for c-section or induction, and I feel like I need to stay flexible about how the delivery will happen.
There's some stuff about my first week of fetal monitoring over on the baby blog if you want to read it. If the blood sugar update wasn't already enough TMI for you!
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