The nurse called back today with an update about my last glucose test and our plan from here on out. She said that after speaking with Dr. Bain, they have decided to refer me to some counseling for gestational diabetes. Someone from the hospital should be contacting me within the next couple days with more information about these classes, but for now all I know is that it is an educational program about gestational diabetes that includes information about testing the sugar levels in your blood and about a good diet plan.
In the meantime, I am kind of at a loss for what to do now. I have been eating better and watching my sugar intake. When my sugar gets low, I go ahead and eat candy and a soda to bring it back up so I don't pass out. The nurse didn't really have any advise for what to do should I feel week and shaky; she just said to go to these classes.
I asked why a spike in my sugar would happen, knowing that no one in my family has diabetes that I know of and that most of my family, including myself, have low blood sugar issues. Nurse Kim advised that sometimes this just happens about this time in a pregnancy.
I am hoping that these classes provide a lot more information for me. In the meantime, I guess we'll keep on truckin' and just keep an eye out of any sugar oddities.
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