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@sweetooth: Thanks! I'm done. Planning on calling the office tomorrow to hound them for my results!
I'd think if you haven't heard anything, you're fine!

@Ash: fingers crossed for you!

@sweetooth: I haven't heard back on mine either!

@sweetooth: @Cara M. 17: Thanks Hope y'all find out your results soon!! Fingers crossed for good news!

@sweetooth: @Cara M. 17: My office never calls for normal labs and just tells you at your next appointment. I'm sure if you haven't heard anything within a couple of days of being tested your probably in the clear

@Ash: Glad your done! Hope you get quick results so you don't have to wonder too long!

@lilteacherbee: You've got this! It's the initial getting started on these types of things that is a PITA, but it quickly becomes second nature.

@sweetooth: woohoo that's awesome news!!!

ETA: I'm going to keep eating sweets until I get my results

@sweetooth: Great news!! Yep, I'm in the midwest.. it's 0800 here so I'll give them until 0900 and then I'M CALLING!!
Oh, and I did enjoy some yummy food afterwards. Since I missed out on breakfast, I gobbled an omelet!

@anbanan15: Thanks! There was a chance the last draw was hemolyzed and I told dh I'd take the dx of GD before going through that AGAIN!!

@sweetooth: Aw crap, I meant to reply to lilteacherbee lol!
Congrats to you!

@Ash: Oh that would be horrible! I would take the CD dx as well if my options were that or repeat the test. Hopefully you get some results soon.

@Ash: I would give it 24 hours, but really what will the do, but say it hasn't come back yet so no harm either way

@Ash: My lab almost always takes 48 hours unless something is ordered stat. I do get my thyroid panel results the same evening, but my guess is my endo has them ordered as stat since I'm pregnant because their office used to call within a week of them being taken, not hours.

@anbanan15: the receptionist seemed to think they'll be in this afternoon. Fingers crossed she's right!

@sweetooth: Yay, Congrats!!!!!!! That's great news!

@Ash: The waiting is the worst!! They called me 3 hours after I was finished with the results, which is good because I did not want to wait all weekend! I spent the past few days sulking and now I'm good

@Ash: Haha they should know this is important stuff!! They told me at the one hour that they would only call if I failed. I told them last time that they had to call regardless!

The only thing that is still annoying me is that people are assuming I caused this myself...like I ate so horribly that I gave myself GD (ahem, crazy women at work...)

Anyway, so I had an appointment set up for Thursday, but I have to go to all the stuff for GD as well (learning the diet/pricking myself/etc) even though I basically know all this stuff because of growing up around my grandmother who has diabetes and because I'm a crazy researcher. I got them to put the appointments together, so now I go Friday instead. First for the GD stuff and then an ultrasound afterwards.

Results are in: I PASSED! THANK GOD!

@Cara M. 17: Ugh! Booooooo! Our due date must throw our blood sugars off! The only bad thing about the 3hr was the 1st hr of feeling like crap just like the 1hr did.

@Ash: So glad you passed your 3 hour!!! It's so frustrating bc I've been eating SO well 95% of the time. I honestly wonder if its bc I never drink soda or eat refined sugars. Oh well...hopefully I pass the three hour. My midwife told me they'll give me the script at my 30 week appt and there's no rush to get it done.

@Cara M. 17: Thank you! That's what I thought too... I don't eat a lot of sugars or carbs so I'm wondering if the drink was a shock to my body. But just know it's nothing you've done wrong. Just like MrsCB said, it's the placenta that is to blame. Fingers crossed you pass the 3hr!

@MrsCB: Thank you!! So glad your little man is healthy as can be in there!!

@lilteacherbee: Thanks! Glad to hear you're doing well today!

@Ash: CONGRATS! Woohoo!!!

@Cara M. 17: Boo I hope that you pass the 3-hr with flying colors!

@MrsCB: Hey there little baby boy! Glad to hear the ultrasound went well and he's measuring good too!

@Cara M. 17: Good luck on the 3 hour!

@Ash: Yay!!

@MrsCB: Great appointment!

@FarmWifeGina: I knew it! I thought Cricket sounded like a girl nn and you would totally be carrying a girl BTW, love getting u/s done at MFM for the same reason...the regular techs aren't aloud to talk at all during any u/s (same way for my thyroid ones not just pregnancy related).

Holy balls I'm behind on this thread...fail.

@Cara M. 17: That blows that you failed the 1 hour--hopefully you'll pass the 3 hour with no problem!!

@Ash: SO happy you passed your 3 hour!!!

@MrsCB: Yay, that's so awesome you got another ultrasound to see him!!!

@FarmWifeGina: Glad to hear fluid levels are normal, that's awesome!

Not much new here--I go in on Monday for a boring appointment. I found out at my last appointment (at the very end as we were wrapping up) that my doctor is leaving the practice... She goes, "Oh, did I mention that next week is my last week here?" I'm like, "Ahh...no..." Hahahah, so yeah, it's not a huge deal I guess, I just set up my appointment with one of the other doctors there (whom I've never met or seen) and figure she'll know what to do.

So for those of you that remember my endocrinologist drama (she was rude and insulting), I have an update. I saw my new doctor last night and she was really really nice. She went over my numbers with me and asked if I had questions and just had such a much better demeanor than the previous doctor.

She still wasn't a fan of continuing on Metformin (like the other doctor), and kind of persuaded me that insulin at this point, may be a better option. In the last week or so my fasting numbers have continued to be bad, whereas before they were always perfect. So I'm going to try to see if a night time snack makes things improve, and if not I'll have to do a once nightly insulin injection, which isn't so bad. I was originally told by the nurse that if you were on insulin you'd have to calculate how many carbs you're eating and dose yourself with the appropriate amount of insulin, which seemed way too overwhelming for me, especially if the oral meds were working.

But as she said, there's a short time frame for this and now is the time when I can really make a difference in the size of the baby - which is vital for the health of both of us. I'm almost 29 weeks and I think at 37 they'll start evaluating me for an induction. That's only 2 months!!