A Little Praise

With each of my previous pregnancies, I had gestational diabetes that I was able to control by careful eating and monitoring my glucose levels four times a day. When I found out I was pregnant this time around, the obstetrician immediately put me on the diet I followed before, along with the monitoring.

So since week 14, I have been pricking my finger when I first wake up and again two hours after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I make sure that I eat the right foods in the right amounts and in the right combination with very little 'cheating'. My numbers have been good for the most part, and I have felt healthy with minimal weight gain (only 4 lbs according to the doctor's charts, and I am at 30 weeks! Of course, they don't count the 3-4 lbs I gained during the first trimester when I was not even aware I was pregnant :o)

The fact that I feel good and am not packing on pounds is a praise in itself. But added to that is the great news that when I called this morning for the results of my 1-hour glucose tolerance test I had last Monday, the nurse said that my levels are normal! And my blood iron levels are within range, too! I nearly cried(which is easy to do lately, just ask my husband)... not because the diet and monitoring are so awful, but because God is so faithful and good.

I plan to continue on the diet for the rest of the pregnancy, because the results have been very beneficial. Hopefully, I will be able to maintain it even after Baby Boy arrives in 8 - 10 weeks. The girls and I are going to have a time of praise during lunch, and I might even have a chocolate chip cookie to celebrate (made fresh by hubby yesterday with whole wheat, oats, flax seed, and honey). And yes, I'll be sure to count it as part of my carbs :o)

Tagged? What's that?

So I am not up on all the blog terms... yet.

My good friend is gently spurring me on to "just do it"... blog, that is... because she well knows my perfectionist tendencies and their ability to keep me from jumping into something when I feel like I don't have the time to do it 'right'... thus the very long time that has passed since my last entry (and boy, do I have some things to share!)

So, she tagged me. Here goes...

10 years ago... I was on summer break from my teaching job at Manchester High School, most likely doing whatever I could to stay cool since our 100-year-old house was not yet air-conditioned.

5 things on my list today... watch the free movie in town with my hubby and girls, run by the bread store, finish our scope and sequence for the next school year (which starts in 11 days), read the next chapter in Financial Peace Revisited, and write this blog.

Snacks I enjoy... dark chocolate peanut butter licked right off the spoon (or spread on a graham cracker); a cold, crisp Gala apple; a bowl of cereal; cheese and crackers.

Things I would do if I were a millionaire... Bring my husband home from work; buy a farm; RV across the country; and give, give, give...

Places I have lived... only Georgia in Riverdale, Fayetteville, Americus, Tifton, Jonesboro, Hapeville,and Moreland

And I will not tag anyone else, but I will start blogging again... I promise!