Wow, that was dramatic. 🙂
So had a metabolic appointment yesterday. That means with my diabetes team! Blood drawn, spoke to Endocrinologist, stuff like that there. Endo is very pleased with my numbers. Still a bit high in the morning, so increased my insulin. Mornings are the hardest to get down for almost everyone, due to what is known as the Dawn Effect or Dawn Phenomenon. For some reason, blood glucose levels go up with the dawn. Some people say it is to wake the body up to get the day started, but no one knows for sure why it happens. But it is not unusual that my highest insulin dose is before breakfast.
They also did a second scan on me yesterday. Baby now measures 9+1, with a margin of error of +/- 1 week, so I am around 10 weeks. I will have a real dating scan in 3 weeks. But everything looks great, heartbeat nice and strong, and being such a wiggle worm that the US operator had a hard time getting a measurement on her! Perhaps there is a dancer or footballer in our future!
And today I saw my GP about the depression and general feelings of OMG!ICK! She said that this is the one time in my life I am allowed to let myself be depressed. To take it easy. Keep eating well, taking walks, but mostly just relaxing. So I am off work for at least another whole week after this one. With strict orders to sit around and do very little! My kind of prescription!
In other news, I had sort of an odd moment yesterday. I took the bus up to the hospital and this couple and their two children got on as well. One was about 2 and in a pushchair and the other was literally a babe in arms. Then, coming home on the bus, the same couple was there as well. But with only one child.
So I have been wondering what happened to the other child. I would think that if the poor little thing had to be left at the hospital, mom and dad would have stayed longer with him. Or at least one of them would have. And neither parent looked worried or anything.
This is one of those things that will remain a mystery. Gonna make me nuts. Any theories?
Maybe they were watching that child for someone in the hospital who was being discharged that day.