7 weeks, 1 day

Well, I made it to 7 weeks. Again, I am thankful.

I seem to be battling high blood sugar lately. After a dizzy and shaky spell the other day, my dad tested my blood glucose level and it was higher than his! 166! We didn't believe it at first, so we tried again... 188! So now I have been staying away from sugars and just carbs. Yesterday, my fasting level was 100. It's supposed to be 95 and below. Today, it was 97. Went down a little. I'm trying to pair all of my carbs and sugars with a protein to even things out. I'm working on the Brewer diet as best as I can. My goal is to take one day at a time with controlling my sugars, so I get to have the birth that I want, and not to be induced at 37 weeks like my mom was and have an emaciated looking baby. Poor Caelin. I'm terrified. What if it doesn't go away, and I'm like this afterwards? My dad is diabetic. He can hardly have anything. I would hate to be. I'm so used to sugar. I crave sweets all the time, and I loathe artificial sweeteners. I would be a horrible diabetic.



On another note, I can't sleep worth crap. We have a huge dip on each of our sides. Both were from Andrew before the mattress got flipped and turned. He's a big guy, but seriously, I'm ready to kick him out of the bed so I can have the little hump in the middle of the bed. The only part that is comfortable. It kills my lower back, hips, and shoulders. I thought it would be tough sleeping once I got big in my pregnancy, but this is ridiculous!


Hayden has been sleeping better in his room. Of course, it's in his pack n play because his doorknob broke (thanks to my sister) and he escapes when we let him sleep in his toddler bed. He sleeps from 9:30-7/8am. No more night terrors. Well, not any lately. I'm so glad we've gotten a break from them. It had been like 3 weeks straight of no sleep for either of us.

Andrew is doing well in his new job, but there is a break in the show schedule, so he is off for 2 1/2 weeks. He doesnt get paid as much, but we will still be okay. Come mid may, the pay will get increased and we will be doing really well, and we will be able to pay all of our bills each month. It is kind of nice having him home for this long.

This last week, I was pretty sick. No appetite, and I would get waves of really bad nausea and I even had to leave Red Robin early the day my mom and I went to the beach because the smell of all the food was overwhelming. I now remember why we never went out to dinner when I was pregnant. We always had to leave because of some aversion or bad smell.

It seems to have gotten a little better the last few days, but I still can smell the trashcan from across the house, and everything smells like fish. Every glass I drink out of, when I drink milk, when I eat eggs, they all smell like fish. Not sure why..

All in all, things are pretty good!