Post-holiday recovery...
Jan. 6th, 2009 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sublimatedangelThis year's holidays were filled with all kinds of wonderfulness, but I can't be sorry to see them go. Christmas was a bit more modest than years past, but that's actually a good thing in my opinion. The gifts I received were thoughtful and give me joy (have been glutting myself with Dr. Horrible and Bones, and have some Stephen King to devour soon, amongst other things). Alex discovered Bionicles and is obsessed with the little robot/alien/demon things. This is also a good thing as it provides something we can take away (for discipline). He's such an imaginitive and creative boy that he'll happily play out scenes with his hands, and doesn't get TV or computer time on a regular enough schedule for him to notice the loss... so the timing on his developing a strong attachment to *something* was really ideal.
I'm about halfway through my pregnancy at this point, though it doesn't feel like it... so much of the beginning is swept along in not feeling much different than normal, and it will get more challenging towards the end, so it still feels like I have a long way to go. Getting lots of kicking/flailing/movement though, which is fun :D He's sure to be full of energy just like his big brother. Diabetic pregnancy is just as frustrating and illogical as I remember it. Bloodsugar and the human body refuse to settle into nice, neat, predictible patterns in spite of my math-minded conviction that they should. I meet with dieticians and nurses frequently as well as keeping in touch by phone/email, and they help figure out a plan for me. I try to resign myself to getting inexplicable results and to just looking at the bigger picture - it doesn't come easy to me.
My current routine involves insulin shots five times a day and finger pricks 6-8 times... good thing I'm not needle phobic, eh? I want to discuss whether getting a continuous-monitoring pump might be a good idea for me (need to contact my regular doctor about that), but for now I guess I'm doing okay. Mornings are the hardest... have to get up, do my ketones testing, take my thyroid medication, drink my water, test my blood sugar, take my fast acting insulin, mix and take my slow acting insulin, cook a breakfast that magically won't screw me up anyhow (harder than it sounds), eat that fifteen minutes after my insulin shots, then test blood sugar again in an hour. All while barely awake (so not a morning person) and also trying to dress and groom both myself and a four year old who is bright eyed and eager to play and demanding food, interaction, and attention. Then after that I can do all my regular morning stuff like feeding the fish and the cats and getting us ready for preschool.
A bit behind on everything and trying to catch up with it all... getting there slowly. Have a cold at the moment but trying to just push through it. Nate is, as always, completely wonderrful and supportive and helpful... don't know what I'd do without him. My urge to bake, temporarily quelled by Christmas baking, is back with a vengeance. Looking at awesome cake blogs all day yesterday probably didn't help. This weekend is full of birthday goodness - the niece (1) and nephew (2) on Saturday and then my cousin's boy (5) on Sunday... should be lots of fun. Okay, off to go and be a productive Amy... hope everyone is having a good Tuesday.
I'm about halfway through my pregnancy at this point, though it doesn't feel like it... so much of the beginning is swept along in not feeling much different than normal, and it will get more challenging towards the end, so it still feels like I have a long way to go. Getting lots of kicking/flailing/movement though, which is fun :D He's sure to be full of energy just like his big brother. Diabetic pregnancy is just as frustrating and illogical as I remember it. Bloodsugar and the human body refuse to settle into nice, neat, predictible patterns in spite of my math-minded conviction that they should. I meet with dieticians and nurses frequently as well as keeping in touch by phone/email, and they help figure out a plan for me. I try to resign myself to getting inexplicable results and to just looking at the bigger picture - it doesn't come easy to me.
My current routine involves insulin shots five times a day and finger pricks 6-8 times... good thing I'm not needle phobic, eh? I want to discuss whether getting a continuous-monitoring pump might be a good idea for me (need to contact my regular doctor about that), but for now I guess I'm doing okay. Mornings are the hardest... have to get up, do my ketones testing, take my thyroid medication, drink my water, test my blood sugar, take my fast acting insulin, mix and take my slow acting insulin, cook a breakfast that magically won't screw me up anyhow (harder than it sounds), eat that fifteen minutes after my insulin shots, then test blood sugar again in an hour. All while barely awake (so not a morning person) and also trying to dress and groom both myself and a four year old who is bright eyed and eager to play and demanding food, interaction, and attention. Then after that I can do all my regular morning stuff like feeding the fish and the cats and getting us ready for preschool.
A bit behind on everything and trying to catch up with it all... getting there slowly. Have a cold at the moment but trying to just push through it. Nate is, as always, completely wonderrful and supportive and helpful... don't know what I'd do without him. My urge to bake, temporarily quelled by Christmas baking, is back with a vengeance. Looking at awesome cake blogs all day yesterday probably didn't help. This weekend is full of birthday goodness - the niece (1) and nephew (2) on Saturday and then my cousin's boy (5) on Sunday... should be lots of fun. Okay, off to go and be a productive Amy... hope everyone is having a good Tuesday.
