Sugar Free-For-All

 I was supposed to have my gestational diabetes test yesterday. I had diligently tried to avoid spiking my blood sugar for most of the day, even googling "[insert food here]" and "glycemic index" to see how I was doing. This was--as the doctor later assured me, trying probably very hard not to roll his eyes--very unnecessary, but I did NOT want to have a false read on this. Slight paranoia? Perhaps. But I have never failed a test in my life, and I didn't want to start now. 

(I mean, if I did, I know it isn't my fault, but, I am a bit concerned that the 'treatments' are 'diet and exercise changes'--basically eating what I already eat--minus perhaps the current obsession with Honey Nut Chex, Frosted Cheerios, and Lucky Charms--and exercising, like I already do. I feel like I might be up a creek without a paddle--and no sugary cereal--if I do test for it...)

Anyways, I couldn't get the test done after all, as they scheduled it for two days short of 24 weeks, which is apparently the absolute earliest anyone will let you actually take the test. I go back for a 26 week appointment and they will test then. Although the doctor had wanted it done early, since I do have PCOS and it is a risk factor, he said it should be fine. (I don't present like a 'normal' PCOS patient, in terms of body type and weight, so maybe that will help me?) They DID offer to let me take the test anyway, but said I'd just have to do it again, and it seems like drinking a 'flat orange soda-like' drink and then waiting in the clinic for an hour doesn't sound like something I want to do more than once unless I have to. 

So...sugar free-for-all through the New Year? (Well at least as many Lucky Charms as I want. :))

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All was NOT lost, as I got to have a growth ultrasound with a tech I knew from my many many many trips to the fertility clinic. I am not sure, but maybe, she printed off more photos than she needed to because she 'knew' me. Doesn't matter...I love seeing that baby! [Also, I am convinced that one of the photos looks just like my little sister when she was a baby. Does this mean it is a girl? Or just a boy that looks like her?]