This is a better week!

The past few days have been great. I hit my 12 week mark and we told everyone we know that I am pregnant. Sugars are a little unpredictable...waking up at 50 and staying between 100-170's all day. One of the hardest things being pregnant is waiting on others to do things for you. I have always done things for myself, fixing a flat tire, taking out my own trash, painting rooms in the house. All of which my husband is totally capable of doing, but being the impatient person I am, I don't like to wait for others and I find it hard to relax. Like I've said the simple things I used to do now take a great toll on me. I have always enjoyed a packed weekend with family visits and getting together with friends, but now I find it hard to leave the house for me more than 4 hours at a time. Just pulling weeds for one hour from my small flower garden dropped my sugar 70 points!! I do notice a rise in blood sugars the further along I get. I am allowed 3 meals with carbs between 50-60 per meal, 3 snacks of 15 carbs each and I still hungry! This baby likes to eat! The nausea is getting better too, it's bad in the morning and at night, I get about 5 hrs in the day that I feel good. Pregnancy is tough, pregnancy and Diabetes is a rollercoaster ride. This is one rollercoaster I am glad I got on !

Its not just about pregnancy

In my last post I seemed to have left out alot of information about myself...

I have had Diabetes for 31 years, diagnosed at age 3. I come from the times of urinating in a cup and dropping in a tablet for adjusting insulin doses. I have been on every kind of insulin made from Pork to Humulin to Novolog. I tried syringes, insulin pens, pumps, the watch that takes blood sugars, and the meters that literally takes 7 mintues to get a result!

When I was diagnosed people did'nt want their children playing with me for fear that their child would catch the diease. My family was pretty much on their own, relying mainly on the relatives that were'nt scared of me. It was a in some ways a burden, but in other ways this disease has taught me that I can accomplish anything, tI will not be afraid to try new things, and that everyone has secrets it's just a matter of time before they are out in the open. Most of all this disease has taught me to that life is short. We just never know where life will take us