Last week, this post from my friend C.Mom got my attention because I thought it meant she was expecting. Instead, she was sharing pics of her first bump as part of Rockin The Bump, a link-up courtesy of the blog Things I Can’t Say. Well, since I am currently rockin’ a bump, I thought I’d share photos from both of my pregnancies. 36 weeks pregnant with my son. He was born 2.5 weeks later. (I love this photo!) Approximately 12 weeks pregnant with baby #2, rockin’ the bridesmaid dress I’ll be squeezing into this fall. Actually dress will be brown. And today, 32 weeks and counting… … [Read more...]
My Gestational Diabetes Diet
June 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Its been two weeks since I started testing my blood sugar four times a day and following the diet my OB recommended. I’ll admit it; I was in denial that I actually had gestational diabetes, especially when I struggled with low blood sugar the first few days – that was awful! I felt weak and had trouble concentrating. But then I got the hang of the diet and my blood sugar stabilized (for the most part). I began to feel better, have more energy and I can tell when my blood sugar is crashing or soaring (the later is literally a sugar high and it doesn’t feel good.) My diet isn’t typical for diabetes, at least not in my experience (several of my family members have type 2). I’m not counting carbs but rather servings. In a day, I’m allowed 10 servings of carbs, 10 proteins, 5 fats, 4 nonstarchy vegetables (i.e. not potatoes, peas or corn), 3 milks and 3 fruits. I max out the fruits pretty quickly but not the others, especially the milks – cheese products count as proteins. A typical day … [Read more...]
Glucose Buddy
June 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The day I found out I had gestational diabetes I bought an iPhone. I blamed the splurge on my diagnosis but truthfully, I needed a new phone anyway. I posted about my purchase on Facebook and one of my friends replied: You know there’s an app for that. Enter Glucose Buddy, the diabetes helper. Its a free app available on iTunes. There’s also a companion website where you can manage your diabetes. I’ve found it to be essential to tracking my blood sugar levels, especially since I have to test my blood four times a day. After every test, I open “add log,” then select BG (for blood glucose) and enter the number from my FreeStyle Lite. Then I select which meal the test follows and hit save. The app records the time of the test as well. I can access all my numbers by clicking on Log or I can sync them to the website and print out a copy – that’s what I’ll be doing for my next doctor’s appointment. There are a lot of other features like a graph of your numbers, a forum, and logs for … [Read more...]
Eat Write Retreat 2011
May 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
Last weekend, I was supposed to be volunteering at the first Eat. Write. Retreat. conference, an all-inclusive conference for food bloggers. Instead, I was having a second ultrasound and enduring a three-hour glucose test (more on that in an upcoming post). I had bowed out of my volunteer honor the month before knowing that, at seven months pregnant, I probably couldn’t keep up with the weekend’s agenda. It was the right decision but I still longed to be there. I’ve been watching Twitter hoping to virtually experience the conference and over the last week I’ve seen a lot of recap posts, all of which made me wish I had been there even more. Not for the swag or even the awesome sessions but for the camaraderie between food bloggers. Post after post expressed the same sentiment that the connections made were the best part of the weekend. And so I wanted to share with you this collection of those posts from the Eat. Write. Retreat website: http://eatwriteretreat.com/updates. Won’t you … [Read more...]
