What not to serve a diabetic pregnant woman!

This is the cake my sister made for my father for Hanukkah (Jewish festival of lights). Certainly *not* diabetic friendly. Fortunately I'm not much for this sort of cake anyway, so I was in no way offended. The apple crumble my mother made was much more suitable for me and I totally enjoyed it!

Hanukkah has moved into the final day and we lit the candles for the last time this evening. One of the great joys of parenthood for me has been watching my son enjoy the ritual of lighting the candles each night. His face lights up with joy as he helps light the candles and he's sad when they go out each night. This is the first time he's really been able to enjoy Hanukkah and the last time he'll enjoy it as an only child.


For the first time in years I didn't indulge in the Hanukkah tradition of eating donuts, though I was able to enjoy a few of my sister's latkes that were just great. I have to say that I've been enjoying the odd piece of chocolate money (low GI) that I've managed to fit into my strict diet.

It's really final days now. I'm booked in to have my baby via c-section on 4th January (if I don't go into labour earlier) and it's nice to know that there's an end date in sight. While I don't really want to go into the details of my birth story with my son it is enough to say that the 3rd degree tear and fractured coccyx that a I suffered as a result of a forceps birth is what has led to the need for a c-section this time. I have the usual fear of going in for major abdominal surgery but I figure that it can't be any worse that the recovery from the birth of my son. In a few weeks I'll know for sure.

We've had some scorching hot days here in Sydney and yesterday was horrible. It was still 30 degrees Celsius in the house when I tried to get to sleep last night and it was difficult to come by. Eventually I nodded off - probably about the same time the cool change arrived and brought the temperature down. It was lovely and cool today and I'm hoping that there aren't too many more really hot days between now and when our son is born.

I'm going to enjoy a relaxing weekend (I hope) and then get the last few things I can get done next week when I have 2 days of child care to make the most of :).