Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2010!

Happy New Year!

We spent New Years Eve at home with friends and family. It's the only practical option for a 9 month pregnant woman to spend New Years Eve. In close proximity to food, bathroom facilities and a bed.

We splurged and bought at new BBQ and last night was the first test run. Fortunately it was successful and we cooked up more meat than we could eat and had a lovely evening with friends.

Bubba was well behaved and didn't cause me too many problems, even my blood sugar was under control (probably due to the lack of carbs in the meal). Staying up until midnight was a little challenging but after everyone left I kept myself busy paying bills until midnight when hubby and I turned on the TV for the best view of the Sydney fireworks. Then it was time to crawl into bed.

Master 2 had a wonderful evening. His friend who's 3 was here with his 18 month old sister and we put them all to bed in the same room. For a while there it looked as though the kids would get to midnight but the adults wouldn't. They talked and giggled and cried and made nuisances of themselves before they all finally fell asleep - only about 1/2 hour before they were woken up for the car trip home mind you!

I'm on a countdown now until Bubba is born. It's Friday and he's coming on Monday unless he decides he needs an early mark. I'm a civil marriage celebrant and have a wedding booked to officiate at tomorrow, so we're all keeping everything crossed that he doesn't.

On the gestational diabetes front my blood sugar is now getting out of control and incredibly difficult to manage through diet and exercise alone. I saw the doctor this week and he said that they weren't about to prescribe me insulin 5 days before I'm due to give birth, so just to try and keep doing what I've been doing but to make sure that the paediatrician is aware of my levels this week so that Bubba can get checked out to make sure he's not having problems with his glucose. My levels aren't incredibly high, but they are higher than the recommended level - this is despite me not making any changes to my diet. Oh well. Countdown is on. Not much more I can do at this point.

Thank Goodness for Grandparents!

This week I had my final appointment at the hospital and I was fortunate enough to be able to leave Master 2 with my parents. Hubby was at work and there's no way in the world that Master 2 would have coped with my wait. My Clinic appointment was at 10.30am but with the Monday clinic closed due to a public holiday, Thursday being the hospital's picnic day, and Friday also a public holiday it was always going to be busy. I ran into one of the other women who I'd met at the GD education so at least we had each other to chat to for a while that made the time pass more quickly. I finally got in to see the OB about 12.15pm, then had to see another Doc who would take my history before the C-Section, then I had to see the anaesthetist - all of which meant that I didn't leave the hospital until 1.30pm. A long wait in any one's book, but for a 2 1/2 year old would have been impossible. I felt sorry for the few women who had their toddlers with them and thanks my lucky stars that my parents were around and available to help.

Thank you to all the grandparents out there for being such wonderful people!