Home Again

I got released from the hospital yesterday.  Yeah!  They ended up keeping me two days because it turns out the first Dr misinformed me and I do have gestational diabetes.  2 of the 3 values on the 2-hour fasting glucose test were 1 point over the new cut off.  I was taught how to slightly change my diet and monitor blood sugar.  My blood sugars were out of whack in the hospital because of the steroid shots.  But, by yesterday morning they had stabilized and I was allowed to go home.

My instructions now that I am home are to follow the GD diet, monitor blood sugar 6 times a day and take an oral diabetic med 3 times a day.  My preeclampsia is very mild, which is great news.  We are hoping that it will not progress quickly so that we can keep the babies in a couple of more weeks.  I've been placed on a stricter "modified" bedrest than before.  Basically, they want me resting with my feet up all the time, but I'm allowed to get up to grab food, use the bathroom, shower and go to Dr appointments.  My appointments have doubled.  I now will have 2x a week NST & BPP ultrasounds with MFM and will see the diabetic RN once a week as well.  I also have weekly appointments with my OB moving forward.  One of the MFM Dr's that checked in with me yesterday told me it would be good to bring my hospital bag to each appointment- because at any one of them coming up I could be told we are going to deliver.

The whole breech/vertex trying to flip babies is stressing me out.  I'm going to try the acupuncture/moxa, chiro thing and then leave it in the Lord's hands.  I would love to experience a vaginal delivery for many reasons, but my stressing out about it isn't helping anyone.  If it works and we have two head down babies- great, if not- then I'm trying to reconcile myself to a c-section.

I'm doing much better emotionally now that I am home again.  It was so stressful and scary to be in the hospital and not have "control" over what was happening.  I'm glad that they did find out about these two new diagnoses' so that we can take proactive steps.  I'm hoping that the next time I'm hospitalized it's at least two weeks from now and it's to deliver the boys.  It looks like we will get to that 2-week mark at this point as the boys don't seem to have been affected by any of this.  All of the NST's in the hospital and u/s's show that they are doing fine.  It's a huge relief to know that they aren't being negatively impacted.