Another Baby On The Way!

Good Morning! 

It has been a crazy busy past few months, between, moving across the state, 

family things, finding out we're having a baby and a bunch of doctor appointments. 

We moved, Yay! Closer to good health care, 

a better job, and a bigger city. Just in time to have a good place to have this baby.

I think we are going to enjoy this new chapter of our life....

I would like to blog my journey as a high risk pregnancy with a toddler,

 both as a way for me to keep track of all the changes we are 

making and going through, and also to share with you how it is different 

from a low risk pregnancy as I have now had personal experience with both. 

I know this is a little early to announce pregnancy (I'm only 7 weeks), 

however, I would like to blog this pregnancy as I am high risk 

this time around. There are many things we have to pay attention 

to this time and lifestyle changes to be made. 

The biggest change to this pregnancy is that I now have to manage diabetes. 

Not your typical gestational diabetes, this time I had 

blood sugar problems that were not under control before getting pregnant. 

This puts me at a greater risk of have problems with this pregnancy. 

Not only do we have to be concerned about birth defects, 

but I am also at risk for delivery complications...

The plan for the next month is to get my blood sugars under control. 

I have started taking insulin twice daily and watching my blood sugars closer

 then I have ever needed to before, I will have weekly appointments 

to monitor my sugars with hopes that we will get good control 

and be able to go to monthly appointments soon. 

My current HbA1c is 7.4 with a goal of 6.0 or lower.

   I have plenty of reading material to read, 

(diabetes care, prenatal testing info, and VBAC info) 

and a toddler to care for as well. 

I am looking forward to understanding my health and how to manage it better. 

We will need to make sure we are eating a very healthy diet and getting 

a good amount of activity and exercise. Exhaustion has gotten to me 

already as well as morning sickness 

(although not too badly, the nausea is still enough to slow me down) 

so getting anything done seems to take longer than I would like it to.

I have to admit that all of the information I have received 

over the past few days has been quite overwhelming! 

The only thing that helps is remembering 

that an all powerful God has His hand on my life and the life 

I am carrying. I will need to continue to daily laying down my 

worries and anxiety to my God,

 trusting that He will guide us in the decisions to be made. 

I also know I am in good hands for my health care 

this time around too, so even as problems arise, 

I know that my health care team will know what to do. 

I am very great-full for this most recent move and 

the new opportunities it has opened for us.

An official new baby announcement soon to come!