I'm just too sweet

I'm at the seven month mark now and in the last trimester...the home stretch. I failed the 1-hour glucose test last week which was a complete surprise since my sugar has been checked 3 times already with no problems at all. I don't have any history of sugar trouble either.

I had seen my primary care doctor a month ago because of dizziness and bloodwork was ordered then. My sugar was fine, but I was mildly anemic for a pregnant woman. There's a different scale for pregnant women according to trimester you are in. For a non-pregnant person my numbers would be much more worrisome. When the nurse called with the results she told me to take an extra iron supplement, but she wasn't sure if that was in addition to taking my prenatal vitamin again. I had stopped the vitamin because it was making me sick. I decided to try to take the vitamin again instead of the mega-iron. I tried taking it at every possible time of day, with and without food and it still made me miserable. I gave up again and decided to increase the iron in my diet through my food choices instead.

The dizziness has improved, but I don't really know why. It was bad for a while because it could come on very suddenly and my hearing would go and then I'd begin to black out. It happened 4 times total, and I hope that it's behind me now.

On Wednesday I'll be at the lab all morning for the 3-hour glucose test which is really 4 hours long. Oh joy! I had been telling Tony I wish I could have an afternoon to myself, but this isn't what I had in mind.

Bean is moving a lot sometimes and then is quiet for hours and hours. I don't remember Cole's movement being as erratic. Yesterday we went to Babies R Us and bought a new mini pack-n-play to use as a bassinet in our room. It's nice because it is portable and folds up. I feel like we're starting to prepare a bit more, and I'm looking forward to putting our trips behind us and focusing on getting ready.