January 16, 2010

Hello Everyone

I don’t really have much to report this week.  I have had a pretty quiet week.  I am just dealing with are the overwhelming things to be done before the baby is here.

We toured the hospital this week.  We were impressed with the efforts of the hospital for high risk pregnancies.  This is not something we even considered with the last baby.  They have a whole floor for just high risk mothers.  I was informed that I most likely would not be put on this floor which I considered a relief.  When I asked about how they dealt with diabetic mothers, the first question I was asked was “am I on insulin”.  I told them no, that I took Glyburide.  The nurse said I should do just fine then.  The particular nurse that gave the tour was a high risk nurse.  She said that most mothers on Glyburide do not have trouble regulating their sugar levels after birth.  She said it was a very different story with insulin.  I took some comfort in this. 

Now, I am just getting nervous about everything else like, the baby bed, clothes, diapers, work, etc.  It is just hard to believe it will be less than 3 months.  It doesn’t seem like so long when you really think about it.  I am always the over prepared one and I don’t feel at all prepared this time.  With my first child, I was not working so I had all the time in the world to get ready for him.  That is not the case this time.  I feel like everything is closing in and I am down to the wire.  Heaven forbid, the baby should decide to come earlier than the 3 month span.  I am sure these are all worries of every mother.  It has just been so long between pregnancies that I can’t remember it.  I also think I am a little more worried about this one because of all the possible things that could go wrong with the diabetes.  I will just be waiting it out and doing what I can about the nerves.