I guess it could be worse...

first off I'm 36 weeks pregnant and having a boy! YAY!


It feels like when it rains it pours! I already have so much going on with this pregnancy and now more things are happening. I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes at 18 weeks and have been controlling it with diet and taking my blood sure levels every other day. So I poke myself every other day 4 times. I was also having issues gaining weight because I was following the diet they put me on for the GD. I finally started gaining more weight when the doc upped my diet 200 more calories a day. To date I've gained 11 pounds. I go once a week for a BPP ultrasound for the gestational diabetes to check his size and breathing. I've had two so far and have another this Thursday and every thursday until I deliver.

Now my blood pressure is on the rise. I've been watching it at home and today when I went to the doc office it was up again. He put me on Labetalol to help. What I don't understand is why this pregnancy are they putting me on medicine for my blood pressure and with my daughter they only had me on bed rest. Believe me I do not want to be on bed rest with a 2 and half year old but I hate taking medicine and always worry if it will affect the baby.

Then I get a phone call from the doctor today that my urine came back with Strep B in it. Also referred to as a urinary tract infection. I had Strep B with my daughter and I had to take antibiotics when I was in labor but I've never had a UTI before... So the doc put me on Antibiotics for 7 days 4 times a day.

They are also making me do a 24 hour urine. I have to collect my urine for 24 hours... ugh what a crappy thing to do. I guess they test it for certain things and I know I have to do it but what a pain!

I'm sure I'm forgetting something because there are so many things going on...

I just feel like I could scream. Everything was going great and I had the gestational diabetes under control and now all this... I am trying my best to enjoy the last weeks of this pregnancy because it will be the last one but its hard when I have all these complications going on.

I really wish he would just come so we can start our life as a family of 4.