Heartburn, sleeping problems and Gestational Diabetes OH MY!

So this weekend has quite the ups and downs. On Friday morning I went in to take my 3 hour glucose test. I couldn't eat anything past midnight Friday morning and went in at 8:30a. I had my fasting level blood draw, had to drink that oh so delicious orange drink again and then every hour after that for 3 hours I had my blood drawn to get the different glucose levels. I imagined that I'd be a horribly cranky starving pregnant woman but the worst part was actually not being able to drink anything. I could only have 16oz of water the entire time and I was SO thirsty. I got pretty shaky at the end but it wasn't as bad as I imagined. There was another woman there doing the same test so we chatted about our pregnancies and watched HGT.V:P I was told I'd get the results on Monday (today) since my stupid insurance company requires that the bloodwork be sent out. Saturday was really busy and mostly fun but that night was not so fun. I kept tossing and turning because it hurts so much to sleep on my sides. After about 15 minutes my sides just ache and I have to turn over, which is now a process in itself. Then at about 2am I woke up and realized I was experiencing heartburn for the first time. It was "lovely" and kept me awake for quite a while. And then when I wasn't waking up because of heartburn or the need to turn over, I was waking up to pee. Sunday morning when I woke up I was almost relieved that it was daytime so that I could just end that craziness!

Sunday was a very busy day working on the nursery. J and I finally put up the wall decal and I think it turned out great. Then my stepdad came over and worked on the closet more while J, my mom and I put the crib together! We moved the dresser into her room as well. I'm so happy to have my living room almost back to normal! There are only a few more things to do in her nursery painting/construction wise and then I get to finally have it ready for decorating and putting stuff away! I never thought I'd be this far along with so much more to do with it but I'm excited that the end is in sight:) I'm hoping by this weekend it will be ready so that I can everything I get at my shower on Saturday away!

Unfortunately last night's sleeping was more of the same. Heartburn, tossing and turning, and up to pee. I'm hoping these past 2 nights are just a fluke and I'll get to go back to my mostly restful sleep but I'm worried that won't be the case anymore. So needless to say I woke up pretty cranky this morning.

Cue irritating doctors office... I called this morning to get my results and left a message for them to call me back. After playing phone tag for 2 hours someone finally calls and I answer only to be told that 2 Diabetes Education appointments have been approved and I'll need to call a certain number to set up an appt with someone at Maternal and Fetal Medicine. I actually had to stop the nurse and ask her if that meant I failed the test because she never actually gave me test results! I called MFM and set up the appointment and was told that I would have to have growth scans every two weeks and manage my diet and insulin levels. If I couldn't do that, I'd have to have weekly growth scans and start taking insulin. Not something I want to do. I mean, I'm excited to see my baby girl again but I do not look forward to meeting with someone so often, especially in addition to my bi-weekly obgyn appts! I do NOT look forward to this diet and having to not eat certain things. I will do whatever I need to do to make sure Piper is healthy and strong though. So, bring on the "fun". Special diet and more needles!

Here's a picture of the wall decal and crib. We're going to add a decal with her name which I ordered today.