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Thursday, February 17, 2011

[Pregnancy] Glucometer

So today I had a Dr.'s appointment but was told to go to the pharmacy first to pick up a few items!  I get there and I'm presented with 6 boxes.  After I leave the pharmacy I go and check-in at Women's Health.  I meet with the RN and we go over info about pregnancy diabetes and goals on what my blood sugar levels should be.  She gives me a newsletter that has a sample menu of things to eat on my "special diet".  It's actually not too bad!  After we go over that we open all the boxes that I picked up from the pharmacy.  It's the glucometer!  A meter I have to use 4 times a day to check my sugar levels!  So I have to prick my finger first thing in the morning before I eat breakfast, 1 hour after breakfast, 1 hour after lunch and 1 hour after dinner.  Yikes!  Oh well!  I will do whatever I need to do to make sure me and baby girl are doing ok!  I have to log my results in a little booklet and a nurse will call me every Friday evening for me to report my levels.  At least until she's born! 

Anyway...here's what it looks like!

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