Anything but dull...

... 

And boring. 

So the first 3 months of pregnancy the most excitement I had was throwing up in bizarre places. I made it through 24 weeks without an issue at my 24 week consultant appointment he said he didn't want to see me till 37 weeks and my midwife could look after me. He even said, "There is no problem- until there is a problem." 

And with that I went on my merry way. Weeks 25 and 26 were uneventful but had a few blood tests and glucose to latency test. As soon as these results came in - everything changed. Within a week I went from no problems to problems at every turn. 

My blood has funky antibodies that could hurt bubba. So off to kings collage hospital in London for more invasive screening and monitoring. 

Gestational diabetes - glucose tolerance was "extremely high" 

Possibility that I had diabetes before pregnancy - but who knows?! 

Blood pressure likes to go up and down. Protein in my pee one hour then none the next. 

So blood tests every week. Scans every week. Every other day at the hospital for 'ultra care' that means I get to go home most days but back up to hospital within a day! My pregnancy history has enough issues with my now 'complex' issues that make me 'interesting'.

I feel that my name is now known in the places I go. I get hugged at most appointments as I look run down by all the two-ing and throwing. Oh and because at some point I was probably awkward and snappy and moody to midwifes on the wards. 

My anxiety has different stages - the first is the moody awkward, short, bitch then I cry like a pansy. 

Then I apologise for myself winning over their hearts. 

Well not all hearts. 

My veins are hard to find. The baby in my belly moves constantly so on the monitor he wriggles off. I take a number of different medications for different reasons. 

Sooo

Another appointment at 9.30 am in the same place I was kept in last week. So fingers crossed I don't get kept in again this week! 

Today I got whopping cough and flu jab - left n right arm and anti D in my right leg. There was 6 people in my consultant’s office catching up on my care plan. 

I am anything but boring