... And 3 Years Later, An Update

Aug 22, 2013

So, last I posted, I was just married and had just found out I was expecting a baby... 6 days later, I had a miscarriage I'd have to say that was without a doubt the hardest loss I've ever experienced, but my husband was wonderful in helping me get through it.

From there, life went on, and a week after the miscarriage (to the day) I lost my job... 5 months later, another miscarriage, and 1 month after that, we moved so I could begin a new job.

After the 2nd miscarriage, I was put on progesterone (because I have PCOS) and while it had become obvious that my body wanted to GET pregnant, it was having some serious issues STAYING pregnant.  I was on the progesterone for 11 months when my insurance ran out and due to financial limitations, I had to stop... a month later, in April, 2012, I found out I was pregnant - again!

As soon as I discovered this, I went into my doctor to confirm and then to an OB - letting him know upfront I considered myself high-risk due to prior miscarriages - and my WLS - even if it had been 7 years ago at that point.  My doctor was FANTASTIC and when we got to around the 20 week mark I brought up to him my concerns regarding the glucose tolerance test (GTT) that is done to make sure you don't have gestational diabetes.  For someone who is non WLS, they have you drink 32oz of a high-sugar content drink (that I've heard tastes similar to soda syrup) and do a blood test - With the WLS history, and knowing how my body reacts to high sugar, even still, I asked him if there were alternate testing options available.  (I figured throwing up the drink would nullify any test results.)

What we did instead was sugar testing (similar to someone who is diabetic).  For 2 weeks (beginning in the 24th week of pregnancy) I had to test my blood sugar via needle stick 4x a day (wake-up, and 2 hours after each meal). After the first 2 weeks, we reduced it down to 2 days a week.

On December 27, 2012, at 3:29am, I gave birth to a BEAUTIFUL boy named Theron Alexander who weighed 8 lbs, 1 oz..

Theron is now 8 months old and the light of my life!

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