pregnancy

So, yes, I’ve had to find out what the Glycemic Index is

I’m feeling better than I have been in ages. The crazed, sugar withdrawal days are over and I am feeling better for eating healthily. Who knew? The nausea has also gone, probably because the massive high blood sugar/low blood sugar swings have gone, cast out with the refined carbs. Who knew? In fact the whole [...]

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Thirty-two weeks pregnant: glucose tolerance test and gestational diabetes

Bugger, I can’t reach my water, I think lethargically. ‘Please could you pass me my water?,’ I ask Matthew beseechingly, necessitating him getting up, crossing half the room to pass me my glass which is only centimetres out of my reach. He does so – not for the first time – ungrudgingly, seeing first-hand how [...]

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Seven months pregnant: the black dog

I catch sight of two dark streaks on the car window only to realise with horror that they are big black stripes under my eyes. As I peer more closely at myself, I realise how bloated I look by this pregnancy, how tired, fed-up. Shocked by what I see, I wonder if I scare animals [...]

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Fetal tachycardia

Matthew and I went out to the pub for a rare meal out. All I wanted to do was lie down – the pain I had been feeling for a couple of days on the right side of my stomach was bad enough to make me push my plate of chocolate cake and ice cream [...]

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Sixteen weeks pregnant

It’s been a crappy week but that’s nothing to do with being pregnant (for a change). Although I still feel slightly nauseous I am feeling so much better. I have energy to do things. I have a bit more of an appetite. I can go out and about, feeling good and looking better than I [...]

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Fifteen weeks pregnant: the second trimester rocks!

Less sickness, less nausea. More getting on with things, more enjoyment. ******** I saw the midwife yesterday which is always fun when I’ve got three small children on the loose in an office full of sharp needles and drugs. (Actually, littlest was confined in the stroller with a bag of snacks as a bribe but [...]

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