Lab Results

As I posted, my 28 week visit was last Wednesday. I had to do my glucose challenge and had several labs run afterwards. Well, one of those was to check for iron. Mine was low. No big deal - I'm on iron supplements and will start eating more iron fortified cereal in the morning. That's an easy fix.

The other test was my glucose challenge. My levels were a little elevated. Anything between 140 and 200 requires a second test (the three hour glucose challenge). Below 140 is normal. Above 200 and you're automatically diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Mine was 162. Not off the charts but not normal either. I did eat breakfast that morning - toast. So, I don't know if that had any influence on the results or not. Either way, Tuesday night I stop eating after midnight and Wednesday morning I got in at 8:30 for a three hour challenge to find out if I do indeed have a sugar issue that I'll need to monitor throughout the rest of my pregnancy (10 WEEKS to go!) or not. We'll see. Either way, it'll be fine. I'm just continuing to place this sweet baby boy's health and my own in His hands.