Education.
I had my glucose test on Friday. I'll find out the results at my doctor appointment this morning. I'm not worried. But, that being said, I don't know much about gestational diabetes, and how it affects your body & pregnancy. I can't imagine it being a huge drama, since I only have ten weeks to go, and have been fine so far. Oh well, I'll find out soon.
I had read alot about the glucose test process. Everyone said that the drink is sickly sweet, and tastes disgusting. Mine just tasted like flat lemonade, and was actually really nice. Maybe Australia just has the best glucose drinks. :o)
After the drink, the lady gave me a little countdown timer, and said I could do whatever for an hour, then come back and have the blood test. I went to the shopping centre and bought some groceries. I've discovered that I'm a compulsive grocery shopper. I always buy food that we use, mostly healthy, but we don't necessarily need those things. Naughty me.
Anyway, back to pathology, and the blood test. I almost fainted when they were taking my blood. The lady asked me if I was alright, and I said no. She stopped, reclined my chair so I could lay down, got her assistant to hold my legs up in the air, gave me a drink of water, and put a wet cloth on my forehead. She was so lovely. Once I was feeling better, she had to take some more blood out of the other arm, but constantly asked how I was feeling, and even offered me a cup of tea afterwards! I felt loved.
Tonight, my husband and I have parenting classes! Yay... I think. Here are the things we'll learn about -
* Labour and birth
* Pain management options in labour
* Breastfeeding
* Caring for your child
* Parenting skills
* Child safety
* And more...
* And to top it all off - a tour of the hospital!
That's exactly how it's written. Isn't it funny that the tour of the hospital is made to look like the most exciting thing on the list. All I want to know is where to go when I'm in labour. Although, it would be a funny story, getting lost in the hospital and having to give birth in the hallway! Ha ha, okay, maybe not so funny. Maybe more traumatic. :o)
Apparently, we'll have to watch a video of a lady giving birth. That's the part I'm dreading. I'm quite happy experiencing everything from the mother's point of view, and not actually seeing the baby come out. I've seen some photos, and they grossed me out enough! But I guess it will be... educational... or something.
posted by Alyssa @ 9:22 AM
2 Comments:
paretning classes!!!hehe...that's funny. You sound like your in a movie. But I bet it's more exciting in real life then for the actors 'pretendin' to go to parenting classes. have plenty of fun hun! lol! ehehe. Will you be at the wedding?
Some how classes start to make it seem more real. ;)
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