quit whining and deal with it

So another week and another hurdle thrown my way. Not completely unexpected but I kept telling myself it was all going to work out. And in it's own way it will but just not as I had hoped. Let me explain........As you all know, I've been on some sort of bedrest for the last handful of months and will be until the end of this preganacy. Nothing has changed but then again nothing has changed so it could be worse. A couple of weeks ago I had to go take my glucose tolerance test. It's that one hour test where you drink a super sugary solution and then sit for an hour. They draw blood and that's it. Well if your test levels come back on the high side they make you do a three hour test. Yup, guess who came back with a high level. So after fasting for 12 hours I was off to the lab once again to have my blood drawn, drink the extra sugary solution and sit for three hours to have my blood drawn every hour until the test was over. What they are looking for is two or more draws of high glucose levels which would indicate gestational diabetes. So I take my test and feel pretty good about it until I get to my regular doctor's appointment yesterday. Don't you know I failed the test. That's right, I am now categorized as a gestational diabetic. What that means for me.......I get to go visit a dietician to learn how to eat completely different for the next two months and I'll get to start testing my blood sugars every day. Yippiee....(can you FEEL my enthusiasm?) This is a temporary condition and by no means will harm the baby as long as I follow whatever diet plan they give me from here until delivery. Also doesn't mean I'll be diabetic after pregnancy. It's mostly just another inconvenient adjustment that I can deal with for two months. After all, what's two months when I've been doing the bedrest thing for the last what, four months? It can always be worse, I could be way worse, my levels could have been extremely high and I'd be giving myself insulin injections every day. So there are small blessings in everything handed our way. I'm just bummed out that it has to be now. I mean, I have a birthday coming up and I sooooooo badly wanted a double chocolate pumpkin cheesecake and let's not even talk about Halloween! But it will be all worth it in the end and as I keep saying, Thanksgiving will be an ultimate feast this year. All in all things are actually going fairly well. I go for another ultrasound check in the next week or so, seeing the doctor every two weeks now and my kitchen is FINALLY done! It's so much nicer and just beautiful looking. I'm liking it more and more. Boy 1 is going to 4 on Wednesday and we celebrate our 6th anniversary a couple days after that. So many things to be thankful for that in the end my temporary problems seem very minor. I'll update again I'm sure after I see the dietician and let you all know how it's going. Love to all!!!