Prepping to TTC

Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:43 pm
I'm losing track of all I’m doing for my TTC deadline of September so thought I’d do it in a diary. These are all the things I’m doing and have to do and sort out.  A lot of things are based around our holiday in Spain from the 24th of August to the 9th of September.  We made Isabella in Spain in 2007! Insulin pump - Doing ok with this.  Levels are getting better and better. Haven’t had any blood results yet but at my last appointment they were very chuffed with me.  I've another appointment on the 16th of August and I’m really hoping my HbA1c is under 7%.  If I had that, I’d be more than over the moon. Blood pressure - I had the 24 hour test and it’s come back fine.  I have slightly elevated levels during the night but the only thing they recommend for that is coming off the pill for now. I'm sure I'll have 24hr thing done loads if I get pregnant. Contraceptive Pill - So I just started another 6wk stretch.  That will take me to the 19th of August.  If I get a good HbA1c at the appt on the 16th, I might stay off it then. My GP wants me off it. But am sort of thinking I need a period before we ttc so I think I will wait.  We can use "other" methods until then. AD's and Cholesterol - My GP is happy for me to stay on my Lexapro 15mg for the duration.  The Psychiatric Obs in my maternity hospital is great so If I can show him I’ve done my background work and research he'll be happy.  At our appt when I was pregnant with Isabella, all he did was show me research that Isabella was going to be ok. He was extremely reassuring.  My cholesterol is going to be sky-high when I'm pregnant anyways so I’ll just stop taking it as soon as I get a 2ww. Other pregnancy stuff - I'm going to see my Kinesiologist.  He’s going to put me on a heap of stuff that will see me good through the first 12 weeks.  I know I'll be put on magnesium, I'm to start taking that now actually. I'm also going to start my 5mg of Folic Acid and a baby aspirin in the next couple of weeks. I'm to see my GP next week and I'll get my smear then too. All in all I think that’s it.  Gordon is all a go for another monster - I’m feeling very positive and really now all I need to do is to get my diabetes a bit better and we’re off! Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!! Thursday 28th July

I had my 24hr blood pressure test done and it came back negative. I have slightly raised BP at night but now I'm off the pill, that should rectify soon.  I'm not going to have another test just in case though - it’s SOOO annoying!!

My sugar levels have been bloody brilliant the last couple of weeks (approx. 4.5 every morning and under 7 2 hours after my meals).  I really hope I can keep it up for the next few weeks so I can get a good HbA1c for ttc-ing. I was with my GP yesterday and she told me to stop stressing about my weight and thinks my sugars are much more important right now.

I also got a prescription yesterday for my 5mg Folic Acid to start taking and I'm still off the pill.  I'm going to start the Aspirin as soon as I know about my HbA1c.

My libido is slowly returning too.  Gordon is getting all excited about DTD a lot but forgets that I get pregnant very easily so the sex fest won’t last long

Am getting really nervous now, not about the ttc-ing, but the potential pregnancy. I don’t know how I'm going to feel about being pregnant deliberately     

Something pretty spectacular happened tonight - I was telling Gordon how great my sugars have been and how I’m going to write them down and he pipes up "well write them down, get your HbA1c so we can get shagging already".  I started slagging him saying "that’s all you're interested in" and he went really serious and said "no - I really really want another baby".  I was totally gobsmacked.  He's always been really cool about it all and non-committal, he said that was cos he didn’t think we'd be able to.  It was pretty impressive!!

10^th August 2011

I'm off for my bloods tomorrow morning.  No eating for me.  Hard to not eat first thing  and then drive when my sugars are so tight but fingers crossed I won’t go low.  I only have to fast so I get an accurate cholesterol reading but I'd be coming off my statin as soon as I get a BFP so I don’t give a rat’s ass really.

It’s not long now until my appointment on the 16th - I really want a good blood test!

I'm also really scared that that private Pre-Pregnancy Clinic has closed down.  I emailed them and got no response and have been ringing every day.  Buggerations.  

16^th August 2011. 

I just got an HbA1c of 7%.  Not perfect but it’s improving hugely and I think I can safely start to get myself up the duff. LOL!!!