OB appt. on Tuesday was great. Heart beat was good. Hubby really likes the OB I have. However, he and the OB lapsed into old sea stories. Why is it you can not put 2 military guys in a room without that? I was like, "umm, hello? Remember me? The pregnant lady who has to go pick up the kids from school soon?".

Then Dr. Dainer tells me he wants me to go for my GTT again. But wait, I am only 24 weeks! Wasn't I supposed to get a reprieve until 28 weeks? (I failed the 1 hour at 16 weeks...but passed, or should I say sqeaked by the 3 hour one - by 1 point.) No, Doc. Dainer says I have to do it now - because he is going on vacation in 2 days and wants me to have the results before then. Ok, I tell him - but please just send me right for the 3 hour. I ALWAYS fail the 1 hour. So yesterday I am at the lab at 7am...complete with my portable DVD player, head phones and my series of BBC sit-coms. Heck if I am going to be there 3 hours - why be bored out of my skull. They take my blood, and I drink the whole bottle of that ghastly stuff they try and pass off as orange cola. Then 3 hours tick by along with 3 more blood draws. DOn't get me wrong. The lab staff at Balboa Navy Hosptial is AWESOME. I just love them...but could do with the wasting of nearly 1/2 a day of DH's leave time.

Then about 3 hours later the doc. calls me at home. He doesn't sound so happy. I failed the test. My fasting, 1 hour and 2 hour tests were quite high. But oddly enough my 3 hour was ok. I try and convince him if the 3rd hour was ok - that mean I passed. He didn't buy it. No he says, it doesn't. I officially have Gestational Diabetes. Oh Poo!

So now I await a call from the dietician, and the RN educatior who will apparently outfit me with a blood sugar monitor and teach me how and when to test, and how to chart it all for the doc to see at my next visit. Oh yay. I am already on 1,500mg of Metformin. Well, since I am supposed to go off Metformin a few weeks to a month before my EDD, I am hoping I won't need insuling shots then. Ok, 16 weeks to go of this. Praying it goes away after delivery, and that I don't end up with a gianormous baby at the end of this. One more thing that makes me think that maybe 4 kids will be it for us.

My weight was up 3 pounds from last month...which still puts me at -1 pound from my pre-pregnancy weight. I knew I couldn't not gain forever. At least baby is growing and measuring right on track.

My next OB appt. is Oct. 2nd. I have to call the Fetal Assessment Unit (FAU) tomorrow to schedule my 28 week growth u/s. At least Hubby will get to be here for that!