I Have No Words...

I cannot describe to you how much I absolutely HATE needles! I have always hated them, even before a nurse scarred me for life when I was really little by fishing around trying to find my veins for almost thirty minutes! It was fun to watch my Mom though! I thought she was going to attack the lady!

My first sugar test came back positive, which immediately got me thinking and I was not happy about it. I understand that a lot of the complications that can happen with a pregnancy are pretty much doubled for chances when it comes to having twins. I just started thinking about having to change everything, how I was eating, what I was eating. I am not an overly picking person, but when it comes to what I eat, I am not a fan of being told what I can and cannot have. I was not looking forward to getting the results back from the second test. I had to fast for 12 hours…..seriously?? I am the person who can’t go 45 minutes without needing to grab some grapes or cucumber slices and you want me to wait over 12 hours to eat? This test just kept getting better and better! I stopped eating at 8pm as the blood clinic opened at 8am and Josh and I intended on being there as soon as someone was there to stab me with those nasty little metallic torture devices.

The alarm went off at a time I don’t normally speak about, and we got up and got ready for the day. I had to go to work afterward, so I packed up a lunch, not enjoying handling food I couldn’t eat, and put together some things I would need for the remainder of the day.

We walked into the blood clinic right on the nose 8am, and I handed in my paperwork right away. The first nurse available called my name and I walked in for my first jabbing, that’s right I said first! For those of you that don’t know, when you do the fasting sugar test you get stabbed three times!! After the first attack, I drank another sugar drink that was even higher in sugar than the first one, then began m long wait. I had to wait an hour before my next stabbing, I can tell you though, after you haven’t eaten for over 12 hours that sugar drink actually starts to taste good!

The second attack was not so bad, not pleasant, but not torture, the third attack however was completely unpleasant! After trying once and not hitting my vein she fished for it! This is the third time I am being tormented and she was actually fishing for the vein!! I held my breath for a minute trying not to attack her back and stab her a bunch of times with little needles then move them around a bunch! By the time I let out my breath she had found the vein and was finished taking my blood.

I walked back out to the waiting room where Josh was sitting and looked him right in the eyes and said….”Feed me!”

We went to Denny’s for breakfast before he dropped me off at work and I felt much better after having some food in my stomach!

Turns out I had nothing to worry about! All is well in my sugar world and the second test came back negative! YAY!

Our last appointment was yesterday and we had and ultrasound on Thursday, which let us know how much the boys are weighing in at now. We are also calling them by name as well, Zach is weighing 4 pounds 3 ounces and Cam is weighing 3 pounds 6 ounces. I can’t believe how big our boys are getting now! They are growing so fast and doing so well!