Home (and doing better)

IT'S SEPTEMBER!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

Just in case my huge, bold, capital letters didn't clue you in, I am ecstatic that it is September now!  Another month gone.  It's not that I'm not happy to live "in the moment."  I'm perfectly content with that idea, but when "the moment" consists of any one of 100 various body parts that ache, stretching skin, fatigue, hunger and just plain not feeling so hot, I'm sure you could understand why it's just fine with me when "the moment" goes by quickly.  :)  Not that pregnancy is ALL bad.  But it certainly isn't for sissies!  I've been saying that this whole time.

We got back from Hawaii on Sunday, August 31.  Since being home, my anxiety has decreased substantially.  Physically I'm feeling some better.  My lower back hurts less, but the rest of me aches more.  That might just have to do with the fact that I'm carrying around a now-three-pound fetus and all her "stuff" (placenta, amniotic fluid, extra bloodflow, etc.) or maybe it has more to do with the fact that I'm having... um... bathroom issues (I should buy barrels of prune juice, and even that might not be enough!).  But mentally... man, I'm a whole new person!  Although, I guess the new person was actually the Me that was in Hawaii, because that was atypical.  At any rate, I haven't been nearly as worried since being home.  Which is nice, because it makes everyone's lives a lot simpler.

This morning I went and saw my Naturopath.  She ordered blood work.  It had been since March that I had a complete metabolic panel (CMP), a phosphorus or a ferritin test, or even a CBC!  Can you believe that my OBs (any of them!) never ordered a CBC on me?  Apparently I need to spell out what it means to have a chronic eating disorder that wreaks havoc on the blood.  Sigh!  Anyway, I got three of the results back (still awaiting the CMP, CBC and iron.)  For anyone who is interested and knows about such things, the results are as follows:

Phosphorus dropped from 3.9 to 3.0. (Range 2.3-4.7)
Ferritin went from 13 to 20 (Range 10-291)
Thyroid hormone is fine, at 2.0 (Range 0.3-something?)

So not too bad.  It would have been nice if the ferritin had come up a little more, but considering I've seen that result at 6 before, I'll take 20 and not complain!  The phosphorus number is still respectable.  That one bottomed out for me at 0.9 in 2007, so... anything above that looks pretty damn good to me, and the normal range is even better! Lol!

On Friday, 9/5, I have another OB appointment.  This one will be interesting because it'll be my one-hour glucose test to check for gestational diabetes.  This can sometimes present with no symptoms, but I think it's pretty unlikely that I have it.  But better to know for sure.  The glucose drink I have is lemon-lime flavor.  Cross your fingers that it's not too disgusting!  Some say it's okay, some say it's vomit-inducing.  We'll just see. 

Mara's kicking at the moment.  Her little feet are popping out to the right of my belly button.  Or maybe that's an elbow... I really have no idea!

Have a fantastic rest of your week! XOXOXO