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We passed!

I heard back from the OB today and I passed the glucose test, which is kind of a relief given the amount of sugar my body has taken in over the past 6 months (that first month we were all about Sour Patch Kids) and my overall love for fruit.  So it was nice to hear my body was doing well for once.  Go body!

Then the nurse paused (and I knew there was more, likely bad, news) and said, "But you are anemic so you'll need to take iron every day, opposite of your prenatal vitamin."  There it is.  Haha, I think I'm always kind of on the cusp of anemia so this wasn't exactly news to me.  But it did remind me of when I had my surgery back in the day and had to take iron 3x a day afterwards -- and found myself the day of an appointment vomiting in the shower as a result & begging the doctor to lessen the dose.  That was when I started taking the prenatal vitamin since it had so much of what they wanted me to take in one neat little (who are we kidding, those things are huge) pill.  

I figure it can't be that bad this time and they recommended the slow release iron which should lessen some of those more undesirable side effects.  I picked up a box of 30 at Target tonight and will start taking those in the morning with breakfast and continue to take the vitamin at night -- that's just not a habit I think I could break.

So yeah, we're basically living the dream over here.  A coworker brought a bag of adorable baby clothes to my office today as she is leaving the agency & wanted to share a little something with Baby Porch.  She received her first pair of shoes (although they are 18-24 months, so those will be tucked away for quite some time)!  I feel so overwhelmed (in a good way) by the amount of love people have already shown for our daughter who isn't even here yet.  She is so lucky to have such a strong network of people who will be there for her!  Our whole family is lucky to have that kind of network of friends & family.  Simply put?  

She will be loved.

(Did you start singing Maroon 5?  Good.... good.)

xoxo,

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  1. AnonymousApril 24, 2014 at 9:05 PM

    I haven't checked in on you in awhile.....so happy to see this!! :)

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