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2020 is almost over and in a blink of an eye, my two girls are already two and five. Time just flies by so fast. I still remember the time when they were little babies.
If you wanted to say that my pregnancies were hard, they weren't that bad. However, they weren't a whole lot smooth sailing either.
My First Born
At about 36 weeks with Emilee
With Emilee, I was this very green, first time mother. I was expecting the morning sickness and backaches during my pregnancy but there was close to none. I even started to wonder whether I was really pregnant or not. At this point, the older folks will just go choy, choy, choy, don't say such things. And so, I was prepared for a very joyful pregnancy. That was until I went for the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) at about 20 weeks.
Back in 2015, the OGTT was still not made compulsory but since my mum's side of the family had a history of diabetes, my gynae felt I was at a higher risk of getting gestational diabetes (GD). I still remember the day I received the call on my OGTT results. I had just had a satisfying meal of duck rice. The call came and I was asked to go down to the hospital ASAP. I knew then that something was not right.
I was given my results. I had GD. It was not even a borderline fail. I was asked to consult the dietitian and given a strict diet plan. At first, it didn't really sink in that I had GD. Well, not until the endocrinologist told me point blank in my face that I really had to watch my blood sugar coz if it goes too high, my baby's heart could just stop beating. That was it. That sentence drove home the message of not to take GD so lightly.
The next week or so was the worst moments in my pregnancy. Pricking fingers seven times a day was bad enough, getting blood sugar readings that were above the allowed threshold was disappointing. I started to obsess with what I ate in precise quantity. I cut back here and there. I got the good readings I wanted but deep down I was miserabl]