Month: July 2003

CDF rode to the doctor yesterday with Pastor John and Charles (it was very nice for them to give her a lift). She had a check-up and they said she looks fine. She got some antibiotics for a possible infection. She’ll take two pills a day for the next week. Hopefully she won’t be sore for too long.

We also found out that the doctor’s office had tried to call us back twice on Sunday night, but the phone company said our number was out of service. It’s the first time that it’s happened, and I hope it doesn’t happen to often (if ever again). Especially not when we were expecting an important call like that.

Yesterday evening we went for a short walk, at about 8pm. We were back home and I was working on packing for a business trip when CDF started having pains in the front, left side of her abdomen. She managed to hobble to the bed and when I got there she appeared to be having bad cramps. After a minute or two the pain started to go away.

Then it got worse.

Maybe five minutes or so after she lay down, she sat up. A minute later the cramps returned, and were much more severe. I started getting a little worried… this looked exactly like I imagined labor contractions, but I was sure 29 weeks is to early for that.

Eventually the cramp subsided and I sat down to see if any of her books said something about false labor. Fortunately it did… a whole section. What CDF was experiencing match the symptoms: they occur most often in the evenings and after physical exercise. The contractions (which is what they were) occur at irregular intervals and strong contractions are usually followed by by weak ones.

Fortunately, CDF only had two strong contractions, the rest were weaker. I think the whole episode lasted between 30 and 45 minutes. Today she’s going to the doctor so they can check and make sure everything is still okay (at least they called back this morning, never heard back from them last night :-/ ).

This past Friday CDF heard from the doctor about the results from the GTT. Her sugar levels were normal! Needless to say, everyone was very happy and a lot of prayers were answered.

She is more aware about her sugar intake now and she’s been checking the nutrition labels a lot lately (ketchup, salad dressing, soda, etc.). I think she’ll settle down now though.

We did get some helpful advice from Theresa McArthur about foods she can eat while keeping her sugar intake low. She’s not supposed to have more than 3 carbohydrate servings at one meal. Sodas are right out (until after the pregancy, of course). We’re blessed to know someone who can give professional advice.

On another though… I never realized that soda drinks had so much sodium. While Sam was contemplating putting salt in his drink (what he won’t try), somebody beat him to it!