You win some, you lose some

Monday I had my glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. When I left my appointment that day they said "no news is good news", so basically I would only hear from them if there was a problem.

Tuesday came and went with no word, so I pretty much forgot about it...(it doesn't take much for me to forget things these days)

So imagine my surprise when I get home from work on Wednesday evening and there is a message from the nurse saying "give me a call when you have a moment". My heart just sank. I was so upset all evening. I prayed about it and tried to just be positive and think about all the other things that are going so well, and just decided to take one day at a time and see what the nurse had to say the next day. I did get on BabyCenter.com, and I read that they have a lot of false positives at the initial testing level, and usually recommend further testing to be more conclusive. So, I did relax a lot after reading that.

The next morning when I got to work I called my doctors office and left a message. The nurse called back in the afternoon, and as soon as I knew it was her I blurted out "I flunked, didn't I!!"

Nurse: "Huh?"

Me (sullen): "I failed, didn't I?"

Nurse (confused by strange patients ramblings): "What are you talking about???"

Me: "The glucose test...I failed it right?"

Nurse: "No...you passed it just fine..."

Me (surprised and confused): "REALLY?!? Why are you calling me then?"

Nurse (happy to finally be getting to why she actually called me): "You are anemic"

Me: "Ohhhhh...well what do we do for that?"

Nurse: "You need to take iron supplements"

Me: "Ok, and that's it?"

Nurse: "Yup, and we will check you again soon to make sure that they are enough"

Me (relieved): "Well I can handle that!!!"

She probably has never had someone be so pleasantly surprised to be anemic - HA! But seriously I know it's an important issue and I need to take care of it (my sweet husband already went and picked up my supplements!), but I was SO relieved to find out I do not have gestational diabetes! Hooray!!!

The nurse said the iron supplements may also help with my fatigue.

Try not to laugh too hard at that last statement.

I KNOW that the majority of my fatigue is just being pregnant with twins- which is just fine with me. But I have been just plain bone-dry when it comes to energy lately. I get kicked SO easily these days. A quick trip to Wal-Mart nearly requires a nap after. So although a lot of that is totally normal with pregnancy ( and again- no complaints from me!), I am curious to see if I will notice even the slightest difference with these supplements.

If I don't, that's ok =). I am still just really enjoying being pregnant!

That being said, it's time to call it a night. Gotta get these babies to bed =)

Happy Friday night all!