Trip to L&D

Nothing to be concerned about, really.

For a few days, I had been feeling dehydrated to the point of terrible headache and feeling like I'm going to pass out. This is despite drinking 3/4 to a full gallon of water each day! Yesterday morning, I had had enough and decided to take a trip to Labor and Delivery to be sure nothing serious was going on.

They hooked me up to monitors. The baby's heart rate is perfect (I didn't have a concern about the baby), my blood pressure is fine (a great sign as I'm approaching labor), and I didn't have any contractions while there. They checked for ketones in my urine and there weren't any, so despite what I'm feeling, I'm not severely dehydrated. Still they recommended I get a liter of saline via IV to catch my body up to what it needs, which I thought was a great idea!

An hour and a half and 3 pokes of needles later, I felt much better! They recommended I drink a gallon and a half of a mix between water and Gatorade. Jeeze! And I thought peeing every hour was annoying. -.-

Also, my blood sugar was only 69 and this was just after eating a protein bar. I had an imbalance of carbs to protein for breakfast (apple cinnamon oatmeal with raisins and Kefir), so that may have contributed. They suggested I try to maintain 90 grams of protein spread throughout the day which I had been trying to do, but it's very hard with my limited choices... I had been skipping my snacks lately, though, so I'll go back to eating every 2 hours again.

All in all, everything is still going very well. I have my next prenatal appointment on Monday, so look forward to another update then.