This was taken about 2 months ago, the belly is much bigger now. We are taking some new ones tomorrow.
Tests...Tests and more Tests.
As the time clicks closer to Baby Meglos coming into this world, I reflect on the much easier journey I have had to take then Megan. I have seen Dad's who act as if they are going through just as much as their pregnant wife and I have to laugh. There are so many random things that you don't know about pregnancy until you actually go through it. You never realize how many tests you have to go through before the baby actually pops out. My poor wife has been poked and prodded more in the past 7 months then a Muslim man going through a TSA screen check. One of the many tests that they do is a glucose test.
The glucose test is to see if you have gestational diabetes. Most women who do have it do not end up with the diabetes after the baby is born, but the test needs to be done anyway to make sure that the baby is taken care of. The way the first test works is you have to drink a very sugary drink, like Orange Fanta on steriods, and then they test your blood an hour later to see how your body breaks down the sugar. You have to get a score of under 130 in order to pass, well, Megan got a 139, then our doctor told us that they just changed that score to 140 and that it use to be 130 four years ago, and she would have passed then. Our doctor also told us that she thinks Megan will pass the second round of test because she was not that far off and most woman do. So, after you don't pass you have to do a 3 hour test where you do the same thing but they have to take your blood every hour for 3 hours. The labcorp Megan goes to get the blood work done as does any labcorp is packed all the time so we decided to get there super early at 5:30 AM and they open at 6:30AM. When we got there 2 people were already waiting outside. Regardless we got in early and we sat and she got her blood taken at 7am, 8am, 9am and lastly at 10am. Thank god they let us sit in our car in between so we listened to Howard Stern which helped make the time go by. We did that on Thursday, and we have an appointment at the doctors on Tuesday when we will find out the results. I am hoping and praying all will be good because the next process will be a daily finger poking and blood taking in order to keep the sugar levels under control. Me on the other hand, I don't have to do anything but support. I wish I could do something to help her but I can't. It is all on her. I have a good feeling she will pass, but the only way we will know is by the test.
This situation got me thinking about the multiple other things that Megan unfortunately has to go through during the pregnancy while I stay the same old Carlos as before. Let me list a few..
I don't have to pee every 10 minutes like a college freshman after a 24 pack of natty light.
I don't have mood swings that rival the ups and downs of the Hulk coaster at Island of Adventures.
I don't have a living creature in me that will eventually pop out in a little less abrasive way then that alien that jumps out of John Hurts chest in alien.
I don't have to deal with the weight gain, ok, maybe a little. But that's because my motto is "If she eats, I eat!"
I don't have to deal with strangers coming up and rubbing my belly out of nowhere. I don't count the one time it happened to me, I was young, hungry and needed the money. ;)
I don't have to deal with the judgments on how and what you have been doing during your pregnancy and how the person you are talking to is doing it "the right way".
I just get the good stuff. I get the great feeling of knowing I have a wonderful baby on the way and that I will be a father soon. I also get the great honor of knowing that I will have an amazing mother to take care of our baby. The clock ticks and gets closer until Megan gets to feel "normal" again and we will be a family. Jan 27th could not come sooner. See you soon Baby Meglos. :)
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