Test Results..

YEAH! I passed my 1 hour glucose.test! I don't have the 'Beetus and I don't have to take the 3 hour test! WHOOPEE! The rest of my b/w is back too, and I do have an iron deficiency.

This is probably because I'm not eating enough good for me foods. According to some sites, these foods include:

Red meat - CHECK

beans - CHECK

tofu - DENIED

raisins - DENIED - ate too many as a kid and now dislike them A-LOT

dates - DENIED

prunes - DENIED

figs - DENIED

apricots - DENIED

potatoes (leave the skins on) - CHECK - without the skins. What am I, a rabbit?

broccoli - SOMETIMES, with soy sauce is best!

beets - DENIED

leafy green vegetables - MUCHO DENIED

whole-grain breads - CHECK

blackstrap molasses - WHAT?

iron-fortified cereals - CHECK - my Cinnamon.Toast.Crunch is iron fortified, baby!

And I think I found my real problem - too much calcium. Remember that hell fire heartburn I was talking about? Well I have been taking T.U.M.S. all day and all night. I was leery of taking an over the counter med. Plus T.U.M.S. have calcium which the baby needs, right? Well, according to Dr. S and baby.center.com....

Calcium interferes with your body's ability to absorb iron. So if you're taking calcium supplements, or an antacid that contains calcium, don't take either one while you're eating iron-rich foods or at the same time as your iron supplement. For the same reason, don't take your supplement with milk, which is rich in calcium. Drink milk between meals, instead. The same goes for tea and coffee, which contain polyphenols that interfere with the absorption of iron from supplements and plant sources.

So between my T.U.M.S. addiction and my sweet tea addiction.... I have been blocking my own iron absorption! The tea will stay, but the T.U.M.S. are going. Doc said to take Prilo.sec. I have taken them since the appointment at night and I haven't had to wake up every 3 hours to pop a T.U.M.S!!!