Parenting Without Borders

Sorry to get this started so late! I have been so ill and today I am finally feeling better.

Last Tuesday night I started getting sick with a cold. Stuck out work Wednesday and was lucky that I had the rest of the week off. Tried to 'stay in bed' (yeah right..not with a toddler at home) Thursday. Went and did my 3 hour glucose test Friday (which they only told me my glucose levels at the first and last draws and by what I can tell online I passed the first draw but failed the last draw and if I failed either of the middle draws, then I'll be diagnosed with GD) was nauseated the rest of the day. I had to wear one of those masks for the whole test which didn't help much with my very bad cold and the concept of breathing. Went to have my state ID renewed Saturday (that was a blast and I really hate my pic). By 3 am Sunday I was at the ER unable to breathe anymore and had some horrible back pain from all of the coughing. ad to wait in the waiting room for an hour and then in a curtained off section of a hallway for another hour before actually being seen by someone. Once they realized I was preggo they brought in a flu swab test quick as lightening. I was like oh, breathing not important, but swine flu during pregnancy is. and how long did it take them to realize this???? Anyways, another 2 hours, a flu swab test, 2 breathing treatments and some kind of steroid to open my airways later I was diagnosed with bronchitis and sent home. I tested neg for the flu (which I was told the test isn't reliable but since I had no fever they would accept the results) but they couldn't rule out pneumonia since they couldn't take chest x rays. The dr said they could only diagnose me with bronchitis with out an x ray, but she was going to treat me for pneumonia. So I was prescribed some antibiotics, an inhaler, a heavy narcotic for pain and some of the steroid they used to help me breathe. Wouldn't you know that my insurance denied the inhaler, but approved of the heavy narcotic pain med?? SERIOUSLY??? So Monday I had to call my OB to see if he could try another inhaler and I FINALLY got my inhaler today. Darn insurance companies.

 

I go back to my OB tomorrow (thankfully my insurance covers pre natal care) to get my 3 hour glucose results and to follow up from my ER visit. I'm so sure I failed my test. I was sooooooooooo sick during it and really didn't recover from it until the next day.

 

I was told yesterday by my supervisor that my request for a day long training was being denied due to my lack of driver's license and my present condition. At the moment I was told this, I was in my class full of children and my co worker so it really didn't sink in until later yesterday what I was told. I am kinda hurt by it. I don't have a driver's license due to epilepsy and I still make it to work every day with out fail or tardiness. So, I have reliable transportation. And many women continue to work during their 3rd trimester and even up until labor begins. Yeah, I don't really NEED the training, but with the amount of high needs children in my class I thought it would be beneficial to get a little extra training in that area. But 'my condition' is too unpredictable to warrant a risk of paying for a training I may be too pregnant to attend apparently. I want to complain, but I'm afraid of what I'll be told.

The training is November 3rd. I had to miss a day of work a couple of weeks ago due to cramping after a fall and now suddenly I'm not considered a reliable employee. I'm sorry, but I'm in a classroom with children who are violent and every day I risk getting hurt by them. I DID get hurt by one and had to take a day off. I risk everyday for them because I love my job and care about those kids. And it's MY fault?? I could have been assigned to a less needy classroom. I could have refused to put my baby at risk like this and left. I have to physically restrain children on a daily basis just to protect myself. Do I complain? Do I stop? Do I not fulfill my duties? No. I try my hardest to continue at the pace I worked prior to this pregnancy and this is what I get told? I'm too delicate? For a day long training in a non violent atmosphere? Really? Sounds like a day at the spa to me.

Okay...rant over.

 

Becca, that's awesome! I'm so happy you passed. I know all kinds of people who had to deal with GD, all shapes and sizes, it knows no bounds! but I'm so glad you won't have to deal with it. And yay for 3 weeks off! It was funny to me that at the beginning, I wanted to go in all the time, but by the end, when I seemingly was going in all the time, I didn't want to go as bad! LOL

Well, the in-laws arrived as planned. they came to MY office to pick up a housekey so they could get settled in. Bowling was a chore...Ruby's just so wiggly now, and she was getting tired towards the end, but with all the action, there was no way she was going to zonk out. I didn't even bowl the last game because I had hoped she'd fall asleep. she did in the car and then promptly woke up when we got home....I ended up going to be all riled up because I didn't feed her. my mind wouldn't let me sleep either. it really sucked. neither of US are ready to wean, but since his parents only have the one other grand who didn't BF, they have NO idea how hard it is for me to deal with them asking for a bottle at every feeding. Nope, she doesn't GET a bottle when we're home, but thanks for asking. Oh, but she did last night and it was devistating. I need that feeding as much as she does. At least she was having fun when I did go to my room. Then she woke at 2:30am and I fed her and she was out in a pretty quick time...She was still asleep when I left, but I did spend a couple of seconds rubbing her back and she didn't wake, so hopefully she'll have a good day.