Bridget's Pregnancy Blog

So, after many blood tests and drinking unpleasant glucose solutions, I’ve been diagnosed with mild gestational diabetes. It’s not very severe in my case- of my four tests during the multi-hour screen, two were a little high, which is the minimal diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes.
This condition is not really rare, but it does require [...]

I found out at my first prenatal checkup that I was considered of “advanced maternal age.” Which sounds like I should be on some reality show featuring “world’s oldest moms,” but it really isn’t quite so bad. I’m 36, (and was 35 at the time of conception) which is by no means too old [...]