Daily dosage and finger pricks

This entire process of getting pregnant and staying pregnant has been such an ordeal and I doubt it would even be possible without the large amounts of drugs that I've been taking the last several months.  I am typically not one who likes taking any kind of medicine, so this has been such a huge change for me.  Then add the gestational diabetes to it, where I have to prick my finger and draw blood four times a day.  Talk about me being a big chicken!  I was so nervous to start doing that, but to my surprise, it hasn't been that bad, and luckily, I'll get to stop after the baby arrives.

One blessing of having this experience is I have learned to empathize so much more with others who have gone through some ailments that I've never had to face such as, urine retention and catheters (in the beginning of my pregnancy, what a nightmare that was), and later, the opposite, incontinence when it comes to coughing and throwing up, nausea, vomiting, heartburn and indigestion like there's no tomorrow, constipation, fatigue, diabetes and having to carefully monitor what I eat.  Yes, this has been such an eye opener!  I'm laughing now, just thinking about it, knowing that I've got less than six weeks to endure.  But trust me, I will be so much more sympathetic when I hear of anyone else who is going through anything like this, and for that, I'm grateful.    This little bundle of joy with be worth every second of it though.