Diabetic eye disease can sometimes mean you need a c-section because pushing could further damage your retina. A recent diabetic eye exam can rule that out.
For the heart, I had an EKG to make sure I had experienced
no 'hidden heart attacks' which sometimes strike diabetics, and women in particular. This involved 10 minutes of getting sensors placed on my chest, followed by being hooked up to a machine and about 20 seconds of actual testing. Totally non-invasive.
The worst funny test, by leaps and bounds, was a 24-hour urine collection to make sure my kidneys were working well. Kidney disease and pregnancy can interact to increase high blood pressure or preeclampsia for moms.
During the test, you must collect every single drop of urine for a day by peeing into a toilet 'hat' then running through the house with your 'specimen' to a big plastic jug you keep in the... wait for it... refrigerator! Wrap that sucker up in as many plastic bags as you want, it won't help that icky feeling. I think I ate out for a week afterwards, despite disinfecting everything!
Hopefully you'll only have to do this once and can pick a day when 1) you don't have to go anywhere with your toilet hat and pee jug and 2) no one is coming over to your house.
didn't ryan braun have to do some test like this too?
ReplyDelete