Shoshana Kordova is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in publications including Smithsonian, Prevention, Quartz, The Daily Beast and (former) New York Times parenting blog Motherlode. She is the co-founder of Have Faith, Will Parent, a virtual meeting place for parents of different religions. @shoshanakordova
I was at the end of my second trimester, and the nurse filled a disposable cup with 50 grams of glucose powder – a tad less than the amount of sugar in…