October 2018 Moms

Randoms 6/22

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  • Saw this article today on an outbreak of Polio in Papua New Guinea. How crazy.

    https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/polio-outbreak-declared-papua-new-guinea-first-time-18-years/
    Ugh, just wait for the anti-vaxxers to point to this as a reason to not vaccinate...
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  • sammierose464sammierose464 member
    edited June 2018
    I just can't imagine. a disease that hasn't been seen there in 18 years that can criple someone has come back. Yes, I know that vaccines in that county are limited, but it's still terrible.

    ETA: DH just told me that SS's best friend and his 1yo brother aren't vaccinated. It really makes me question if I want my baby around them before he can get most of his shots.
  • I definitely side eye people whenever I find their kids are not vaccinated. I also side eye my coworker who, wanted to do the delayed schedule, but “hasn't gotten around to getting them all.” If you tell me your kids not vaccinate, I’m not cool with them being around my unvaccinated NB. I breathed a sigh of relief after the first round of shots last time.
  • I just can't imagine. a disease that hasn't been seen there in 18 years that can criple someone has come back. Yes, I know that vaccines in that county are limited, but it's still terrible.

    ETA: DH just told me that SS's best friend and his 1yo brother aren't vaccinated. It really makes me question if I want my baby around them before he can get most of his shots.
    Don’t feel bad at all. If those people choose not to vaccinate they also have to live with the consequences of that: that they and their kids will miss out on meeting people. Fuck their feelings. If they are true “believers” they have to accept it!
  • @sammierose464 I wouldn't allow my kid around someone I knew wasn't vaccinated. It's always the first question I ask when looking at daycares. I have a coworker with a son who just completed 4th grade and half of the kids in his class weren't vaccinated! My mouth hit the floor when she told me.
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  • tlmilltlmill member
    I’m confused on getting to drink the drink at home then go in for the blood draw. Do y’all not have to have blood drawn before you drink? My OB’s office has me come in first thing, draw my blood, drink, then have another blood draw after an hour. I also can’t have anything except water after midnight. 
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  • @tlmill they aren’t taking a blood test before for me. Just drink and then come in.
    Doc said I didn’t have to fast, but to have high protein low carb food only. I’ll probably fast or have like one egg.
  • @tlmill That sounds more like a hybrid between the one and three hour test. The one hour test, you don’t typically need any baseline blood work. Just 1 hour post drink. If you fail that, three hour test gets a baseline, then drink, then blood draw again at certain intervals (usually one and two hour mark). 

    Got my instructions today. No food for 2 hours before test. So not a full fast. Same as last time. 
  • @tlmill I can't have anything after midnight. My gd test is Tueday at 8:45am. I have to finish the drink by 7:45 then they draw my blood at exactly 8:45. This is my 3rd time and my ob always give me the drink and instructions at my appt before testing. It's crazy to me that testing for gd varies from doctor to doctor. 
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  • tlmilltlmill member
    @tinattt23 interesting. The OB I was seeing at the beginning of my pregnancy before I switched back to this one does the 1 hour test the same way as my current OB. My little sister’s 1 hour test was done the same way as well. 
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  • I'm now second guessing our ped choice too. He's known for being "accommodating" with vaccines. I've heard he's amazing, and he's the dr who will see G at the hospital. However, now I don't like the idea of sitting in those waiting rooms....
  • What sucks is that the ped I wanted is retiring this year. He was mine and is currently my siblings. He had just announced it I guess when my OB asked if I had decided on one. So I had decided on this one because I know at least 3 families that see him and love him. 
  • Moms totally are the best.
  • @rc-cola I agree, it always tastes like hawiian punch to me. It didn’t bug me at all.
  • @rc-cola Yeah, it didn't bother me at all. I was so thirsty, I chugged it and then some water.

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  • @rc-cola I always thought the drink tastes like flat orange soda.
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  • I was told I couldn't drink water after I had the glucola because it could dilute the results. The nurse was even unsure when she saw I had been drinking water prior to the test.
  • @sammierose464 - I like your soap box.  

    Also- telling a pregnant lady not to drink water???  And it is sugar; your body is going to absorb it either way...  (my totally unscientific opinion...)
  • Interesting. My nurse said it was perfectly fine to drink water while I waited the hour.
  • I haven't taken it this time yet, but last time I was told no water also.
  • @purplegoldfish2 I’m in the same boat with you re: being a pregnant bridesmaid. I am due 4 days after the wedding. It’s my husband’s brother so I don’t have the option of backing out. Same plan here, chose a bump and bra-friendly dress, and flat shoes. My mom has offered to come watch the baby if she comes early. But I’m really really hoping baby stays put until her due date!
  • @purplegoldfish2 It's been since Tuesday for me. And maybe Sat or Sun since I washed my hair? I worked from home yesterday and didn't have any time to shower. The goal is to wash today and shave tomorrow before our trip. Maybe that's a FFTC...
  • @sammierose464 I hate when parents refuse the Vit K injection. It makes me
    so uncomfortable. 
    what I find interesting is people who are fine with the "oral" version but not the shot version. While I don't know the ingredients in either, they are going to contain similar ingredients/preservatives/etc.
  • I think my doc said nothing but water. My water bottle is like my security blanket right now...nobody is taking that away from me!
    My doc also said water is fine AND recommended in fact because it helps your veins for the blood draw. It doesn't dilute the drink, according to them.
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