GD and Third Tri

beastmel04

It makes me so mad when those girls complain about taking the glucose test. Especially when we GD ladies (and all of us that are high-risk) are doing everything we can to ensure a healthy baby. 

Suck it up third tri!

That is all. Have a lovely day ladies.  

heme

Totally agree...

 

mrsjrmiller

I know, it is annoying.. I have to confess though that I complained before my test... with everything else that was going on, I just knew that I would get GD too - on top of everything else - but I did not.... I felt like a loser complaining about it though.... But also thought that I would have a breakdown if I had to do the GD diet, be on bed rest, have pre-e, worry about IUGR, fluid on the kidneys, etc, etc...... Lots of the things that are posted on third tri make me roll my eyes... I wish I had it as bad as some of those girls!

Ramella

I thought it was just me...But I cant read through those posts anymore. ?I have exclusively been on the high risk board for the past 14 weeks, and have only recently wandered into the 3rd tri board...and OMG some of those girls need to grow a perspective! ?Wow...I wonder how some of them would deal with some of the issues our fellow high risk preggos deal with here. ?Frightening!

5dogs

My body hasn't tolerated fasting blood tests for years and I still put my big girl panties on and did three rounds of GD testing, including vomiting all over myself in the parking lot after my second one hour (and the fruit punch drink? it stains!).

I can understand the frustration of not wanting GD but it's not the end of the world. For me it was frustrating on top of nine weeks of bed rest for placentia previa (which it turns out I didn't have!).

beastmel04

mrsjrmiller:

I know, it is annoying.. I have to confess though that I complained before my test... with everything else that was going on, I just knew that I would get GD too - on top of everything else - but I did not.... I felt like a loser complaining about it though.... But also thought that I would have a breakdown if I had to do the GD diet, be on bed rest, have pre-e, worry about IUGR, fluid on the kidneys, etc, etc...... Lots of the things that are posted on third tri make me roll my eyes... I wish I had it as bad as some of those girls!

Ok, well in your case, you would have every right to complain about having GD! I agree, I wish I had a picture perfect pregnancy! But then, if I didn't have complications, I would probably find more petty things to complain about. I know it could be a lot worse, and I am grateful that my little man still appears healthy through it all.  

ZAngel

Although I wasn't happy after I failed the 1 hour and then being diagnosed with GD, I do understand the risks and I'm happy they caught it.  I could never see denying any further testing if the doctors thought it was necessary.  Looking at my first pregnancy, I am fairly positive I had it then (baby was over 9lbs, respiratory problems, I gained almost 70lbs, etc) but I took the 1 hour early (25wks) and it didn't show up.  They never bothered to test me after that.  This time I am hopeful we can avoid all the issues that came about the first time around.

nikkinack1

The test is not all that bad, I mean get over it . GD sucks but what ever you have to do to make the baby healthy is worth it.