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January 2019 Moms
ladystout08
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Weekly Check in EDD 1/22-31: w/o 10/1
ladystout08
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EDD?
Symptoms?
Upcoming appointments?
R/R/Q:
GTKY: Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what's your costume?
TW
M/C 06/09/2011
DS 05/29/2013
M/C 02/14/2017
M/C 06/05/2017
C/P 03/01/2018
BFP 05/17/2018 EDD 01/27/2019
DS 05/29/2013
M/C 02/14/2017
M/C 06/05/2017
C/P 03/01/2018
BFP 05/17/2018 EDD 01/27/2019
Re: Weekly Check in EDD 1/22-31: w/o 10/1
Speaking of mental health, even if I'm really tired and having a rough day today, I've definitely been very up emotionally the last couple weeks and not feeling depressed. It's really nice!
TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
1/26/19
Sore hips and back. Finger get slightly swollen at night time
10/16 for glucose and 10/30 for growth scan
Rant: Pretty sure I have a sinus infection. Not sure if being generally run down helped it show up or people coming to work. Not a happy camper. Feels like I struggle to breathe which causes anxiety. So vicious cycle.
Not sure. Was thinking about it and now it’s lost it’s luster. We will see once it’s closer
appointment: 10/10 with US because she hid her face last time.
symptoms: I am pretty tired, constipated, a little bit of nausea and some heart burn.
RRQ: I am starting to get anxiety about money and also daycare.. they don’t do wait lists here and I am concerned for some reason I won’t be able to get her into a place...
GTKY: not that I know of... I work in an office and we have decorated but I would have to buy a shirt as an outfit and I haven’t seen any around here and don’t feel like ordering...
1/24
Every day is an appointment for me.
Rave: I'm still pregnant.
Rant: They have me on an 1800 calorie diet, which I don't even eat all of because they give me too many carbs. And I'm not allowed to have outside food or snacks. Even the other diabetics get snacks, although I definitely don't want to do their standard diabetic regimen. So I'm stuck with hospital food and I'm so hungry. I don't get why they are being so strict, I was able to convince them to let me determine my own insulin dose for meals, my blood sugars are good, and I've only gained 7 pounds so far, but apparently I can't be trusted with my own food. The nurse said she would let me talk to a dietitian to see if we can change it, so I'm waiting on that. Until then, I might have to get people to smuggle some low carb snacks in to me.
Nope. I want to decorate my room though.
10/16 is next appointment- extended visit with the midwife team to go through labor and delivery stuff (I think) so DH will
be coming with to that one- doing the glucose screening that day as well with my regular blood draws to check my platelet count
Being tired comes and goes- I had a lot of energy this morning and then crashed after lunch. Super sore legs at night and waking up really stiff- need to do some research on that!
I’m super anxious about baby coming and not knowing where we will be living! We have been planning on moving to our long term home around this time of the year before getting KU’d...... and now with baby less than 4 months away I’m panicky since we haven’t found a house yet!!!!! I’m also worried about daycare, since not knowing where we will be don’t know where to look/ and worried we won’t get a spot anywhere once we finally move!
Not dressing up for Halloween- I’ve only ever worn costumes when going to a party and haven’t seen an invite yet! I think DD has decided on being Rapunzel so I’ll focus on that :-)
DS 05/29/2013
M/C 02/14/2017
M/C 06/05/2017
C/P 03/01/2018
BFP 05/17/2018 EDD 01/27/2019
EDD? 1/27
Symptoms?
Gas, so much gas
Lightning crotch
Random days of belly cramping (I think it’s growing pains)
Upcoming appointments?
10/10. I’ll have an ultrasound to get a better look at baby’s spine since he was uncooperative at my anatomy scan.
R/R/Q:
I’m really ready to get to work on the nursery, but it will require a lot of work beforehand. We’re moving our office/guest room to our bonus room upstairs, which has been used for storage for 5 years. It needs a serious clean out and organization. To top it off, the previous homeowners painted this large room red. And not just the walls, but the stairwell leading up to the room and the ceiling. It’s going to be a beast to repaint.
GTKY: Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what's your costume?
Nah, I don’t really get into Halloween.
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
Joint pain (especially my right foot), insomnia.
Podiatrist appt Thurs
I just got back from a 2 weeks long work trip to Europe. It was exhausting and i had bad internet, so no bumping. Im still exhausted. To top it off, I interviewed (twice!) for a potential new job before i left and they want me to do a 3rd interview soon. I could hide my bump at 20 wks, but at 23 wks?! So I'm pretty stressed in general.
I will probably not dress up. Just don't have any energy this year. I'll make sure DD has a fun costume tho
Doctors typically just go “oh she just needs a standard 1800 diabetic diet” and doesn’t take in account a billion other factors like maybe even the fact that you are pregnant ( since even though your carbs need to be regulated you still do need to eat a bit more).
But you probably will get some educational material forewarning. If they are good though they will talk to you about what you normally eat to kind of figure out a better diet strategy while they are there.
If you have any questions let me know, I can always ask other dietitians too. I have mainly worked with non pregnant diabetics in the hospital setting. normally women with gestational diabetes who came in had just been diagnosed and were there for a 24-48 monitoring period because their levels were too high and I focused on education and adjusting their diet for their short stay.
If you aren’t moving much, I would make sure you get plenty of protein just to be on the safe side (pressure ulcers are bad in hospitals).
I am happy you know your diabetes really well, definitely make that known and advocate what you need. Unfortunately in hospitals diets are really standard and don’t take in people’s individual needs enough but it is like that because they have to keep things so simple and standard due to level of knowledge in the kitchen staff. The best advocate if they are good are dietitians when it comes to the diet.
I am happy you got more calories and some snacks.