@Brags0607 good luck with the sub situation! I secured mine in December... it’s a huge weight lifted! Hopeful you get a good sub quickly! My bump was tender at first, especially early second tri. Now it’s good though! Just really firm!
Upcoming Appointments: endocrinologist whenever they call me
How are you feeling? Like I hate my life and this pregnancy
Raves/Rants: failed the 3 hour glucose today so apparently I will be treated like I have diabetes now. I think the whole thing is bogus, I’ve always just had weird blood sugar since I was a little kid.
Refusing to tell my family any of this is happening so I can eat a f@&$ing cupcake at my baby shower like every other pregnant woman.
Questions: thinking I’m willing to follow the diabetes diet rules and check blood sugar 5-6 days a week max so I can at least preserve some normalcy in my life. Anyone else had success following the rules in moderation? Any chance my OB will discontinue seeing me if I’m partially non-compliant?
GTKY: Pets! Tell us all about them! Bonus points for pictures!
My sweet Louie is a 6yo Maltese-Lhasa apso-mystery mix (brought him home from the humane society when he was 5 months old). I love him to the moon and back! Lately I have been wondering if/when I will love this baby as much as I love him haha.
@independentgeorge I’m sorry you failed the 3 hour. I think there’s a thread on here where the ladies with GD are all talking about how much it sucks. I’m apparently considered borderline. I don’t have to do the finger pricks, but my doctor wants me to change my diet. It sucks, but I’m going to do the best I can for my health and my baby’s health.
@coaster102516 honestly it seems to me like people blow GD out of proportion. The real risks are related to consistently high blood sugar, not one-off spikes (or else they wouldn’t have pregnant women drink bottles of glucose). I think being super restrictive about my diet 90% of the week and then enjoying a valentines date or baby shower cake is no big deal. In my mind, my baby and I are equally important - the baby isn’t 10x more valuable than me. If I do the right thing for her 6 days a week and the right thing for me on day 7 that is good enough for me. I totally understand some moms/parents are way more into sacrifice and selflessness though - they are just not my values.
@independentgeorge um wow...I mean pregnancy alone can be summed up as a sacrifice and an act of selflessness to grow and bring into the world a healthy baby (as much as you can control). I mean I would really love a drink but I’m sacrificing that want because that would not only harm my baby but put my pregnancy at risk too...I really don’t get that last statement at all.
I would encourage you to do research and talk to your OB further because not only can more severe complications arise from not properly managing and treating GD for your baby but for you as well.
Diagnosed PCOS 2013
7th Round of Fertility treatment (Femara + Ovidrel + IUI) 12/14 = BFP. DS born Sept.15 Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017 Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
@independentgeorge there is so much more to GD than just limiting your sugar intake. There can be serious health risks for BOTH you and your baby. Do your research and talk to your doctor. I think your flippant attitude is a bit offensive to be honest. But I am one of those Moms who would sacrifice my left arm to bring home a healthy and living baby. Just saying.
People have a glass of wine in the third trimester all the time. While that’s not something I’m interested in, no one goes around shaming moms who do. Similarly no one should shame me for wanting a cupcake. My doctor isn’t available for the next 2.5 weeks and since I’m not telling my friends/family about this situation I thought it would help to vent here.
I have always been a big supporter of moms not sacrificing everything in life for their children (dads sure don’t sacrifice like that and frankly I don’t feel like a mom yet anyway). There is so little research around the actual effects of things like 1 glass of wine or 1 cupcake that we should be empowering women to make what they feel is the right decision for them instead of criticizing with no evidence.
It’s tied to a societal problem where we’re happy to extend sympathy to moms who are perpetually sad/guilty that they aren’t doing quite enough at all moments for their kids, but enter the mom who says, “I won’t be able to do it all and I don’t feel bad about it,” and suddenly she’s a monster. The constant guilt and total sacrifice aspects of motherhood aren’t mandatory.
People have a glass of wine in the third trimester all the time. While that’s not something I’m interested in, no one goes around shaming moms who do. Similarly no one should shame me for wanting a cupcake. My doctor isn’t available for the next 2.5 weeks and since I’m not telling my friends/family about this situation I thought it would help to vent here.
I have always been a big supporter of moms not sacrificing everything in life for their children (dads sure don’t sacrifice like that and frankly I don’t feel like a mom yet anyway). There is so little research around the actual effects of things like 1 glass of wine or 1 cupcake that we should be empowering women to make what they feel is the right decision for them instead of criticizing with no evidence.
It’s tied to a societal problem where we’re happy to extend sympathy to moms who are perpetually sad/guilty that they aren’t doing quite enough at all moments for their kids, but enter the mom who says, “I won’t be able to do it all and I don’t feel bad about it,” and suddenly she’s a monster. The constant guilt and total sacrifice aspects of motherhood aren’t mandatory.
I'm just going to QFP. My brain will explode if I try to respond to this right now.
@independentgeorge I’m not about to shame you for having a single cupcake. I don’t think anyone would. Even when trying to follow the diet and recommendations of your doctor, I’m sure it’s okay to indulge upon occasion. But, I do find the attitude where you seem to think your doctor is wrong and that the recommendations to control the GD are too much to be problematic. One thing to remember in this group is that we have a fair number of women with devastating losses and IF in their past, who want to be moms more than anything, have already sacrificed so much, and absolutely believe that their babies’ lives have more value than their own. Those women might be very offended by the idea that something that can cause serious problems for both mom and baby is “blown out of proportion.”
Well said @mercury94 - I’m not one to shame at all @independentgeorge - it’s just that your comments sound almost flippant with little regard for your child. I would have done anything to not lose my first pregnancy at 13 weeks.
@independentgeorge this is the last thing I’m saying on this because it feels like you’re trying to create drama.
There is a ton of research on both the effects of drinking alcohol while pregnant and serious complications of not treating GD to the mother and baby. If you can’t talk to your doctor in order to become educated, there should be someone else in the practice or online resources you can access. Also, it would be very difficult for you to find a parent who wouldn’t sacrifice every single thing in the world to ensure their child is HEALTHY. No one here is saying sacrifice a career, hobby, etc. or lose yourself when you become a parent. Those are two very different types of sacrifices.
Diagnosed PCOS 2013
7th Round of Fertility treatment (Femara + Ovidrel + IUI) 12/14 = BFP. DS born Sept.15 Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017 Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
Re: Weekly Check In (All Groups) Week of 1/13
Team Pink
Baby is the size of a(n): pineapple
Upcoming Appointments: endocrinologist whenever they call me
How are you feeling? Like I hate my life and this pregnancy
Raves/Rants: failed the 3 hour glucose today so apparently I will be treated like I have diabetes now. I think the whole thing is bogus, I’ve always just had weird blood sugar since I was a little kid.
Questions: thinking I’m willing to follow the diabetes diet rules and check blood sugar 5-6 days a week max so I can at least preserve some normalcy in my life. Anyone else had success following the rules in moderation? Any chance my OB will discontinue seeing me if I’m partially non-compliant?
GTKY: Pets! Tell us all about them! Bonus points for pictures!
My sweet Louie is a 6yo Maltese-Lhasa apso-mystery mix (brought him home from the humane society when he was 5 months old). I love him to the moon and back! Lately I have been wondering if/when I will love this baby as much as I love him haha.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017
Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017
Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
@independentgeorge there is so much more to GD than just limiting your sugar intake. There can be serious health risks for BOTH you and your baby. Do your research and talk to your doctor. I think your flippant attitude is a bit offensive to be honest. But I am one of those Moms who would sacrifice my left arm to bring home a healthy and living baby. Just saying.
It’s tied to a societal problem where we’re happy to extend sympathy to moms who are perpetually sad/guilty that they aren’t doing quite enough at all moments for their kids, but enter the mom who says, “I won’t be able to do it all and I don’t feel bad about it,” and suddenly she’s a monster. The constant guilt and total sacrifice aspects of motherhood aren’t mandatory.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017
Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020