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post #81 of 348

Ugh, sorry to change subjects but my MW called back and said I have a glucose intolerance (not full blown GD, so that's a plus I guess.)  They're referring me to a nutritionist and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist (anyone know why I'd need to see that person?)  Anyway, I have to cut out refined carbs until I see the nutritionist and we'll figure out meal plans, etc.  

 

This is honestly a better diagnosis than I anticipated (I was preparing myself for GD) so I guess I feel okay with it.  I knew I wasn't regulating glucose as I should, so I knew it wasn't going to be a clean bill of health.  Still, I feel a bit disappointed in this "complication".  More appointments, more money, more things to worry about.  After a perfectly smooth pregnancy with DS1, I'm feeling a little defeated :(   

post #82 of 348

I'm sorry. I'm glad you got slightly better news than your were thinking. I feel you on the appointments... the cost and time really add up. 
 

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Ugh, sorry to change subjects but my MW called back and said I have a glucose intolerance (not full blown GD, so that's a plus I guess.)  They're referring me to a nutritionist and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist (anyone know why I'd need to see that person?)  Anyway, I have to cut out refined carbs until I see the nutritionist and we'll figure out meal plans, etc.  

 

This is honestly a better diagnosis than I anticipated (I was preparing myself for GD) so I guess I feel okay with it.  I knew I wasn't regulating glucose as I should, so I knew it wasn't going to be a clean bill of health.  Still, I feel a bit disappointed in this "complication".  More appointments, more money, more things to worry about.  After a perfectly smooth pregnancy with DS1, I'm feeling a little defeated :(   



 

post #83 of 348

I'm sorry to vent again, but I'm so overwhelmed right now I'm in tears. As if things couldn't get worse... smoke from Minnesota wildfires has made its way all the way down here to Southeastern Wisconsin and even further down into Illinois (Jaimee - do you have the smoke there too?). I opened all of our windows this morning really excited that we'd get some fresh air finally and the cool air would be so comforting. But then I smelled smoke and was commenting to people all day that I thought it was a neighbor burning yard debris again and every time it happens, I get so sick... Then come to find out, I just turned on the news and it's unavoidable, the smoke from MN is here now and it's supposed to be a "prolonged pollution event." They said for people to close windows and turn on the A/C if you have a HEPA filter if you have respiratory issues. I have asthma but we don't have a HEPA filter. I don't know if the A/C will help then? And I was really hoping to save money finally by shutting off the A/C....... I'm so pissed off. I have such a headache and feel like throwing up. Knowing that the people on the news are saying there's no telling when the wildfires will stop or if the wind will stop carrying it over here, of course my anxiety is going to get the best of me.

post #84 of 348
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But why? I was just finishing a response to what you said. lol hug2.gif hugs to you, Jasmin.



Thanks.  =)

post #85 of 348
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Originally Posted by jbk21 View Post

Ugh, sorry to change subjects but my MW called back and said I have a glucose intolerance (not full blown GD, so that's a plus I guess.)  They're referring me to a nutritionist and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist (anyone know why I'd need to see that person?)  Anyway, I have to cut out refined carbs until I see the nutritionist and we'll figure out meal plans, etc.  

 

This is honestly a better diagnosis than I anticipated (I was preparing myself for GD) so I guess I feel okay with it.  I knew I wasn't regulating glucose as I should, so I knew it wasn't going to be a clean bill of health.  Still, I feel a bit disappointed in this "complication".  More appointments, more money, more things to worry about.  After a perfectly smooth pregnancy with DS1, I'm feeling a little defeated :(   


Oh man I'm really sorry :(  Sometimes I worry that I've had such a healthy and relatively hassle-free pregnancy (so far!) that the next one will almost definitely bring complications (really healthy positive thinking, right?).  I can't see why you'd need to see BOTH the nutritionist and the medicine specialist... I'd ask your MW about that one, I can't see why a nutritionist wouldn't be sufficient? Unless it's a nutritionist who has little knowledge of pregnancy and/or glucose intolerance... but that wouldn't be a very good nutritionist!

 

Good luck with everything.  I really hope it goes well and doesn't end up being too costly.  I know how stressful that is.  Let us know how it goes.

 

As for me, I am feeling super frustrated today.  I know I just finished saying I've had a pretty great pregnancy - and I have - but I am feeling pretty worn down at this point.  Going back to work has made everything much harder, too, cause I have to get up at a certain time, and I'm anxious about work the night before, and I still just. can't. sleep.  I emailed my supervisor this morning at 5am, when I still hadn't fallen asleep yet, and said I wouldn't be in today (which was a dedicated classroom-setup day, which I'd kinda suck at anyway at this point!).  I just knew I'd be a wreck if it was 5am and I STILL hadn't gotten any sleep.  I'm so frustrated.  I'm sleepy (nay, EXHAUSTED) when my head hits the pillow, and then I just lie there for hours and hours, alternating between trying to sleep, reading (the unabridged version of Les Miserables - SHOULD put me to sleep, right?!? NOPE), peeing, and trying to sleep again.  My body just refuses to wind down.  My heart pounds and my mind races.  It's not purely anxiety; it feels hormonal.  And then I'm so wiped out all day.

 

I'm exhausted to the point of tears (literally - I cried all day yesterday), I'm out of breath all the time, baby's head is low and for lack of a better description my bladder and my urethra hurt when I walk (got tested for an infection just in case - negative, phew!), and I'm just all-around frustrated and uncomfortable.  I'll be 33 weeks on Friday and I don't see how I'm gonna get through the next 5-9 weeks of this.  And I know it's only gonna get worse.  I don't see how I'm going to function at work when all the kids get back (I work in a severe Autism classroom for 3-6-year-olds).  If I could just sleep I feel like the rest would be 100% manageable.

 

I am SO grateful for this baby, this pregnancy, and my health.  I truly, deeply am.  But I am not coping well the last couple days and it's really wearing me down.

post #86 of 348
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I'm sorry to vent again, but I'm so overwhelmed right now I'm in tears. As if things couldn't get worse... smoke from Minnesota wildfires has made its way all the way down here to Southeastern Wisconsin and even further down into Illinois (Jaimee - do you have the smoke there too?). I opened all of our windows this morning really excited that we'd get some fresh air finally and the cool air would be so comforting. But then I smelled smoke and was commenting to people all day that I thought it was a neighbor burning yard debris again and every time it happens, I get so sick... Then come to find out, I just turned on the news and it's unavoidable, the smoke from MN is here now and it's supposed to be a "prolonged pollution event." They said for people to close windows and turn on the A/C if you have a HEPA filter if you have respiratory issues. I have asthma but we don't have a HEPA filter. I don't know if the A/C will help then? And I was really hoping to save money finally by shutting off the A/C....... I'm so pissed off. I have such a headache and feel like throwing up. Knowing that the people on the news are saying there's no telling when the wildfires will stop or if the wind will stop carrying it over here, of course my anxiety is going to get the best of me.



Oh no!!! I'm so sorry.  I don't know how the A/C works if you don't have a HEPA filter.  Don't apologize for venting, that's what this thread is - and we are - here for!  That is a truly overwhelming situation and I hope it is contained and stopped ASAP.  hug2.gif

post #87 of 348

Thanks, MrsKatie. hug2.gif I'm sorry to hear how overwhelmed and exhausted you are, as well. I've been unable to work ever since week 25, so I can understand your anxiety. greensad.gif I honestly don't know how so many working women make it through an entire 9 months of pregnancy functioning at work if they're having any sort of sleep deprivation, pain, or other difficulties. I just couldn't hold it together. I hope you're able to get some better sleep and feel some relief so you can make it through this last month or two at work!

post #88 of 348
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... smoke from Minnesota wildfires has made its way all the way down here to Southeastern Wisconsin and even further down into Illinois (Jaimee - do you have the smoke there too?).

Ugh!  I hadn't heard about this yet!  I've been keeping an eye on Texas b/c we have a lot of friends in the Austin area from when we lived there.  It's been devastating and I know a lot of people have been having health issues b/c of the smoke.   I don't think anything has come our way, but I'm down in central Illinois so maybe it will blow another direction?  I hope you feel betters soon!
 

 

post #89 of 348

Hi girls. I'm sorry, I haven't been keeping up with the threads in our group! But, just wanted to let you all know that I'm STILL in the hospital and... STILL pregnant! It's been four full days (98 hours) since my waters broke on Friday night, and there's no real labor in sight for now. Just in a holding pattern - which is good. I've been subjected to a lot of stuff that I was planning to avoid by doing a homebirth, but my situation really... has changed. Oh, well.

 

I just really want to be at home, eating my own food and feeling the sun on my face... I've been in this room since I arrived on Friday night except for just yesterday morning for an hour or so when I was wheeled to another part of the hospital for an appointment.

 

I miss my house and my kitties and my doggies so much and I just want to be at home greensad.gif

post #90 of 348

I'm glad to hear you're still holding that baby in, Luna! orngbiggrin.gif It must be hard to not have much of a change of scenery available right now, though. greensad.gif Are you going to be there until the baby is born then, or might they send you home on bedrest if the baby is staying put well? I don't know much about what doctors allow in these situations. Best wishes!

post #91 of 348

Its sounds like everybody is getting to that point in pregnancy where they are just overwhelmed, exhausted and done.  Hang in there girls, just a matter of weeks :)

post #92 of 348

Forget change of scernery! I'd be crushed if my chances of the birth I wanted were dashed out. I'm sorry, Luna. hug2.gif

post #93 of 348
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Its sounds like everybody is getting to that point in pregnancy where they are just overwhelmed, exhausted and done.  Hang in there girls, just a matter of weeks :)


Haha YES!!! I'm so there!

 

post #94 of 348
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Its sounds like everybody is getting to that point in pregnancy where they are just overwhelmed, exhausted and done.  Hang in there girls, just a matter of weeks :)



I'm actually not "over" this pregnancy. I'm trying my hardest to embrace what I have left of it because I'm positive this is my last pregnancy. I was just hormonal the other day. lol

 

post #95 of 348


I'm with you, Becky.  I'm trying so hard to enjoy it.... which is hard at night when I can't sleep.  But during the day I'm fine!  I'm not hormonal at all and feel like this has been a really easy pregnancy (also my last).  

 

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I'm actually not "over" this pregnancy. I'm trying my hardest to embrace what I have left of it because I'm positive this is my last pregnancy. I was just hormonal the other day. lol

 



 

post #96 of 348

So I think that I've got it in my head that I need to go home. I am going to be chatting more with DH about it later today - but I just really have to get myself back home.

 

If I am going to get my way, I am prepared to stay until Friday - which will mean my waters have been broken for a full week and I'll be at 33 weeks.

 

I feel like I will be safe and taken care of at home because:

 

-I'm not showing any signs of infection and all the testing they have done has also proven this to be true. We are still waiting on the amnio results - and if those show a problem I will be delivering right away, anyway. 

 

-I'm not contracting any more than I have been. I get a few BH here and there, but nothing that hurts or even puts a lot of pressure.

 

-I'm not bleeding. I bled a few pink drops on Saturday and again on Sunday - but Sunday's blood was during urination only and after the catheter catch - so I think that was from my urethra. 

 

-DH can be with me 24/7. He has full access to work from home and his boss has already told him to take all the time he needs. DH can do all the cooking, cleaning, etc. 

 

-I have a comfortable bed and a safe place on my couch in which to be on bedrest. I will have no stairs to climb at any time.

 

And to add to that, I can monitor my blood glucose and blood pressure from home as I have the machines to do both of those things. I can easily take my temp every four hours and take an oral antibiotic every six hours, just like I am here. I can purchase or rent a dopler if needed, or come to the hospital for NSTs once a day or a couple times a week. I can do kick counts several times a day from home, as well. I have read a lot of the PROM threads on MDC and taken notes on how to keep as clean an environment for my vaginal area as I can. 

 

The most important thing to me: I can be eating my own food. I am really stressing about the fact that I'm not getting my grass fed, free range, organic meats, eggs and dairy... I'm SO bent out of shape over that. I am having more stress over that than I am anything else. I have had DH bring me some things from home, but my meals are coming from the hospital cafeteria, and I am not comfortable with that AT ALL.

 

I am being realistic, I think. And I know my home birth is out of the question, and I'm not going to try and push that. I can only work with the situation I've been given, so I've cut of the part of me that needed a home birth. I am fully prepared to return to the hospital for birth. And the hospital I am in (and will birth at) has shown itself to be very pro-breastfeeding and very supportive of a natural vaginal birth. I feel DH and I are educated enough, as well, that we can make informed decisions.

 

So, am I crazy to be thinking this way? I feel really good about my pregnancy right now - baby hasn't changed his sleep/wake/kick habits since I've been here. His HR has always been steady on the monitors. I am still losing fluid, but it's a trickle here and there or a small gush once a day. I'm keeping up on my fluid intake and I'm going pee about once an hour during the day and about three times per night. I'm taking my vitamins... I just don't know what else to add! shy.gif

 

 

 

 

post #97 of 348

Other than hormones every now and again, and being up at night, I'm not too uncomfortable. This pregnancy has been alot easier than my pregnancy with my daughter.

post #98 of 348

Luna- the choice is yours, realistically.  You ca check yourself out AMA at any time.  Is there any way you can talk to your doc and a midwife before you make that decision?  There are risks- ones you did not mention- that you should be aware of, and they will let you know what those are. 

 

Being in the hospital is hard.  It can be lonely, and frustrating.  I do understand how you feel, I spent 6 weeks in the hospital myself when pregnant with my first.  Its emotionally and physically exhausting. 

post #99 of 348

I did speak with a doctor this morning about going home. She said it's not anything she would recommend for me. The results of the amnio are back and there's no infection, but she said the risks of infection are high just due to my membranes being ruptured. Other than that she said the other major risk is placenta abruption. I'm just so frustrated!
 

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Luna- the choice is yours, realistically.  You ca check yourself out AMA at any time.  Is there any way you can talk to your doc and a midwife before you make that decision?  There are risks- ones you did not mention- that you should be aware of, and they will let you know what those are. 

 

Being in the hospital is hard.  It can be lonely, and frustrating.  I do understand how you feel, I spent 6 weeks in the hospital myself when pregnant with my first.  Its emotionally and physically exhausting. 



 

post #100 of 348

Also - she said that they plan to induce me if I go beyond 34 weeks............ She said the benefits of staying in outweigh the risks at that point. I haven't researched that enough to know what risks and benefits she's talking about - but I also want to trust in nature and my body and my baby and do things without intervention. greensad.gif

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