Due November 2022 Thread 3

[NotAdultingToday]

Hi everyone! I looked but couldn't see a thread, if there is one ill ask to get this one deleted. I hope everyone is ok!

@CurlyNo2 no not everyone has to do it. Just if you have risk factors for gestational diabetes. In my case because of my BMI and family member with diabetes.

Hi ladies :)

Finally the heat has subsided! 🙌🏻

Just wondering if anyone else has an anterior placenta here ? I’m 29 weeks and going through some serious anxiety about movement, triage are going to be handing me a loyalty card any day now 🤦🏻‍♀️.

In my area everyone does the glucose test although they've changed it via bloods now and not the 3 hour test anymore. I do think the 3 hour one was more effective though.

Today has been difficult. Baby is under my ribs and the pain is unbearable

They offer the GTT if you have even one risk factor but the links are pretty tenuous and you can just refuse it if you don't want you and baby to be subject to 3 days worth of sugar in one tiny drink. FWIW I do go to mine, nice few hours of peace. Take water, a book and a well charged phone.

@Kaykiscout I’m having visions of me throwing up or fainting 🙈 I get nausea and dizziness as it is most days. Never mind on an empty stomach. Think mine is the 3 hour test.

I did my gtt last week and it was okay. I have both done it & refused it in the past. It was okay, I fasted for 12 hours, they took blood, drank the drink (it has been improved since the last time I did it, it used to be yellow/green and fizzy, now it was clear and flat), sat and read my book for an hour, took more blood, they let me have some water. Read for another hour, more blood, then I could go home and have breakfast. It was fine, the worst part was they needed extra blood for some extra tests and I did get a little woozy about the 6th vial 😄 and my veins aren't the easiest to tap at the best of times.

I'm 28 weeks now. Had ob appointment yesterday. Baby is breech at the moment, not hugely uncommon but I'm looking into spinning babies stuff. My last baby was posterior so I'd like to be proactive about position if I can. I'm quite sore though, explains some of the specific pain! I'm very tired and sore and feel old lol. Dr put me on iron supplements as she said I'm 'not anaemic, but heading that way' - hopefully I feel a bit better. Have a growth scan next Monday, and they want to see me every 2 weeks from now on, I haven't decided how much I'll push back on that yet! Pregnancy in late 30s is very different...

@Beanniebaby22 you just sit down the whole time and you're allowed water so hopefully you should be okay. Mine was during the heatwave masked up which made it less than ideal.

@ALittleBitofVitriol I'm not really putting much into baby position at this stage (my growth scans start next month), they're still moving about like wild things for another month or so and they move a tonne during labour too so how they happen to be positioned at that scan in time isn't how they'll stay that day! I think week 35 or 36 I'll be thinking about it more!

I did my glucose test today. The results were posted on Patients Know Best at 4pm but I didn’t get a call. Now I’m gonna be worrying all night because I’m not sure what their diagnosis threshold is. Before the drink was 3.7, which is fine, but two hours after the drink was 8.2, which puts me in “impaired glucose tolerance” (above 7.8) but not GD (above 11) according to the notes. Though I think the NICE guidelines are harsher and say above 7.8 is GD diagnosis.

Ughhh

Morning @Beanniebaby22 i had my GTT test a few weeks ago and I honestly didn’t find the drink that bad. I felt a bit tired after about 1 and half hours and made sure to bring a snack with me for when i was finished. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with GD after it so trying now to learn how to manage it. Wishing you the best of luck with yours today.

@KDerbs yes I also have an anterior placenta and have found it so worrying and stressful regarding movements I am now 29+1 and she has definitely became more noticeable to feel over the last two weeks especially at night. I wouldn’t say I have a pattern yet but trying to reassure myself throughout the day when I feel even a small bit of movement that she’s ok and have found it’s usually when I lye down, relax and concentrate I will really feel her. I to have gone to triage quite a few times and thankfully everything has been fine. I did feel a bit anxious about going there again but have come to tell myself I would rather be checked and reassured than not checking and worrying.

@Kaykiscout @StrongUsernameHere @Feb85 thank you! Just waiting to get started. I will admit I have a glucometer at home which I use for my job and have been sneaky testing my sugars before today lol. All within normal range so fingers crossed!

@KDerbs hi! I too have an anterior placenta. I'm 26+5 & have been to triage once, all was well with baby.

I've also found it really stressful trying to figure out patterns of movements, especially having a previous loss before this pregnancy.

I've bought a kicks count wristband from their website, which has really helped. I just move the slider across for every set of movements I feel throughout the day. Then at the end of the day I know what it's averaging - it seems to be the same amount each day at the moment. I hope this helps a little x

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I have my fasting glucose on Monday morning luckily it is a blood test as i will have ds with me. Im bribing him with soft play to be good!
I just need to make sure to remember not to eat or drink after 8 which will be hard as i have a drink through the night!

Hope everyone is ok today?

@NotAdultingToday I also have my glucose test on Monday. We'll have to set a reminder on here to remind each other! Hope yours goes well. I'll be packing a book & my iPad to keep me company for the 2 Hr wait x

@NotAdultingToday @GeorgieEm it wasn’t too bad and no phone call this evening so they said if I didn’t hear anything today then I don’t have diabetes. Happy days!

@GeorgieEm thats a good idea between us we might remember! What time is yours? Its so weird different trusts do different things!

@Beanniebaby22 thats good news! 😊

@NotAdultingToday.. I need to be there for 8am. Bloods, drink then 2 hr wait for more bloods. Are the results quite quick then I assume?

@Beanniebaby22 great news. 😊 x

@GeorgieEm i went for 8am got my bloods taken. Took the drink. Got 2nd set of bloods at 09:30. And then 3rd set of bloods at 10:30 and then home. They said they would have the results by 4pm today and would ring me after that this evening if it came back abnormal so yeah fairly quick results!

Hi everyone, I'm new here! I'm due Nov 4th with my first baby girl. I've just finished my test for diabetes. I couldn't do the fasting and glucose drink as I still have sickness and am taking medication for it 🤢 they let me do an alternative test where you use a finger prick four times a day and monitor your blood sugars over a week. All came back normal. I'm also suffering with bad rib pain but just on my right hand side. Other than that my main symptoms have been the nausea and I am so tired all the time with achy legs!!

I'm also having the glucose test as my Dad had diabetes. I had it last pregnancy on a really hot day and found all the waiting around unbearable. Due to being busy with work I've postponed mine until 31 weeks as I just don't have time to sit for 3 hours at the moment. I was tempted to not bother at all but I can't bring myself to say no completely!

I am also feeling so drained but cannot tell what is pregnancy and what is due to work ramping up and having a toddler. Yesterday I could barely get downstairs I was feeling so exhausted. Last pregnancy I was so smug and feeling so well, I can tell already I will be fed up by the end of all this.

Morning all. I'm just catching up on the thread. I'm 29 weeks tomorrow and feeling pretty ok, some hip and back pain, not too bad. My pumpkins I grew for around the due date (or a little before) ripened in the first heat wave then by the beggining of the second the plant was dead so I harvested them to stop them cooking (I'm in south England).

I have no gtt test. No risk factors.

I'm going to have a moan about a couple of things, anyone simular. I have been arguing more with my husband. Sometimes trivial, sometimes not. Worst fights are about how we deal with DD (4yr old) behaviour. He used to be a drinker, problem drinker at times, or heavy and regular. He quit a few months ago, near the beggining of the pregnancy and, as a teacher has been on a health kick in the summer holidays. Which I'm supportive of, but I'm holding things in at times, feel like I'm walking on eggshells. And I'm not sure I actually like him fully sober anymore. And also, when I've been at work he's texted me a list of things and general grumpy texts that I've made messy/ he can't find at home. He also doesn't seem to appreciate the physical burden pregnancy has on me, unlike last time. Other sad thing if that he doesn't want to visit my family who live nearly 3 hours drive away around Christmas as he thinks it would be too much with a newborn. I'd get the train but he dislikes it.

My colleges at work are the opposite, telling me not to do pretty much anything manual, eg lifting something maybe 1-3kg from one table to another (eg, not high or low or twisting) asking how I'm managing and that it's hard and tiring but I'm not feeling tired at work, it's a break from home. So I find it a little irritating. Also, I'm on annual leave for a week and when I said bye to someone she said seriously she'd been talking to a college how she thinks the hours (13 ) are too long for me. I only see this college on breaks, so she doesn't know. I mean they aren't ideal and I've put off setting an end date at work until recently and I want to just focus on that. So I told myself I know my own body and will go off early if I need to (change with 2 weeks notice, or go off sick). But now I'm doubting myself, I want to focus on finishing work on the 6th of October not think about bringing it earlier.

@Bramblecrumble22

Hey,
As cliche as it sounds you know yourself and what you're capable of best. Perhaps speak to your midwife if you're really unsure and they can give you better advice. 13 hours seems like a lot to me, but then again I can hardly get up from the sofa without feeling out of breath!

My partner also didn't / couldn't appreciate how difficult pregnancy was for me in the beginning. We bickered frequently, it was horrible. Im sorry you're going through it. I found the first couple of months of pregnancy very stressful and upsetting.

Christmas is still a while away and a lot can change in that time, hopefully your husband may come around.

Hopefully things will sort themselves out during your annual leave.

X

@OtiMama I am also feeling horrendously drained of energy. Full nights sleep and still dragging myself around like a zombie the next day. Turns out I am Anaemic! Have you had your bloods done recently?

Sorry to hear @Bramblecrumble22. Have you spoken to your partner and told him how he's making you feel? Perhaps ask him to give you space while he sorts himself out and learns to not be so cranky while sober.

Like PP said, you know your body best so just take it as it comes.

Some days I can work full 13/14 hour shifts and other days I struggle to do basic household things so I just play it by ear.

My right rib pain is now radiating to nerve pain in my back. Gosh there's no winning with pregnancy. What I will say though is my SPD is majorly at bay from massages and I can't believe the difference. Makes me very happy . Silver lining and all that!

26 weeks tomorrow and still feels like an eternity to go. Can't wait to just hit the 3rd trimester.

Morning!

Hope everyone is feeling ok.

A TMI question - is anybody else’s down below really swollen? I have really intense pressure when I go the loo like my insides are going to fall out and having looked in the mirror (yuk!) it’s really swollen especially on one side, but only on the outside of my skin, not inside. I presume its just another one of those pregnancy things with the weight of the baby, uterus and all the extra fluid we are carrying but it would be nice to hear it’s not just me.

I don’t recall feeling like this when I had my son, only after his birth when it was all a bit ‘damaged’.