2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[beeniesmom]

I'M UPSET .... my numbers have been creeping up for the last 10 days.
I faxed them to my dr who called me immediately and increased my meds.
Now I have to be careful not to get the shakes from my blood sugar being too low. UGHHHH!
I can't wait until the baby is born and I will be off all the medication.
If I am lucky I won't have issues after the birth.

How are the rest of you mommies doing?

Tonight I get to take the maternity hospital tour and then Thursday I start the breast feeding class.
Last week I took child safety and CPR. Very educational.

[finn's mom]

Carmen, are you on meds for gestational diabetes, then? I didn't remember that you were taking meds for it, although I'm sure you told me. I hope you can get things under control! Be careful! I haven't had much of an issue since I got pregnant, but before, I would get the shakes if I didn't eat. I make sure I always have something on me, now.

I haven't had much of an issue so far with watching my carbs and sugar. I found a drink I like with Sucralose in it, and I've read that it's safe during pregnancy and has no effect on blood sugar. My favorite tortillas are low carb, so that's easy. And, I found a cereal that has lower carbs than most, but the best thing is that nearly half those carbs are dietary fiber, which I've read is a good compromise if you're taking in carbs.

I've gained about nine pounds so far, and still sitting at about 10 inches gained around my waist. I'll probably end up losing a pound or two cutting out the carbs and sugar I was eating prior to the testing. I know I was taking in too much sugar (in the form of beverages, mostly)

David and I are scheduled to take all of our classes in July. We're taking the childbirth, safety & CPR, breastfeeding and baby basics classes. Should be fun!

[beeniesmom]

Yes, I am/was on meds. My numbers were high from the beginning of the pregnancy. I never had to take the glucose test because they already knew from my initial bloodwork that it was going to be an issue. I am being careful with what I eat. I can eat some things without having any reaction (even cookies) but other things (like white rice) send it to the sky.
They say it's hormonal.

I took the new dose last night for the first time and it was 175 after 2 hours..... crazy high!!! This morning it was down to 89 which is good. I took a greater dose after breakfast and it was 95, also very good. We'll see how this works out. I just hope the meds start working for the evening too. I don't want to take shots. If I can hang on for a few more months it should be fine. They are talking about inducing me early because of it. We'll see.

You've gained only 9 pounds... I am jelous! I've packed on 24 lbs so far.
And this is because I am on a restricted diet.... oh well.

I think you will like the classes. So far the ones I took were fun.

The maternity tour last night was very fun.

First they did some baby trivia and you won little prizes (samples and baby toys).

Then they showed us the following Bill Cosby skits on childbirth:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMVeZyhagI

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w-AG_yF1Uw

We all were laughing so hard we were crying.

Then we did the tour of the facility. I thought the rooms would be a little bigger. I automatically thought that whoever will be with me overnight (mom or hubby) will be very uncomfortable. I will make them go home. I don't want either of them sleeping on the foldout chair...

[prechrswife]

Then we did the tour of the facility. I thought the rooms would be a little bigger. I automatically thought that whoever will be with me overnight (mom or hubby) will be very uncomfortable. I will make them go home. I don't want either of them sleeping on the foldout chair...

I don't know how big the rooms are at your hospital, but my hubby stayed on the foldout chair both times and was fairly comfortable. This time, I made sure to pack him some more comfortable clothes to sleep in--when Katherine was born, he slept in his regular clothes. The nurses brought in extra sheets and blankets for the foldout, too, so it wasn't like he was sleeping right on the chair.

[finn's mom]

Well, I have gestational diabetes. Dang it. My numbers weren't terrible, but they were over. My first draw was good *73* (after fasting), my one hour was good *126, needs to be under 180*, but my third and fourth draws were over (the 2 hour was by 41 points *196 and needs to be under 155*), the 3 hour by 28 points *168 and needs to be under 140*).

I'm scheduled to go in for an educational group class next Wednesday morning. I'd have liked to have an earlier appointment, but that's the only one they have available for this week and next. So, until then, I'll just have to research on my own and keep doing what I've been doing. My doctor thinks I should be able to control it with diet alone, so hopefully his faith in me is justified.

And, don't sweat the weight gain, everyone is different. I've just been trying really hard to eat healthy (obviously not as healthy as I should be eating!) and I've been staying fairly active. The biggest thing I've done consistently is park as far as I can park everywhere I go. I don't use drive throughs at all, and I take the stairs when they're available. It's an easy way to stay active without actually "working out" which I don't really enjoy.

Anyway, I'm off to eat some chicken and veggies.

[wolfsoul]

Aw that's too bad you have gestational diabetes! I've known many girls with it though and it's always been manageable. I'm sure you'll do fine.

We did the gender determination a couple weeks ago, and it's a girl, just like I knew she was! I felt her once at 19 weeks, and then at 20 weeks she suddenly decided she was going to kick and kick..and kick. There is no "fluttering." I have no idea what this even means. You can SEE her kicking me from the outside. The other day I had my hand on my belly and she must have stretched or something -- her foot stuck out on my belly and slid down my hand -- very weird and cool!

Here are her ultrasound pictures, 19 weeks 2 days.


Creepy front shot

And my belly, 5 months one day. Ignore the dirty mirror!!!


The ultrasound technician said I have a braxton hicks contraction on my uterus. I felt contractions for the first time this morning, very scary because I didn't know what was happening. I was working at the time, just wishing it would stop -- it felt like everything wanted to fall out of me.

Anywhos, that's my little monkey!

[finn's mom]

Aw, how cute! I love the profile and foot shots! I really don't dig the facial shots much, they are a little too skeletal still for me. Your belly is very cute, I remember when mine was the same way and then BLAMMO, I looked pregnant. It's neat to see how differently every woman develops.

And, I absolutely love feeling my girl move! Just wait til you get bigger and can actually see how seriously lopsided you get, haha. Our little lady favors my right side, definitely. It is the neatest thing in the world to see your tummy jump and twitch, and to feel her move around. It was cool to see her move on the sonogram and feel it at the same time. For me, it's nice to know that I'm never alone, that I always have company. I know I am going to miss being pregnant.

I'm not too terribly worried about the gestational diabetes, we'll just do what we have to do to manage it. The only thing that bugs me is that I found out so late, and have to wait a week to learn more about what I need to do. For now, I'm just watching my carbs, sugar and other. I have read that if you are going to have carbs, get as much fiber as you can out of them. So, I have cereal that I found where half the carbs are fiber (14g of fiber per serving, yikes!), and my favorite tortillas are carb balance, and there are 11g of fiber in them, and only 14g of carbs...those numbers aren't exact, I'm going off memory, but they're pretty accurate. I also need to ask about sugar alcohols and stuff like sucralose. From what I read, they're all pregnancy safe and don't affect blood sugar.