Thursdays Randoms/Vents/Whines

[MrsDarcy]

Sorry anakenzie.

[kermit]

Feb 27, 2014 13:38:00 GMT -5 bernergirl said:

Standing in front of the mirror this morning I realized that I have a classic linea nigra. No idea when that showed up! I knew right away what it was but it was surprising to see- I guess I feel like it's too "early"? I'm 17w2d and haven't "popped" yet.

I noticed yesterday that I have a light line but forgot to check today. 

[OrangeTree]

I'm starving and haven't been able to keep anything down today yet. So tired of getting sick, but I'm hoping I get it under control by 2nd trimester.

[melsamoony]

OrangeTree have you gotten any antinausea meds? If you can't keep anything down you should really call your doctor. I hope you feel better.

[pinotgrig]

Also, this is petty but I miss my ankles already. Puffy feet are a hard look to pull off. Not to mention that the reason I bought one of my shower dresses is because it made my legs look good. My puffy ankles are not going to help with that. Also, am not sure I can wear heels with swollen feet? Sigh.

[theatre4life]

**hugs** anakenzie. I'm sorry for your loss.

[speyedr]

Feb 27, 2014 11:13:04 GMT -5 mannah said:

I called out sick from work today because I started to feel weird last night and I got a call from my other job (I'm a nurse) where it turns out 5 people I took care of early this week just tested positive for the flu. And all had had their flu shots. Great. So far I don't feel horrible but starting to get coughy and congested and blah. On a positive note, I'm going to try to get a ton of stuff done at home around the house while I chug fluids at every chance.

I was exposed to shingles at work a month or so ago. The patient was diagnosed on the shift following mine and it freaked me out for a minute. I have had CP and tested immune to the virus a few years back but it still worries me being pg and running the risk of being exposed to all sorts of stuff. The joys of being a nurse and pregnant! 

[robyn]

anakenzie I'm so sorry for your loss

[statlerwaldorf]

Feb 27, 2014 13:08:08 GMT -5 robyn said:

Feb 27, 2014 12:30:38 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

robyn, I am sorry you're dealing with all the emotions/doubts that go along with any unfavorable health news. I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic a little over a year ago despite having a relatively healthy diet and being underweight. It's absolutely not something you can always avoid, so please don't blame yourself. I was able to bring my blood sugar down with some pretty simple changes. I highly recommend reading up on Low GI eating. I saw a book at the bookstore the other day for low GI eating for gestational diabetes.

My own vent is a separate thread.

Thank you for the pep talk! My emotional and mental state is definitely much improved today. I go meet with the nutritionist on Tuesday, and until then have been using meal and snack tips posted around here by other GD mamas. I will look for that book you saw as well. Do you remember if it was in the cookbook area or pregnancy area of the bookstore? I appreciate the rec, thank you!

I was recently diagnosed with GD, so I'm not going to pretend to have this all figured out yet, but the meal plan doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as I thought it would be.  I have to watch my carbs and fat.  For carbs, my goal is 30g for breakfast, 45g for lunch and dinner, and 15-30g for 2 snacks.  I used My Fitness Pal prior to getting pregnant and the overall carb goal is about what I was eating before, so it's not really a low carb diet.  The challenge is just spreading them out throughout the day.  My goal for fat is under 75g a day which is also similar to My Fitness Pal's recommendation.

I have a Freestyle Lite glucose monitor which is really easy to use.  It's also pretty small and easily fits in my purse.

Try not to worry about the risks.  A lot of those risks come with uncontrolled GD, so getting a diagnosis and working with your doctor is going to significantly decrease those risks.

[OrangeTree]

Feb 27, 2014 14:36:41 GMT -5 melsamoony said:

OrangeTree have you gotten any antinausea meds? If you can't keep anything down you should really call your doctor. I hope you feel better.

I haven't gotten any meds. I haven't been to my first official appointment yet, just the hospital trip yesterday. Today's the first day where it's been this bad. If it doesn't get better in a few days I'll probably end up calling, but I'm not sure if they'll prescribe anything since I haven't been in yet....? Thanks for the well wishes!

[OrangeTree]

Feb 27, 2014 13:28:02 GMT -5 anakenzie said:

I guess my vent/whine is more for yesterday than today, but my grandma passed away. It wasn't completely unexpected, but still hurts. I guess I need to focus on the fact that I was able to have both Grandmothers around for my wedding a couple of years ago, and I still have my other Grandma, but still a bit tough. I am 8 weeks today and was looking forward to telling her next weekend about the baby and I know she would have been very excited to find out.

So sorry for your loss. Even if it's expected, it's still rough.

[Odonata]

anakenzie I'm sorry for your loss. It's never easy especially with life milestones.

OrangeTree that sucks you're getting so sick. I just hit 7 weeks today and yesterday was the first day I puked. I haven't puked today but nothing, not even eating crackers or ginger is making anything feel better. I have a headache because I'm not drinking as much water as I use to and I know I need to drink some, but that horrible taste in my mouth makes me gag, even if I flavor the water. I hope we both feel better soon!

I just had a blow out with H because he's gotten use to me being the cook in the house. I love food and LOVE to cook that when I come home I can think of a meal no issues. But I've been feeling so bad that even THINKING about what to make for dinner has me wanting to run to the bathroom. I just can't do it. When I ask him "what do you want" he just gives me a blank stare and goes "I dont know, whatever". I tried to explain to him that right now I CANNOT play this game and he's going to need to figure out what to do for dinner, because right now the whole kitchen is like a dead zone to me. He's getting all pissy at me for me wanting him to just pick and fucking dinner (I said I would even cook it!) and then I flipped out screaming "I'm not your fucking mom or your maid!"

I think we are both going to have to rely on ourselves for dinner from now on because coming home tire and then having to think about food is not happening. I'm done cooking for a while until this passes and will just be making something for myself when I want to eat. But MH, he use to eat cereal 3x a day before I moved in and started cooking actual food. I guess he can go back to that.

[mannah]

Feb 27, 2014 11:39:49 GMT -5 pinotgrig said:

mannah - are you going to get tested for the flu? I ended up getting it a few months ago but caught it early enough to take tamiflu. I had a flu shot, too, and between that and the tamiflu was only mildly sick about 3 days. Just something to consider.

Thanks for the advice--I called the midwife who said to wait and see if I got a fever or started to feel aches and chills etc before she would want to start tamiflu/test me. So far I just feel kinda blah and sorry for myself but no super bad symptoms. Although I did take this opportunity to call in sick again for tomorrow just in case

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

anakenzie sorry about your grandma.

[anakenzie]

Thanks everyone!