With all the holiday goodies at work this week and my craving for pasta, I am going to fail my GD test SPECTACULARLY on Saturday. I am a little scared to see the number.
Post by feistypants on Dec 17, 2014 22:04:03 GMT -5
PUPPP sucks. I have 12 more weeks of itching and the resulting removal of the top layers of my skin as I scratch. I'm actually so itchy that it's painful.
PUPPP sucks. I have 12 more weeks of itching and the resulting removal of the top layers of my skin as I scratch. I'm actually so itchy that it's painful.
Post by estrellita on Dec 17, 2014 22:23:21 GMT -5
I hope you pass krystee! If not, you won't be alone at least. I will be there to feel your pain, haha.
Seriously though, I'm so frustrated the endocrinologist hasn't called yet. I need a plan! I've been tracking my food on MFP to watch carbs and sugar and I seem to be doing well. The problem is that I'm not eating enough. I'm scared to eat anything sugary or full of carbs because I have no clue what I can and can't eat right now. Yesterday and today my calories have been between 1200-1400 and that is NOT enough for me and baby! I do have to say my sugar level has been very low which is good. I did some walking on the treadmill yesterday but today I was so sore because I've been super lazy/tired for so long (probably didn't help my tests). I'm overwhelmed and just want to curl up in a ball for a week and not deal with anything! Sorry, didn't mean for that to turn into a long vent/whining session. I'm just not in a good mental place no matter how much I try to deny it :/
PUPPP sucks. I have 12 more weeks of itching and the resulting removal of the top layers of my skin as I scratch. I'm actually so itchy that it's painful.
Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP), also known as polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, is the most common rash in pregnant women. It normally occurs in first pregnancies during the third trimester with an average onset of 35 weeks. Thankfully, PUPPP does not usually affect subsequent pregnancies.
Appearance of PUPPP The rash of PUPPP almost always begins in the stretch marks (striae) of the abdomen. It does not involve the belly button distinguishing it from other common rashes of pregnancy. The rash itself consists of small, red wheals in the stretch marks that grow together to form larger wheals on the abdomen. Sometimes the rash can include small vesicles. Over the next several days, the rash can spread over the thighs, buttocks, breasts, and arms.
Today was the first day I was miserable pregnant and just done. I was moody, grumpy, angry tired and sore. Hopefully tomorrow is better. 3-7 weeks and counting.
Today was the first day I was miserable pregnant and just done. I was moody, grumpy, angry tired and sore. Hopefully tomorrow is better. 3-7 weeks and counting.
Yep I am having more days like this. I only have to go to the office 4 more times but I have 5ish weeks to go. The work from home policy is going to keep me from murdering anyone at least.
Then DH asked if had to work today. Our personal calendar says I picked up an extra shift, so I went online to check the official work calendar. I didn't. *whew* I would have literally cried if that had happened.
I hope you pass krystee! If not, you won't be alone at least. I will be there to feel your pain, haha.
Seriously though, I'm so frustrated the endocrinologist hasn't called yet. I need a plan! I've been tracking my food on MFP to watch carbs and sugar and I seem to be doing well. The problem is that I'm not eating enough. I'm scared to eat anything sugary or full of carbs because I have no clue what I can and can't eat right now. Yesterday and today my calories have been between 1200-1400 and that is NOT enough for me and baby! I do have to say my sugar level has been very low which is good. I did some walking on the treadmill yesterday but today I was so sore because I've been super lazy/tired for so long (probably didn't help my tests). I'm overwhelmed and just want to curl up in a ball for a week and not deal with anything! Sorry, didn't mean for that to turn into a long vent/whining session. I'm just not in a good mental place no matter how much I try to deny it :/
I'm so sorry. Can you call them? Or your OB's office to have them follow up? Diagnosing you with GD and then just leaving you hanging like this is not cool. ((Hugs))
feistypants, I'm sorry. PUPPP sounds horrible. I just have dry itchy winter skin that I sometimes scratch to the point of making it irritated, and that is bad enough. Ugh. ((Hugs)) to you as well.
Thanks christy082. I'd call them but I don't know what office it is. I asked yesterday at my check up and let them know that tomorrow is my only weekday off for the rest of the year (other than Christmas). The nurse said the referral was "in progress" but that she'd tell them to call me today. I just hope they have an opening tomorrow! Sometimes I hate working the same hours as most businesses! I've done quite a bit of totally reliable Google research (ha) so I have a general idea of how I should be eating, but I'm sure they want me to start testing to make sure I don't need medication or anything.
Post by stategirl08 on Dec 18, 2014 8:45:42 GMT -5
I'm at my OB doing my 3hr GTT. Drink and one blood draw done. I am not excited about getting three more blood draws over the next two and a half hours.
In better news, after tomorrow, I am off work until the 29. So excited.
I couldn't sleep last night. I kept getting dizzy when I laid on my back or on my right side. Such a weird symptom. Add that this morning I'm still feeling dizzy and nauseous.
I'm at my OB doing my 3hr GTT. Drink and one blood draw done. I am not excited about getting three more blood draws over the next two and a half hours.
In better news, after tomorrow, I am off work until the 29. So excited.
My left arm is useless. I got the Tdap vax on Tuesday morn it suuucks. I had a *really* bad reaction to a tetanus shot when I was a teen (major swelling, cellulitis), so I've avoided it since then. So far no skin craziness, but my shoulder is hurty, which I think is fairly normal.
Mine was the same way. I actually yelped in pain when I was trying to sleep and rolled on my arm.
About 6-7 years ago I had the tdap, and my arm reacted poorly (not as bad as yours though). I had large red warm welts all over it, in addition to it being sore. It sucked. I was nervous to get the tdap again, but thankfully this time I only had the sore arm, a red spot where it was injected, and two other red spots (all of which were very mild compared to the first time).
I couldn't sleep last night. I kept getting dizzy when I laid on my back or on my right side. Such a weird symptom. Add that this morning I'm still feeling dizzy and nauseous.
I've been like that off and on the past week. Vertigo sucks!
My random is that I"m tired of unsolicited advice. Gee, it never dawned on my that natural childbirth hurts (I'm not set on or against an epidural). Oh, husbands can be unintentionally annoying during labor? You don't say!!
Also, my mother is driving me crazy. Is the crib set up? Did you wash the clothes from the shower and put them away? NO! That is at the bottom of my priority list right now! The crib is currently full of stuff from the shower. "Setting up" the crib entails washing the sheet and putting it in there (the crib itself has been up and together for months). Also the baby will be in a cosleeper attached to the bed at first (assuming baby will sleep well there). So who knows when we'll even use the crib. But let me put the sheet in it now, so it can be full of dust and will need washed again when baby is here.
Why would I take all the tags off the clothes now, not knowing if baby will be small enough to fit in the newborn ones? After I told her it wasn't a priority now, one of her coworkers asked her if I did this, and then said "oh she's not going to feel like doing it later!". OMG people. It's not that freaking hard to wash some itty bitty clothes and fold them. If I have to have my husband bring them to me in the laundry basket to be folded, so be it.
I think my priorities are getting all the large items from the shower organized, meeting our potential pediatrician on Monday, and getting through Christmas!! In the next week, I have 6 more batches of cookies to make, two dips to make, a trifle to make and five gatherings to attend (one I'm hosting).
Post by hainesherway on Dec 18, 2014 9:50:10 GMT -5
I'm having a rough day today. It would have been my mom's 66th birthday today. I can't stop thinking about her and how much I miss her. I'm glad I'm working from home today because I'm a mess
I sleep so much better alone in bed. On the weekends DH tends to stay up later, fall asleep in his chair, move to the couch, and maybe come to bed for a couple hours then wake up before me. I always sleep soooo much better. During the week when we are both in bed no matter how cold I keep the house I end up waking up drenched in sweat. I wish we had two beds set up so I could sleep better, except that would make me sad too.
And for some reason during the week I tend to wake up on my back all night long. On the weekends I can actually stay sleeping on my side.
Confession: I know I'm suppose to have a baby shower, and I know who is going to throw it, but it hasn't even been started to be planned and that makes me really nervous. I'm already 32+3 wks. I either want the planning to be going on or just not have one at all. Just hard with how it falls around the holidays.
H is driving me nuts. I love him so much, but he's on this kick about 'not having too much baby stuff' and 'not having the house overwhelmed by baby.' What did you expect to happen? Keep her stuff tucked nicely in a corner?
I've been very good about this whole thing, keeping it minimal. But now I'm getting lectured about some things and I just don't appreciate it. His closest coworker has 2 kids and she's raised her very minimally, almost to the point where it's annoying. And I know she talks his ear off all day about how you don't need much stuff to have a kid. Now he wants to do it the same way, and that frustrates me. He brought up cloth diapers to me, after we'd agreed to not do them (I have no interest, sorry). I know exactly where the conversation came from! "She found them to be really easy and loved them!" That's great. Good for her. I'm still in Camp Nope.
This morning on kids.woot.com there's a batman sleeping bag for a kid, and I love superhero stuff. I sent it to him with a note "awww look how cute! I'm not buying this, but this is awesome!" His response was "She doesn't need a sleeping bag, she can just borrow XYZ's friends kid's bag". I even said I AM NOT BUYING THIS.
So I'm frustrated with him, which doesn't help with the hormones and general discomfort of my current existence.
This morning on kids.woot.com there's a batman sleeping bag for a kid, and I love superhero stuff. I sent it to him with a note "awww look how cute! I'm not buying this, but this is awesome!" His response was "She doesn't need a sleeping bag, she can just borrow XYZ's friends kid's bag". I even said I AM NOT BUYING THIS.
So I'm frustrated with him, which doesn't help with the hormones and general discomfort of my current existence.
I'd probably respond with "I already said I'm not buying this. But thanks for sucking the joy out of it for me." But... that's just the kind of mood I'm in lately, lol!
This morning on kids.woot.com there's a batman sleeping bag for a kid, and I love superhero stuff. I sent it to him with a note "awww look how cute! I'm not buying this, but this is awesome!" His response was "She doesn't need a sleeping bag, she can just borrow XYZ's friends kid's bag". I even said I AM NOT BUYING THIS.
So I'm frustrated with him, which doesn't help with the hormones and general discomfort of my current existence.
I'd probably respond with "I already said I'm not buying this. But thanks for sucking the joy out of it for me." But... that's just the kind of mood I'm in lately, lol!
That's pretty close to what I said, with a slight tone of hurt puppy. We seriously got into it last night over kid stuff, he knows he upset me.
Post by cheeseandcrackers on Dec 18, 2014 10:37:51 GMT -5
bk1 do you know when you're having it? maybe u can start get the ball rolling? @sessalee, i would be annoyed too! i'm only going on 26 weeks and i already want to buy all things! (but try to resist) It has been extremely hard this month because of the great sales though lol.
Still feel like poo this morning with a cold. couldn't sleep all night. at what point is this a concern? my temperature isn't up yet, so that's good, right?
I'd probably respond with "I already said I'm not buying this. But thanks for sucking the joy out of it for me." But... that's just the kind of mood I'm in lately, lol!
That's pretty close to what I said, with a slight tone of hurt puppy. We seriously got into it last night over kid stuff, he knows he upset me.
Aw, I'm sorry. Don't they understand pregnancy hormones are enough to make us upset? We don't need the added stress/annoyance of them upsetting us too. ((Hugs)).