MSE Pregnancy Club 17

Evansangel

Im fussy with food, i wont eat anything seafood/fish like (except fishcake from the chip shop lol) because i know i wont like it, i've never had it, i just know it smells bad and i hate it lol.

Also i wont eat anything that doesn't look right or has an odd colour. My aunt tried to get me to taste this thing on her plate before, and it was grey... Thats not normal to me lol.

Also, i can eat sausages, bacon, burgers, etc. But i cant stand beef and pork... lol.

Twinkles08

I found her it was helen81 post 613.Least I'm not going crackers!On reflection thou hope I haven't worried you Nikkit.It just reminded me when you said it kept coming etc.

SUPER_SAVER_7

mmm...i think I'm gonna do a tuna pasta dish for myself instead of the 'ewwwy mince' but I really would prefer chicken instead but haven't got any in atm. Well I must get cracking asap Speak soon every1 xxx

ymakesmile

Afternoon all!
Haven't had much of a chance to read and post as kitchen is still being worked on......nightmare! Can't wait for the kitchen to be finished and i'll have the house back to it's normal state. Keep checking in to hear news of SJ baby.
I seem to have terrible trapped wind and constipation pretty much constantly lately! Need to start taking my lactulose more regularly again me thinks and I need to make sure I'm getting enough water as I know I haven't been these last few days. Is this pretty much normal in pregnancy? I suffer with constipation a lot at the best of times but the trapped wind seems to be so constant and so painful at times!

nikkit72

do you have green notes Gym , as in mine on page 12 it says this about head being engaged :

5/5 = free
4/5 = sitting on pelvic brim
3/5 = lower but most is still above brim
2/5 = enagaed as most is below the brim
1/5 oe 0/5 = deeply engaged

as i was 0/5 on friday , so you being 4/5 means u still have a few more to go than 1/5 IYSWIM by my notes
twinkles , nah not scared me , as i can see its the bloody show for sure , IYSWIM

Glamazon

Agutka wrote: »

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I burst into tears when the lady told me my results were high. My glucose tolerance test showed that I have no tolerance and have gestational diabetes . I spent three hours at the hospital, seeing various people.
The diabetes nurse wouldn't go into details, said I have to come back thursday when they can explain things in detail, for now I just have to take it in... I'll have a different doctor now, I'll be measuring my blood four times a day :eek:, get a scan every month, including one today (cherub cheeks and no, his willy has not fallen off - this is what my dad wants as he would like a granddaughter :rotfl:). And I got given a leaflet full of things I never eat that will constitute my diet??? And another leaflet that says things like 'it usually goes away', 'probable cs', 'still birth in late pregnancy' . So glad they didn't check my blood pressure :eek:.

And now I feel hungry. Had lunch but am really craving something sweet!

hun, its not that bad honest. I had it diagnosed at 30 weeks & my results were borderline but got progressively worse. I didn't eat much but what I did start to eat was healthy stuff like brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta etc instead of white. I am quite a fussy eater which doesn't help but they said tomato based food was OK so I ate lots of spag bol, chilli, pasta bake etc. You'll soon see which foods make it high and which don't providing you test an hour after each meal. I once tested after a 3 course F&B which ended with a Cinnamon Waffle Crunch - it was about 16! Supposed to be under 7.8

Unfortunately, my GD got worse just because my body wasnt making enough Insulin, nothing I could have done. A week after the test I ended up on Insulin after breakfast & the units went up each week as my sugar levels rose I had to ring the diabetes nurse every few days.

Try to test your blood on different fingers otherwise they will get really sore.

It usually does go away - mine did! However, am more than likely going to get when I get pg again so no Homebirth for me!

Probable C/S - I got told this but it's because they won't allow you to stay in labour for as long as someone without GD because there is more chance of baby getting into distress. I went from not dilated at 4am to 6cm by 6.30am - at 7am they wanted the doctor because they were concerned about J's heartbeat but the doc was busy so I ended up pushing super hard and got him out at 8.17am just as doc walked through the door. If I hadn't I was probably next on the C/S table wheras a non GD person wouldn't IYSWIM.

Stillbirth in late pregnancy - they probably won't let you go over 40 weeks anyway! I was going to be induced at 40weeks but once I got on the Insulin they said 38 weeks. Fortunately my eviction plan worked and at 37 weeks J came on his own. My mum went 2 weeks overdue with all 5 babies and we are all fine

Ignore any crap about 'big babies' - MIL had GD and OH was 5lbs, Jack was 6lbs 3oz despite a scan showing he was over 7lbs at 35 weeks, my mum has diabetes and her babies ranged from 7lbs to 9lb 11oz.

Just think that you will now get extra chances to see bubs (I only got growth scans at 33 and 35 weeks) but you'll probably end up with more hospital appointments.
I got diagnosed on the Wednesday, went back on the Thursday and was back in every other Wednesday after that.

If you've got any questions or just want some advice feel free to PM me.

CAFCGirl

peoples ways with food are quite amusing..... its funny how we all have or little quirks...
Since my sister did her "observations" whenever I say anything to DH about his eating, he always comes back with "lets not talk about little miss chews on the left for 20 times, then on right, everything cut in two......shall I go on" by which time im normally laughing as I realise we're both freaks....

gill_81uk

Hugs Agutka - sounds like a nightmare for you. I don't know how I'd cope if I wasn't allowed to eat anything sweet.

Twinkles - I remember that as well. It was someone a couple of months ago but like you I can't remember who it was!

Apparantly some Asda's have reduced baby event stuff while others haven't. There was nothing at mine today

If anyone needs a high chair it's worth looking out for this though

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/601942/graco-tea-time-highchair-sunshine-y

They've got some gorgous little boys clothes in at the moment. Had to really restrain myself not to buy any until I've got a better idea of how big baby will be!

gymfiend

Fingers crossed Nikkit

SS I hate mince, it smells like cows!! I make it into lasagne cos OH likes it but making it makes me gag everytime!

We're both food weirdo's EA I can eat fish, any vegetable etc just not things that have been made into different things that you can no longer identify! Sausages gross me out, if we ever get them I have to get the absolute best ones I can find to try and tell myself it's ok it's not pig bum that I'm eating!!!

Tea tonight is pasta...dunno what with, maybe asparagus & bacon, maybe tomato & roast veg..hmm. I seem to be cooking all the time at the moment, will make OH cook next so he doesn't get too used to it :P

gill_81uk

Twinkles - well done for finding that! I was going to say either Helen or Karen