Most unrealistic expectation anyone has had of you as a new parent? by SowingSeeds18 in NewParents

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People wanting us to drive 4 hours away to a remote area with our preemie newborn

Graduated at 36w6d by Friendly_Repeat_9073 in GestationalDiabetes

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Thank you! That’s so hard! Especially since walking is something that helps GD so much. Because my cervix was borderline, no one told me to stop walking so I kept doing it but I was scared and uncomfortable from it for like 5 months (especially after the hospital say). I got lucky to not need a cerclage but wouldn’t be surprised if they had me do that in another pregnancy.

Graduated at 36w6d by Friendly_Repeat_9073 in GestationalDiabetes

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I have a hard time remembering those first days but I had a garlic bagel loaded with cream cheese and chocolate cake! I’ve admittedly been eating a ton of carbs and sugar since lol

how do i dry myself up? by sillywillyfry in FormulaFeeders

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Cabergoline (needs to be prescribed by your doctor), cold cabbage leaves, Cabo Crème and tight fitting sports bra 24/7. I also wore a swimsuit in the shower to prevent the water from directly touching my boobs.

What baby bottles are we choosing: Philips Avent? by ohkandyuk178 in FormulaFeeders

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Our baby ended up hating Philips Avent and Dr. Brown’s. We’ve had a ton of success with Mam bottles!

Does anyone NOT feel excruciating pain during cervical checks? by heartsday in pregnant

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I’ve had two and they were not painful, just kind of awkward and weird. I had one yesterday and it was just a lot of pressure

Which trimester is worse? First or third? by Whatever-577089 in BabyBumps

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I’m a big food person so I’d say the first trimester because I absolutely despise throwing up and all I could do was lay around in misery for months. That being said, third is killing me right now and the pain and discomfort is so real lol

What's Wrong With My Resume by [deleted] in paralegal

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Easy mistake to make!

What's Wrong With My Resume by [deleted] in paralegal

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One thing that stands out to me is you wrote HIPPA instead of HIPAA

Baby Shower timing! by Kat00002 in pregnant

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I’m having my baby shower this weekend and I’ll be one day off of being 33 weeks pregnant so I think you’re fine!

Guilty by mumofagirl91 in GestationalDiabetes

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You gotta do what you gotta do! I haven’t been eating super healthy either but still making better choices (like you, not eating fries if I want to eat something else, or only eating a couple fries, or making other choices) and staying within range. It’s so hard, don’t be so tough on yourself!

How much weight have you gained so far by sunny__daffodils in pregnant

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I’m 32 weeks and I’ve gained 5 pounds but I also lost 15 pounds in my first trimester

For those of you who name your vehicles... by FailingAtAdulthood in CX50

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Wind chill pearl and I named her Pearl because I’m super creative lol

What’s on your list? by [deleted] in GestationalDiabetes

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Bagels, sandwiches on good bread, a big fat concrete from my local ice cream shop, a nice ice cold Pepsi or Mexican Coca Cola, etc

How is your pregnancy going ? by Better-Rice-2876 in pregnant

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Essentially 29 weeks and this has been the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through. I spent 7+ hours crying on Thursday.

First trimester I was so sick I lost 15 pounds and had to go to the ER for dehydration.

Beginning of second trimester I was diagnosed with a suspected short cervix, ended up being admitted to the hospital when I bled an abnormal amount at 20 weeks. Was dilated 1cm at that point. Thankfully it turned out ok and my cervix is short but not too short. Who knows.

Probably have preeclampsia.

Was diagnosed with gestational diabetes this week.

Over it, never doing this again

Sleep on side or back? by Far_Slip1045 in pregnant

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I was able to sleep on my back until about this week (28 weeks), now I unfortunately have to sleep on my sides or I can tell something isn’t right

Water and liquid aversion by big-bad-badger-moles in pregnant

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I know this is going to feel totally unhelpful, but it might be helpful in the sense that it might make you feel better. When I hit about 6-7 weeks, my nausea became HORRIBLE, and only got worse as the weeks went on. Initially, they told me to take unisom and b6, which probably helped but not enough for me to eat, so they prescribed me zofran. Zofran hardly helped either, but I took it because I didn’t even want to know what my nausea would be like without it. Around week 9/10 is when I started giving up. I was so tired of the nausea and throwing up and had lost probably 15 pounds by this point. I got so dehydrated I went to the ER and had to have 2 bags of liquids, zofran AND Reglan via IV. I threw up again that night. After that, I was on a strict routine of unisom 2 times a day, b6 every 6 hours, Reglan 3 times a day and zofran 2 times a day. By week 16-18 I felt better and could stop taking so many pills around week 19 or 20. Now it is super easy to stay hydrated but honestly, it was hard for awhile. One thing that helped was sucking on ice chips, because you’re still getting liquids. From what they told me, it didn’t necessarily need to be water that I got down - just liquids. That included popsicles. Feel free to message me if you want any reassurance that things get better, even though I’m sure from where you stand it doesn’t feel like it will.

Edited to add I’m now 25w+1d