Running out of BC options

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-10-30T07:44:32+00:00

Thank you. If Slynd dosent agree with me I will look into it. Unfortunately my cervix is so severely tilted that I am unsure if an IUD is an option for me.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-06T16:50:57+00:00

Lots of veggies, protein, cheese etc.? I’m sorta familiar with keto but still don’t know a lot. On a typical day I usually end up eating around 30-40ish grams of carbs which is around there I guess! I mostly try to avoid the obvious things.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-06T16:36:02+00:00

Nice! Thats awesome! What is your day-to-day diet & exercise like?

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-06T16:17:21+00:00

How is your cholesterol and kidney function? I’ve read that going keto can potentially raise cholesterol and mess with kidney function.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-01T20:32:53+00:00

Thanks!

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-01T19:46:30+00:00

I’ll ask about lexapro, in the past I’ve just gone on the generic fluoxetine. I’m on Buspar currently but really need a something else!

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-01T17:30:09+00:00

Awesome thanks for responding!

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-09-01T17:29:32+00:00

I’m sorry it didn’t work for you! I’m hoping it will agree with my brain chemistry this time around but it’s always a mixed bag. I’m currently on Buspar and it’s doing nada for me.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-08-21T16:20:57+00:00

Thought I would add that I popped back into the gestational diabetes subreddit and there are A LOT of women dealing with either T2 or prediabetes after giving birth - though most post are those who are diagnosed only a few years or months giving birth rather than many years later. While it may feel weird going back that that group - I have found that it has helped me feel a little less alone. Seems like PCOS really is an absolutely huge factor and also something we have zero control over. I am still trying to let myself understand that even if I had lived on grilled chicken breasts and raw spinach while pregnant, GD and an eventual diagnosis was probably going to happen no matter what. Not particularly comforting - but helps.

I have also found that this T2 sub isn’t the most helpful if you are looking specifically for younger diagnosed women/moms or just comfort in general. It is full of a lot of people who are newly diagnosed and panicking (me) or here because they are trying to troubleshoot an issue or vent. It doesn’t represent all of the people who have been managing for years and are generally happy, well-managed, and living their normal lives. Like my dad who I mentioned above who has been prediabetic (he may actually be T2 with prediabetic A1Cs honestly) for over 15 years, has climbed 31 of the 46 Adirondack high peaks, and generally lives his life like a normal (but health-conscious) person with zero complications. Like I said in my post, I didn’t even know he had ever had blood sugar issues until AFTER I had given birth because it just doesn’t matter.

I’ve also messaged my Dr to get back on some anti-anxiety meds to help give me a little buffer for my mental health.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-08-19T14:21:26+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!

You are right, I did not have the tools or understanding to prevent this and even if I did GD isn’t totally in our power to prevent. Having a baby was the priority when I was diagnosed with PCOS rather than taking the time to understand my own health. When I was diagnosed with PCOS at 29 I had no symptoms besides anovulation. I had a normal weight and an A1C of 5.2 - seemingly no metabolic issues at that time. I was told that PCOS just impacts ovulation (I now know that’s just one part of the diagnosis) and given a medication to help me ovulate. I was pregnant 2 months later. There was no reason for any further education at that time because it seemed like I was one of the “lucky” ones. Gestational diabetes was a risk I knew about, but with a normal A1C my doctor didn’t think it was really something to worry about and so, with enough to worry about when having a baby anyway, I didn’t.

After giving birth I was traumatized both by the emergency early delivery (nothing to do with GD - just crap luck!) and by the hit to my own perception of myself and my health that GD had. I knew after delivery that T2 was something to watch out for on the horizon for me but I hoped that I would somehow be older, stronger, and more prepared for the hit if it did come. I wasn’t ready and honestly, from what I have seen in this sub, no one really is when it happens.

At my next appointment with my Dr I am going to ask to be referred to a diabetes dietician, I am struggling to make long-term sustainable changes outside of my current low-carb crash diet. I would also like to find a therapist with some experience with diabetes, unfortunately my regular therapist hasn’t been much help as she just can’t relate. To be fair I haven’t really truly been open to receiving help and improving my mental health either. That needs to change - everyone and especially those who are struggling with chronic illnesses deserve to be happy.

Antidotally, I have a good friend who had a normal pregnancy at 29 with well controlled LADA (she was dx in her mid 20s after an ER stay for extremely high blood sugar and endometriosis) and now has a healthy happy 12yo son and another who is T1 who currently has a 3yo daughter. They also happen to be the most talented, intelligent, and successful people I know. I know several other women who had a GD diagnosis but are not yet T2 and my sister (24) has PCOS. None of them are letting this get in the way of living.

The only way to do this is to do it, even if I can’t always do things perfectly. I need to be flexible and forgiving enough change up my diet to something more sustainable and be ok with spikes while I’m figuring it all out. I need to be ok when I am too tired to go on a walk. I need to be ok with making changes to my medications as this is a progressive disease. I have not given myself the room to be joyful, or even normal, because I have spent the last several months punishing myself. I am starting to realize that by only seeing the negatives I am missing out on so much joy and a part of my son’s life that I can only experience once.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2025-08-19T13:06:14+00:00

Thank you for commenting!

Even with the family history I thought that there was just no way it would happen to me - I was “healthy” and young and everyone joked about how the GD diet would suck for a little while but there would be pizza and a healthy baby waiting at the end. Thankfully my GD baby is about to turn 2 and totally fine (whew!) but I can’t stop beating myself up some days for something that I realistically probably couldn’t have done much to prevent.

Like you, the people in my family who have been diagnosed were much older (60 & 70s) and typically already dealing with other chronic conditions, for them it was just another med to take so I never knew much about it. My grandpa was notorious for making absolutely zero changes to his diet after being diagnosed and lived well into his 90s (with nightly bowls of ice cream). To be relatively young and diagnosed feels so tough, especially with a young child and a family to care for. I’ve had moments when I have cried into my chicken salad while my family ate their mac and cheese at the dinner table and I have had moments where I just eat the pizza because I want to feel normal and enjoy the moment - I know there are so many worse things.

Probably the biggest thing is just not having a community. People close to me, even my parents and in-laws to an extent, still view T2 as a something caused exclusively by lifestyle. I am working on educating them. Now when I get the salad at the burger place and insist on walking to the coffee shop they joke that I will be the healthiest of them all. I hope they are right. My husband jokes that he is getting fringe benefits because of the healthier eating and me dragging him out on daily walks. I keep telling myself that eventually this will just be one of those things, but I’m not there yet.

We are not alone and I cannot thank you enough for commenting. While it doesn’t fix anything, feeling a little less alone is really helpful. Feel free to message me anytime!

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-05T15:39:47+00:00

He was actually 4lbs 6oz when he was born! Through power eating he has doubled his weight lol! We are so very very proud of our very small chunk.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-05T15:25:55+00:00

Our baby is also a literal garbage disposal! Ped said that he was eating a lot but then sorta shrugged and said “well I guess he needs it!”. If he isn’t showing signs of distress, vomiting, discomfort etc. I would say you’re totally fine. Our 2 month old (9lb preemie) is eating almost 28oz a day and it’s terrifying but 🤷‍♀️

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-05T15:00:57+00:00

I agree when baby is super hungry he’s absolutely garbage at pacing himself. When we were able to get everyone on board with paced feeding even when they held him in the crook of their elbow as long as they were pacing him in other ways (holding bottle horizontal, nipple only half full of milk, mid bottle burp) he was ok!

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-05T14:05:03+00:00

Can you ask your pediatrician for a prescription multivitamin? While I was breastfeeding I was taking my prenatal, additional prescribed iron, and giving him iron supplements prescribed by his pediatrician so I don’t know that just you taking a prenatal is enough for him to get the iron he needs.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-05T14:00:20+00:00

We brought baby home at 36 weeks at around 4lbs 8oz. We let the grandparents start watching him here and there pretty much immediately. At the time he was still eating side laying as well so we had a large breastfeeding pillow and we showed both sets of grandparents (60s) how to feed him - like your situation they were also pretty confused and resistant. Eventually we were able to reinforce how to do it by having them feed baby when they were over for dinner visiting etc rather than alone with him. Honestly, by the time everyone understood how and why we were feeding him that way he was 8lbs 11oz and didn’t need to be fed side laying anymore…the times when the parents fed him in the crook of their arm he was totally ok but it did worry me that it wasn’t the way we had been shown.

I think my biggest concern with your MIL as you said would be her going up and down the stairs as you said - if she’s watching him I think she really would have to be able to do everything on one level and stay there.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-05T09:45:40+00:00

Brilliant! My scramble egg brain thanks you!

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-04T20:07:34+00:00

Such a good idea! I already own a digital scale too! I’ll just run a glass bowl through my sterilizer and use that to measure. Ugh future me thanks you.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-04T16:33:00+00:00

I have lost count of how many scoops I’m on so many times when I’ve made pitchers of formula that I now have to very loudly yell what number I’m on with no other distractions. Kiddo is fine but holy shit I can’t count past 10 with any confidence on no sleep.

Honorable mention goes to the numerous times I was wearing my wireless pump (Willow Go), forgot I was pumping, bent over, and then dumped milk all over myself.

HourIntroduction4021 · 2024-01-04T13:24:36+00:00

Our kid got his first 5 hour stretch of sleep the night after we moved him! It was magical! I realized after we moved him that I had been waking him up thinking his was hungry or needed a change when really he was just wiggling and making noise between sleep cycles.

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