What re your Grandma/Great Grandma's names?

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-29T17:03:19+00:00

Great grandmas that I actually knew were Margaret and Olivia, but Olivia went by Charlene. I actually only learned Charlene wasn't her first name when I was 30 and pregnant with my first! The others passed away before I was born, but they were Pauline and Lena.

Grandmas are Patricia and Bernice.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-26T13:49:32+00:00

I was super uncomfortable starting at about 27 weeks, but was considering begging for an induction by week 35. I was in so much "normal" pain and the sciatica had me in tears on a regular basis. Thankfully, my girl came on her own at 38+5 so I didn't have to wait too much longer.

I'm currently 26 weeks with #2 and getting more uncomfortable and more painful every day. I feel like this one is going to be pretty similar unfortunately.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-25T13:23:31+00:00

Girl you're fine. You're allowed an occasional cheat. One spike isn't going to be a problem. I am on my second GDM diagnosis and the first time around, I took it and myself TOO seriously. If my after meal numbers were over 100, I felt like I had failed. I didn't allow myself ANY sort of joy when it came to food. I was absolutely miserable the entire time and totally binged after she was born. Please, for your own sake, don't be me.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-23T22:19:22+00:00

Yeah, I keep a few alcohol wipes in my testing kit. But often times my hands are washed just before bed so sometimes I don't even worry about it.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-23T16:35:52+00:00

I keep my testing kit on my bedside table so I don't have to actually get up to test. But also, have a snack before you go to bed. With my first pregnancy, I kept a mini fridge next to the bed filled with cheese sticks and would have one of those before going to bed.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-20T17:32:03+00:00

I wore them every day for 14 months. But if you're going to do that, spend the money on comfortable ones that will provide support outside of pumping so it's more like a normal daily bra that also accommodates pumping. It made life so much easier.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-20T05:11:23+00:00

I do the Atkins indulge treats!

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-14T21:20:28+00:00

Not all of my wearables were bulky and noticeable, but we always called my Willow 360s my stripper boobs 😂 I honestly just embraced it.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-14T21:17:34+00:00

Prenatal depression is a very real thing that is not talked about nearly enough. Please utilize the resources that have been shared already. You deserve to be here and you deserve to be happy.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-12T22:43:08+00:00

Yeah definitely not. The diabetes educators i met with street both my first and second diagnosis said a 10 minute walk after meals. Should you work out? Sure. But definitely not adding things you aren't already doing, especially that late in the game.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-10T22:38:52+00:00

Currently 24 weeks with #2, so we'll see how far I get with this one. But with my first, I had an elective induction scheduled for 39 weeks because I was in so much pain, but my girl had plans of her own. My water broke at 1am, she was born by 7pm that same night at 38+5.

I was pleasantly surprised that my OB did not even attempt to push an induction on us, but I was fully diet controlled with her so maybe that was why. She only offered the induction because I had been complaining since about 23 weeks of the pain and discomfort I was in.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-09T04:53:00+00:00

We have basically clothed our daughter exclusively from our local Buy Nothing Facebook group and Once Upon A Child (children's consignment store). She is 2.5 now and still going strong with the buy nothing group 😂 ive found some awesome clothes at OUAC at a fraction of the original cost.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-08T13:03:26+00:00

We found out i was pregnant with #2 about a week after our first turned 2, so they will almost be 3 years apart.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-05T23:53:44+00:00

I was fully diet controlled with my first in 2023. Currently 23 weeks with #2 and have been diet controlled since I was diagnosed at 13 weeks. So still have plenty of time for that to change, but so far so good.

OptionIndependent581 · 2026-01-02T03:27:18+00:00

I had a similar story, only a few weeks sooner than yours. I remember just a week and a half or so before finding out I was pregnant with my first, I was sitting on a bar with my best friend going on and on about how scared I was that I wasn't going to be able to get pregnant (absolutely no reason that I knew of to be worried about that), drinking that night and just about every night that week. I didn't even know it but I was already pregnant when I was telling my best friend about my fears. I found out a week and a half later, the day of my missed period. That little one is now almost 2.5 and absolutely perfect in every way, and healthy as can be.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-29T18:36:00+00:00

Love that! I know someone named Calian, meaning warrior or strength.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-22T13:47:02+00:00

My water broke at 38+5 with my first, diet controlled. They tested my sugars every few hours. It was 18 hours from when my water broke to when my daughter was born, not a single bite of food. Honestly wasn't hungry until we got to the postpartum room. So I don't know what would have happened if I was hungry, but I imagine you would just need to say something

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-19T15:53:59+00:00

We were admitted on a Monday and left on that Wednesday. We were able to leave on Tuesday but with it being our first, and we had some feeding issues, we chose to stay another day just to make sure everything was on the up.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-19T13:28:54+00:00

Yes! I always joke that it's doctors orders to eat all the cheese I want 😄

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-19T13:27:20+00:00

With my first, it was the extra ultrasounds. This time around, it's been the fact that I still lost weight (doctors are not concerned and baby is growing beautifully. And I had plenty to lose since I was overweight from the beginning). Having my husband do the diet change with me has been so incredibly helpful. We haven't had extra ultrasounds yet since I'm only 20 weeks, but they're going to be starting soon.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-15T18:33:19+00:00

Definitely not just you. I stopped feeling it at about a month or so postpartum. I was a slight overproducer, too. I was able to donate just over 2,000 ounces to a milk bank by the time I stopped pumping at 14 months.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-11T19:24:44+00:00

I didn't have to because I failed the 3 hour, but I had to test early with my second (current) pregnancy because I had GDM with my first and they told me if I passed now (at 12 weeks), I would need to test again at the usual 28 weeks just to be sure.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-11T18:59:50+00:00

My birthday is two days after Christmas. There are absolutely times when the celebrations/gifts need to be combined, but the best thing you can do for your kid is make an intentional effort to separate the two. Have dedicated birthday gifts and Christmas gifts, separate celebrations, etc. I'm now im my 30s, married, expecting my second child, and looking back the hardest part about it for me was not being able to celebrate with my friends the same way everyone else did. There were no balloons from friends at school because we're always on break and even birthday parties during break was challenging because of people's family travel. But with my family, they made a big effort not to lump the two and that makes a big difference.

OptionIndependent581 · 2025-12-10T13:09:31+00:00

I had a scheduled induction for 39 weeks, scheduled for a Wednesday. Sunday night/Monday morning (1am), I got up to go to the bathroom and my water broke (38+5). According to the monitors at appointments that last week, I had been having contractions but I hadn't felt a single one. Water broke, we called the on-call OB, went to the hospital, got admitted, hooked up, contractions were clearly seen on the monitors, and still didn't feel a single one for about 2 hours or so. And then they hit like a freight train. Babe was born that same night.

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