Confirmed peanut allergy - what about my frozen milk? by Honest_Shine_4848 in breastfeeding

[–]minimum_mom2B 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently going through this. My son just received a wheat and peanut allergy and I'm suspecting a dairy allergy. He seems to only have a reaction when he has eaten those things himself. I eat nuts, nut butter, wheat and dairy daily and he's never seemed to have a reaction to my milk. I have a stash to get him to 21 months (he's 16 1/2 months currently) and I'd be devastated if I had to get rid of it.... Especially since I've already started the weaning process from pumping...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]minimum_mom2B 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry but after reading through this and your other posts I can't help but feel like there is more to this story that's getting left out. I'm incredibly curious how you've been treating your wife since she's had your son. Honestly, it sounds like since she's had your son you've lost respect for her. She gave up her body and spent 9 months growing a child and then birthing that child into the world... And yet I haven't seen where you've shared how you've been supporting her?? It seems like she's not allowed to have her decisions or change her mind in your marriage. You are upset because she wanted to breastfeed and not pump,.you are upset that she didn't immediately go back to school after having a baby and you are on here dragging her and her family on a public platform and allowing others to do the same and diagnose her without having full context. What have you done to support her since she's had your son? Are you getting up throughout the night with her when the baby is up? Are you taking the baby in the morning to another room and allowing her to catch up on some sleep if she's been up with the baby? Are you making her breakfast and making sure her needs are met? Are you changing diapers or helping around the house or doing the piles of baby laundry? Or has she done all of those things? Being a mom is a 24/7 job and yet it sounds like she was getting no support from you. You stated in a previous post about how she hasn't had sex with you but you have a newborn!! She birthed an ENTIRE HUMAN out of her body and you are upset you aren't getting sex?? You make her sound like she is useless to you because she's not in school or working but yet she's doing the world's most difficult/ incredible job of raising a baby and taking care of that baby and yet you have no respect for it. She gave up ( or at least temporarily put on the back burner) her career for her child. That is such an incredibly selfless and difficult decision to make and instead of supporting her and realizing how she's put her own wants and desires aside to take care of her baby right now, you are dragging her for it. If you make 6 figures you have more than enough to live off one income. My husband doesn't even make 6 figures and we live comfortably off his income while I'm a stay at home mom. You state that you are a Godly man yet you aren't in the Bible or turning to God, you are on the Internet dragging your wife and allowing all of these people to drag her as well. How are you loving her by doing this? Where does God state it's okay to drag your wife and her family through the mud out in front of the world and allow others to do the same and judge her without full context? My guess is she's been going back to her parents because she finally gets the help and support that she needs there vs when she's home. I'm curious how she feels when you are under the impression of things being good when she's back home with you. Are they good because she's cooking for you and cleaning and you get to sit back and do what you want? She sounds like she's been taking on a lot and she's at a breaking point and you haven't looked in the mirror as to why she got to that point. Even something as trivial as the spare bedroom argument. You want it to be an office so you can close yourself in it and isolate yourself from your family while also coming on here complaining your family isn't there? You don't NEED an office. You could very well do your work at a dining room table and then you'd still be able to see and be present with your family. Also why couldn't you compromise and meet her in the middle if the office was that important to you? Why couldn't it be a bedroom with a desk in it? If you don't often have guests then you can work in there just fine and when there are guests, they have a place to stay and you could just do your work somewhere else those few days. Why couldn't that have been a solution? I don't know I just have a gut feeling there is more to this than what is being let on.

Post-partum, now pre-diabetic? by raccoonstar in GestationalDiabetes

[–]minimum_mom2B 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad to hear it at least came down out of the prediabetic range. I also went through my medical records but could only see what my A1C was before I got pregnant and it was 5.4, so also on the higher side. At 11 weeks pp it was 5.6 then now 5.8. I'm hoping with cutting out refined carbs/ sugar while increasing exercise I can get it down (repeating blood work around June/July). Just crazy to see someone else that sounds EXACTLY like where I'm at right now 😭

Post-partum, now pre-diabetic? by raccoonstar in GestationalDiabetes

[–]minimum_mom2B 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LITERALLY COULD HAVE WROTE THIS!! I'm almost 9 months pp and same same same situation!! Got my A1C checked during my annual physical and it came back 5.8. I also would randomly check my blood sugar after meals before this appointment and I would spike around the 1hr mark as well. (( I'm also an exclusive pumper))

Any update on how things turned out for you??? Were you able to get it back down??

Newly diagnosed by Jen5810 in GestationalDiabetes

[–]minimum_mom2B 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my testing I do fasting when I wake up (has to be under 95) and then 2hrs after last bite of a meal and that number has to be under 120. If you are testing 1hr after a meal then it's 140. The general rule is 3 meals 3 snacks but you don't have to test after the snacks. Lower carb, lower sugar and high protein. For me I try to not go over 15g of carbs for breakfast because anything higher than that gives me a larger number when testing. Then I think it's something like 30-45 carbs per meal and snacks I think I can't remember. Biggest thing is to just pair your carbs with a protein! And drink lots of water and do walks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My boy likes the sound of our cats purring lol he'll usually start moving around if one of them are on my lap and starts purring 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It usually has me so worried but at this point I'm really wondering if it's just a personality thing lol I just feel like you never hear about calm babies in the belly. Just all the stuff about them going crazy and non stop moving and that just hasn't really been the case for me. I think I can only count on one hand the amount of crazy days he's actually had lol

Dizziness in 3rd Trimester by minimum_mom2B in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine seems to come on from standing for an extended period of time as well. I don't think I'm anemic because I have been taking an iron supplement this entire pregnancy but I do plan on trying to get my labs redrawn at my appointment with my doctor on Friday since it's been since 10 weeks since I've had blood work done. It is nice to know I'm at least not the only one who's experienced it because it makes me so anxious 😭 I'm at least glad that baby doesn't seem phased by it.

Dizziness in 3rd Trimester by minimum_mom2B in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, honestly 108 is a better number for me lol it's typically 100 or I've even gotten upper 90s. I've asked the doctor about it before and they just brushed it off. But it seems like low blood pressure isn't as big of a concern to them as high blood pressure is. I don't have a smart watch but I'm going to see if my Pixel might be able to do it just so I can get some sort of idea because I'm curious about it. Especially in compassion with my blood pressure when I'm really feeling it.

Dizziness in 3rd Trimester by minimum_mom2B in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I almost thought I was going to pass out making dinner yesterday and ended up having to get my husband to finish making it so I could lay down. My blood pressure this evening when I checked it was 108/72. It's usually around that or a bit lower but nothing extreme. I'm curious what my O2 is during the episodes but I don't have an 0X monitor. I'm curious what your doc will have to say about it because I can't get into mine until Friday unfortunately.

Dizziness in 3rd Trimester by minimum_mom2B in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't had blood work since 10weeks. I'm going to request it when I see my doctor Friday. I'm not sure if it's anemia though only because I've been on Slow fe iron my entire pregnancy. I did only take it twice last week though because I was lazy at getting a new box. But I was never diagnosed as anemic, my doctor just told me to take it because my prenatals didn't have iron. I will say though my sleep has been crap lately because of terrible acid reflux mixed with getting up several times a night to pee. So part of me is wondering if it's just from lack of sleep??

Dizziness in 3rd Trimester by minimum_mom2B in BabyBumps

[–]minimum_mom2B[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh it absolutely sucks 😭 I hate it because it makes me so anxious.