Feel like a failure š¢
So i am pregnant with baby number 2.
Obviously my body has changed a lot since before having my first baby. Iāve been fully in mum mode and losing any baby weight hasnāt been in the front of my mind. I donāt weigh myself as I used to get quite obsessed with it but obviously I know I have put on weight since 2/3 years ago! I have been told this pregnancy I will need the gestational diabetes test due to my bmi being higher. I donāt know why this has really hit me and I just feel like Iāve already failed my baby? Please someone tell me Iām being so silly. I know these tests are so common and bmi is so outdated but itās really affected me. Now itās sad as instead of enjoying this pregnancy that will likely be my last, Iām obsessing already over what Iām eating and itās just really getting in my head š xx
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My friend had gestational diabetes and was a size 12 before pregnancy and is a size 12 again. I also have a friend who is classed as morbidly obese and didn't get gestational diabetes.
You certainly haven't failed your baby. It's not your fault. As long as you're doing what you've been told to do by the Dr, you're doing the absolute best for your baby. You're amazing, try not to be so harsh on yourself ā¤ļø
Be kind to yourself darling, you are doing your best, I am sure. This tests are so common and has nothing to deal with your weight, in Brazil EVERY Single women does it. My friend is 56kg and gym active and she had a gestational diabetes, so.. Enjoy your pregnancy, will be the best thing you do for you and also for your baby š
I had to have one of those & thereās almost 10 years between my kids ! Obvs with first I was in my 20ās just after getting married so fitter and thinner ! This time I think I was only 1 size bigger clothes wise and they still sent me for one ! Itās precautionary as they go on BMI š font worry about it ! A lot of my friends got sent as well and thereās nothing on them š
My dads a type 1 diabetic and I got gestational diabetes in my first pregnancy. Definitely not failing your baby
Is it not everyone who gets the test? I didn't know that, I had the test in my last pregnancy and didn't have GD and I'm 25 weeks pregnant with my 2nd but not sure if I'm having it this time, I just thought everyone did
Also yes please don't worry, although I'm the same but I ate so much and gained so much last time and all was fine, any and every little bit helps in terms of cutting back a bit, and don't beat yourself up when you do eat bad things because it's not harming baby xx
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