GD clinic tomorrow 😬

Thanks to the heat, my glucose levels have been really crap despite sticking to my high protein diet and behaving- my dad has diabetes and also struggles to keep them under control in the heat.

I’m really worried they’re going to give me a bollocking when I’ve been doing my best whilst trying to stay hydrated.

Today the GP diagnosed me with anaemia so I’ve been battling with no energy for a while to even try and walk to help with my glucose levels 😭

I know they plan to put me on Metformin because my fasting has been bad- no matter what I do, it struggles to stay low- but I just don’t want them to make me feel worse than what I do for something I can’t control 😢

I’ve also got an internal scan to check my placenta and cyst which will be hell since being on my back makes me feel faint 🤔
And then I have my consultant about the c-section I don’t want but I understand why I need it.

Urgh 😭 just needed to rant.
I feel like tomorrow I’m going to be walking out crying because I’m trying so hard to juggle my sickness, the diabetes, the heat and now anaemia 😣

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He’s here!

Well everyone my baby boy is here at 27+1 weighing 2lb 7oz. Waters broke last week and I developed sepsis so they got him out very quickly.
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Elective C Sections

Anyone else due in August planning an elective csection? I just had an appointment with the csection specialist to make sure I was making an informed decison. While she said I won't get a date booked in until around week 36/37, she said its likely it will be the 18th, 19th or 20th August. I'm due the 21st! That shocked me a bit as I assumed it wouls be the week before (10th to 14th). Worries about going into labour naturally before then 😬 Anyone else in similar boat? Or do your hospitals do them earlier? She said they follow the WHO guidance and won't take babies out before rhe 39th week.

Labour ?

I’m 39 weeks, and all day I have been in severe pain mainly when I stand up, and constant lighting crotch, tmi diarrhoea and been losing excessive mucus plug over the last 2 days.

The other day I had mild contractions for nearly an hour 9mins break in between 40 second contractions.

I’m not getting intervals it’s constant and waters haven’t broke. Am I in labour or does anyone else know what could be happening ?

I had a sweep on Monday, and get induced this Saturday.

Anyones child been referred to hospital specialist over clicky hips?

My little girl is 4 weeks old, when she was being checked over at birth, the nurse said she had quite clicky hips and that it should be checked to be on the safe side. I've received the referral letter but I was wondering if anyone else has been through it?

Just wondering what to expect x

Thank you

Mucus plugy discharge!

Hi guys has anyone been having some mucus plug discharge from 30/31 week it’s only little bits but Iv been noticing it more and more over the past 2 days. X

20 week scan advise

I had my 20 week scan today and my little boy is measuring smaller in the 25th percentile, they said his legs are shorter then normal only by a small bit. Everything else was perfectly fine has anyone else experienced this?