Pregnancy woes
It's no wonder why so many women question everything they do when it comes to parenting; listening to hospital staff while you are pregnant makes you think you are doing everything wrong. At least in my case, every time I go to the doctors I feel like I have to defend myself. Here are some things I've dealt with since I've become pregnant:
1) Midwife: "You're overweight so we have to test you for diabetes in the first trimester. Don't worry that you have severe morning sickness and can't keep food down or just can't eat at all." - I am under the impression that because I hadn't eaten for at least 18 hours prior to taking the test that it skewed the results since I was under severe starvation mode and they just dumped a whole bunch of sugar in my system.
2) Nurse: "All you have to do for the 3 hour glucola test is go in and have your blood drawn 3-4 times over a 3 hour period. No, you won't have to take the sugar drink." - Lie! This was told to me after I informed the nurse I had severe morning sickness. Not only did I have to take that stupid sugar drink but it twice the amount it was the first time. I was so freakin nauseous and sick, it's a wonder I was able to hold it in because I would have had to take it again if I got sick.
3) Nutritionist: "Gestation diabetes comes on in some women because of the hormonal dump each trimester. You did nothing wrong. Your blood sugar numbers look great and the fact you workout a lot is good but you are not eating enough. I wouldn't even be able to eat that little. " - I've actually lost 15 pounds since getting pregnant. Not good but by that point (once I was through the severe morning sickness) I was eating more than before I got pregnant
4) Doctor (1st visit/4months - did not even look at my blood sugar readings): "You were probably diabetic before you were pregnant. You need to do a hemoglobin A1C. If you diet and exercise you could have avoided being diabetic" - see note from nutritionist
5) Doctor (2nd visit - saw the results of HbA1C & daily readings) - "Your blood sugars are doing great but your blood pressure is a little high today. Even though your blood pressure has been great until now, I think you are headed for preclampsia. You were probably hypertensive before you got pregnant. Do you get headaches?" Yes, I've had migraines once a month for years that will only go away with medicine I can't take while I'm pregnant "Oh well, next time you have one that won't go away with tylenol you need to go to the ER because your blood pressure is probably high." - Even after telling him I check my blood pressure at home and it's fine he insisted I have a problem. No sir, the problem is your office checked my blood pressure as soon as I sat down even though you are suppose to wait 5 minutes (I learned with my last pregnancy that if they would just wait that 5 minutes my blood pressure is perfectly normal).
Despite not believing I'm diabetic or hypertensive I continue to check myself constantly. You know what the numbers show? Nothing, there isn't a darn thing wrong with me. I'm no longer being super picky about the carbs I eat either. In fact if I want spaghetti with more than 1/3 cup of noodles by golly I'm gonna eat more because this baby is hungry. But yeah... blood sugar is still within normal range. In fact lately the numbers have been super low. After eating, I'm allowed for it to go up to 135 before being concerned but within the past month I'm surprised if it gets above 110 and it usually hovers around 80-90.
1) Midwife: "You're overweight so we have to test you for diabetes in the first trimester. Don't worry that you have severe morning sickness and can't keep food down or just can't eat at all." - I am under the impression that because I hadn't eaten for at least 18 hours prior to taking the test that it skewed the results since I was under severe starvation mode and they just dumped a whole bunch of sugar in my system.
2) Nurse: "All you have to do for the 3 hour glucola test is go in and have your blood drawn 3-4 times over a 3 hour period. No, you won't have to take the sugar drink." - Lie! This was told to me after I informed the nurse I had severe morning sickness. Not only did I have to take that stupid sugar drink but it twice the amount it was the first time. I was so freakin nauseous and sick, it's a wonder I was able to hold it in because I would have had to take it again if I got sick.
3) Nutritionist: "Gestation diabetes comes on in some women because of the hormonal dump each trimester. You did nothing wrong. Your blood sugar numbers look great and the fact you workout a lot is good but you are not eating enough. I wouldn't even be able to eat that little. " - I've actually lost 15 pounds since getting pregnant. Not good but by that point (once I was through the severe morning sickness) I was eating more than before I got pregnant
4) Doctor (1st visit/4months - did not even look at my blood sugar readings): "You were probably diabetic before you were pregnant. You need to do a hemoglobin A1C. If you diet and exercise you could have avoided being diabetic" - see note from nutritionist
5) Doctor (2nd visit - saw the results of HbA1C & daily readings) - "Your blood sugars are doing great but your blood pressure is a little high today. Even though your blood pressure has been great until now, I think you are headed for preclampsia. You were probably hypertensive before you got pregnant. Do you get headaches?" Yes, I've had migraines once a month for years that will only go away with medicine I can't take while I'm pregnant "Oh well, next time you have one that won't go away with tylenol you need to go to the ER because your blood pressure is probably high." - Even after telling him I check my blood pressure at home and it's fine he insisted I have a problem. No sir, the problem is your office checked my blood pressure as soon as I sat down even though you are suppose to wait 5 minutes (I learned with my last pregnancy that if they would just wait that 5 minutes my blood pressure is perfectly normal).
Despite not believing I'm diabetic or hypertensive I continue to check myself constantly. You know what the numbers show? Nothing, there isn't a darn thing wrong with me. I'm no longer being super picky about the carbs I eat either. In fact if I want spaghetti with more than 1/3 cup of noodles by golly I'm gonna eat more because this baby is hungry. But yeah... blood sugar is still within normal range. In fact lately the numbers have been super low. After eating, I'm allowed for it to go up to 135 before being concerned but within the past month I'm surprised if it gets above 110 and it usually hovers around 80-90.
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