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Post by jessijean on Oct 10, 2017 8:44:44 GMT -6
I really want tacos.... and it's not even 10 am.
How's everyone doing today?
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Post by jessijean on Oct 10, 2017 8:53:13 GMT -6
I gave my students the next 3 weeks (class once a week) off to do field trips. Now that I don't have lecture prep I'm being SO lazy. I have grading to do but mehhhh.
After my baby not moving a lot yesterday I got woke up at 3:30 and I swear he was doing water aerobics in there until after 5. I ended up down in my recliner but laid there and enjoyed the bonding time. Now I'm super tired but oh well.
Do we have any California ladies here? Those fires sound so scary.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 9:03:36 GMT -6
We bought a van yesterday! And I am trying to work up the courage to give my daycare lady notice this week 🙈🙈 I hate having hard conversations like that.
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Post by aprilz81 on Oct 10, 2017 9:03:59 GMT -6
Today is slow-ish at work so I'm trying to get motivated to work on the quilt I'm making for Faith. I need to piece the backing together and I'm worried my logic and measurements are wrong so I'm scared to cut the fabric. I'm probably overthinking it...
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Post by sarahh on Oct 10, 2017 9:16:05 GMT -6
jessijean, I've felt reduced movement yesterday and today. I'm still feeling some but it's different. Maybe she doesn't have as much space to kick around now? So my GD test is Thursday and since I failed my 1 hour with DD1 (passed 3 hour), the doctor wants me to fast before and try to cut back on carbs today and tomorrow. Anyone have any great ideas of what I can eat? I'm a vegetarian so carbs are in like everything. I think I'm going to have a salad and soup for lunch and maybe breakfast for dinner tonight?
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Post by easternshoregirl on Oct 10, 2017 10:09:08 GMT -6
We actually are having tacos tonight! (just by coincidence)
My friend's brother lives in Sonoma. The houses on his street were destroyed but he and a friend are firefighters and were able to save their own houses. It makes me cry to think of all the destruction and lives lost.
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Post by aprilz81 on Oct 10, 2017 10:49:42 GMT -6
jessijean , I've felt reduced movement yesterday and today. I'm still feeling some but it's different. Maybe she doesn't have as much space to kick around now? So my GD test is Thursday and since I failed my 1 hour with DD1 (passed 3 hour), the doctor wants me to fast before and try to cut back on carbs today and tomorrow. Anyone have any great ideas of what I can eat? I'm a vegetarian so carbs are in like everything. I think I'm going to have a salad and soup for lunch and maybe breakfast for dinner tonight? I've been told that you can't "cheat" the test. Reducing carbs now won't really affect how your body processes the glucose when you drink it. The only thing that *might* help is to have a high protein snack right before you go in to take the test. The protein will help your body process the glucose a little better, but if you have GD you won't be able to trick it.
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Post by easternshoregirl on Oct 10, 2017 11:21:38 GMT -6
I've also had less movement for the past day or so but I drank a Sprite at lunch and she is back at it...makes me feel better. I read that it can happen when the babes have growth spurts, they just rest a little more. Could be complete baloney, but who knows?
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Post by sunfrogger on Oct 10, 2017 11:24:33 GMT -6
We bought a van yesterday! And I am trying to work up the courage to give my daycare lady notice this week 🙈🙈 I hate having hard conversations like that. Your van is beautiful. And way to own it!
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Post by sunfrogger on Oct 10, 2017 11:27:18 GMT -6
Hi all!
It's my birthday. I had a good conversation with a manager who posted a job I'm very interested in. It's still at my existing company so FMLA and all would still apply. And they want to fill them (4 open positions) quickly. I'm very encouraged by the convo so keep your fxfxfxfx for me!
No idea what's for dinner but I think mh made plans. I came back from that meeting to sunflowers at my desk 😍 (MH also works here, it's a very large company). So all in all I'm having a pretty good day so far.
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Post by tiffrobot on Oct 10, 2017 11:36:44 GMT -6
easternshoregirl I'm glad your brother's house is safe! How scary. I've only been to California once and it was in Sonoma.
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Post by sarahh on Oct 10, 2017 11:40:02 GMT -6
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Post by maddisonrose on Oct 10, 2017 11:42:59 GMT -6
sarahh don't cut back too much on carbs! If your body notices a decrease usually it will signal your liver to "dump" glucose and will elevate the levels much higher. Beer salad is good, or a butternut squash soup would be yum too! If you eat eggs then one of my go to's is egg and bacon cups baked in a muffin tin and you can have them with some avocado on the side (almost zero carbs without the avocado). I know GD is a serious PITA and I wish it didn't exist but I am also thankful I know I have it so I can manage it and help baby so I wouldn't necessarily try to cheat the system if it's going to put you and baby at unnecessary risk. GL with it! sunfrogger happy birthday!!! fx for you for the job too
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Post by maddisonrose on Oct 10, 2017 11:46:56 GMT -6
Hi everyone!!
We are finally back from our vaca. It was super nice to just sit in the sun for 10 days stress free. We did go with my in laws though and that mixed with preg hormones did not go well. I hope it's at least a month before we see them again.
Anyways, back to reality again with doctors appointments this morning. Hopefully it stops raining tonight so we can put up our Halloween decorations.
I'm going to *try* and catch up, hopefully haven't missed anything big, but I hope everyone is doing well/healthy!
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Post by tiffrobot on Oct 10, 2017 11:47:46 GMT -6
Happy birthday sunfrogger! I am just sitting in the ultrasound clinic. They wanted to do a placental placement check because it was very low laying at my 20 week ultrasound. So I'm just waiting for the radiologist to take a look at their pics and see if there's anything I need to know right now. The tech said it's possible I get called back for an internal in my third tri because if there's any question on how much of the cervix they are covering they do like to watch them pretty closely. I called baby a girl more than once in the appt, when they got an awesome angle of it's face. (I said "wow she looks so much like my daughter!") We shall see in a few weeks I guess!
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Post by bassa on Oct 10, 2017 11:48:31 GMT -6
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Post by smores on Oct 10, 2017 12:57:04 GMT -6
We bought a van yesterday! And I am trying to work up the courage to give my daycare lady notice this week 🙈🙈 I hate having hard conversations like that. Love tit for commiseration! I have to give a performance review this week that is... not glowing... and I'm dreading it.
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Post by smores on Oct 10, 2017 12:59:31 GMT -6
jessijean , I've felt reduced movement yesterday and today. I'm still feeling some but it's different. Maybe she doesn't have as much space to kick around now? So my GD test is Thursday and since I failed my 1 hour with DD1 (passed 3 hour), the doctor wants me to fast before and try to cut back on carbs today and tomorrow. Anyone have any great ideas of what I can eat? I'm a vegetarian so carbs are in like everything. I think I'm going to have a salad and soup for lunch and maybe breakfast for dinner tonight? I've been told that you can't "cheat" the test. Reducing carbs now won't really affect how your body processes the glucose when you drink it. The only thing that *might* help is to have a high protein snack right before you go in to take the test. The protein will help your body process the glucose a little better, but if you have GD you won't be able to trick it. I'm going to use the protein beforehand tip! With DD I passed the 1 hour, but it made me feel SO SICK. Like dizzy, nauseous, hot flashes. I think it was because I didn't eat anything beforehand.
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Post by smores on Oct 10, 2017 13:03:24 GMT -6
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Post by jessijean on Oct 10, 2017 13:21:28 GMT -6
Happy bday sunfroggersarahh how about eggs or beans? I also have my glucose screening Thursday morning so I might try the protein approach because I don't think I'll make it until 1030 am or later for breakfast.
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Post by aprilz81 on Oct 10, 2017 13:23:40 GMT -6
I've been told that you can't "cheat" the test. Reducing carbs now won't really affect how your body processes the glucose when you drink it. The only thing that *might* help is to have a high protein snack right before you go in to take the test. The protein will help your body process the glucose a little better, but if you have GD you won't be able to trick it. I'm going to use the protein beforehand tip! With DD I passed the 1 hour, but it made me feel SO SICK. Like dizzy, nauseous, hot flashes. I think it was because I didn't eat anything beforehand. I was the same way with the 1 hr with Ava (I failed and didn't eat much, if anything, beforehand). The three hour was brutal, dizzy, nauseous, hot flashes and then I puked about 15 minutes before the final blood draw. I had to FORCE them to take it because they said puking invalidates the test. I told them I wasn't taking it over again and a 15 minute difference wasn't going to drastically change my results. I was right, I had failed it already. My OB said that I have to take the 1 hour and if I fail it then she will just treat me as a GD patient without taking the 3 hour. I have so many risk factors that it will be a miracle if I don't have it again.
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Post by snowyowl on Oct 10, 2017 14:10:21 GMT -6
Sorry to all the ladies dealing with the GD test. It really sucks. I failed the one hour and passed the three hour last time so I’m really hoping to avoid the three hour this time around! Happy birthday sunfrogger!
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Post by aprilz81 on Oct 10, 2017 15:14:56 GMT -6
Faith's quilt is almost finished! I put my big girl panties on this afternoon and pieced the quilt back together, all the quilt layers assembled and got it quilted! I just need to add the binding (edging) to hide the raw fabric edges and it will be finished! WOOHOO!!!!
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Post by flippinchica on Oct 10, 2017 17:47:04 GMT -6
Sorry to all the ladies dealing with the GD test. It really sucks. I failed the one hour and passed the three hour last time so I’m really hoping to avoid the three hour this time around! Happy birthday sunfrogger! I passed the 1 hour last time but my doc used the highest cut off and it was close. This practice uses the lowest cut off so I'm expecting to have to take the 3 hr this time. I don't wanna.
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Post by smores on Oct 10, 2017 18:04:26 GMT -6
I'm going to use the protein beforehand tip! With DD I passed the 1 hour, but it made me feel SO SICK. Like dizzy, nauseous, hot flashes. I think it was because I didn't eat anything beforehand. I was the same way with the 1 hr with Ava (I failed and didn't eat much, if anything, beforehand). The three hour was brutal, dizzy, nauseous, hot flashes and then I puked about 15 minutes before the final blood draw. I had to FORCE them to take it because they said puking invalidates the test. I told them I wasn't taking it over again and a 15 minute difference wasn't going to drastically change my results. I was right, I had failed it already. My OB said that I have to take the 1 hour and if I fail it then she will just treat me as a GD patient without taking the 3 hour. I have so many risk factors that it will be a miracle if I don't have it again. Ugh, what a nightmare! I'm glad they didn't make you retake the 3 hour that time, especially since it was only 15 minutes! That's great that your OB is working with you so that you don't have to endure the 3 hour again this time. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you get that miracle and pass the 1 hour
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Post by marygracerich on Oct 10, 2017 18:08:45 GMT -6
Hi. I am the worst and have been mia all day. We have been having the best time. We went to NJ to see friends. We went apple and pumpkin picking. Their DD is 6mo older than G. They were so sweet together and it was adorable. Then we went to the mall, had lunch and hung out at their house. My friend and I went to Michaels and left the girls with their dads. They played, the guys played video games and we shopped. We had dinner. Then dessert. We are on our way home now and G is out cold in the back seat. So much fun and excitement for her today.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Oct 10, 2017 18:18:46 GMT -6
Hi. I am the worst and have been mia all day. We have been having the best time. We went to NJ to see friends. We went apple and pumpkin picking. Their DD is 6mo older than G. They were so sweet together and it was adorable. Then we went to the mall, had lunch and hung out at their house. My friend and I went to Michaels and left the girls with their dads. They played, the guys played video games and we shopped. We had dinner. Then dessert. We are on our way home now and G is out cold in the back seat. So much fun and excitement for her today. This is like 6 days worth of fun activities for me. Good work!
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Post by marygracerich on Oct 10, 2017 18:19:31 GMT -6
Hi. I am the worst and have been mia all day. We have been having the best time. We went to NJ to see friends. We went apple and pumpkin picking. Their DD is 6mo older than G. They were so sweet together and it was adorable. Then we went to the mall, had lunch and hung out at their house. My friend and I went to Michaels and left the girls with their dads. They played, the guys played video games and we shopped. We had dinner. Then dessert. We are on our way home now and G is out cold in the back seat. So much fun and excitement for her today. This is like 6 days worth of fun activities for me. Good work! They live 40 minutes from us so we take advantage of the travel and schedules lining up. Lol.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Oct 10, 2017 18:20:52 GMT -6
We bought a van yesterday! And I am trying to work up the courage to give my daycare lady notice this week 🙈🙈 I hate having hard conversations like that. Hard convos are no fun but in my experience, the thought of doing it is worse than the actual convo. She’s going to appreciate the notice. You also may want to use her again if you find another full time gig. It’s all good!
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Post by easternshoregirl on Oct 10, 2017 18:39:46 GMT -6
Interesting about how giving up carbs prior to glucose challenge can screw it up...my friend just failed hers and gave up carbs for a couple days to prepare. I will warn her to look into that before her 3 hour.
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