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I wonder if some people just don't get the glucose test. I just had my 25 week and there was no mention of it. My next appointment is for week 30 (should have been 29 but our schedules didn't align). No mention of glucose test for me.

UPDATE: Baby and gallbladder fine (said that before). GI fine. Lungs fine. Possible that baby kicked me in the rib and caused some tissue damage. I get to go back to the ER tomorrow and they gave me some stronger meds (scary).
Basically, no emergency. And apparently baby is really big!

Hi girls, sorry for slow reply. @pastemoo, wow! Some footballer you have in there! Great to know there was nothing to worry about though.
Appara 28 weeks is standard for the glucose test here. And it seems like they don't bother with the straight one hour one, they skip straight to the two hour torture. I'm dreading it, to be honest, I always bring a glass of water to bed and tend to sip a little on and off during the night- I'm a snorer so get a v dry mouth. They've got their work cut out for them with me, I'm inclined to faint when there's blood flowing around!
Also they generally only do it if you have risk factors, high BMI being the main one. I'm a plus size mommy so it was a definite test for me. Fingers crossed I pass!
We bought the first few vests and babygros today... DH fell into a five minute fit of hysterical laughing when he saw what I got. I think it made it quite real, that we'll be bringing home two babies in about four months!

@pastemoo: wow, that's quite a kick! I feel squirming and little pokes under my right rib cage all the time, and sometimes in the middle of my rib cage. I sure hope I don't get a kick like you had! Someone mentioned football....I'm thinking maybe get that kid into swimming......congrats on your little athlete. sorry about your pain

So my 24 week appt is this wednesday! Pretty excited to see whats new with baby skillet. I still feel her quite low and not very high up for how ar along I am.

Has anyone has any rudeish comments made about registry items? My Mom made some weird jokes about the convertible car seat we reistered for (mostly about its price) apparently my aunt made some comments to her about the baby riding in a mercedes and "who registers for a car sat at that price" Its a britax car sat, but whats the big deal? If its out of your price range dont buy it? Am I being hormonal or is this rude?

Thanks Cvbee. I mean, the car seat is 230ish bucks which I know is a little pricey but it isnt 500 bucks. I just felt like my Mom was trying to guilt me into a different choice to appease someone else and it really upset me. I dont ge what purpose sharing their "laugh" at my expense did. My mother also said she justified it by saying my baby would be spoiled which I think made things worse for me

@Nskillet: don't ever ever feel bad about a quality car seat. It keeps your baby alive if you're unfortunate enough to have an accident. No way should you listen to anyone saying anything about price for safety! Had a (kind of) related discussion with my SIL last year- she couldn't understand why I wouldn't just buy the cheapest tires for my car. Em, they keep me on the road. ?! Quality first!

@winniebee: welcome to the hemorrhoid club. It's a sucky club, but at least we aren't alone. I was def hoping to avoid them, but it didn't happen.

Yeah straining will cause them. It's why I've been so nervous to get one. Do you know if its internal or external? I'm not sure of how to treat it but do know tucks and preparation H and sitting on a donut can help with pain. you have my sympathy lady!

@winniebee: If they are severe enough and cause a lot of discomfort, you can have them surgically removed. Otherwise, it's just pain management for when they "flare up". I know lots of people have them and they don't even bother them. They make suppositories for them , ointments, and soaks, but I don't have any personal experience with them and hope I never have to! I've heard that a hot soak really helps, like a hot tub. But of course that'll have to wait until post pregnancy. Maybe a warm bath would provide some relief also???

@winniebee: blood is pretty common, especially if they are external and irritated. And this is gross, but the brighter red the blood, the closer they are to outside world. Nothing to be super concerned about unless it's a lot of blood. Always good to let your doc know though. I hate making those calls, when you already know what they're going to say! Makes me feel like an annoying patient.

Since we are going there, haha, this actually happened a couple months before I got pregnant (morning after wedding to be exact and up the suck factor), but I had a bunch of clotted hemorrhoids that were so painful I couldn't sit. Went to the dr and had to have to have the clots surgically removed. So gross and embarrassing. Hope none of you have to deal with that ever!

@jennylynn: did you pass the glucose test ok? Hope you did. How's everyone doing otherwise? Bums healed up? You're all very quiet the last week!

@jennylynn: good woman! That's brilliant. Mine is 12th march- fingers crossed I get through it too!

@Nskillet: do you guys not have a choice for the drink? We use a regular Lucozade here- think its similar to your Gatorade? At least I like the taste of that. And after a full night without even a sip of water I'll be delighted with it. Once I don't faint I'll be happy!
Sorry, just realised I was assuming it was the taste of the drink you were not looking forward to- I keep blocking out the big purpose of the thing itself!

@aunt pol: Good luck! I hope you pass too!

I posted on WB, but I ended up failing the 1 hour portion of the 2 hour glucose test. My OB is sending me to gestational diabetes education and I will follow the diet just to be cautious.

I am also experiencing edema, and my BP is starting to climb so I am doing baseline bloodwork for PIH. So not a great appointment today. On the bright side all looked well in my last ultrasound, baby wise.

We are making progress on our renos, we are hoping to be done end of March, so we will put together the nursery end of March to beginning of April. I feel like that is cutting it close, but I am sure it will be fine.

@pastemoo: It was the fasting test, here they just do it for 2 hours though, I passed the fasting value, and the 2 hour value, but failed the 1 hour value. Usually they only consider it GD if you fail 2/3 values, but my OB is super cautious, and I was borderline on the 2 hour value.