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GD Test

I’m going in for my GD test Monday morning and freaking. I don’t have the healthiest diet and have to eat takeout for the past month due to construction at my house. I don’t have any symptoms but I just want to make sure my baby is safe and healthy. Would love any tips from people with GD and how they manage, incas...

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Completely freaked myself out by taking another pregnancy test 😣

I'm 6weeks+3days and the digital has just come back saying 2-3 weeks, surely it should be 3+weeks by now? This is also coupled with my symptoms reducing. I have a scan booked in a week but even that just feels so long to wait 😖

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Advice

Went to my 36 week midwife appointment yesterday and explained that I was suffering from headache’s, seeing black spots she done my blood pressure and it was high to the point she would have to send me to hospital but waited and done it again and it came down. She said to me if my symptoms haven’t gone away to conta...

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Pregnancy Support Belts?

What brands and how useful are they actually to help pressure of pain? Thank you 😁

Z
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Self-referral

Can someone please give me some advice, I have done my self-referral to multiple nhs places last week (4 weeks), I’m 5 weeks now and I haven’t heard back from any of them, at most it says we will get back to you within 4-6 weeks, is this normal??

K
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Hubby diabetic 1

Hello! My hubby has type 1 diabetes, he was diagnosed a year ago. I was wondering if I could get some guidance? He is feeling disheartened at the moment, he keeps going into hypos. Or high (high 13, low 3ish) I think it’s because of the winter it acts differently but he’s not been good at injecting and waiting to ea...

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Gestational Diabetes

Those with GD how often do you get a number higher than 120, 2 hours after a meal. I just got 126 and I’m feeling guilty bc I knew what I ate was a risk. I’m diet controlled.

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Report

Hello, does anyone know how to report a midwife?

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Have I just got line eyes??

Anybody see anything with inverted image? I'm clutching at straws probably.

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Perineal massage

Have you done this in your previous pregnancies? I've tired once for less than 40 secs and couldn't follow through. Was painful almost. How can I make it easier?

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Please 🙏🏻

I don't know why but I'm not due on until Sunday- I just had an urge to test... this is the result... can you see a line? I had a little bit of light pink blood Wednesday after DTD ....🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Is that a VVVFL

9 DPO. Can’t tell if I have just got line eyes x

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Please help!

Is this my eyes or is this a line?!

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Anything?

I thought I saw the faintestttt line but my husband couldn’t see a thing. Within the allotted time. But maybe just an indent if anything at all. Am I just having crazy line eyes, or do you see something too?

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3 weeks Day 4

I have just found out I’m pregnant and if my dates add up I’m 3 weeks and 4 days, due 25th August!! Is anyone else this early on? I know it’s early days so keeping open minded xx

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Pregnancy massage

Hiya, does anyone have any recommendations for a pregnancy massages in cardiff? I’m 31 weeks now, feeling super heavy and a bit broken 😵‍💫

S
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Tips to get fasting levels down

So i was diagnosed at 26 weeks and have been diet controlled until now at 30+4. I test 7 times a day and all my readings have been perfect except the past 2 mornings when I've woken up and sugars have been 5.4 so just above target. Any tips on how to get this down? I'm already drinking apple cider vinegar and having...

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Mira use

Can someone explain why my Mira charts are ALL over the place?

L
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Does this look ok?

Do you think I definitely peaked? It’s still high this morning (the bottom test)

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Peak

BD yesterday and the day before. Do you think that will be enough??

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