Bec,
Metformin also reduces the risk of miscarriage if taken for the first 12 weeks. So good news all round :) My endocrinologist is having me stay on metformin for the whole pregnancy and he says it's completely safe. I hope so!
Kylie
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Bec,
Metformin also reduces the risk of miscarriage if taken for the first 12 weeks. So good news all round :) My endocrinologist is having me stay on metformin for the whole pregnancy and he says it's completely safe. I hope so!
Kylie
Hi Lee,
im not sure if im alowed to post my email address in here MODS PLEASE ADVISE??
On another note i had my docs appointment yesterday im now down to 2 weekly visits Ooooh scary its getting closer lol Doc said bubs is perfect size and very active and he said im absolutely cruising through this pregnancy. I got the results from my GTT and my levels barely budged between the 2 blood tests and 2 hours of sitting still which of course drove me nuts.
I used to work for 1626 the clothes are a bit expensive but really nice and a generous fit. Some stores also carry size 14 now as well and theres heaps of funky styles available. I have found also that if you for a handkercheif cut it has extra room around the belly because its flowy but still fits perfectly around the breast and shoulders and it just takes away that `tent` effect that buying bigger sizes gives you. the prob is with me for example and a lot of women find the same thing is im about a 24-26 around bubby now but was a 20 before pg and only about a 16-18 around the shoulder chest area i may wear a large cup size but my around size is smaller IYKWIMbefore bubs i wore a 16E bra now im an 18F and BBs are getting bigger DF recons if they get much bigger im gunna overbalance and topple over lol oh well he loves it lol ;)
Anyways ladies have a great day
Mel :D
Hi there,
I have just read this thread and thought i would join in.
I am at the moment 98Kilos - I was 103kg when i got pregnant but seem to have lost some weight along the way.... maybe its the eating healthier coz i feel bad for the baby!!!
I have great trouble finding maternity clothes - Although i live in a small country town - so there is actualy no maternity shop clothes - but i am loving the target 16-26!!!
I have been finiding now that i am getting on a bit in my pregnancy that my stomach is starting to get heavy - and my boobs - well there just bloody huge!!!! - i think i am getting a tad top heavy!!!!! - but my husband loves it. Finding bras is so hard.
I haven't as of yet had any problems with the U/S - well not that the sonagrapher has told me!!
I seem to have gotten strech marks on my boobs a bit too - I thought being a larger girl my body would be used to being strtched :) - but obviosly not.
Having my GD test on saturday morning.
Hope everyone is going well.
Mel - gees down to fortnightly visits....... that is scary!!!
Metformin is used by some Type 2 diabetics to control their sugar levels, so tis probably why some tests are coming back normal
And heaps have posted their email address Mel - or do it, then once Lee has emailed you, come back and remove it
Or even better, unhide your email address, so it shows as an email button - will be in your account settings
Hi guys I am too overweight I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and weight 100.7kgs I started at 94kgs so I have put on a bit but everyone keeps telling me a look like a have lost heaps of weight and I just look all baby I just laught at them and think you lot have no idea what you are on about I know I have not lost weight from anywhere and my belly as expected has expanded.
Maternity clothes - I have found pumpkin patch to be the best I am comfortably wearing a Large in their range and I have a paid of XL jeans which fall off so I dare say will easily fit me right to the very end and still me loose enough not to be unfomfortable. Pre pregnancy I was wearing size 18-20
Bras - I have always had big BB's even when I was only a size 10 if only I could get back to those days at the momonet I am wearing size 18 DD maternity bra but I don't think they will fit much longer and there is literally no where around here that has maternity bras in a bigger cups size grrrrr I live in Tassie so that makes it harder as there are less shops around here but I think I am able to order them in from the local baby shop will have to ask.
I am down as slightly high risk of developing preeclampsia as my bp is higher than it should be I know at my last check it was up not that the midwife let on she is really good she knows how stressed I got when they told me my BP was to high at 12 weeks so she was checking all the other signs etc and so far elevated BP is the only sign however recently my vision has gone a little blurry. My next appt with the midwife is on Monday after antenatal classes I will discuss this further with her then
Thanks abs.
Lee my email is missamoo19@hotmail.com feel free to email me at any time im always up for a chat.
Have a great day
Mel :D
Hey guys for those who were wanting to share their email just go into your profile and pop your address in the spot provided and then there will be a link to send you and email at the bottom of your posts.
OR... you could get a platinum membership so you can PM and help BB out at the same time??? Sorry... had to be sneaky and chuck that one in!
Becky - I had a PP top and it was sooooo comfy! I really wish I had looked at more PP stuff. I just always assume things that are sized S, M, L etc. are never going to fit (because XL is usually a 16 - grrrr!). Hope that the pre eclampsia stays away for you. My BP was high and I got headaches toward the end of the pregnancy and it was enough to send warning bells off for the doctors.
Jacci - that's great that you have lost some weight! It will hold you in good stead. The stretch marks suck, don't they? I got SOOOO many with Gabby. My stomach looks hideous!
Mel - glad to hear things are going well with you. I love 1626 clothes. I have a pair of jeans from there that fit just beautifully!
Hi Jacci,:
A few posts ago I posted the names of some companies that make larger sized maternity wear. If you google the names you should find their websites. I am pretty sure both of them you can order online :) Not quite the same as being able to try stuff on I know. For me, just getting clothes a size larger is going to look ridiculous. Before I was PG most of my fat was around my belly, so I have thinnish legs which is just going to look bizarre with a big preggy belly :lol:
Kylie
I know, I stopped taking met the day before the test as per my doctors instructions.:
I know too, but for people with prev GD problems like me (insul 50+ units every meal, waking and sleeping). Prior to preg or taken before 12 weeks it has shown a reduction.
Sorry should of explained it better 8-[
Bec
Hi girls! Haven't been around for a while ...
DH still not working yet ... it sucks ... so many applications, so many rejections.
My work sucks ... I'm hating just about everyone there at the moment. Lots of sticking their noses in where they're not wanted and just being plain annoying. Definitely counting down until maternity leave (which is up in the air at the moment on how long I'm taking off ... bring on that job for DH!!)
Plus we have to move. They're selling the house we're renting and the real estate seems to be giving us the run a round. Hopefully will hear that we have a place to live by Monday at the latest. So annoying!
Baby wise ... everything's going really well. I can't remember which u/s I was to have last time I was on ... so ... we had to have one at 12 weeks for check for d/s, but dr reckoned she couldn't see so had to go back at 13 weeks. Results came back absolutely perfect.
Had another u/s at 19 weeks ... what a hassle that was! At the previous u/s we were told by the dr doing it that would we have to come back, she made the appointment for us and said goodbye. When we get there, she's like where's your referral from your GP? I'm like what referral? She said that she reckoned she told us that we needed one, but she absolutely did not! Luckily for us we had just been to antenatel clinic earlier in the week so they just rang down to them and got the form faxed up. God i was annoyed. Then she was a complete b*tch for the whole hour we were in there.
Said that she thought everything was ok but couldn't be 100% sure cos she couldn't see properly and there was no way that she could tell what we were having. Then she said we'd have to come back again at 34 weeks cos my placenta was low.
Get to the antenatel clinic a few weeks later for our next appointment and the report from our u/s was that everything was absolutely fine including the placenta and we wouldn't need another u/s. grrrr
But now DH is ticked off cos he really wants to know what we're having and that's probably not going to happen now. Poor dear :cryinglaugh:
Just had the gest. diabetes test this monday gone. Have our next antenatel appointment on tuesday so will find out the results then.
Weight wise ... Found out I was preggas @ 6 weeks. Was 125kg. Lost 5 kgs and have only just now put on 2 kg in the last couple of weeks or so. Clothes aren't too bad ... i guess. Most of my clothes were already a little big but now they are just right. Although I'm glad it's summer cos none of my trousers fit ... well they do but are way tight around the waist.
Loving showing now ... being a larger lady was always one to suck it in all the time, but now i let it all hang out ... plus people kept commenting i wasn't showing yet ... but i am, but cos i don't have a tight little stomach like a lot of people the baby kinda hides. But if I lift my waist a little from the belly button the baby sticks out HEAPS! It's kinda cool.
Bub gets the hickups a lot lately too ... really the only time DH gets to feel. Everytime its kicking and moving, I'll tell DH to come and feel. He does so the baby stops. Then as soon as he goes and sits down again it starts up. Quite funny really.
Will keep everyone posted as much as I can!
Where does all the time go? I seem to be doing nothing much once I get home from work, but the tiredness makes it so hard to do anything!
Had a checkup this week, and OMG have gained 3 kgs in only 2 weeks!!!!
Was a little freaked out as my diet has remained pretty much the same as usual, GP says its the baby growing! That brings my total weight gain to 3.75kgs, so not too bad seeing as I am 28 weeks. Just so shocking to gain so much in so little time! Hope my weight doesnt balloon from now on.... but not going to restrict my eating in the hope of gaining less weight!! Its all for baby :)
The report from my last u/s 2 weeks ago says baby is slightly bigger than average - great - just what I want, a big baby to push out, lol.
My wedding rings came off this week, they are now on a chain around my neck til after baby's born.
Am starting to find everything is an effort, getting tired much easier. Have sore ankles, and have now got a pain in my groin that feels like I have pulled a muscle, GP says to keep an eye on it, nothing to worry about, has anyone else experienced this?
How is everyone else going?
Hi guys,
Great to hear we are all doing well :D
Baby_Crazy, I hope your gestational diabetes test went well. I have had one already (I already had insulin issues) and thank goodness it was all fine :D
So far I have gained a kilo which I think isn't too bad. Am trying not to gain too much, but defiitely don't want to deprive bubs of anything so am not dieting at all. I think the metformin is really helping me.
I have a question though. Does anyone know where I can buy maternity undies in a size larger than 16 :-k as this is the largest size I have seen so far. If not, what are some other alternatives that are going to fit round my belly? :lol:
Hey Kylie,
The only ones Ive found so far are in Target and Big W and I still have some 1626 Clothes that will fit for a while so thats good. I have already had to buy more bras 2 sizes bigger already OMG 8-[
Bel
xxx
I'm also feeling real tired lately ... often leave work early just to take a nap ... lol ... lucky I have flexible work hours!
GD test come back perfect which is good.
At my checkups my midwife messures ... fundal height ... is that what its called? Anyway ... in the 4 weeks between visits it's changed by 6 cm!! Going from 24cm at just over 23 weeks to 30cm by just over 27 weeks ... so exciting!
Getting harder to sleep these days ... tossing and turning like crazy and feel like I'm hawling a sack of wheat when i try to roll over ... lol
Undies ... all I can say is look around ... usually Big W has stuff ... usually where I get everything. Although mum posted me up some size 26! undies a few weeks ago that she found when shopping ... such a relief ... lol
Trying to find a maternity bra though is another problem though ... does anyone know if target have larger sizes? I went to big w where i get normal ones a) cos they have me size and b) the price is awesome. But i went searching for a m.b. and they only when to size 18! i was a bit ticked off.
Had a stressful week with our real estate ... from anger, throwing things around the house, crying ... had a good day today though ... basically we got approved to rent a house on the condition we signed a form that said if our cats go inside AT ALL then we replace all the carpet. So we went to the tenancy board friday morning to discuss all our issues so we had the facts. Went to a few other real estates and looked at their houses, found one, put an application in. Due to our money situation our parents have offered to cover our bond for us so we can swap real estates (thank god).
Had great pleasure this morning going to our current real estate and telling them that we're not taking their house and that we will let them know when we are moving (we have until 7/3 anyway ... they just sold ... ) ... jeez they were ticked off! Esp. cos they had told the new owners they could move in on the 13/2 ... they're like well you'll have to tell us on monday when you are moving ... i was like you'll get told when we're good and ready and walked out. Felt great! Just hope we get this other house now.
Feeling a bit off today ... with all the driving yesterday and hanging with friends today I am terribly sunburnt, but have hayfever ... feel like crap ... very sore and sick of blowing my nose.
I seem to be lucky so far ... no swelling of the ankles or fingers ... so far ... no doubt it's coming though ... lol
Hope you're all doing well!
Hi gals
I have just found this thread...a little too late of course but ah well.
I am new here and have been reading not posting:)
I am 40 weeks on Friday with #3 and am overweight!! Actually this time I started less than I was with the other two but have found out in the last 2 weeks that i can now not deliver in our hospitals birth suite!! My midwife is ropable to say the least...she is actually bigger than me.
The hospital has enforced a new policy that any woman with a BMI over 30 cannot birth in the birthing suite :fuming: apparently we bleed more??? and the vitamin k shot has to be done via canular rather than in the leg as there is so much fat in the thigh....this is not the case with me at all as my legs are quite muscly.
Basically nothing has changed but the venue...I now have to have bub in the delivery ward but my midwife said before the placenta is even out we are back downstairs to the birth centre:)
I feel its discrimination really, I have not bled excessively after my babies and both times my placenta was out in about 5 minutes???
First time I started @ 118kgs and went up to 127kgs
second time I was about 120kgs and god knows what I went up to??
this time I started @ 113kgs and am currently 118kgs so think I have done really well and should hopefully be less after bub is out??
As for my belly this time I have had a lovely pregnant belly since about 6 months...last pregnancies I just looked fatter right until the end...this time I have enjoyed looking pregnant and have up until just recently **glowed**...lol
I have had no probs with GD or BP....nothing to report at all but now I am higher risk???
Anyway sorry for the whinge, glad to see there is a place I can feel 'at home' I just wish I had found this site earlier:)