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As the title reads, my 10-month old cat, who is my pride and joy, has been missing now for 11 days. I am assuming he snuck out when my 7- year old daughter and her cousin were going in and out of our home on the evening of April 23. We got this cat when he was a couple months old and he was previously indoor/outdoor. He has been an indoor cat since we have gotten him.

I have done everything I could think of in attempt to find him. Firstly, we checked our entire house to see if he was just hiding somewhere. He has gotten into cabinets and closets before. We have set out dirty laundry, his cat tree, and even a humane live trap with wet food. We have gone outside and walked the general area i

I had my baby boy last week at 37+1. He is exactly one week old today. Today, his pediatricians office called me to let me know that his state metabolic screening results came in and that he tested abnormal for thyroid function (TSH/T4) and that further labs are needed to determine whether this is a false positive or transient/congenital hypothyroidism.

Is anyone else dealing with this or something similar? I am freaking out. I also have hypothyroidism and know a lot about it, but to think that my newborn may require lifelong meds scares me as a mama.

Obviously I am hoping it is a false positive. He was born early term and I've read that many results for this particular test are false po

I have a medically necessary induction of labor scheduled for next Wednesday. I have Tricare Prime Remote as my health insurance, and they require referrals and PA's for just about everything. I've dealt with referral issues with this office before, so I made sure to tell them multiple times that they needed to submit a PA through Humana East for my inpatient hospital stay in advance. This was on Tuesday and so far, nothing has been submitted at all. Two of the people at the office claimed they had no idea what I was talking about and told me to call the actual hospital. I called the hospital and was passed around to four people, who were ultimately unable to help me.

I shouldn't have to b

My father (65) has become a toxic human being. He was always a bit "off" and he and I never really had a great relationship, but I hoped that we would be able to get closer and develop a meaningful bond after my mother (59) passed away from cancer in 2024. It has been quite the opposite. I had the opportunity to move closer to my hometown last spring, and I jumped on that opportunity in hopes that it would help provide my dad some support. First and foremost, his drinking has gotten out of control. He has gotten drunk numerous times in the last year or so and uses that time to call me and start problems. He called me drunk last fall to scream at me and claim my mother was looking down on me

Just as the title states, my mother (59) died in 2024 from cancer. My dad (65) was extremely dependent on my mother for everything, including being the breadwinner (he is disabled), cooking, cleaning, managing finances, and just about everything else in their household. I (34) have lived away from my family for several years due to my spouse's career, and recently had the opportunity to move back home. Out of several locations we could've chosen to relocate to, we chose here so we could be closer to my dad to offer support.

In a little less than two years, I have watched my dad spiral out of control. He has always been sort of an odd person and our relationship has never been wonderful, but

I'm 33w2d today and learned at my NST that I would be receiving another scan because Tuesday's scan showed increased umbilical artery resistance. Today, it showed the same "slight elevation" as the tech referred to it as. I don't have access yet to the reports, so I don't know numbers or percentages, but I'm a little freaked out here.

They said it could be due to elevated BP or GD, both of which I have but are well controlled.

Anyone else familiar with this? I am hoping to be able to make it to my 37 week induction.

I've been on Lantus for months now (early diagnosis) and this week has been so rough for me. The insulin resistance is definitely ramping up. I just increased to 38 units last night and my fasting was even higher this morning than yesterday morning. I still have 7 weeks left of this and am afraid I'll end up being on 60 or 70 units by time I consistently have numbers under 95. I'm 30 weeks as of today.

Were any of you on a high dose of Lantus?

Thanks.

I should preface this post with the fact that our neighbors are actually quite kind, almost too kind, and not really neighbors from "hell". I realize that many people in this sub have much worse situations than we do. Having moved around a lot due to the military, this situation is just new for me and I'm looking for commentary/advice on how to handle it, or if I should even handle it at all.

We moved into our current neighborhood in May. It seems as if 90% of the people who live on our street are older and have lived here since the neighborhood was built in the 1970s. When we moved in, our retired neighbors (likely in their 70s) saw us outside and drove over in their SUV to introduce t

I'm 25 weeks as of today and got diagnosed early with GD, around 16 weeks. The only number I really have issues with is my fasting number. I'm on Lantus and it seems like I have to keep increasing, and even so, it's not really changing my numbers all too much. I will go 3 or 4 days with my BG in the 80s or low 90s and then, boom, 97-100 again. I feel I will never get steady control over these fasting numbers. Baby is currently measuring in the 50th percentile (as of last week), but I'm terrified that if I can't get these fasting numbers consistently under 95, he will be too big. Has anyone here dealt with never having their fasting numbers in range and having a normal sized baby? Thanks.

Hi, everyone. I am new here. I'm 34 years old, have a wonderful family with a husband, a 7-year old daughter, and a baby boy on the way. My father is an alcoholic and has a history of substance abuse. I suppose my dad has been an alcoholic for most of my life, but my wonderful mother seemed to be able to keep him in check. She passed away from cancer almost two years ago, and ever since, it has been a downward spiral for him. He doesn't really call or bother with me much when he is sober, but has a habit of causing problems and making me very upset when he is drinking. He becomes belligerent and insulting. He is very selfish, performative, and craves attention from people, so he will attempt

I'm already so over this GDM diagnosis and I'm only 20 weeks today. I started out on 10 units of Lantus at bedtime to control fasting numbers. My fasting numbers were anywhere between 100-110. I only had two fasting numbers since diagnosis that were in range. My MFM doc increased the Lantus to 14 units and I assumed this would do something to lower them. Nope. 107 this morning. He wants me to increase in increments of 4 units until I hit <95 and suspects I'll end up between 20-30 units. I feel like waking up to bad news every morning completely throws off my entire day. Anyone else struggling to reach optimal fasting numbers? 😪

Hi guys! Last week, I had my anatomy scan and they were not able to get all images necessary for the scan. Today I had my first MFM appointment for GD and they were still unable to get good images of baby due to his position. They have me going back in 3 weeks to hopefully get what they need.

My MFM doctor today referred me to a pediatric cardiologist to get a fetal echo. I asked him if there was something wrong he saw with baby's heart and he said "this is just to rule out heart defects considering we couldn't get a good view". I'm a bit surprised that they would automatically resort to this based off of a "what if". I would have assumed that an echo would be done if a heart issue is susp

I'm 19 weeks as of today and had my anatomy scan this AM and feel like I came out of it more worried than I went into it. Baby was only measuring 18 weeks, which aligns with my first trimester dating US, where he measured 5 days behind. I'm not overly worried about that, but the US technician couldn't really get the best of images and told me that I'd have to get another US next week at my MFM appointment to see if they could get some more images of what they need. I feel like she didn't really say much and the doctor did not come in the room following the scan at all to discuss anything, so now I'm left in limbo worried about the findings of the scan. Maybe I was just spoiled my last pregna

Hey guys, I thought it would be important to mention this because what I am currently going through may impact some of you at some point.

I am an AD Army spouse and my husband is been in recruiting for the past 15 years, so we never live anywhere near a military installation. We are on Tricare Prime Remote, which is much like Prime but we only see civilian doctors. As all of you probably know, Prime requires referrals for EVERYTHING. I've never had an issue in any area we've PCS'd to until we moved this past summer. I am currently pregnant and seeing several specialists for pregnancy-related issues. I have required 3 referrals in the past week alone, but realized that the large hospital ne

Hi guys, I had GDM my last pregnancy 7 years ago. I failed my 1 hour test but passed my 3 hour screening, only to go on and develop GDM late in the third trimester. This time around, I just took my 1 hour OGTT this AM and failed with a 171. I was anticipating my doctor to put an order in for the 3 hour screening, but much to my surprise, he gave me an automatic GDM diagnosis and now I'm back to the four finger pricks and diabetes management course. Has anyone experienced this before? I guess I'm a bit shocked because I assumed I would at least move onto the 3 hour screening if my BG was < 200. I definitely have the risk factors like previous GDM, high BMI, 34 years of age, etc. but with my A