ninal2003

Our toddler recently had an anaphylactic response to her skin scratch test - nuts suspected were pecans, walnuts, pistachios, and pine nuts. Also reacted to beef and Timothy grass. Delayed reaction to wheat, milk, a couple other things. We did IGE tests and the only positive from her blood work was milk. In the past she had a full body hive reaction with swollen lips and coughing that we tied back to pecan exposure.

Fast forward to this weekend, we are out of town for a wedding staying on site at a horse ranch. First night we were ok, but within five minutes or so of leaving the cabin and walking to our car, hives were spreading. They kept spreading until they were full body. Withi

We have been trying to nail down allergies for my almost 3 y/o for a while now and recently did a skin test. The reaction at the end of the test prompted our allergist to mark her chart “Do Not Skin Test”. Shortly after the 15 min mark, she started to get hives, sort of wheezed, and then wobbled on her feet with her eyes rolling like she was passing out. She responded to liquid Xyzal very quickly but took a couple days to get back to herself. The test showed positive for beef, tree nuts, Bermuda grass, and a delayed reaction from milk, wheat, and horse. We did IGE bloodwork and the only thing that triggered was a low positive for milk. About a year ago she had contact with pecan causing

HBR in Labor and Delivery knowing we have already been given an amazing miracle and that we need many more. Yesterday I woke up with a low grade fever, headache, and facial flushing… felt pretty much like poop all day, but finally started to level out around 830 PM. We have been snowed in for the past few days so our 19 mo old is restless and blessedly gave me lots of cuddles while also running me a little ragged. We got her to bed and relaxed for a bit before going to bed ourselves around 1130. At this point I felt fine. At midnight I got up thinking I had to defecate. After my last birth, I have a legit fear of constipation but knew something was off. I felt like I needed to poop, b

I’ve been on the same regimen of metformin and a small amount of insulin nightly for three weeks now. Tuesday I had my first fasting below 70. Tuesday I also had contractions all day and spent the night in labor and delivery where they were able slow down contractions. Over the past few days I have had much lower numbers than the previous 2.5 weeks on the same med regimen. Today I even had (kid size) French fries and just checked in the middle of the afternoon because I was a little dizzy and it’s at 69, about 20 points lower than my normal mid afternoon pre snack. Thoughts? I’m wondering if this has anything to do with the very slight dilation and contractions or is just a funny coinc

I’ve never been a big breakfast person, and with pregnancy I relied heavily on cereal until the DX of GD. I really don’t want anything other than a smoothie in the morning, pretty much anything else just makes me nauseated. I’ve tried every way an egg can be made, every other type of protein... even salads - salads stayed down but have minimal protein. This morning I tried a single piece of Gluten free toast with cheese and a side of beef, my glucose spiked with the toast (14 g of carbs!).

Help. I’m at a loss. Even with my other meals I feel like I can’t get enough protein from meat. Does anyone know of a good pregnancy safe, diabetes safe, gluten free protein supplement? Shake/bar

Well, I was diagnosed 6 weeks ago and I was diet controlled for a few weeks, then metformin for the last few weeks, and reevaluating weekly to potentially start insulin. I had a growth scan today and our girl is measuring pretty far ahead in head size, abdomen, and humerus (3 weeks). At 30 weeks she is estimated at 4.6 lbs. My OB wants to begin twice weekly non stress tests. He has an excellent bedside manor and way of explaining things, and I was fine in the office. This afternoon I was reading the Mayo Clinic’s description of what the tests are and why they are ordered and it scared the hell out of me. Does anyone have experience with this or words of wisdom?

I started metformin this week, and it’s been a bit of a rough adjustment. I think today is the first day it’s really had an obvious effect on my glucose. It never occurred to me to ask before, but does anyone have insight on what a good bedtime reading is? Most of my post prandial nighttime readings have been above 95. Tonight it was 86. I decided to check again before bed and it was 77. Up until this point I have not been advised to eat a bed time snack, just check fasting and eat breakfast. Is 77 too low going into an 8 - 9 hour stretch without eating?

Just diagnosed this week after a one hour result of 204. I’m a little confused as to when exactly to test after eating. So far I know it is two hours, but I never realized how slow I eat meals until now. If I’m eating over the course 35 to 45 minutes, does that affect when the two hours is up to test? Do I need to just eat faster?

We are 5w3d after losing our son at 15 weeks in June. We decided to tell close family so they would be aware of what is going on and understanding of us being a bit more protective of our energy levels, especially with the holidays coming up. Our first ultrasound is scheduled for Monday and we hadn’t even discussed announcing beyond close family. My mother in law is in hospice and has taken to sharing more on Facebook, and I am fully supportive of that as it allows her to share her journey and connect with family and friends farther away. But today she announced our pregnancy and while I know it was meant with the greatest love and excitement, when my husband saw it and told me, I just s

Another day, another announcement... through all of the IUIs, surgeries, switching jobs to afford ivf, the hormones, the first ivf cycle hopes and the tears from failures, I’ve leaned very heavily on my best friend. She has been incredible and even offered at one point to be a surrogate if she could be approved and we needed... and I love her dearly for listening to every tearful moment, and when I call with cautious optimism during active treatment. This woman closer to me than my own sister called and told me she has something she needed to tell me and she was nervous. Of course, I knew immediately, and it sent me into a tailspin. On the one hand, I’m elated for her - truly, and in a

Question for those who have already stimmed and had a not so great response... we are getting the same number of follicles as we did on clomid, and, shockingly, it’s my bad ovary that is producing the larger quantity out of the two (3 v 1) I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if the game changed for stims next cycle?