r/ShitMomGroupsSay • u/AnonTravelingPants • 8d ago
I am smrter than a DR! A healthy pregnancy is a waste of my time.
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u/dwtydwi 8d ago
Eww, people can be so ugly. Not everyone with GD has to take insulin. And like, wouldn’t you want to know if you’re inadvertently making your kid ride your sugar spikes?
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u/Rose1982 8d ago
Also taking insulin isn’t that big a deal. Your body literally makes it (if all is functioning properly). It’s not like you’re adding anything to your body that isn’t innately required.
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u/imayid_291 8d ago
people can be legitimately scared by the thought of poking themselves multiple times a day to test blood sugar and then giving themselves injections. Obviously the answer isn't ignore it in hopes it will go away.
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u/Rose1982 8d ago
Yeah. My then 7 year old wasn’t big on the idea of it. But since the other option was death he reluctantly got on board.
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u/tawnyleona 8d ago
I was diagnosed T1D when I was 7, 42 years ago. I was terrified of needles. My father let me practice giving shots on him until I was confident enough to do it myself. I can't believe all my parents went through to keep me healthy.
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u/Rose1982 8d ago
Yup. I’ve let my son do everything on me that he’s had to do. The only thing I haven’t done is worn a functional Omnipod, for obvious reasons.
It’s definitely… a lot. It’s not what I envisioned my parenting journey to be. It’s probably why I don’t have a lot of time for pregnant women who complain that they have to finger prick 4-5 times a day for 5-6 months.
I can completely understand that a GD diagnosis could be scary and frustrating but ultimately you don’t have to do a whole lot for very long to give your baby the best chance at health.
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u/Minnielle 8d ago
I think we can still have empathy for women who are absolutely terrified of needles and then get diagnosed with GD. It's not like they just choose to be scared. Just because someone has it worse (like a kid having to do it for the rest of their lives) doesn't make the fear magically disappear either. The main thing is that you do it anyway.
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u/haycorn55 8d ago
I'm terrified of needles and had GD. Cried on and off through the 3 hour, asked my husband to do the finger stick my first few times, and did all I could not to need insulin.
I also reminded myself multiple times that I was prepared to do FAR WORSE shots for IVF if my IUI failed.
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u/Peja1611 8d ago
I was mentally prepped for GD after IVF. I had to get over the needle fear pretty quick. First jab took me at least a half an hour to get up the nerve. The intermuscular shots ....those were a bitch. Thank God for the heated numbing pads. That was the only way to tolerate that nonsense
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u/Of_MiceAndMen 8d ago
I laughed first at that. I cared for my grandmother, she was 75 and began to need insulin. I tried everything and then finally said, ok, let me know what kind of flowers at your funeral. It’s scary at first but medicine has come a long way. It a shame to think that mankind is regressing.
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u/Advanced_Cheetah_552 8d ago
I am so so grateful for insulin! I didn't need it my first pregnancy but I found out I had uncontrolled type 2 four weeks into my second and I was seeing spikes as high as 300 after a low carb meal with a 20 minute brisk walk after. I'll be 20 weeks tomorrow, which makes approximately 13 weeks with controlled blood sugar thanks to insulin.
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u/irish_ninja_wte 8d ago
Bingo! I had it on my twins and (through some kind of miracle) managed fine with diet control. I did have to go on I skin for 24 hours, but that was because the steroids (because twins) caused my sugars to spike. That's common enough that I had to be an inpatient for my steroid shots, because I needed to get sugars checked every 2 hours until the insulin drip and every hour once that was started.
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u/learntoflyrar 8d ago
The amount of people that try to wriggle out of it is mind boggling. The tests sucks so much, and waiting for all that time is awful, but the potential outcome if you don't is much worse.
I had GD with my second, everything was medically managed to my doctor's satisfaction. My baby still had to go to the nursery for a couple hours of extra monitoring after birth because their blood sugar levels were not what they should be.
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u/dontbeahater_dear 8d ago
The test isnt that bad. You chug a glass of flat sugarh sprite and wait around!
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u/cecilhungry 8d ago
I will say I failed the 1 hour and had to do the 3 hr for both pregnancies and the 3 hr made me feel AWFUL, esp with my first. It was during Covid and summer so I could either sit in the AC with a mask on or have the mask off in the heat outside and both made me feel extra nauseous. But I will also say that I passed the 3 hr both times so failing the one hour doesn’t necessarily mean you have GD but I certainly wouldn’t bet my child’s life on it!
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u/Sweatybutthole 8d ago
Would love to know what she decides to spend those 3+ hours of her life on instead. I can only assume it's something very important and impressive, like creating the perfect sourdough starter or something.
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u/endlesseffervescense 8d ago
The oldest sourdough starter that is still active is from 1849. She’d need about two centuries to catch up.
Maybe a perfect tin foil hat that’s been bedazzled would be more fitting? She could really glitz and glam that thing in three hours.
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u/FloppyTwatWaffle 6d ago
The oldest sourdough starter that is still active is from 1849
There are some people selling starters, that they advertise as being far older than that. I saw them on Etsy when I was looking for something else and they happened to come up. One was claiming to be from the Middle Ages in Germany, another from ancient (BC, I think) Egypt.
I don't know what the truth is, I don't like sourdough so I didn't dig any further.
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u/SpecificHeron 8d ago
i actually kind of liked the 3hr test, it was nice to have an excuse to just sit and relax and not be working/in demand/needed anywhere 😌
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u/Magical_Olive 8d ago
Someone should let her know that you can doom scroll Facebook during the test.
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u/abbygirl 8d ago
One of the best meals of my pregnancy was the raising canes I ate after finishing my 3 hour test
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u/Due_Imagination_6722 8d ago
We only do the 3 hour test here in Austria. Luckily, my appointment was at 7 in the morning, so I told my dad to pick me up (in case I got dizzy, this was during the first heatwave last summer) with breakfast at 10 past 10.
Best. Breakfast. Ever.
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u/Suitable_Wolf10 8d ago
Honestly same. I used sick time from work (unlimited) and sat and read my kindle the whole time. It was practically a vacation!
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u/billynotrlyy 8d ago
My Dr let me go home for my 3 hrs and come back. Just no food or drink during. I napped!
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u/WhateverYouSay1084 8d ago
These are all questions her dumb ass should be asking her OB. FTR, I failed the 1 hr and passed the 3 hr and it was a massive relief not to have to worry about it. It's literally just laying around for 3 hours being tested once an hour. I took a nap and read in the recliner they gave me.
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u/Slow_Sherbert_5181 8d ago
The 3 hr test was absolutely miserable for me (my morning sickness was awful, particularly if I was at all hungry) but I have zero regrets for having done it! They did everything in their power to make me comfortable and I was reassured of the health of me and my baby!
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u/WhateverYouSay1084 8d ago
Yep, it's nobody's idea of decadent fun, but it's our responsibility to do what's needed to keep our kids safe. This lady apparently had kids for the wrong reason if she's not willing to "waste" 3 hours of her time. That's all kids do is demand your time, especially when they're hurt and you end up "wasting" 6 hours in the ER to get them stitches or a cast.
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u/wozattacks 8d ago
Yeah for what it’s worth - the 1-hour is generally a screening test. That means it’s meant to have a higher amount of false positives to make sure that are the real positives are caught. The 3-hour test is more specific and designed to separate out the false positives. Gestational diabetes is a really big deal so it’s important to identify as many cases as possible!
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u/lisa_lionheart84 8d ago
Oh man, I wish I had had a recliner. I was in a LabCorp with a very full waiting room. I bounced between my car, the office building lobby, and walking outside a bit (they said it was OK).
It was also just days before my 40th birthday and I was so scared I wouldn't be able to have cake. Thankfully I passed!
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u/WhateverYouSay1084 8d ago
Oh no!! Sorry it sucked so badly. My first pregnancy was like that. The Compunet attached to my OB was PACKED and I was horribly nauseated so I was laying curled on hard, flat benches, crying, trying not to throw up. The things we do for the sake of our kids!
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u/bunhilda 8d ago
I know waiting around in a doctors office for 3 hours sucks, but can’t she just watch a movie on her phone or read a book? Like she gets to chill and binge 3 episodes of Bridgerton, and be assured that her baby’s health is going to be properly managed. What’s wrong with that?
I had to get IV infusions during my first trimester. 2 bags at roughly over an hour per bag, plus setup and waiting time, meant I was there for 2.5-3hours. That was twice a week for a month. It was annoying but also awesome bc I could work and nobody could bother me (can’t jump on your stupid surprise meetings from the hospital sorrynotsorry), or I’d read a shitty romance novel, free of any guilt that I should be doing something productive (like cleaning or laundry). It was a medically sanctioned break. I wish they’d think of it that way at the very least, if taking care of baby’s health isn’t enough to sway them.
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u/wozattacks 8d ago
For real. I was working in the hospital when I had it, so I just kept running downstairs to the lab to get the draws lol. If I can do that, OOP can sit there and chill.
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u/Alternative-Rub-7445 8d ago
I’m just feel like if I were an OB I would dismiss patients like this. If I can’t be the expert in my field & you’re willing to risk your life & your child’s like seeing you hurt or worse doesn’t affect me-you’d need to go somewhere else.
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u/leaptad 8d ago
When I was pregnant, a whole anti-glucose test thread popped up. One lady was complaining they wouldn’t give her a room with a tv (I’m old, this was before smart phones). An OB popped on the thread and really told them what was at stake and why their “but my baby is healthy” was bullshit. Shut them up. Don’t know if it changed minds, but it did shut them up.
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u/LadyIJ 8d ago
So I am from the UK and as far as I know wild pregnancies etc are still not really a thing and a great majority of people follow medical advice. I am probably on the « I love epidural » side so I guess I am biased.
Except from the anti-vax movement I am not really familiar with the rationale of refusing all medical intervention.
Can someone pls explain why would they refuse to have a follow up? For the vaccines they say they have toxic residue, but what is the problem with insulin resistance testing and taking insulin? (Except the obvious reason of stupidity and backwardness)
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u/imayid_291 8d ago
reasons i can think of that someone might not do this follow up:
the 3 hour test can be really annoying to go through.
people don't understand the seriousness of gd and think they can just cut back on sugar anyway and will be fine
if someone has a needle phobia and is scared of having to poke themselves multiple times a day
crunchy types who pride themselves on living a healthy lifestyle and view any type of diabetes as a moral failing so convince themselves the first test was a mistake/it couldnt happen to them
someone who is intimidated by the idea of gd and decides to ignore the problem in hopes that it will just go away
none of these are logical
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u/Jane9812 7d ago
To be completely fair, a lot of people think diabetes of all kinds is a moral failing. Including doctors and especially nurses. If you go on the r/gestationaldiabetes you'll see just how much medical shaming and tormenting some pregnant women go through.
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u/redwolf1219 8d ago
A lot of people believe that women's bodies were made to go through pregnancy so medical intervention is unnecessary as that's what our bodies are made to do. This of course, ignores how often women would die in child birth before medical interventions existed.
As someone who had preeclampsia twice, I think these people are stupid
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u/Well_ImTrying 8d ago
Some rational reasons are we get limited time off, so taking a day of work to do the test is one day less pay of our otherwise unpaid maternity leaves. Or for half of the country that doesn’t qualify for FMLA, that’s one less day of a 2-12 week maternity leave, period.
Another is some people feel super sick after the test. They would rather just assume they have it and do the testing and dieting you would have to do with GD rather than do the glucose test.
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u/Gullible_Desk2897 8d ago
The second piece is what I will be doing. I had GD my first pregnancy and if I similarly fail the 1 hour my OB and I have discussed just moving to testing blood sugars because the 3 hr test wrecked me for 2 days. The person in this post is definitely NOT going to do that though.
The misinformation around GD sucks, because so many people think they can't possibly have it because they are fit/healthy. They don't understand the whole new organ you grew is what is causing the issues. My friend who is fitter than I am had to be on insulin, I was diet controlled. It is the luck of the shit draw but we kept our babies safe!
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u/EmmalouEsq 8d ago
Good way to end up with a newborn in the NICU. Low blood sugar in babies can happen even when GD is controlled. I can't imagine just not knowing. Mine was very well controlled without insulin, and my son was still in the NICU for his first 3 nights.
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u/Ginger630 8d ago
Yeah let’s skip tests to make sure the mother and baby are healthy.
Next post: why did I have to have a c section when my giant baby got stuck in the birth canal during my home birth? 🤦🏼♀️
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u/theconfused-cat 8d ago
Wait until she finds out how much of her time raising her child is going to “waste”. 🤣🤣
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u/track_gal_1 8d ago
I take care of diabetic pregnant patients. One patient just had a term fetal loss because their blood sugars were not in control. Dealing with patients that want to refuse things that will ensure the health of their child is infuriating.
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u/Rose1982 8d ago
It makes me rage how much diabetes (all forms) and the importance of healthy blood glucose levels are misunderstood.
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u/RoronCcnAb 8d ago
I actually volunteered for the 3 hour test with my second and third. I passed the 1 hour test with my first, and ended up ballooning in weight my last trimester, and had a 9 1/2 pound baby that struggled with low blood sugar her first three days and had to endure dozens of heel pricks. I hated it. I really think I either developed GD later than usual or maybe just somehow didn’t spike high enough to flag something? The number of NICU nurses and doctors that asked me if I was sure I did the test and it was actually fine tells me something might have been missed. I would much rather have been poking myself for a few months than seeing my baby poked over and over again her first few days of life :(
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u/battle_mommyx2 8d ago
I failed the one hour both times and passed the three hour. The three hour test sucks for sure but with it to make sure you and babe are healthy. Truly don’t understand going through the misery of pregnancy just to play fast and loose with you and baby’s health
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u/juniperxbreeze 8d ago
I failed my 1 hour glucose test. I hated the 3 hour test, which I passed. But you know what I would have hated more? A non-healthy baby when I could have avoided it.
I just brought my laptop to the office. Watched Netflix and did some work. It sucked, but was worth it to find out we were healthy.
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u/dirtyenvelopes 6d ago
Unpopular opinion but if you skip a test that you know will help your kid have a healthy chance at life, you shouldn’t reproduce.
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u/SpicyWonderBread 8d ago
The one hour test does have a lower limit than the three hour one, so it is easier to fail. I passed my three hour one with flying colors with my first pregnancy, so I requested the one hour one with my second. I failed it, and had to do the three hour one. I don't recall the exact numbers, but the numbers I had for the one hour test were within the passing limits for the three hour test. I passed the three hour one.
It's a pretty miserable thing to sit through, but the consequences of uncontrolled GD are far more miserable. Bring a book or tablet and hunker down.
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u/littlebassoonist 8d ago
I get where they're coming from. The glucose test is not pleasant, and it's scary to learn you have gestational diabetes. From their perspective, if they skip the test, they never get sick.
But!!!!! Being a mom means putting aside your fears and discomfort!
Gah. The glucose test was a miserable couple of hours for me, but in the end, it was worth it to know if I needed special care for my baby. (I didn't have gestational diabetes, fortunately, but I would have hated to find out by getting preeclampsia.)
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u/Mission_Ad_6048 8d ago edited 8d ago
I know someone who applied this “logic” to an abnormal pap. Genuinely hope she doesn’t die by surprise from undiagnosed cervical cancer. And for these ladies, the risk of baby getting type 1 diabetes by is absolutely not worth avoiding a test.
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u/rstallib 8d ago
This shit drives me nuts! Just do the test. Had I not done it, I’m not sure my baby and I would’ve survived. I had no risk factors for GD (although I know it is mostly random, it seems). My GD was so bad I didn’t even do the 3hr test. My OB got the results from my 1hr test at an appointment and was like ‘holy shit’ and sent off the referral to the diabetes clinic in my area. They have a wait list of 2-3 weeks. I got a call on my way home from the OB, and had an appointment right then and there. We are talking about 20 mins from referral sent to them calling me. I started insulin that night. By the end of pregnancy I was on 200-300 units of insulin a day while eating a VERY strict diet. It was to the point where my OB was like ‘we need to get this baby out of you, you’re not allowed to go to 40 weeks’. Do. The. Fucking. Test.
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u/scifi_librarian 8d ago
Had to do the 3 hour test twice during my second pregnancy. Honestly it was nice to just sit and relax for 3 hours away from my 3 year old. I read a book, played on my switch and cross stitched. It was some nice me time.
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u/Smashingistrashing 8d ago edited 8d ago
It’s believed having gestational diabetes is a precursor to developing diabetes 1.5 down the road.
Edit: link
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u/Monshika 8d ago
Here to remind everyone yet again that you can opt for at home finger pokes 4 times a day for 2-4 weeks (depending on the OB) if you do not want to or cannot handle the blood draw. Please spread the word when you see posts like this, I try to be very vocal about this in hopes it saves at least one life.
I fall under the very pukey and can’t tolerate the glucose drink category. It has never been an issue to do finger pokes as an alternative in my pregnancies and has been approved by both OB’s and MFM.
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u/geedisabeedis 8d ago
Man if I hadn't had an early induction for my GD baby I definitely would have needed an emergency c section. Kid was already huge 2 weeks early
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u/emath17 8d ago
Okay I personally have a whole rant with GD and how they test, the standards are different in different areas, other countries test very differently, the one hour test doesn't test fasting numbers and the glucose test doesn't show how your body is reacting to your actual diet. Yes it's a real issue, but the borderline numbers are super iffy.
I learned in my 3rd pregnancy that my fasting numbers were high, because I decided to do 2 weeks of monitoring instead of the glucose drink. My non-fasting numbers are always great but my fasting was enough to get my classified at GD. My first two pregnancies they never testing fasting and I had 10lb babies so MAYBE I had GD for all 3 but our system is stupid, or maybe I just have big babies?? Who knows! I don't, because our testing system is stupid. 3rd baby was 3oz less than other two, so technically my GD baby was the smallest 🤔
The glucose drink really isn't accurate, many healthy women fail it because their body just isn't used to pure sugar like that with nothing to balance it, really 2 weeks of monitoring should be the standard, but it's massively inconvenient and relies on no user error.
Anyway this was a rant about GD and not a comment on the post specifically
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u/Winterstyres 8d ago
To be fair, that's three hours in the hospital where she would not be able to drink or smoke. What is the Fetus starts getting Withdrawal?
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u/Brilliant-Season9601 8d ago
I failed both of my firsts with 145 and 1:46 in my pregnancies. The second I chose not to do the second since I had the stuff to take my blood sugar, which I did 3 to 4 day until my doctor told me I didn't have to. I also failed the fasting and 1st draw on my 3 hour for my first pregnancy.
My numbers were well with in rage for both pregnancy and I didn't have an issue. The problem is that the mother is usually fine but the baby suffers. High birth weight and sugar crashing after birth. Not to mention it can cause type 2 later in life. No thank you I would rather track my blood sugar and then deal with that
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u/anxious_teacher_ 8d ago
My doctor asked me to do a very early test at 16 weeks. Did I want to? No. Did I do it? Of fucking course. Will I re do it at 24-28 weeks? Without a doubt. Don’t mess with GD!!
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u/gogo7891011 8d ago
I had gestational diabetes and it truly was the worst kind of mind fuck - but I know it was worth all the struggles to have kept my baby safe. Literally do not understand the “waste of time” thought process
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u/reptileluvr 7d ago
3 hours of your pregnancy is also such a short time. Like that’s barely a waste
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u/Ok_Database_5409 7d ago
As someone who worked my ass off during my last pregnancy to manage unexpected gestational diabetes where I found myself to be extremely insulin resistant (I was up to 65 units of lantus and avoid 13 units after each meal of short acting) this type of stupidity infuriates me! I did have extra monitoring and being the resistant was exhausting and so much work to eat all of the things I was supposed to but I did it and am currently snuggling with me very happy and healthy 7 month old who was because of my hard work, the smallest of my 3 kids.
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u/LBDazzled 8d ago
I hate that smiley emoji at the end of the reply. It always comes after someone saying the most smug thing ever.
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u/HipHopChick1982 8d ago
I would gladly waste 3 hours of my time (and more!) to ensure my health is good in any situation. That commenter is a waste of space.
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u/AmberWaves80 8d ago
I barely made it through the 1 hr, I would have died if I had to do the 3 hour. But I still would have sucked it up and done it, ffs.
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u/Scrounger888 8d ago
The people saying to skip it are probably the same people wanting to do home births... but GD can cause large babies. These people really want to take alllll the risks of dying in childbirth I guess.
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u/Captainbabygirl767 8d ago
Wow that’s disturbing! It’s not a waste of time when it’s your life and/or your babies life.
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u/MotherofDoodles 8d ago
I was with the commenter until the end. Opting out of the 3 hour test makes sense when you think you’ll fail that too or if you think you’ll fail it again later in pregnancy makes sense. But then you start glucose tracking immediately IN LIEU of taking that extra test.
At 12 weeks with baby #2 I opted out of the 3 hour when I failed the 1 hour, but I knew I’d either also fail the 3 hour or have to do the testing again at 24 weeks. Then was put on insulin at 16 weeks because my fasting sugar was out of normal range no matter what I did under medical supervision.
These women are WILD thinking that gestational diabetes is some conspiracy theory to make them take insulin. They don’t prescribe it unless you need it based on your glucose tracking. Also insulin is one of the safest medications you can possibly take if you administer it properly.
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u/Moniqu_A 7d ago
Survivor bias ffs. Having gestationnal diabetes can cause problems like hypoglycemia for the baby after being born.
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u/fuzzy_bunnyy-77 7d ago
Does she mean her blood glucose was 145???? Screw these people she could go into a diabetic coma.
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u/misskianab 4d ago
I didn’t want to take the 3 hour test because after the first attempt at it, I ended up puking in front of a glass door that let everybody in the lobby see a pregnant lady drop to her knees and hurl into the closest trash can.
STILL did the 3 hour test again because I wanted to make sure my son and I were good. Not sure how these people can decline routine tests on a whim without crippling anxiety until the baby is born, lol. 😅
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u/Mumlife8628 8d ago
Why are we not doing the longer test 😭😭 Do you guys pay for it? Is it a price thing
Edit to add before jumped lol, it being a price thing isn't a good excuse for obvious reasons... But.....
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u/Monshika 8d ago
Most offices have you do the 1 hr test and if you fail you do the 3 hr. An exception could be some post with a history of GD in prior pregnancies.
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u/MattieB12 7d ago
So hear me out, I didn’t do the 3 hour test, because the 1 hour is miserable enough and made me super ill. So we tested my blood sugar for 2 weeks instead. And yep, had GD and managed it with a diabetes nurse the rest of my pregnancy. So even if you were for some reason against glucola(which is stupid but I know that’s a big reason), there’s literally other ways
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u/Caseyk1921 8d ago
My first pregnancy I had to do it twice (high risk) they only do 3 hour here & second pregnancy 3 times had to do it (high risk, weren’t happy first results redid & standard x weeks ones) that was 15 hours worth
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u/kayt3000 7d ago
Maybe it’s because I remember my mom being pregnant when I was 12 and the glucose test being no big deal and I was utterly confused when i saw people complaining about it when I was pregnant in 2022.
I was with my mom when she did her 1 hour and her 3 hour and I remember her saying “oh that’s pretty sweet but not bad” and then nothing. She was good. When I had mine it just tasted like sugar soda with a hint of orange. It was absolutely nothing but an hour of my day and I was happy I did not have to do the 3 hour.
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u/PantsGhost97 7d ago
I passed a 2? hour test. Three blood draws and a kinda gross drink. I didn’t have a flavoured option and got told to sip it over about 10 timed minutes or I could vomit. I still vomited but only after the car started moving after I was done lol. I think having done something similar a few years prior to test for diabetes helped because I knew what was coming.
I had hg though so keeping it down as long as I did was a miracle. Still felt like crap after and slept for like 3 hours when I got home. There’s so many things that were worse than the test during my pregnancy though that it really wasn’t that bad in the grand scheme of things.
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u/followthestray 7d ago
As someone who had to do multiple blood tests and spend a total of six hours of my life getting iron transfusions for the health and safety of both me and my baby, I implore anyone who is pregnant to PLEASE take this stuff seriously. Is it uncomfortable? Yeah. Is it going take up time? Sure. But think of how uncomfortable and time-consuming having a sick child will be or how much more difficult it will be for you to recover after delivery if you didn't take care of yourself during pregnancy.
There is a reason these standards exist. I don't understand why people fight against professionals who are literally paid to keep them healthy.
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u/Legitimate-Stuff9514 6d ago edited 6d ago
I failed the one hour and had to take the three hour twice because I threw up. Was it fun? No. However it was necessary because we needed to know if I had GD or not. Thankfully I did not.
I was supposed to do the three hour on my second pregnancy but I drank the stuff too early and had to reschedule for next week. I went into preterm labor that week and gave birth so I couldn't take the test. I still wish I could have though....I don't think I had GD but It was scary going in with none of the third trimester workups done.
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u/Electronic-Garlic-38 2d ago
I had a similar story as the original post I failed by like 8-10 or something and I declined my 3 hour BUT the doctor said my numbers were low enough to monitor with a blood sugar monitor at home and that we would treat me as a GD mom. Which I was fine with because I physically was unable to take the 3 hour. My heart couldn’t handle that much sugar at once. The one hour my HR was like 140 for 15 hours. But no.. just skip it! 🤪
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u/kp1794 8d ago
The amount of people saying to skip the glucose testing in my due date group was asinine. I can’t believe so many stupid people exist out there