Need to vent...😥
Sorry for the long post that is coming, but I need to vent to other mamas who might understand what I am currently extremely frustrated by. Â I'm almost 20 weeks with our first, and my baby boy is measuring 6 days bigger (I think my EDD based on LMP was wrong since I have a shorter cycle, so baby is matching up exactly with what I believe is the EDD). Â I'm an RN and tonight at work, another nurse just blurted out (completely out of the blue) "my god, you're HUGE! Â You're going to need a glucose test; I bet you're diabetic. Â You're going to have a big baby!" Â Yesterday, also at work, a different nurse said "oh, you have pre-eclampsia, I know it. Â Don't worry...I will visit you when you're on bedrest." Â I made the mistake of mentioning that I'm getting the pre-eclampsia work-up at my next OB visit because my BP has been a little elevated the whole pregnancy (145/81 at last check), but it is no higher than it was pre-pregnancy.
While I totally understand that I may have gestational diabetes and maybe I will have pre-eclampsia, my husband and I have been trying to stay really positive because we also just found out that our baby boy has a malfunctioning kidney. Â So far, it's okay because his other kidney appears normal, but we have to have additional ultrasounds and he might need surgery after he is born. Â This is stressful enough on us. Â Now, I am getting stressed because some big mouths I work with don't know when to mind their own business.
Has anyone else dealt with something like this? Â How can I get people to stop scaring me? Â It's getting to the point where I don't even want to talk about the pregnancy because I don't want to get stressed out, and I really hate it. Â I have wanted to have a baby for so long, and I hate that I am letting people ruin my happiness and excitement.
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