Very long post- if you make it to the bottom thank you for reading. Thanks in advance for any advice.

A little backstory hubby and I were not avoiding getting pregnant for years. It never happened- ended up with an amazing fertility clinic learned I had PCOS and hubby had some MFI issues. We tried 2 IUIs which were unsuccessful and decided <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a> was our best option. We went through with our first retrieval and transfer. We had only one embryo a lot of hope for one procedure. Unfortunately it did not take. Devastated to say the least. We decided to take a break for my body and mental health and pick back up a few months later. The transfer was September 2020 and we decided February 2021 was when we would try for a second retrieval and transfer after. My period came mid January and we were waiting for a new cycle and I was just not bleeding yet. The clinic kept checking in with me and no period. They finally asked me to come in and with an ultrasound we saw that I was just about to ovulate on my own ! Something that we were told was very slim. So obviously went home and told the hubby it was baby making time!! Went back to the clinic two days later and the egg was gone! So we knew I had in fact ovulated. Now we waited. No period, no period and they said if nothing by this date take a pregnancy test. Gladly I held off until I was about 10 days past ovulation. Yay - two of the most amazing pink lines I had ever seen. It worked. We we’re PREGNANT!!! Hubby was thrilled I was crying with joy. Emailed my clinic and asked if I could come in for a beta test. We went in and my numbers showed I was most definitely pregnant. We went a few more times to check beta numbers and then finally had an ultrasound. It was magical seeing our little buddy there. Every appointment I had a bit of anxiety because well this was first pregnancy and I was waiting for it to be ripped away from us. Worst feeling ever. We finally graduated from our clinic and I was able to go to my gyno just shy of 10 weeks.

I was super excited I started at this gyno back in September after our transfer and really liked the doctor I had met with and liked the fact that it was a midwife and dr gyno office. I met with a midwife and everything was okay. They commented on my weight (overweight pre-pregnancy) and made sure I knew I should only gain between 5-15lbs this whole pregnancy.... uh okay? But everything went okay we heard the heartbeat and all was well. We had a few more appointments and then it was time for our anatomy scan.

We learned we were having a little boy! Cue more happy tears! He was uncooperative and we had to go to a second anatomy scan.... and then a third. He’s a bit of a bully so far lol! But he looked great and was growing perfectly.

Then came time for the GD test. I’m currently on Metformin and have been pre-pregnancy for my PCOS. I have still be getting nauseous and vomiting my whole pregnancy as well. If any of you have been on Metformin you know how rough it is on your insides especially when starting/restarting. I let them know that I was in need of a refill in the upcoming week-and they informed me it wouldn’t matter yet since I needed to stop them for 2 weeks for the GD test. I told them I was not comfortable stopping my meds for two weeks for the GD test and asked about alternatives (mind you this damn medication is helping to control insulin ). They didn’t really have any so I kept pressing until they decided that they would juts consider me as having GD and I would have to prick my hand 4 times daily to monitor sugar levels. Fine I can manage that. They instructed me that I would be going to MFM to meet with the diabetes dr and nurse and they would assess my sugar levels. First visit went okay I received a bunch of pamphlets about managing diabetes etc. we made an appointment to follow up in a week and check my numbers. She told me to keep my diet the same and see where I was at currently before we made any changes. For reference I eat maybe a third to a half less than I did pre-preg. So I did this and noticed a few of my numbers were a little higher than they should be. I reached out before my next appointment voicing my concern asking if I should maybe be on my original dosage of Metformin. When I was at my fertility clinic I was on 1500mg per day, but my last bloodwork from them my numbers were all amazing and we lowered me to 1000mg to see how my body could keep up. I’m guessing it was fine until the normal placenta/insulin issues arise because prior to 28 weeks all sugar numbers were good. So I asked nurse if we should increase to my regular amount and she conferred with the dr and they both agreed it would be worth it to try and then reschedule our appointment to give the new dose time to work. Sure great.... only now I was short on pills. When my gyno finally agreed to call me in a script (after thankfully my fertility clinic called in a final refill) it was the wrong dosage. They gave me only a 15 day supply so now I was upping from 2 to 3 pills per day and Didn’t even have enough to get me through the regular month. I called them back and they said it was on MFM to order the new script and I reminded them that they hadn’t even filled the proper script previously. So I reached out to nurse And she sent a new script. Then insurance.... ugh. Finally I got a new script and have been taking them and sugar is great a few highs here and there but I know what I ate And why it was high no surprises.

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