2016 May Miracles

[busytulip]

I eat a high protein diet to head off hypoglycemic symptoms so that makes complete sense. Fx'd you pass

 

[Flossie_Aus]

I had my glucose test on Tuesday and ended up being admitted to ED (shares a waiting room with pathology) because within 30min I started throwing up and couldn't stop, and fainted 😳 Oops LOL

 

[Em260]

Flossie - oh no! Sorry you had to go through that! Hope you're feeling better today.

Ja - I was told to eat normally. I think it's the 3 hr test that they usually want a fasting baseline level, but that's only if you fail the 1 hr test.

 

[Em260]

For those of you with more than one child, are you using/or planning to use a double stroller? I'm trying to decide what to do since my daughter will be 2.5 when my son arrives and she is already becoming so resistant to riding in her stroller. She prefers to walk everywhere. We live in the city now and mostly walk everywhere so sometimes it's too far for her to walk and she has to go in the stroller.

Also, if you have one or are getting one, what brand?

 

[pinkpassion]

Sorry I've been so absent. We've had a horrible stomach bug over here!! It was awful! We are finally on the mend!!

Flossie that sounds awful!

Congrats to those in double digits and third tri!!!!!!

Em, we just got a joovy caboose sit and stand stroller! My dd loves it!! I think it will work out well because she can walk or stand up or even sit down and be buckled in if she's resisting. And I liked that it had the option of adding a full second seat if it becomes clear we need it to be a full double!

 

[TTDuck]

Em I would recommend a slow release iron supplement. I've had low iron in the past and that is the only way I could stomach the supplement at times. And take it before bed.
I'm trying to decide on if I should get a double stroller or not. I'm leaning towards using my baby carrier for the baby and single stroller for toddler. But we don't walk everywhere and my toddler prefers to walk a lot of the time.

Ja - eat what you normally would but it wouldn't hurt to make sure you have protein since it helps your body process the glucose.

Yay for the ladies that passed! I'll be glad to have the test over with! And hopefully pass of course!

 

[busytulip]

Oh goodness flossie, you poor thing.

Em I've never had the 3 hr test, so I'm thinking it must be a regional thing.
We have a sit to stand and that seemed to work best. Really it depends on what you'll be using it for. We have a full on double that we used for ' off roading' if you will.

Pink glad you're feeling better

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Flossie, that sounds awful!

Em, we also have a sit and stand stroller with the optional seat on the back (our first was 16 months when the second was born, so that was necessary for a while!). As she got older, we took the seat off so it was just a bench she could sit on occasionally, or stand, of just walk. Right now all three of me kids actually fit in it, because little one sits on the seat in front, middle child sits on the bench, and oldest child stands on the back. Not so easy to push, but it's come in handy a few times!

 

[Em260]

Flossie - ugh that sounds terrible! Glad you're feeling better!

Thanks for the stroller input everyone! I'll have to look at the sit and stand options. It does sound nice to have an optional second seat as opposed to the fixed double seaters. I've seen people using the fixed side by side two seater ones here and it looks hard to maneuver into elevators and through doorways. This city is just so cramped! Even the aisles in the grocery stores are narrow.

 

[ja14]

Just finished the drink...
I got to choose from no flavor or orange. I chose orange. At first it wasn't that bad, but then I wanted to gag. Took me about 8 minutes to get it down.

 

[Em260]

Ja - I had the orange one too. Kind of tasted like gross flat orange soda but it was hard to finish it. Hopefully you'll get the news you passed today!

 

[Em260]

I know we talked about names before but it was so long ago. Has everyone settled on a name by now? DH and I still are having a hard time agreeing on anything. He is really stuck on Alexander and Gabriel. I really like Liam, Matteo and Leo. Leo is my brother's name so I would love to use it at least as a middle name to honor him if we can't agree on it for a first name. It's so much harder this time around!!

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Well, Em, you saw my thread on the baby names forum, but for the rest of the ladies here, we're probably going to name this baby Levi.

 

[Flossie_Aus]

Oooooh such lovely names!

We're pretty sure this baby is going to be Spencer. I still have a soft spot for Henry but that might have to be the next boy because Hubby has even started referring to the baby as "little Spence" LOL.. We haven't told anyone just in case I change my mind in labour

 

[pinkpassion]

Our little girl is Elizabeth hope!!!

 

[nicole6212]

I like the names, ladies.
Flossie- Spencer was one of our top names for a boy I love that name.

Our girl is going to be Callia Melody.

 

[NZKiwi]

Some great names! We have narrowed it down to Findlay, Arlen, or Declan, we had Eric in the list but one of dhs friends just had a little girl they named Erica, and it just seemed to weird to have an Erica and an Eric.

 

[bakerh518]

We have William, or Waylon for a boy and so far just Lillian that we both agree on for a girl, either gender the middle name will be James after my dad! I LOVE the name Adeline but hubby not so much and we have a niece with the nickname Addie and I KNOW the inlaws would try to use the same nickname...

Love all the names!! Those who have picked just one name, will you have other names in the wigs for that the birth? Our son wasn't named until he was born although we knew he was a boy! We just couldn't agree and needed to meet him first!

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Baker, it took us so long to come up with the one name we have, so we definitely don't have any "extras". However, we don't tell anyone (at least not in real life) our name choice until the baby is born, so we could easily change it last minute if we wanted to, and no one would know the difference.

 

[NZKiwi]

We haven't told anyone irl our short list of names either and we won't be telling anyone his name until after his born, I don't want people putting their two cents worth in about it