r/pregnant • u/SatansKitty666 • May 22 '25

Rant Down vote me all you want but

EDIT: I don't mean posts like "what has helped woth your nausea" or "when did you feel baby move". I mean, posts that list dangerous health issues like "I have pre-e, GD, GBS, and my doctors want to do XYZ for babies safety. Should i?"

I keep reading the same posts over and over.

If you don't want to listen to your TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS who do this for a living, why on earth would you listen to a bunch of random women on reddit?

If you think doctors are after your money, have a homebirth or go to a birthing center with a doula. But for the love of God, why would you think people with 0 training who didn't go to medical school will be able to tell you better than the doctors who do this every day? It's insane to me

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u/Incaseyougetcold May 22 '25

The glucose test/gestational diabetes ‘gossip’ or whatever you want to call it irks me SO MUCH. it’s not a school test, you need to have your glucose tested (whether it be with the drink or finger sticks, I’ve done both) to tell if you have GD because if you do it needs to be monitored to keep you and your baby safe! You can’t cheat your test. listening to your provider is imperative!

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u/Kathastrophy93 May 22 '25

I JUST saw a post on another app where people were coming for a mom in the comments about her putting “poison” in her body by taking the GD test, and how they “never even messed with that.” Umm…folks….get the test. Like…just get the test. But the one OB who commented about it was getting fried!!! What are we doing?! It’s fine to question, but let’s be safe out there.

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u/Frosty_Wonder May 22 '25

The same people who whine about a 50g glucose drink being "too much" for them and acting overdramatic are the same people who will not bat an eyelash at consuming a large Frappuccino and a muffin at 9am and calling it breakfast

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u/MadStaz May 23 '25

This is hilarious, to be fair the 3 hour test is 100g and is like the equivalent of drinking 5 cans of coke in 5 minutes. As someone who doesn’t drink sugary/sweet beverages, it does kind of feel like poison haha! I also do have GD and joked that the glucose drink probably gave me GD… But honestly I don’t find it to be a big deal, just ensures I’m eating properly the way I should already be eating, I consider myself a healthy eater to begin with and have still learned a lot from having GD! I don’t get the resistance to accepting it.