# I'm pregnant!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178 "2012-03-08T18:10:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178/61 "2012-05-01T20:15:40Z")

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> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#):
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> Congratulations! Dad here, so not much I can say about the pregnancy thing. Weight- and age-wise, though, you’re in the same place as my wife when she first got pregnant a few years ago, too. As I expect you’re fully aware, both factors put you (and her) at higher risk for gestational diabetes. If you do end up with GD (as my wife did), please post.

Update: I had the screening for GD this morning, and I don’t have it.

I’m quite relieved. I’m needle-phobic, and low-carb diets tend to make my depression worse.

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178/62 "2012-05-01T20:29:29Z")

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Good for you. Wasn’t the glucose drink a treat?

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178/63 "2012-05-01T20:42:11Z")

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> [@Sattua](#):
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> Good for you. Wasn’t the glucose drink a treat?

It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. The _Girlfriends Guide_ makes it sound like it would be something really disgusting. It wasn’t something I’d seek out by any means, and it did make me feel a bit nauseous, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I’ve eaten and drunk lots of worse things (comes from growing up in a family with lots of poor to mediocre cooks).

The baby seemed to like it, though. She kicked a lot after I drank it, even though her normal pattern is not to be so active in the mornings. I am hoping that pattern continues after she is born. If she is a night person, she’d fit in well with me and Mr. Neville. I’m pretty sure she’ll eventually get to hear my opinion of people who think morning people are somehow morally superior to night people :dubious:, too.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178/64 "2012-05-01T20:59:20Z")

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Remember that. If she gets into a painful position later on, sugary drinks are the ticket to move her around. LOL!

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178/65 "2012-05-02T15:15:17Z")

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Congrats!!

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