Anyone know of any "Weight friendly" Ob-Gyn in Mesa, AZ??

[sweettearose]

Originally Posted by Artliquide

I agree with you. GD is awful, and has more to do with genetics, diet and exercise than weight. Yeah, it's hard to go on the diabetes diet and check your blood every 2 hours, but it is possible to control (sometimes). Luckily, as soon as I started the crazy eating routine, my blood sugar levels returned to normal, and my son was born at an normal birth weight. I can't keep up that diet all the time because I just can't eat 8 times a day, but I am glad for all the support I received, allowing me to have a completely normal delivery.

As far as the people berating the creator of this thread for being overweight, that's just silly. I don't understand why people still don't get that not all people can control their weight, and that not everyone was born to be skinny. I have a little bit of extra meat on my bones, but I also have a lot of muscle and thick bones, which adds a lot of weight to my frame (I blame my viking blood for that). If I were to lose all the fat on my body, I still would never be skinny. I really don't like it when people expect others to fit into some model of perfection, which includes being skinny. Hey, I'd rather pack on an extra 10 pounds of fat than be like some of those anorexic girls who end up having a heart attack because their body can't support normal functions anymore.

I was 70 lbs overweight prior to being pregnant. A doctor is not going to stress losing weight if you are only 10 lbs overweight. And a doctor is not going to preach to you to look like a swimsuit model and be really skinny. This is about health not appearance. They just want you to be in a safe enough range in which your baby isn't at risk. There are other problems besides Gestational Diabetes such as complications related to the delivery itself such as breach. We don't know the OP's weight and if she is overweight or obese. If she is obese then a doctor will get worried and will advise her on losing weight but not necessarily trying to reach a target weight. it's not Biggest Loser people. There is no need to exaggerate and suggest the doctor is asking for impossible things. Some people are just overly sensitive and can't handle criticism of any type even if it is warranted, it's really a sign of immaturity. A mature and responsible mother would provide her best effort to lose whatever weight she could if she was overweight instead of placing her ego first.

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by sweettearose

I feel sorry for doctors who have to endure patients like yourself. They are doing their best to take care of you and all you can do is complain because they told you the truth instead of massaging your ego.

Don't worry, I'm not that much of a burden to the doctors, as I avoid visiting them as much as possible. I feel way more sorry for the people who are forced to have their children vaccinated. Not that it's not coming to us adults as well.

Don't have plans for any more discussions with you (on this or any other topic), so you may wanna spare yourself some typing responding to me.

[sweettearose]

Originally Posted by sierraAZ

Don't worry, I'm not that much of a burden to the doctors, as I avoid visiting them as much as possible. I feel way more sorry for the people who are forced to have their children vaccinated. Not that it's not coming to us adults as well.

Don't have plans for any more discussions with you (on this or any other topic), so you may wanna spare yourself some typing responding to me.

Travel to a third world country like India or Guatemala and then tell me that vaccinations don't save lives when people are dying of polio and rubella and other diseases that are no longer found in this country thanks to vaccinations. A lot of people are just paranoid and make up information based on their instinct as opposed to learning the facts. Just because an ex-Playboy playmate with no education feels that her kid got autism from a vaccination doesn't mean there is any truth to what she is saying. It's sad that people will harm their children based on what a Playmate said on Oprah

[sweettearose]

Originally Posted by lukeache

This thread is a prime example of everything I despise about this crazy society we live in. "I am overweight, but please I do not want to hear about it, and please do not tell me that I am overweight either, because that might hurt my feelings (even though it is the freaking truth and I know it!!)" Doctors, put up with 8 years of school, all types of BS(insurance companies, pharmaceutical reps, etc) and even when they do their jobs, they have to be PC about it. DUH is all I have to say about it.

Agreed! After reading this thread, I have a different perspective of what doctors go through. They are in a lose lose situation. If they tell the truth, patients will get upset and if they fail to the truth, they will get sued. These people are heroes for doing a thankless job. I would never want to do their job.

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by sweettearose

Travel to a third world country like India or Guatemala and then tell me that vaccinations don't save lives when people are dying of polio and rubella and other diseases that are no longer found in this country thanks to vaccinations. A lot of people are just paranoid and make up information based on their instinct as opposed to learning the facts. Just because an ex-Playboy playmate with no education feels that her kid got autism from a vaccination doesn't mean there is any truth to what she is saying. It's sad that people will harm their children based on what a Playmate said on Oprah

I don't get informed by Oprah and/or playmates.

Autism Research Institute

Autism and Vaccination

[sweettearose]

Originally Posted by sierraAZ

I don't get informed by Oprah and/or playmates.

Autism Research Institute

Autism and Vaccination

The first link was created by a man whose son was unfortunately diagnosed with autism. I wonder if he would feel this way if his son was not afflicted. He is seeking funds to help him research what he believes may be a connection but is not stating that vaccinations cause autism His outcomes could be biased since he had a son afflicted with autism and is seeking to make a connection between vaccines and autism. The second link also doesn't state that vaccines cause autism but is seeking resources to investigate a link between the two. At this point, there is no factual evidence to conclude that vaccines cause autism. There has been no formal research to state that vaccines cause autism, but there is published research that states a connection between autism and vaccines is unlikely.

"During 2 986 654 person-years, we identified 440 autism cases and 787 cases of other autistic-spectrum disorders. The risk of autism and other autistic-spectrum disorders did not differ significantly between children vaccinated with thimerosal-containing vaccine and children vaccinated with thimerosal-free vaccine"

Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine ...[JAMA. 2003] - PubMed Result

Here is another link of published research on this topic
PubMed Home - do a search on autism and vaccines