SOO thirsty!

ANGWife · #1 January 2nd, 2011, 03:35 AM

Just curious if any other mamas have/had this experience during pregnancy.

I have this crazy horrible thirst. I can't quench it. I've tried water, Gatorade, milk, etc. I drink water all day long and judging by my urine color, I think I'm hydrated. In fact, I usually drink less (still a lot) and every time I visit my OB she says my levels are good. This symptom just came up like 2 weeks ago, after I visited her.

What's also different for me is my dry skin. It's winter and I usually need some face lotion on my cheeks and forehead. But now I'm getting insanely dry lips and the area around them (chin and all under the nose) are flaking.

I have blood work next week and my GD testing, so I'm guessing if there is a problem my OB will see it then?

~Caroline~ · #2 January 2nd, 2011, 04:55 AM

I really really hope that's not it but I know extreme thirst is one of the symptoms for GD. I hope you don't have it though. I also have very dry skin but I don't know if it's GD related.

Talk to your doc about it and see what s/he says.

~*sierra*~ · #3 January 2nd, 2011, 05:18 AM

i've been super thirsty too, idid have the dry lips for a while too. water is the only thing that quenches my thirst. of course i pee a trillion times from drinking so much but oh well........ hopefully its not GD for u hun. my friend who had twins tells tales of her chugging litres of juice in the middle of the night to quench her thirst and she never had GD and had her babies no prob. maybe its just one of those things!

soImarriedAnerd · #4 January 2nd, 2011, 08:46 AM

My first thought was GD also.... I would make get a spot check done! Hopefully your just dehydrated and thats it!

~*Bethy*~ · #5 January 2nd, 2011, 10:13 AM

Yeah Id have them check the GD as well. I only had the problem with ice (turns out I was hella anemic) and CRAVED ICE LIKE MAD!!! It was all I wanted to eat. Id go through 1 bad in a day.