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August 2021 Moms
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May Appointments
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New month, new appointments!
What do you have going on in May? Tests? Questions? Concerns?
Re: May Appointments
May 17 is my glucose test. I am not looking forward to it.... So gross.
I have a requisition for my glucose test which I need to do before my next appointment (June 1), and she told me that because my first U/S was so late that my due date may be off by as much as 2 weeks (! so... basically the entire month of August is possible?!), but otherwise not much to report.
Has anyone gone against a dr's advice? I was seeing a midwife for this pregnancy and I expressed how much I wanted it to be hands off, as my last one with DS was not. He ended up being evicted at 37 weeks because he measured under the 5% at about 32 weeks. But was born in the 10%. I saw a perinatologist for the AS and fetal echo at my midwifes request. With this baby having small limbs, the overall size is under 5% (4.8) and at the AS 3.8%, but the baby's head and abdomen are 20 something. We did all the blood tests they asked us to do and it all came back normal. She now wants to do every other week doppler's along with monthly growth scans and evict this baby at 37 weeks at the latest. She says she'll only let me go to 39 of this baby jumps over 10%. Which I believe they normally only kick the baby out at 37 if under 5%. I know from DS's pregnancy, the farther along you are, the more inaccurate ultrasounds are. I just want to ignore the perinatologist and stick with my regular midwives. How do I go about putting my foot down. The baby looks 100% healthy, just small like DS. Granted the overall is smaller than he was at 24 weeks, but the head/abdomen is bigger.
I would have a conversation with your midwives about the risks of doing that and understand what their recommendations are and if they are counter to Dr, what evidence they have for deciding those risks. I'm very evidence-based so for me it would all come down to understanding the true risks of the plan.
I'm sorry that you are dealing with this.
FWIW, I went full term with DD and she was something like 7th percentile and perfectly healthy but I'm in Canada so I'm not sure if it's different here. This one is looking small too but nothing has been said about her size so far.
I have my appointment this week to rescan for possible placenta issues. I'm less worried about it now that I've had GD to focus on 😉.
For those who are gearing up for your glucose test, I wanted to give my perspective after being diagnosed with GD, despite no risk factors: I've been researching a lot since my diagnosis, and I've come to realize that I'm actually grateful I was diagnosed. I would much much rather go through monitoring my blood sugar the rest of pregnancy, and eating a healthier diet than deal with all of the complications that would have come had my GD gone undiagnosed. There's a lot of unnecessary shame associated with GD, and of course no one WANTS to have it. But if I had somehow squeaked by with a barely okay blood sugar, I would be unknowingly putting my baby at risk for the next 12 weeks as I ate things that don't work for my blood sugar management. So I hope all of you pass with flying colors. But I also hope none of you go into the test feeling like it is anything other than a safety net to keep both you and baby healthy.
@shoogapoff that's a great way to think about it and I'm glad it sounds like you're in a good space with your diagnosis. Let us know how your diet adjustments are going so far!
As far as GD goes, I'm adjusting to the diet okay. I've been worried about getting risked out of the birth center, but my sugars have been really good. My midwife praised me a lot for the amount of work I must be doing to keep them under control. I figured out I can't do any bread, not even sprouted bread. But apples are okay and it seems like sweet potatoes are okay. I always have fat and protein at every meal/snack so I'm mostly living off grilled chicken, nut butter and cheese sticks along with veggies. I'm going to try some other fruit now that I have a good number of "safe" meals in my arsenal. I definitely get sad I can't just have a cookie or something, but overall it's not too bad.
I somehow passed the test this time. I was so sure I was going to have it again, I was shocked when the nurse said I passed. I asked her if she was sure and then asked her what the results were because I was convinced she was wrong somehow. I am glad I don't have it this time ONLY because we aren't finding out what this one is, and with all the extra ultrasounds I was afraid someone would slip eventually. So that's a plus, but I am a little sad I wont get to see the baby again before the end of the pregnancy. I have soooo many ultrasound pics of my first two.
Good luck Friday!