GD Check In 4/21

[ladysif]

Morning ladies! DS is up at the crack of dawn today so I'm on the ball. 

How are your numbers doing? 

Vents/Raves? 

Best food this week:

Any updates on how the rest of your pregnancy will be managed with GD?

What are you most looking forward to about being GD-free this summer? 

[ladysif]

How are your numbers doing? Great! No worries. Forgot to ask about how baby is measuring for everyone, I'm back to only a week ahead so happy about that! 4 lbs 10 oz.

Vents/Raves? Not particularly, though a little annoyed about doctor's plan for the rest of pregnancy (see below).

Best food this week: Swedish meatballs!

Any updates on how the rest of your pregnancy will be managed with GD? Dr. has given me the impression all along that I wouldn't necessarily need a lot of monitoring at the end, so I was pretty surprised when she told me last week that I had a choice between doing a weekly BPP (biophysical profile, an u/s to measure fluid levels and baby) or two NSTs a week from now on. There's nothing going wrong, so it surprised me a bit. I opted for the BPP; I had both with DS1, but he never cooperated for the NST and the idea of having to sit there connected to the machine while wrangling DS1 for an hour or hour and a half sounds like absolute horror. Plus I think the BPP is much more informative.

She also said she wants to do a cervical exam at 36 weeks and scrape my membranes at 38, maybe 39. I'm against all of this, assuming no medical need, so am hoping the BPPs will back me up that it would all be unnecessary. I think it is customary for some practices to do the cervical exam at 36 but given you can walk around dilated/effaced for ages, I'd rather not have that knowledge that early, it would just stress me out. I opted out of it at my last practice so hope that won't be a problem with this one. I'm fine with membrane scraping at 40 weeks but that's the earliest. My body was nowhere NEAR ready at 38/39 with DS1 and while yes, different pregnancy and all, I don't want a crazy hard labor just because they wanted to jump the gun. Just annoyed and don't like feeling like I have to argue with her about it.

What are you most looking forward to about being GD-free this summer? All the fresh fruit I want, and ice cream! Also losing the weight quickly and hopefully maintaining it going into winter.

[missk0411]

How are your numbers doing?
Having a little trouble with fasting the last few days--they're at 92, but should be below 90. I think I'm going too long between the snack and waking up, so I'm going to try to have the snack later in the evening. This morning I tested at 9.5 hours, and got a 92. I retested at 9.75 hours and got a 94. I did some reading on the Dawn Effect, so maybe that's what's going on. Post meals have been great.

Vents/Raves?
Last Thursday was our anniversary, and we also had an ObGyn visit that day (keeping the romance alive!). I asked the MD if I could have dessert, and he sort of patted my knee and said "You have to live a little." So I enjoyed the heck out of my cupcake. DH stopped me from having two desserts though....

Best food this week:

We do a monthly meal swap with several other families, and the person who hosted had a yummy chicken/veggie crockpot stew. I skipped the rice, but had the side salad. It was yummy. Another family made a quiche, and it is both delicious, and an excellent way to get some good protein with more limited carbs. Most meal swap meals are pasta heavy, so they aren't great for me, and the quiche was an excellent surprise.

Any updates on how the rest of your pregnancy will be managed with GD?
I'll have weekly NSTs at 36 weeks (maybe 35, depending on how the scheduling goes...) I think he said they'd check dilation at about 38-39 weeks, but didn't mention sweeping membranes. He said they would strongly recommend inducing at 40 weeks, which I understand and am ok with. This all assumes that this baby cooperates and ends up headdown, unlike his or her sister--DD was breech.

What are you most looking forward to about being GD-free this summer?
Mmm. Definitely fruit--we pick strawberries here in the summer, and they are so good. I had forgotten how delicious fresh strawberries are. I could seriously eat a meal out of them. And it will be nice to not be as scheduled in my eating and having to worry about being able to test 1 hour after eating.

[laurenlou83]

How are your numbers doing? Great!!! I still haven't had any significantly high numbers, so I'm very happy!

Vents/Raves? None really. I have a crazy busy work week though, and I'm just waiting for April to be over! Work has been nuts, plus baby showers, hospital tour, birth class.... I'm ready for May when my calendar is CLEAR!

Best food this week: Last night we ordered Chinese because we had traveled all weekend for our shower and I was not about to cook or do dishes. I had chicken lo mein thinking "well, this will probably be a bust with my numbers". BUT I was only at 119 1 hour post meal. YESSSS for Chicken Lo Mein!

Any updates on how the rest of your pregnancy will be managed with GD? I have a dr's appointment tomorrow so I am sure we will discuss more then. I've only been to my OB once since my diagnosis 4 weeks ago, and since she was called out for delivery, I saw another dr. in the practice. She looked and saw the numbers I'd been sending the nurse each week were good, so we didn't discuss much.

What are you most looking forward to about being GD-free this summer? Just not testing in general!! It isn't too bad during week when I"m on a schedule at work, but it's hard on the weekends, when we're away, etc. to remember, make sure I don't snack too much and eat real "meals" etc. I want to be free again!

[sapphyre0702]

How are your numbers doing? Great! They seem to be leveling out which my ob said is expected around this time!

Vents/Raves? My twice weekly appointments are tiring but at my appt this morning the doctor explained that my amniotic fluid levels were great which means the baby isn't getting too much sugar. Apparently if they are they pee a lot more and increase the fluid. That made me feel awesome and proud that he is not being impacted at all. We have a growth ultrasound tomorrow and I am excited to see how much he weighs and of they can tell me how long he is.

Best food this week: Still waiting for something delicious to come around!

Any updates on how the rest of your pregnancy will be managed with GD? Twice weekly NSTs with an ultrasound and Dr. Appt. They started last week but so far we have passed each time with flying colors!

What are you most looking forward to about being GD-free this summer? Fruit - it will be nice to end lunch with a piece of fruit instead of limiting myself to once a day. And stabbing myself five times a day gets old fast, so that'll be awesome.