I had an appointment with a Nutritionist and Dietitian today because of my newly diagnosed GD. it was a waste of time if I'm being honest. Everything they told me I already knew and all I've been following the diet already...whatever...
I have an OB appt tomorrow to get an ultrasound to see how she's been tolerating the GD and check her growth. Then I have to meet with the Dr to go over my sugar this past week. Fun fun.
Had a check-up this morning. Thought I was going to get my Strep B, but they said another week for that. I saw a different doc than usual and she was nice. I asked about repeat episiotomies and tears because I had both last time and I wondered what the plan was for this time. She said a repeat episiotomy is really rare and if I tear, it most likely wouldn't be as bad. She was surprised they had done an episiotomy before because 99% of the time they don't (which is also what I was told before and a big part of the reason I was asking about it in the first place) and she went on to say they only do episiotomies for 2 reasons: 1. If baby's heart rate is inconsistent and they want to speed things along to get the baby out 2. If it's going to be an "explosion" down there without one. DUDE. She said 'explosion' about 16 times and I was cringing! Can you please think of a better word to use when we are talking about my vagina?? Ugh!!!
Post by billyhorrible on May 4, 2015 12:12:30 GMT -5
Everything went well this morning. I'm now at weekly appointments which means I get to check in every week!
*Weight is fine, haven't gained anything in 3 weeks. - "You must be doing a great job of watching your carbs" (as I nod my head and don't mention that the only thing I've eaten this weekend is gelato, frozen yogurt, and cake) *BP is fine. *Baby's heartrate was super fast and having accelerations which my doctor was overjoyed about. * Baby is still head down. *She didn't say my stomach was measuring ahead, but she did say my belly is gigantic, which means my placenta is doing a great job. And she mentioned it probably wouldn't be a terrible thing if this baby came a little early.
Had a check-up this morning. Thought I was going to get my Strep B, but they said another week for that. I saw a different doc than usual and she was nice. I asked about repeat episiotomies and tears because I had both last time and I wondered what the plan was for this time. She said a repeat episiotomy is really rare and if I tear, it most likely wouldn't be as bad. She was surprised they had done an episiotomy before because 99% of the time they don't (which is also what I was told before and a big part of the reason I was asking about it in the first place) and she went on to say they only do episiotomies for 2 reasons: 1. If baby's heart rate is inconsistent and they want to speed things along to get the baby out 2. If it's going to be an "explosion" down there without one. DUDE. She said 'explosion' about 16 times and I was cringing! Can you please think of a better word to use when we are talking about my vagina?? Ugh!!!
LOL seriously. I just don't even feel like it could be an accurate description. Our vaginas are not going to explode.
Had a BP check today, and my numbers were looking a little better. No other symptoms of pre-eclampsia, so midwife is happy to just keep me at my weekly NSTs in addition to my regular check-ups. Kiddo is still head down and tap dancing on my ribs. He was actually squirming so much she had to move the Doppler twice to catch his little ticker haha. Will continue taking it easy so we can hopefully give this little dude as much time as possible to cook.
@littlechivette - can you check in and let us know how it went this morning? Thinking of you.
Today's appointment was utter horse shit. The Midwife I saw today isn't one that I've seen before. All the stuff the other midwives have talked to me about and told me to keep an eye on, she said wasn't a big deal. She even went so far as to say she didn't know why the doctor wanted all the testing done... Dude, did you not look at my chart, see my past BPs and my two trips to L&D?
Thanks for thinking of me!
Sorry it wasn't what you were expecting! Maybe it's good she's not concerned? Like gives hope that you won't be back in L&D for AT LEAST another week? ;-)
Had my appointment this morning and all was well for the most part. They did find blood in my urine but she didn't seem overly concerned, I'm not having noticeable blood or anything. She was leaning toward UTI or contamination so she was sending it in. I'm not having pain when I urinate sonic curious what they say. Overall things are good I'll go back in 3 weeks and do group B and all that.
@littlechivette - can you check in and let us know how it went this morning? Thinking of you.
Today's appointment was utter horse shit. The Midwife I saw today isn't one that I've seen before. All the stuff the other midwives have talked to me about and told me to keep an eye on, she said wasn't a big deal. She even went so far as to say she didn't know why the doctor wanted all the testing done... Dude, did you not look at my chart, see my past BPs and my two trips to L&D?
Thanks for thinking of me!
I HATED this about my last OB office. The inconsistency of care really pissed me off. I hope you can go to someone else next time.
Post by musicfrk2002 on May 5, 2015 0:34:28 GMT -5
I had an u/s this morning to check on cp cysts they had seen on the 20 week scan. Looks like one has completely disappeared and the other is almost completely gone. Next appt with doctor isn't until next week, so I won't know anything more about them until then. Baby is currently head down, lets hope he stays that way
AGH why am I still gaining weight? I didn't get tsk-tsked but the dr I saw today (not my usual) made a point of it, like "Oh, you're up 4lbs." Probably time to chill out on my recent Dunkin' donuts and iced coffee habit.
She said I was measuring kinda big, but baby was measuring good at my last u/s 2 weeks ago, so not necessarily an issue. (I wanted to tell her it was because my body composition is 99% backed-up SHIT at this point, but I refrained, bc I don't know her.) She asked me if I had scheduled my c-section yet and that made me really sad. I think that my dr. has really been giving me false hope about being able to have a vaginal with the partial previa, or thinking that it might still move before my ultrasound next week. So I am having a bit of a moment about that.
Like I said, going to MFM for the ultrasound moment of truth next week, then my next OB appt, in 2 weeks, will include the strep B test. It's gettin REAL up in here!
I have my classes tomorrow and then my 36w check-up on Friday. When I was at L&D last week for my bad back/rib pain they said I had a kidney infection & I still had glucose in my urine. She thought it was just muscular but they almost admitted me .. Both the doctor and I came to a decision to let me home as she didn't believe it was anything too serious although they could have run invasive tests to determine otherwise and as she didn't think this was the case we decided against it, & I was asked to come in again if it got worse, it hasn't. After my internal they said my cervix was nice and closed which is a relief. I'm hoping the glucose is gone now as my blood sugars came back fine. I've been trying to keep my water intake up and stay away from sugar at all times.
Today's my birthday! Yay me 26 years old. Lol I will be spending it at the doctors. I am pretty sure it's just a normal check up but he will start checking my cervix today. Oh joy! My doctors office is so busy I anticipate being there for at least 3 hours. After this I think is my weekly appointments. Man time is flying.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on May 5, 2015 9:17:23 GMT -5
My regular 32 week OB appointment was scheduled for last Friday May 1st but the office called the evening before saying she unfortunately had to reschedule, but that she was also on vacation all this week and couldn't see me until Monday May 11th, which puts me at 33w5d. At this point I'm at 2 week appointments anyway, meaning I basically just skipped my 32 week appointment. I'm alittle confused as to why they didn't maybe have me see a nurse practitioner or any of the other 4 OBs at the practice for my 32 week appointment, rather than reschedule it for 10 days later when I have another appointment 14 days later anyway. I was a bit frustrated feeling like I had some important things I wanted to get out of that appointment, but tried not to let it get to me.
Anyway not tryin to let it bother me too much since I'll see the MFM tomorrow for an ultrasound so I know baby and I will at least get a good solid check-up in.
AGH why am I still gaining weight? I didn't get tsk-tsked but the dr I saw today (not my usual) made a point of it, like "Oh, you're up 4lbs." Probably time to chill out on my recent Dunkin' donuts and iced coffee habit.
She said I was measuring kinda big, but baby was measuring good at my last u/s 2 weeks ago, so not necessarily an issue. (I wanted to tell her it was because my body composition is 99% backed-up SHIT at this point, but I refrained, bc I don't know her.) She asked me if I had scheduled my c-section yet and that made me really sad. I think that my dr. has really been giving me false hope about being able to have a vaginal with the partial previa, or thinking that it might still move before my ultrasound next week. So I am having a bit of a moment about that.
Like I said, going to MFM for the ultrasound moment of truth next week, then my next OB appt, in 2 weeks, will include the strep B test. It's gettin REAL up in here!
That is frustrating. I'll be thinking good thoughts for you that you can still have your vaginal birth! I'll be with you on that scheduled c-section if my guy doesn't flip. Keep us updated!
She said I was measuring kinda big, but baby was measuring good at my last u/s 2 weeks ago, so not necessarily an issue. (I wanted to tell her it was because my body composition is 99% backed-up SHIT at this point, but I refrained, bc I don't know her.)
Seriously - I always make sure to take a poop before I head into the doctor. I do not need that extra weight! ;-)
Well it's been an interesting 2 days of appointments for me! Last night after we had a near car accident where DH had to swerve/slam on the brakes to stop some guy from slamming into him, I ended up in L&D with back pain/stomach cramps. Baby is perfect, measuring right on track and no damage done. Phew! Still scary though. Doctor said he's about 5.3 lbs right now at just shy of 35 weeks. The biggest discovery though, was baby has turned back around and is now breech!
I had my 35 week appointment this morning as a follow up to get approval to fly to my best friend's wedding tomorrow. Doc said now that baby is breech she is confident I'm not dilated at all with no head pressure on my cervix, so I am approved. But now we have to decide what to do. There's definitely still a chance that baby will turn, but she said if he hasn't in the next 2 weeks that most likely he won't. I've never been totally opposed to a c-section if needed, so we decided to schedule one for June 5 as a tentative date. We will do another U/S in 2 weeks at 37 weeks. At that point, if baby is turned head down, we will cancel the c-section and she will either induce me if we've already made arrangements to have baby on 6/5 (family, work, etc.), or we can just roll the dice and wait for labor. We'll see what happens!!
Ok. So. I'm not crying anymore I can type this out. Nothing terrible ahead, just a shitty visit. Baby is just fine.
After waiting 20 minutes to even have my bp and weight checked I waited for midwife/dr/whoever for another 30 minutes. Midwife popped in said hey since you're risked out anyway and the dr is here why aren't you seeing her? If you don't mind I'll have her check you out so you can meet her. Cool. 15-20 minutes later doctor comes in and was all sorry I haven't seen your chart yet so let's go over this together. We get to the gtt results and it is her opinion that I should either redo the 3 hour because my 2 hour result was lower than hour 3 so maybe the lab mixed up the vials OR they just say I'm diabetic and send me off to the high risk dr and have me do glucose readings. But but but the midwives and some OB I don't know agreed that I could just follow the diet. And she was like yeah, no. So that sucked.
Also, because of my BMI (and bonus possible diabeetus) starting next week I'm on weekly NST. Then she finally listened to his heart rate and measured me. She said "He's a big boy! Definitely want you to have that growth ultrasound" and I almost burst in to tears on the spot. She followed with "but that doesn't automatically mean you have to have a c-section." I don't believe her. Saying he was big was the final straw. I left fighting back tears and lost it when I told my husband.
I feel like I fell down the rabbit hole from normal healthy pregnancy to high risk going to have to have a c-section (even though she said that's not the case.) I so super don't want that. It's happening so fast. Thankfully this stuff isn't immediate danger to the baby. I just want to be normal and healthy all around.
At least my new puffy feet are fine. BP was good and no protein in my urine.
I have until Friday to decide if I want to retake the 3 hour or just settle into being categorized as gdm. I'm going to sleep on it tonight and talk it over with my husband and doula.
Post by holliberry28 on May 5, 2015 12:18:07 GMT -5
wormgerm, sorry you had a shitty appointment. Even if you follow the GD diet, I don't think the baby's size alone should lead to a c-section. I would definitely continue the conversation with your doctors and let them know how you feel. Hugs
@s.coffey1123, hang in there, at least the rest of the doctors/midwives seem to be on the same page. It's seems really unprofessional for this last one to disregard what her colleagues were recommending...
Thank you, @jemomma! I had been having anxiety all weekend so I think that plus the swerving I got really worked up. My OB said today that you can never be too safe at this stage in the game so she was glad I went in. I think June 5 or anytime after is great too!
I had my 32 week check up and was a little worried because the nurse that did my BP check first told me it was 140/90 which was not normal for me at all. The Dr. came in and noticed that I was having some swelling in my feet/ankles, so she wanted to redo my BP, and the second time it was down to 117/90. She thinks that the nurse didn't do it accurately, so she's not worried.
They mentioned that my weight went up a little more than they'd like between appointments, but I'm going to chalk that up to being out of town over the weekend and eating out a lot. Hopefully it's not such an increase in two weeks.
Update from my Appointment: FML. That's pretty much how I feel about it. Long story short, baby girl is measuring almost 6lbs and the Dr thinks she could be close to 10lbs if I carry to term. Now they're thinking it may be best to just schedule a c-section for 39weeks and be done with it. Bye-Bye VBAC. ANNNND that would mean I'd be in the hospital on DS' 5th birthday. WTF. -_- Also, he doesn't like my sugar levels so, he prescribed me a med that should help in an attempt to keep me off of insulin. I do NOT want to have to take insulin. At all. So, I have weekly NST scans and OB appointments with biweekly ultrasounds. Joy. Good thing is, she's still a she, she has a head FULL of hair and she's healthy. Other than that, FML.
Update from my Appointment: FML. That's pretty much how I feel about it. Long story short, baby girl is measuring almost 6lbs and the Dr thinks she could be close to 10lbs if I carry to term. Now they're thinking it may be best to just schedule a c-section for 39weeks and be done with it. Bye-Bye VBAC. ANNNND that would mean I'd be in the hospital on DS' 5th birthday. WTF. -_- Also, he doesn't like my sugar levels so, he prescribed me a med that should help in an attempt to keep me off of insulin. I do NOT want to have to take insulin. At all. So, I have weekly NST scans and OB appointments with biweekly ultrasounds. Joy. Good thing is, she's still a she, she has a head FULL of hair and she's healthy. Other than that, FML.
I never trust doctor weight estimates. My friend went through something similar where she was measuring 9lbs at like 32 weeks and the doctors were saying they were going to induce early because of size, and do a c-section. Aaaaaand kid ended up being just under 9lbs at birth. At 39 weeks.
Also, maybe the meds will help sugar levels and baby size? I just get so frustrated on behalf of you (and others on the board) when the doctors start making predictions this far out.
Update from my Appointment: FML. That's pretty much how I feel about it. Long story short, baby girl is measuring almost 6lbs and the Dr thinks she could be close to 10lbs if I carry to term. Now they're thinking it may be best to just schedule a c-section for 39weeks and be done with it. Bye-Bye VBAC. ANNNND that would mean I'd be in the hospital on DS' 5th birthday. WTF. -_- Also, he doesn't like my sugar levels so, he prescribed me a med that should help in an attempt to keep me off of insulin. I do NOT want to have to take insulin. At all. So, I have weekly NST scans and OB appointments with biweekly ultrasounds. Joy. Good thing is, she's still a she, she has a head FULL of hair and she's healthy. Other than that, FML.
I never trust doctor weight estimates. My friend went through something similar where she was measuring 9lbs at like 32 weeks and the doctors were saying they were going to induce early because of size, and do a c-section. Aaaaaand kid ended up being just under 9lbs at birth. At 39 weeks.
Also, maybe the meds will help sugar levels and baby size? I just get so frustrated on behalf of you (and others on the board) when the doctors start making predictions this far out.
This....according to the Drs, DS should have been 10lbs if he was carried to term. He was born at 39w6d at 8lbs even. They can be off by a lot...especially this early.
I never trust doctor weight estimates. My friend went through something similar where she was measuring 9lbs at like 32 weeks and the doctors were saying they were going to induce early because of size, and do a c-section. Aaaaaand kid ended up being just under 9lbs at birth. At 39 weeks.
Also, maybe the meds will help sugar levels and baby size? I just get so frustrated on behalf of you (and others on the board) when the doctors start making predictions this far out.
This....according to the Drs, DS should have been 10lbs if he was carried to term. He was born at 39w6d at 8lbs even. They can be off by a lot...especially this early.
The same Dr estimated DS to be 9lbs 5oz at birth and he was 9lbs 4oz lol They don't only go by ultrasound, the midwives go by feel too and they've been pretty accurate with a few friends of mine that have gone to them...idk, I can tell she's big so we'll see!
Update from my Appointment: FML. That's pretty much how I feel about it. Long story short, baby girl is measuring almost 6lbs and the Dr thinks she could be close to 10lbs if I carry to term. Now they're thinking it may be best to just schedule a c-section for 39weeks and be done with it. Bye-Bye VBAC. ANNNND that would mean I'd be in the hospital on DS' 5th birthday. WTF. -_- Also, he doesn't like my sugar levels so, he prescribed me a med that should help in an attempt to keep me off of insulin. I do NOT want to have to take insulin. At all. So, I have weekly NST scans and OB appointments with biweekly ultrasounds. Joy. Good thing is, she's still a she, she has a head FULL of hair and she's healthy. Other than that, FML.
Just got back from my appt. Since my visit to L&D Sunday I have been on modified bed rest. They have extended it until Monday. I'm sure I'm going to get crap from some of my coworkers but my baby is my priority. Baby is still large and seems to be handling everything very well. The only exception was Sunday when his heart rate was in the 190's.
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