Bmi < 30

[dreamer_x]

I've been to have a scan and seen the midwife today and they took my height and weight and I knew my BMI wasn't great, I knew it was on the high side of 30, but now there are all these extra tests I need to have like glucose test and apparently I have to have my urine tested once a month and I'm on vitamin D tablets now and been given all these leaflets about being overweight in pregnancy and all the complications it can cause like blood clots and everything! I'm not a fan of needles and apparently there are just more and more blood tests to come which I'm really not looking forward to! I'm then going to need the MMR vaccine again once I've given birth, just to add to the experience!

It's an overload of information and I'm starting to get panicky about how well this is going to go - are there any of you ladies on here with similar problems? Any happy-ending stories that might put me at ease?

 

[ILoveCakee]

Aww hun don't worry My BMI is about 40, and I too have to have all of those things that you have listed. I think routine bloods are taken regardless of BMI, as is Urine, and the MMR, all (I believe) would have been done anyway. Also Glucose Tolerance is to test for diabetes, but anyone can get that regardless of weight, I think it just puts our risk up. I had it really early on with my daughter and unfortunately had diabetes with her, which meant my chances this time around were really high, but I've been tested twice now and I'm free and clear!

I HATE needles, but honestly by the end of my last pregnancy I was so used to being jabbed for whatever reason that I barely noticed it.

I have a healthy little girl, and am 28 weeks with a healthy little boy, don't panic, it will all be happy. With my daughter they went on about my weight SO much I was convinced I would miscarry or something would go wrong, but they're just overly cautious. This time I pretty much don't pay any attention