GD support thread

[madmae]

Could it be water Tracy....I know I am retaining a lot of water....my legs are as swollen as anything these days.

We might have our babies within a few days of each other....I'll find out in a couple of days. I've had a dodgy tummy these last few days and its led to some contractions.....but I'm not sure if my tummy is dodgy because of the contractions and nature doing its clearing out thing or if I have the contractions cos I have a dodgy tummy. The BH's were so painful and regular yesterday I nearly called the hospital....but they if course stopped.

 

[marley79]

Madmae - Good Luck hunny!
Bats11 - Congratulation lovely! were you induced?

when did you ladies find out if you were having your babies early or not??

my doctors are leaving me in the lurch and are taking the "wait and see" approach, which I'm not comfortable with AT ALL . . . I like to plan!

Belly is measuring 5 weeks a head and babies belly is in the 95th centile and the rest of him the 90th! so theres no doubt he's going to be big, they told me at 30 weeks he's around 4.5lbs :/ do you ladies remember what you're lil ones weighted at 30 wks?

No i wasnt induced, all just happened on its own, i was 39wks!

Well done to your little one for getting a shifty on - that's great. i was 38+5 so I was really glad we amended my plan to let me go to 39 weeks (obviously this was because my control was good and I know others aren't as lucky). I managed to avoid insulin just lots of yuky metformin. hope this gives others hope that babies can turn up from 37 weeks and hopefully induction sections can be avoided but if needed it's not end of world - lots of women I met on wards afterwards who'd had lovely quick inductions and even when more protracted - main thing is they do eventually come. xxxx

 

[marley79]

Ladies, thank you for the advice. I think I will go in on July 4th for the other doctor's induction. Hopefully, that will get me ready for the induction on July 5th. I had another appointment today. My doc mentioned that he thinks I should be able to deliver vaginally but will have to wait and see until Friday's growth scan. I am so nervous... Also, last Wednesday I weighed 222 lbs and today (Monday) I weighed 225 lbs? How is that possible? I gained 3 pounds in 5 days!? My numbers are starting to increase again but since I only have about a week to go I doubt my doctor will put me on anything else. I am already taking 2000mg of Metformin a day, which I believe is the max dose. Ah well...

Grats on your sweet baby Bats! I can't wait to hold my little girl in my arms as well

Great decision tracy. about the weight - one week I put on 6lbs and they decided it was all fluid!!! I couldn't beleive that was possible but I do know. All the fluid that was spread out over my body has now dropped to my legs (as there is no baby now preventing it from moving down). My legs are seriously swollen, more than pregnancy and the amount of times my waters went in labour was unbelivable - they kept coming and coming and they still had to break the hind water just before she came - so it is possible to put that much fluid on.

If it makes you feel better - your Gd journey has been similar to mine. i too was on max 2000mg metfromin - for the last couple months and my sugars were fine in labour and holly's were fab after too. It's not long now - i know it feels longer wait at the end but you are so nearly there. I feel very positive you will get your vaginal birth. I would advise eating regularly if allowed in labour - good Gd snacks and getting your birthing partners to check your bloods every hour and maintain between 4 and 7. I was told I would not be allowed any food or drink in labour in case I needed a section but because they put me on the induction ward and delivery was busy i didn't really get monitored or checked but this worked really well. It meant I could keep eating and making sure my augars and energy levels were good. i spoke to a few mws who beleive thias helped my uterus have good energy to contract well. However, of course you must be guided by your team and what they think as they know your indiviual situation - I'm defo no doctor lol! but just wanted to give you some tips from my own experience. xxx

 

[izzy29]

Hey girls, had my 28 week growth scan yest and baby is weighing 2lb 11 so smaller than dd so hopefully not heading for over 10lb this time. Also found out we are team pink!!!!!!!
Back to endocrine clinic tomorrow, was so nice being About baby and not me for a while. I also have to transfer over to the diabetic clinic in the maternity unit rather than separate diabetic clinic which makes sense but it was maternity that referred me over in the first place. At least now I will get a growth scan at every diabetic apt.

 

[izzy29]

I was up at endo apt today. All my levels are fine and have been. I had + glucose in my urine, how can that be if all my levels are good? I am not convinced it was my pee she checked lol

 

[LarLar]

So after going back to my midwife yesterday gave her a urine sample.. yet again glucose shows up.

She then tells me my last fastin blood tests came back as 'unacceptable' and that she'd need to phone the labs and ask why. Turns out she used the wrong colour of vacuate tube or something along those lines and that i'd need to get more blood took.

She wrote down my number on the sample and hopefully i'll get a call within the next couple of days if not i'm back in a week anyway.

Such a carry on as i've had glucose in my urine and blood since pretty much 14weeks. I'm still trying to avoid sugar like she said to, but it's hard as i have no idea what foods to avoid and what foods are fine. xx

 

[PCOSMomToTwo]

As expected, same as last week ... still 2cm and 60% effaced and -2 station.

Being dilated means nothing...I bet I will last till 39-40 weeks. That's okay with me though ... the brain isn't fully formed and matured till 39 weeks. I'd rather have a healthy muffin than an early muffin

 

[madmae]

Well I have had a couple of fun filled days. On monday I started to feel ill.....diarrhoea and feeling nauseous and some contractions. I wasn't sure if I was having them becuase I had a tummy upset or if I felt ill as I was having contractions and my body was clearing itself out. Well they petered out and all was fine by evening. Tuesday mid morning the diarrhoea started again as did the contractions but they weren't to bad. By 1pm they were really quite hard and I was timing them. I tried changing positions and when at 3pm they hit every 3-4 minutes I called the hospital. They advised me to go in what with him being breech and all the other problems. They said if I couldn't get someone to take me (car at garage having MOT) to call an ambulance. So off Mum and I set....dh was following once he got the car. We get there and the midwife admitted she had had second thoughts on me going up by car after we spoke and really wanted me to go via ambulance. They stuck me on the monitor and the contractions were measuring at 99+ on the toco and coming every 3 mins. My bp was up and both Finley and I were tachycardic. They get a doc and consulatnt in to check the position of Finley and amazingly he's turned himself from breech to head down....I swear he was still breech in the morning. My urine showed leukocytes so they concluded that I had an infection. They gave me a strong anti biotic and some painkillers....gave it an hr and then put me back on the monitor......normal hb for us both....some contractions but only measuring in the 60's and falling and very irregular. So we finally got sent home with a course of anti biotics and the promise to take paracetamol every 4 hrs.

Today we are fine....a few bh's but I can barely feel them. Finley is really kicking more now which is lovely to feel.

I am at the hospital tomo for my final growth scan and induction date....I really can't wait. Only a few more days of injecting and testing.

 

[tracy143]

I am glad they caught the infection in time! Also glad LO has decided to turn himself around

 

[madmae]

Thanks Tracy.....I can't believe how much I am being kicked now. He never really moved that much when breech but last night he was going for it for hours. My eldest girls were watching my belly.....they thought it was disgusting but couldn't look away.....it really was quite funny......but so lovely to feel.

I have my last growth scan soon.....we get to see how big he actually is. Even the midwives on tuesday commented how big a bump I had for a 36 weeker.....I am hoping its more water than baby. I have a feeling that when these waters go there's gonna be a tidal wave happening. If the midwife has to break them she might need waders.

 

[ameeann]

madmae - wow! so glad you and bubs are doing okay and that they caught the infection!!! do they not measure your water levels at your growth scans?

 

[madmae]

Thanks its funny how you don't realise how bad you felt until you start to feel better....yes they do measure the waters at the scan.....last scan it was off the scale....its just since then I have literally exploded. I measured my belly round and its 53 inches. I have to wear dresses with my trousers now as even my long tops are to short at the front and my over the bump jeans just physically don't go over. I have with all my pregnancies had a lot of water but this one is taking the pee somewhat. I remember when they broke my waters with number 1.....I was off my head on pethadine and when they did it there was so much water I then proceded to tell everyone I was having a n'otter.....or if you weren't in my little world an otter.

 

[madmae]

Well I've had an interesting day. Scan showed I have even more water so am now diagnosed with Polyhdyramnios. I was hoping that the waters would be the reason I am so big but it appears Finley is a porker. I had a trainee doing the scan. He was measuring his belly and in panic he turned to the sonographer and said...why hasn't it given me a date...she looked and said....because its off the scale. And his head was the same. The we went to see the diabetes team....they're very pleased with my control and I am allowed to cut back on some of my testing. Then they decided to book my induction. I am 38 weeks on friday the 6th....except they don't induce high risks on a friday....so the consultant comes in and they look at doing it on thursday and nope no space for me. So the consultant says we'll book her in on friday and they'll just have to come kill me. He even put in my notes to try and break my waters before they use propess as they want me to deliver on friday if possible. So then they decide to do my bp....and sods law it was up...so I ended up in AAU being monitored for a while. When we left mum and I went to lunch and something I had read suddenly triggered a memory. The olympic torch is going to be going through colchester on the 6th now colchester is where the hospital is....its going to be there at about 7.28 am at the roundabout we have to use to turn off to get to the hospital.....guess what time we would be at the roundabout.....yup just about then. I am the first induction of the day so I have to be there at 8. So we are looking at having to call the hospital at 6.30 am to check on the bed situation and possibly leaving then just to avoid the torch and all the cars and buses etc that go with it.....it'll also be rush hr so a bit of a nightmare really......but at least in 8 days were going to be evicting the little chunk.....unless of course my bp check on monday shows up something.

 

[riffkins]

Hi ladies,

Am currently 29+1 weeks (first pregnancy), and I was diagnosed with borderline GD about 2 weeks ago (Fasting level normal, 2 hr level 7.8 mmol/L). I have a weak-ish family history (both grandmothers had type 2), but I think I was mostly tested on the basis of ethnicity. My BMI is also not great, and I am guessing that didn't help.

I've been lurking here ever since, gained lots of helpful tips on how to manage. I am diet controlled at the moment - hoping and praying it stays that way throughout. Right now I could really use some support (translated: I think I need a short rant. I promise I won't make a habit of it).

[begin rant]

I think I've used the "borderline" tag to perpetuate my denial about the diagnosis. I know it's just how it is, and I didn't necessarily do anything to make it happen, but I just don't WANT to have GD. I don't want to have to monitor my stinking glucose, I don't want to have to worry about having a massive baby, or being induced before my tiny one is ready to be born. This being a first pregnancy makes it that much harder.

I just got my first high reading (8.0) because I decided to have a cup of coffee (with milk) with my lunch. Waaah! Something so simple has just pushed me over the edge and now the diagnosis seems a lot more real.

[end rant]

Sorry to join the thread in a bit of a down moment.

 

[madmae]

Hey riffkins....welcome to the thread. I think each and every one of us has felt how you felt....its a normal reaction....GD is shit....no two ways about it. But you will get used to it and it'll become routine to test and inject if thats what you need. And at least you know now and can do what is needed to protect and nuture your little one. So rant away cos thats what this thread is fab for and know we'll be here for you

 

[riffkins]

Thanks madmae for the kind, supportive words.

I think this is all a bit harder for me as all my family is half a world away. I am an aussie - moved to the uk about 3.5 years ago. I have a few friends but unfortunately few people I can rely on which makes the whole pregnancy thing that much more daunting. I'm sure it will all get easier with time but I really appreciate having this thread as a support in the meantime.

Not long to go now, madmae! Hope you manage to make it to the hospital without too much drama - that would just be an added stress for you (if you're anything like me anyway!), and that it all goes well for you and the little man.

 

[marley79]

madmae - just a little feeling but maybe baby will come that friday - holly was born the day the torch went through my city and I watched it go by just after delivey. I know the whole traffic situ is a nightmare - my doula (who had gone home to shower - nearly didn't make it back because of the flaming traffic because of it) but I think it maybe a sign. fingers crossed for you - you are so close now, I'm excited for you x

 

[madmae]

Thanks Marley....when I twigged about the torch I remember you saying about it for you.

riffkins I found this thread and the lovely ladies on it invaluable as people really don't understand GD.....most people think oh just cut out the sugar.....if only it were that easy to deal with. Then there's the added stress that its not just your well being your accountable for.

 

[tracy143]

Madmae, I hope it's not too stressful for you that day but wow, I would love to have that happen to me. I love the Olympics and what a fab story you will be able to tell Finley one day. I am so excited for you!

My growth scan is tomorrow. I am so nervous. I don't think I am too big but who knows... I have only gained 34 lbs with this baby which is a LOT smaller than my other two (68lbs and 63lbs). I'll let you lovely ladies know how big my little girl is measuring tomorrow.

 

[ameeann]

Madmae - WOW!! I go away for a day and come back to you having baby soon! eee exciting times!!!! and stupid olympic torch, my friend is due her baby on the first day of the olympics and she lives right round the corner from the stadium . . . terrified is not the word! haha
have they estimated how much baby finley will weigh??


Riffkins - I can completely sympathise with the whole denial thing, but madmae is right, it does get easier, you get to a point where you don't stress about it as much, especially when you know you're in control (as much as you can be anyway)
I was you, just like 3 weeks a go! hehe
where in the UK did you move to??