Hey LaRockera,
So glad you had a good journey, you sound really upbeat. Must be a relief to have made the flight safely & esp nice to have been spoiled.
I had a diabetes test on Friday, I don't know which one but I had to fast from midnight, have a blood test at 10am, drink a bottle of lucozade but consume nothing else, then have another blood test two hours later. They'll ring me tomorrow if the results are abnormal.
Gestational diabetes can be one of the causes of polyhydramnios & what's interesting is that I've read that progesterone supplementation can cause GD. I was on it early in my pregnancy due to spotting & had injections for about 9 weeks. They've prescribed me the prog pessaries to help with the IC but I've discontinued them in the light of my recent find.
I REALLY don't want GD - Really - but I've been diagnosed early with this new condition, usually it crops up in the third trimester & I am beside myself with worry & misery. At least GD might explain it, although that comes with its own set of complications. LaRockera, when were you diagnosed with too little amniotic fluid & how did it resolve? I can't find enough info to satisfy me & I've only found a couple of people who got diagnosed with too much fluid at 20 weeks. I just want my levels to come down but from everything I've read they only rise steadily & I'm way outside the norm, in the 97th percentile, at 29 (when It should be btw 5 & 25). Women with this condition at 30 weeks are considered at risk if they're measuring 26

. I'm convinced I'm heading for a C-section and early preterm at best.
I'm 21 weeks today, it feels like such a long haul. I had what felt like the same 'tightenings' I had after my cerclage, when I was rushed into hospital, about lunchtime today. I hadn't drunk a great deal of water so I downed about a litre & a half & lay on my left side & they subsided pretty quickly. I have so many things going on to freak me out & people in my life don't seem to understand how scary, horrible & serious it is. Although my husband - as always - is amazing. Poor guy, I ain't much fun right now.
Sorry, I feel like such a whinger but it's great to have somewhere to vent. I'm bloody well going to get through this, I have to for the Wriggler.
Hope Book Fish's op went well & she isn't too sore. Just rmbr to drink LOADS of water & pee as soon as you need to go, Bookfish, making sure you squeeze out every last drop - even at night!
And rest up. Even though I'm not on strict rest I've put myself under virtual house arrest & I'm not doing much. For a self-confessed control freak-cum- multi-tasking Tasmanian Devil it's tough! But best be safe than sorry ...
Good wishes girls, I hope everyone's doing okay. For those of you in Blighty don't slip in the snow!!
Night all.
JimmyJam xx