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Does everyone get the GTT test as my midwife hasnt mentioned anything so I am not sure whether I should mention it to her.

I had a poo 28 week appointment the midwife said that I was measuring 26 weeks, but she measured diagonally :wacko: and she said that his heart rate was a little high at 1st then said he was fine. Also she said that I had a trace of Protein in my pee, and then tried scaring me by mentioning Pre-eclampsia.
Then when my OH came into the room and I mentioned it to him she said I was worrying and that baby was fine. :growlmad: She isnt going to send me for anymore tests though so think she was being over cautious.
I am not getting too worked up as my Dr did all the relevant checks less then a week ago and baby was fine had no Protein in urine and my bloods came back normal.
So surely it wouldnt have changed in less then 5-6 days?!

Oh well at least its a perfect excuse for me to pay and get a 4d scan :dance:

xx
 
I measured 5 weeks ahead at my 28 week app, so I guess we both had poo appointments. I didn't get sent for further tests either though. Guess I'll wait for the consultant at 32 weeks and see what he says!!
 
I also had protein in my urine at my appointment but my midwife didn't seem bothered and isn't even seeing me until the end of jan! Thought she would be more bothered but apparently not.
 
Sorry to hear that krafty... It's good you know though as at least they can keep an eye on you and baby and make sure you're safe. Rubbish timing right before Xmas though! :hugs:
 
Kraftykoala- did they do the one hour GTT or the 3 hour? Here if you fail the one hour- they bump you to doing the 3 hour test... only if you fail the 3 hour are you officially classed as having gestational diabetes, dunno if it's different for the folks in the UK though? Sorry to hear though :hugs:

I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner!!! I feel like things are going to fly by so quickly with the holidays then BAM! We will all be having babies shortly after lol weeeeird.
 
Stelly said:
Kraftykoala- did they do the one hour GTT or the 3 hour? Here if you fail the one hour- they bump you to doing the 3 hour test... only if you fail the 3 hour are you officially classed as having gestational diabetes, dunno if it's different for the folks in the UK though? Sorry to hear though :hugs:

I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner!!! I feel like things are going to fly by so quickly with the holidays then BAM! We will all be having babies shortly after lol weeeeird.
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I failed the 3 hour so gestational diabetes it is. Oh well, at least it's being monitored and hopefully I can manage it without medication :)
 
I saw the diabetes midwife and she was lovely, gave me a blood sugar reader thingy, a food diary and explained about managing it through diet. I have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day, after fasting so before brekkie, then 2 hours after brekkie, 2 hours after lunch and 2 hours after dinner. The readings need to be less than 5.5 after fasting, and less than 7.0 after meals.

Started tonight and measured 2 hours after sausage casserole and it was 5.0 so going ok so far!
 
Oh krafty I'm sorry you failed the test :hugs: atleast the diabetes midwife was really good!! Sure you will do fine managing it through diet
 
paula181 said:
Does everyone get the GTT test as my midwife hasnt mentioned anything so I am not sure whether I should mention it to her.

I had a poo 28 week appointment the midwife said that I was measuring 26 weeks, but she measured diagonally :wacko: and she said that his heart rate was a little high at 1st then said he was fine. Also she said that I had a trace of Protein in my pee, and then tried scaring me by mentioning Pre-eclampsia.
Then when my OH came into the room and I mentioned it to him she said I was worrying and that baby was fine. :growlmad: She isnt going to send me for anymore tests though so think she was being over cautious.
I am not getting too worked up as my Dr did all the relevant checks less then a week ago and baby was fine had no Protein in urine and my bloods came back normal.
So surely it wouldnt have changed in less then 5-6 days?!

Oh well at least its a perfect excuse for me to pay and get a 4d scan :dance:

xx
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It's not standard practice in the UK for every woman to have the GTT, its only done if you have risk factors for gestational diabetes (obesity etc) or if risks develop during your pregnancy. They will tell you if they think its necessary.

Try not to worry about the measurements, a lot of the time they're not accurate and don't meant much. I think sometimes midwives come out with things without realising that they may panic the mum!
 
Went for my 4d scan today and unfortunately the cord was right in the way so we couldn't see anything :( got to wait until January 6th to go back! I'm so disappointed. We did see Alfie do a little dance though and saw his hands quite close up so at least it was something. Never mind!
 
that sucks rose! hopefully on the 6th he's more cooperative. I really hope i get one more scan before the baby is due... I might ask my ob for one. when i found out the sex of our lo my oh wasnt there so i asked them to write it on a piece of paper so i could see it with him...now I'm all nervous because i havent see the boy bits for myself lol
 
Yeah luckily the one thing the sonographer was able to see today was his boy bits! So he hasn't changed since the last scan ;) was reassuring just to check for a second time. I also didn't see the boy bits at my 20 week scan but she pointed them out today and they were definitely there!!
 
Sorry about the GD news krafty but as everyone's already said, at least it's been caught and so it should be manageable. Sounds like you're in good hands!! :hugs:

I got my GTT results yesterday and I passed. No anemia either so so far so good. However I had SO much sugar today at our holiday cookie party and there's so much more sweets left in the house that perhaps I should have the doc retest me after the new year!!! :dohh:

I'm so tired! Haven't slept well in a couple days and been running around too much - my throat is hoarse and I had a tiny cough the last two days so I'm upping my vit C and liquids and taking it easy tomorrow. Don't want to be sick for Christmas!!!!!

Rose - sorry about the cord messing with your scan :nope: and that you have to wait until the 6th but at least you got the gender affirmation!!! :hugs:

Well, I'm off to bed...I'm shattered! :hug: to all! Especially those with poo appointments this past week!!*
 
Hi girls, here is a bump pic I took on my phone so quality isn't great but at least I can show u guys!
 

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I don't know what my little man was doing last night but he would not keep still! He had me awake for a good couple of hours in the early hours with what felt like barrel rolls and huge kicks :dohh: I'm so so tired this morning, praying for a better nights sleep tonight and I have to get the rest of the kids stuff wrapped tonight before bed too. I'm determined not to have anything left to do tomorrow night so we can just relax and have a nice evening together :)
 
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