Gestational diabetes

So I have gestational diabetes. I have been controlling it as much as I can. I had my 3rd trimester ultrasound yesterday and they are saying my baby is measuring and weighing at 36 weeks but I’m only 33 weeks. 🙃 they say more than likely I’ll have to get induced early depending on baby size I may need to have a c-section. But I won’t be able to make it to 40 weeks regardless because then I’ll be delivering an almost 11 pound baby 😬😬

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Yeah you never go full term with gestational diabetes. I had my daughter at just over 38 weeks. She was apparently 9/10lb but was 7lb4 x
I'm having my last growth scan for current pregnancy no diabetes on monday to finalize the plan. Currently being induced a week early but could be 2 weeks as my second with no diabetes was 9lb!

I had this exact thing at my 32 week growth scan. Baby was measuring above the 97th centile at 5lb6. I’d got myself in the headspace to agree a c section but then when going to my 36 week growth scan baby had dropped down to the 85th centile and is now 7lb. Consultant is happy for me to continue to wait out a natural start to labour now however if I’m still pregnant at 40 weeks they’ll rescan growth again then.
My only advice is don’t try and get your head around an induction or c section until you have another scan!

same experience here… Was even referred to as ‘the woman with the big baby’ by midwife when I went for the induction!
It’s amazing how far out the ultrasound tech can be! Estimated my daughter to be 4.2 kgs, but in the end she was 3.6 kgs! x

is that still true if you’ve managed it with diet changes?? I have it but have changed the way I eat and I don’t have to take insulin… my doctors never said anything about not going full term because of GD… do you mean you usually get induced because of GD? Or that labour starts earlier due to it… really curious!

I managed mine with diet change and didn't need insulin and got induced. I believe you get induced early when you have gestational diabetes. Mine was 10 years ago but I heard it's the same now. Could be different areas? I now get checked in other pregnancies and induced because of that now xx

oh thanks! I thought this was in the Canadian group but I will still ask my doctor next time I see her :)

I have GD and have been told that they will not allow me to go past 39weeks naturally and I will have to either be booked in to be induced or a planned csection depending on how baby grows… currently set for a csection anyway though because baby is also breached!

Not sure how other NHS trusts work but my hospital have said that if I am to have a natural GD birth then the following things would be in place:

1)not allowed to move around as much and have to be attached to ctg monitor throughout
2) I have to have someone monitor me at all times in my room and check my sugars every hour
3) not allowed to eat once at hospital during labour incase of emergency - water sips only allowed.

Btw everything is a choice - no one can force an induction, it’s an agreement you and your consultant come to. I have GD, had it before and whilst I was diet controlled they were happy agreeing to 40+6. At 35 weeks I’m now on insulin at night but will discuss again with them. They are supposed to give their medical recommendation and then you agree or not to it. I had lots of issues with the induction drugs and epidural last time meaning I had a two week stint in hospital so the diabetic team and I are working together to avoid induction or find alternatives to suit me. Hope that helps xx

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5 months today🥺

where has the time gone!!!

Can you see anything? I’m 12 DPO 🙏

My own opinion is that this is inconclusive (can maybe see a vvvfl but could also be an indent too hard to tell) but curious what others see

C - section

Hello lovelies, I’m getting closer to my date of c section.

Can I ask how it all went for you? I felt prepared and now I have this awful feeling what if I bleed out! I’m sure that’s not the case. But I just wondered how it went, and how the aftermath was. I have seen on social media people say it’s horrendous but then I speak to friends and family and they’re like yeah it’s not easy but you can cope! You can walk, etc. I think it’s the unknown… lol!

Also were you all sick during your procedure and did you all get terrible trapped gas? If so what tips do you have xx

Best way to be induced??

I just found out I may need to be induced early due to preeclampsia and having a generally bigger baby which of the ways to be induced do y’all recommended?

This is a bit strange.. but hear me out

I am 36 weeks and 4 days today.
I had that feeling, you know when you are trying to take a tampon out on your end of period and it kind of hurts because the tampon is dry? I had that sensation today?

Now I feel like I have to push something about my vagina? It kinda tickles but uncomfortable. I’m not having any pains at all anywhere btw so can’t be baby ??

cheating dream

i need advice but PLS DON'T JUDGE!!!
last night i had a dream, i always used to dream my partner cheating on me with my friends, or being super mean, but since we had our baby those dreams disappeared. for context, we haven't been able to have sex yet, I'm 12 weeks pp, and my pelvic floor is so tense, and it's awful.
last night i had a VERY weird dream, it was so realistic, and different from others, he handed me his phone, and ask me to help him handle this girl, like annoyed? in the chat this girl was super obsessive, and messaged him a lot before he replied. she asked him to sing a song to her, and he sent her a voice message singing it, and other voice messages i couldn't listen in the dream. i wrote her to stop, and she was angry, telling me he started it. then i confronted him about this (still in the dream) and he changed his attitude, he seemed so guilty and said to me he had deleted some messages. i don't remember much else, but i woke up with the URGE of checking his insta messages. we've been together for 5 years, and I've never checked his phone, and neither has he (that i know if, at least) and contained myself, but I'm still very much concerned about it. it felt like an epiphany, a revelation or smth like that. I know people might think I'm overreacting but i can't get it out of my head, it was so specific.
i though about asking him to show me, but i know he'll be bothered that i don't trust him (i would be too in his place), but if he's cheating he would say that to make me feel bad. also i thought about checking his phone in his sleep, and then ask him to see his reaction, but feel so bad, i wouldn't like if he went through my phone without asking, even tho I have nothing to hide.
please, be kind!!