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The good news is that I didn't have to have that blood draw for the glycolated hemoglobin test, after all. The reason why, though, is the bad news.
The midwives consult regularly with a perinatalogist on all their pregnancy cases and the doctor was apparently concerned with my results from the three hour glucose test. The first draw, the fasting one, was fine. And if you recall, the next two were below the level and it was the last one that was over the limit. But it's the pattern of those three results that is causing the concern. They should decrease markedly with every hour. However, mine didn't do that at all. They barely changed at all, and the changes were actually slight increases, leading the doctor to believe that my body is not really processing out the glucose like its supposed to.
So I may actually have gestational diabetes. Here's what comes next. They are hooking me up with an appointment with the perinatalogist, who will be hooking me up with a glucose monitor. For two weeks, I need to poke at myself several times a day to check my glucose levels consistently. After that, they look at my results and decide if I'm diabetic or not.
If I am, then there's two possibilities: insulin or not. Apparently, they don't do the insulin option too often for pregnant women unless it's really bad. If that's the case for me, I don't get to see the midwives anymore because then I'm too high risk. But if it's not bad enough to require the insulin, I keep going with the glucose monitor and I can see the midwives along with the perinatalogist.
As she was telling me this yesterday, I teared up. Couldn't help myself. Everything is worse when you're hormonal and I really didn't feel like I needed to be crying. I just did. And once I got going, I pretty much was weepy all the rest of the night, which was aggravating, to be honest. Does it suck? Yes. Am I super unthrilled at having to prick myself several times a day? Absolutely. Am I terrified at the thought of possibly having to give myself shots of insulin? You betcha. But I know there are worse things in the world and this is totally manageable and at the most, I have 12 weeks left, if I go overdue. I'm just tired and hormonal and a little depressed at being home all the time so putting this on top of all that just wasn't working for me.
It's not all bad. My blood pressure is good. My uterus measures exactly where it should be. Since I'm not working, I do have the time to take care of myself. And if I am diabetic, it's the reason I'm gaining too much weight, not any fault of mine, which makes me feel a little better about myself in general. Gotta find that silver lining.
In other news, we have our first childbirth education class tonight. Should be interesting hanging out with other preggos.
The midwives consult regularly with a perinatalogist on all their pregnancy cases and the doctor was apparently concerned with my results from the three hour glucose test. The first draw, the fasting one, was fine. And if you recall, the next two were below the level and it was the last one that was over the limit. But it's the pattern of those three results that is causing the concern. They should decrease markedly with every hour. However, mine didn't do that at all. They barely changed at all, and the changes were actually slight increases, leading the doctor to believe that my body is not really processing out the glucose like its supposed to.
So I may actually have gestational diabetes. Here's what comes next. They are hooking me up with an appointment with the perinatalogist, who will be hooking me up with a glucose monitor. For two weeks, I need to poke at myself several times a day to check my glucose levels consistently. After that, they look at my results and decide if I'm diabetic or not.
If I am, then there's two possibilities: insulin or not. Apparently, they don't do the insulin option too often for pregnant women unless it's really bad. If that's the case for me, I don't get to see the midwives anymore because then I'm too high risk. But if it's not bad enough to require the insulin, I keep going with the glucose monitor and I can see the midwives along with the perinatalogist.
As she was telling me this yesterday, I teared up. Couldn't help myself. Everything is worse when you're hormonal and I really didn't feel like I needed to be crying. I just did. And once I got going, I pretty much was weepy all the rest of the night, which was aggravating, to be honest. Does it suck? Yes. Am I super unthrilled at having to prick myself several times a day? Absolutely. Am I terrified at the thought of possibly having to give myself shots of insulin? You betcha. But I know there are worse things in the world and this is totally manageable and at the most, I have 12 weeks left, if I go overdue. I'm just tired and hormonal and a little depressed at being home all the time so putting this on top of all that just wasn't working for me.
It's not all bad. My blood pressure is good. My uterus measures exactly where it should be. Since I'm not working, I do have the time to take care of myself. And if I am diabetic, it's the reason I'm gaining too much weight, not any fault of mine, which makes me feel a little better about myself in general. Gotta find that silver lining.
In other news, we have our first childbirth education class tonight. Should be interesting hanging out with other preggos.
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Date: 2007-02-01 08:02 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-02-02 07:06 pm (UTC)From:I do have a friend in Vermont who had gestational diabetes and they wound up putting her on pills rather than the insulin because that's a harder thing to regulate in such a short period of time. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one.
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