Apologies in advance for rant, but here goes....
Had midwife apt yesterday and had trace of protein in urine and also ++glucose, so annoyed with myself for not being good with chocolate and sweet stuff, i know i am high risk with diabetes as my mum has it and i am overweight, and yet iv still been stuffing my face with sweet stuff aaaargghhh
So iv got to go back on mon for more tests. Plus i was hoping to have a homebirth, had one with my second daughter, lovely experience, much better than my hospital experience first time. I was told at booking in apt that they would advise against it as i have a slightly higher bmi, but they did stress only advisory, got to see consultant, but not until nov.
So yesterday i asked what the medical reasons were for not being able to have homebirth, i know that if i do get diabetes baby may be large, but if not i wanted to know my options. Midwife said it's because the staff has been reduced by 50% and i could not be guaranteed the support unless i went into labour at night!!! I kept saying but what are the medical implications, no answer, just ranted on about staff problems, so now really fed up and no wiser.
Hoping for different midwife on mon who will be more helpful!
On the plus side i cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is going
Hi to all
Had midwife apt yesterday and had trace of protein in urine and also ++glucose, so annoyed with myself for not being good with chocolate and sweet stuff, i know i am high risk with diabetes as my mum has it and i am overweight, and yet iv still been stuffing my face with sweet stuff aaaargghhh
So iv got to go back on mon for more tests. Plus i was hoping to have a homebirth, had one with my second daughter, lovely experience, much better than my hospital experience first time. I was told at booking in apt that they would advise against it as i have a slightly higher bmi, but they did stress only advisory, got to see consultant, but not until nov.
So yesterday i asked what the medical reasons were for not being able to have homebirth, i know that if i do get diabetes baby may be large, but if not i wanted to know my options. Midwife said it's because the staff has been reduced by 50% and i could not be guaranteed the support unless i went into labour at night!!! I kept saying but what are the medical implications, no answer, just ranted on about staff problems, so now really fed up and no wiser.
Hoping for different midwife on mon who will be more helpful!
On the plus side i cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is going
Hi to all