Hello all,
I don't post much, but had a bit if a rubbishy day, and needed to vent a little bit!
I'm 34+3 with baby no.2. Baby no.1 was a very straightforward pregnancy- I felt well, textbook test results all the way thro, etc. Molly was born after induction, at term + 13, at just under 9lbs. Birth was rough, and we were both unwell after- me with a haemorrhage, and her with a short time in NICU, after a forceps delivery.
I been measurong ahead throughout this pregnancy- iat it's worst, 6cms ahead, and currently just under 4. Because my daughter was 9lbs, it was recommended that I have a GTT this time around, but my midwife overruled this, and said I didn't need it. On measurong me 6 weeks ahead, she then referred me for one t 30 weeks. In my pct, you are classed as diabetic with a reading of 7.8. Mine was 7.7. No further action, until Monday, when she decided thought I had polyhydramnious. So I was referred fo r an urgent growth scan today. The sonographer didn't seem tol have a clue why I was there, but was lovely, and quickly concluded that waters were normal, but baby is measurong on the big side, with an estimated weight of 6lbs1 at the moment. She was, however,concerned about abdominal circumference,which was large, and apparently an indicator gestational diabetes. So she sent me to the day unit, for my scan to be reviewed and potentially, a repeat GTT.
2hrs, I waited, with a midwife indicating a repeat GTT would likely be necessary, only for the rude registrar to look at my scan for 30 seconds, say within my earshot that 'the scan is completely normal, she shouldn't be here', and to tell me that I 'just grow big babies', I should e grateful that baby is big rather than small, and neither my midwife nor sonographer should be mentioning anything to me about complications.
I left feeling like a complete time waster, and like I had just turned up there of my own accord!
Why couldn't he just have been polite and reassuring, instead of rude and patronising??
Feel better for a little rant- just not enjoying this pregnancy as much as my last. X
I don't post much, but had a bit if a rubbishy day, and needed to vent a little bit!
I'm 34+3 with baby no.2. Baby no.1 was a very straightforward pregnancy- I felt well, textbook test results all the way thro, etc. Molly was born after induction, at term + 13, at just under 9lbs. Birth was rough, and we were both unwell after- me with a haemorrhage, and her with a short time in NICU, after a forceps delivery.
I been measurong ahead throughout this pregnancy- iat it's worst, 6cms ahead, and currently just under 4. Because my daughter was 9lbs, it was recommended that I have a GTT this time around, but my midwife overruled this, and said I didn't need it. On measurong me 6 weeks ahead, she then referred me for one t 30 weeks. In my pct, you are classed as diabetic with a reading of 7.8. Mine was 7.7. No further action, until Monday, when she decided thought I had polyhydramnious. So I was referred fo r an urgent growth scan today. The sonographer didn't seem tol have a clue why I was there, but was lovely, and quickly concluded that waters were normal, but baby is measurong on the big side, with an estimated weight of 6lbs1 at the moment. She was, however,concerned about abdominal circumference,which was large, and apparently an indicator gestational diabetes. So she sent me to the day unit, for my scan to be reviewed and potentially, a repeat GTT.
2hrs, I waited, with a midwife indicating a repeat GTT would likely be necessary, only for the rude registrar to look at my scan for 30 seconds, say within my earshot that 'the scan is completely normal, she shouldn't be here', and to tell me that I 'just grow big babies', I should e grateful that baby is big rather than small, and neither my midwife nor sonographer should be mentioning anything to me about complications.
I left feeling like a complete time waster, and like I had just turned up there of my own accord!
Why couldn't he just have been polite and reassuring, instead of rude and patronising??
Feel better for a little rant- just not enjoying this pregnancy as much as my last. X
