Very interesting.
The last point you highlighted in particular. When my daughter was born I couldn't believe they wanted to take her away from me for "observation" - when she was breathing normally and had apgars of 8 and 9.... they said they had to make sure her BSL's were normal and didn't plummet.
I already knew that the best thing for stabilising her BSL's was breastfeeds so I said they couldn't take her until she'd been fed. I fed her and they took her to nursery afterwards. But still cheesed me off that she "had" to go anyway, we were separated for two days and not once did she have an abnormal reading the whole time she was in special care.
As for the testing protocol - I have had about 6 OGTT's in my time and I've long suspected they're not an exact science.
With my daughter I tested 7.9 on my OGTT which failed me by the most minute amount (at that time 7.8 or lower was a "pass"). I was constantly monitored, ended up on insulin, pushed into inducing when my water broke and was separated from DD when she was born for no good reason I can see.
This time I passed my OGTT with a 7.2 and that's it. No intervention, no further testing, they're off my case. But I bet if I took another OGTT today I might be 7.8 again....they wouldn't know. When I monitor at home the reading will vary depending on the finger I test with. There is no way this is an exact science.
Last edited by Tobily; August 4th, 2006 at 11:44 AM.
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