Just a quick one from me as it is SUPER LATE....oops
Have been flat out trying to get last minute things organised before bubs arrival and tonight we found a brochure that the hospital gave us months ago about cord blood banking so made some last minute enquiries about it and we are now going to try to organise it for tomorrow's delivery! Its for stem cells for bubs just in case it may need it down the track. I wish we had of found the brochure earlier as we now need to call them at 8am to see if we can get it done, then we have to somehow sign a contract, pay for it, contact the OB to let him know we are doing it and all this before delivery at 1.30pm!
OMG!!! ANT we still havent chosen a boys name either....DOH!
Its also nearly 2am and I have to be up at 7am to eat before 7.30am as that is the cut off before I have to start fasting! How did I get myself in this predicament, LOL
I wont have internet access at the hospital unfortunately so you will all have to wait to hear my news when I come home which Im HOPING will be next Monday, otherwise Tuesday.
oh mm wishing you all the best hun i hope its wonderful for you .
kelly and neptune ill have a look at your pics as soon as one of my girls can sign me into fb as i dont have it lol. but cant wait to see .
afm going good had my blood sugar checked yesterday as i couldnt stand up with out fainting or having to sit on the floor so had the needle in the finger and its 8.5 should be around the 5 mark so am very interested to have this glucose test friday to maybe see if ive got gd what do you all think as i dont understand all this stuff ?
Not long now... At least all the running around will keep you occupied until the birth... Maybe that will be a good thing... Looking forward to hearing about the birth...
Smithy 8.5 seems a tad high for random test but I need to know the full context to make a better judgement. i.e. when had you last eaten and what had you eaten type thing.
The GD test itself is very unreliable and shows alot of false positives IMO providing unecessary stress and angst to a lot of pregnant women. You would get a much more accurate diagnosis if you were able to do home blood glucose monitoring (finger stick tests) say four times a day 2 hours after meals and one fasting one first thing in the morning. if you did this for a week you would have a much more acurate picture of whether GD is likely. A one off random glucose like you did could happen to anyone diabetic or not.
Hope that makes sense....also a level of about 5 would be an expected fasting level not after food.
hey mel thanks for the reply hun,
i had actually just had a lemonade water icy pole and and was just a randon test i was a bit in shock but you have already made me feel better hun thanks
Harry High Pants... ahem I mean Smithy : I agree with MelBel, a one off test doesn't really give an accurate idea, I reckon go for the week's testing. Can you hire those monitors? Aren't the GD tests just grand? I had to have them done for IVF & they had to do it twice cause first time the bozos forgot to record my insulin levels
lilmisshaveachat: Hope your appointment with the birth centre went well. And I agree, some pampering is well overdue! First on my list of people to call this afternoon is my friend (who is a masseuse) for a well-overdue preggy massage! How did you go on the cup yesterday?
Grub: How you hanging in there hun?
KellyD: Tara is gorgeous! And doesn't she look just like her daddy!
Neptune: Adam is such a cutie too! How are you settling in?
Bella: Feeling for you hun, one is hard enough but two... wow you really are a superwoman!
AFM: No wins on the cup but then I never gamble anyway. Wasn't even going to watch the race but DH came home early and switched the TV over.
Had a bit of a scare today. As you know I've been having some troubles and been pretty stressed out lately. And Cookie wasn't kicking the same way as normal. Well since Monday night I have had absolutely no kicks at all. I was trying not to worry about it and gave myself a couple of days, but then early this morning I started getting excruciating cramping pains and it really freaked me out. So I rang my Ob's office and just my luck, she is on leave. So they gave me the number of the other Ob who is covering her and he said to get my butt up to the hospital IMMEDIATELY (yep he actually said that!). It's about a 35/40min drive and was just horrible. So I got in there and they checked me over & then hooked me up to a monitor and checked little cookie out. Everything is ok with baby, although my heart rate and my blood pressure are up a little. They then asked me if something was going on to cause this and I briefly explained and was given strict orders to avoid the people and situations causing me stress becasue I may not be so lucky next time! They wanted to book a follow up in a couple of weeks but I told them I have my next scan & Ob checkup in 2 weeks anyway so they left it at that and wrote it up on my record for my Ob when she gets back. Pheeeeew just glad all is ok and it's all over!
And the replacement obstetrician has now called me back twice more this afternoon just to check that I am still ok and not having any further complications.
After all of this I must say everyone I dealt with today has just been wonderful, and it really reassures me that I've picked the right care!
On the way home I stopped off and picked myself up a doppler, so that in future I can get quicker reassurance. It will be great for DH too, he's seen the heartbeat on the screen at my 7 & 12wk scans but has never heard it (they only turned the volume up at the 10 & 14wks and he wasn't there for those)
Anyway hope you all have a good night, I'm off to fuse my behind to the lounge, OJ in hand and knock over a few more episodes of season 7 BH90210! (Yes, sad I know!)
Oh and PS: Now that Murph is more than likely a Mummy I've offered to take over the due dates list. To our lovely new ladies: If you could please post or PM me your due dates, any nicknames your little bub has and whether or not you will be finding out the sex and I'll add you to the list. Anyone who needs changes done please also do the same.
PPS: Anyone else having trouble with their tickers? Mine seems to have somehow lost a couple of days... did that once before but then righted itself... hmmmm
Hey Boc - No win in the sweeps this year which is all I managed to put on... I just wanted to let you know that my little ones nickname is lil Kracker, my EDD is 17th April and we will be checking out it's goodies on the 23rd to make sure we're having a human and whether it's a boy or a girl..lol...
I am so happy with my choice of care.. I had my appointment today at the birth centre and I was so overwhelmed and happy that I started to mist up a little.. Stupid hormones.. My midwife is wonderful and I really like the model of care they have... My midwife visits me at home every day for a week after the birth and then a couple of times a week until 6 weeks.. I was quite impressed by all of this...
Anyway just a quick Hi to everyones as i'm off to pour over my freebies in my bounty bag from my appointment.. It's kind've like a show bag.. Pretty cool...
oh mm wishing you all the best hun i hope its wonderful for you .
so had the needle in the finger and its 8.5 should be around the 5 mark 
so am very interested to have this glucose test friday to maybe see if ive got gd what do you all think as i dont understand all this stuff ?
hey mel thanks for the reply hun,
I've offered to take over the due dates list. To our lovely new ladies: If you could please post or PM me your due dates, any nicknames your little bub has and whether or not you will be finding out the sex and I'll add you to the list. Anyone who needs changes done please also do the same.
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