Welcome to Medically Managed Pregnancy Chatter #2.
This is a continuation from the High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support thread. This thread has proved popular, so it has been stickied and will be continued.
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Welcome to Medically Managed Pregnancy Chatter #2.
This is a continuation from the High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support thread. This thread has proved popular, so it has been stickied and will be continued.
CSAB HAD A LITTLE GIRL...... Here BA is here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...re-151087.html
Yay for CSAB!
Not much happening here, just BHs playing up a lot. Little Miss Dragonfly is still posterior - so trying a little bit to get her turned around facing the right way already.
Hope everyone else and their bub's are doing ok!
still plodding along here, bub is doing well and measuring in the 65th percentile when checked just after 32 weeks.
we have an induction date booked in but thats on the proviso that theres a bed for me and a bed for him in NICU
glad bub is doing well Skybie.
I just had a call from one of the midwives who I see and just found out I have gestational diabete's... the only possible symptom I've had is a bit of bloating around the belly, so it's come completely out of the blue... in a bit of shock at the moment.
thats a bugger hun! look at it this way though, it'll go when bub is born, i have mine forever ;) hope u can keep it controlled just with diet and excersize, if u need any advise or help let me know
Thanks Georgi hugs
Jennajayen - Sorry to hear about the GD, i hope you can manage it with diet alone. GL hun. hugs
Skybie - Hope everything is going well for you and your little man, sounds wonderful that he is at the 65th percentile. not long now for you gorgeous and your little man will be here. Look after yourself hun, praying your bub will do just fine with all he will be going through. Loads of hugs.
Well, my bub arrived on the 21st December and was admitted to NICU 28mins old, due to her sugar levels going too low and required insulin and tube feeds/ She was in NICU for upto 4days, thankfully they were able to bring her down to see me on day 3 and then got to stay with me from day 4. I only saw her for 5mins after she was born then didnt get to see her until a day later which was soooo very hard.
Little Chloe was born 2.375kg at 38wks 4days. She was 43cm long and hc was 33cm. She has had testing done, xrays done, and due to failing her right hearing test she now has to go to Westmead childrens to have further testing fx it all comes back fine.
She is under the care of the same pead as Little V, her next appt is tomorrow. She had a brain scan done and they said that there was an echogenic focus whcih they believe to be nothing. Asked what it meant and they said a possible old heamorrage.
She is such a gorgeous little thing, and seems to be gaining weight nicer than what little v did, and she is so very alert.
When I get a chance i will put some pics up of my newest addition.
Look after yourself ladies and I will keep popping in to see how you are going. Loads of hugs
Haven't been on much lately, trying to get my GD under control at the moment. So far breakfast is sorted out, dinner is half way there and we're now working on lunch time, but any time it's hot or muggy my blood glucose levels go through the roof, so it's a big balancing act.
Hope everyone else is ok.
its not easy hun, have u got a number for an endo on call so u can ring them??
the smallest things set off a high reading, stess being one of them. you'll get there though, lol but once u do everything will need to change again! i cant belive how much insulin om on compared to normal its so crazy!
All going well here, just waiting waiting waiting, 2 weeks today im being induced, wish it would hurry on up, i wanna see my little man!
Jenna - Hope all is going well for you with the GD. i too had difficulty managing it. I hope your getting it under control now though. Hugs
Skybie - All the best hun for next week. Cant wait to hear all about your precious little man when he arrives. I will be thinking of you both. hugs
Well soon its time for me to get my GTT done to see how my BSL's are going. Hopefully all is well, so dont want to be checking BSL's anymore.....
Hi everyone, just thought we should get this little thread going again.
I'm 9 weeks 3 days today & have been dealing with a subchorionic bleed for almost two weeks now. I've been on full bedrest for a week & today have been given permission to be on light duties, ie no lifting, washing, heavy housework or sex. We' have four BHCG tests & two ultrasounds already & a third ultrasound booked in for next week. At this stage, because the bleed was small, the OB is hopeful that it will have resolved by next week when I have the next ultrasound. I'm not convinced because I am still getting quite significant cramping, the spotting has stopped but cramping continues...
It's all so different to my first two pregnancies but in a way it's a good thing because we lost a pregnancy last year so having the extra monitoring is keeping the anxiety at bay, well mostly.
I'm thinking of hiring a doppler for a few weeks until the bub starts moving, just so I can be sure everything is alright.
Oh & I think we've decided that this is it for us, DH doesn't want me to go through the stress again & I don't want to put my family through this. It hasn't been going on long, but it's all too much.
Oh yay. Thanks Sarah.
Me. I'm 12w2d. This is my (gulp) 7th pregnancy. I had a split in my uterus last pregnancy as a result of my first c section. Apparently that makes you an automatically special case. I've also had HELLP, and PE in different pregnancies, and hypothyroidism last time (but not Hashis overall :dunno:). My kidneys and my liver don't really like being pregnant either and have routinely taken a nosedive in both pregnancies.
I've been told I'm fine to do everything. But I've been seeing the specialist Ob at the hospital since 8 weeks. I've also been bleeding and today had a bit of cramping. I lost my second baby at 12w1d and found out the next, so I'm super paranoid today.
I also got my cramping today after doing a (very modified to low impact) step class. Now I'm scared.
I really want to keep being active but every time I do it there is a bit more bleeding. None of my scans can identify why.
Just going to take it easy for the next few days I think. Bit hard when DH lives hundreds of kms away but I'm trying.
ETA I'm feeling the same about it being the last. I just can't do this stress again.
Seventh pregnancy wow & with your body not liking pregnancy either, I don't know how you keep going Kim, you're amazing.
Great idea! I didn't even know this thread existed.. Hi Kim & Sarah
I think a few people know me around here but I will introduce myself anyway..
I have a congenital heart condition, so when I fell pregnant with my twins in 2008 I was immediately labelled as high risk.. My heart however was the least of my problems
In 2008 my beautiful 1st born twin sons were born at 24wks. I had an emergency cervical stitch placed after my 19wk scan showed my cervix had opened and was funnelling. Unfortunately though I still went into labour at 23wks, holding on til 24 when the boys were born. They both had brain hemorrhages at 8days old, and we made the heartbreaking decision to turn off their life support at 12 days old
Fast forward to now.. Pregnant after 2yrs of trying, this bub was conceived with clomid. I had a stitch placed at 14wks. Scan showed at 16wks everything was good, stitch in place and cervix still long and closed. Yesterday I had my 19wk scan and my cervix has opened BUT only to the stitch, so at this stage the stitch is doing it's job.. I didn't have an OB appointment yesterday, but the registrar I saw quickly, advised bed rest until I see the OB on Monday.. I have also been on progesterone pessaries since 16wks, but also been having mild braxton hicks contractions since then as well..
So, I am terrified. I am so scared of having another prem, but even more than that, so scared of losing this baby. I am trying not to get ahead of myself, but at this stage it does look like I will have a pre term bub. I also have placenta previa. It's completely covering the cervix..
Oh BAL I was hoping you'd come in too. Feel honoured to share a pregnancy with you. You and your little guys changed my life. Even if you'll never really know.
I can only imagine how scared you are.
I have no idea about stitches. It's what's holding everything together is that right? Oh sweetie :hug:
Wow, reading back in here is hard :(
this pergnancy is classed as high risk for obvious reasons, and will be medically managed agian.
for this reason ive so far not gone to my GP and havent been reffered to the hospital yet, but i will in a few weeks.
bub will be induced at 36 weeks, not going a day over, id be a ball of stress if i did.
I didn't know that this thread existed either! A little late for me I suppose as baby will be here in 2 and a half weeks.
All of my pregnancies have been high risk, as most of you know, DD1 has a rare chromosome abnormality and was also frank breech until birth, for these 2 reasons we chose a CS at the last minute and I am so glad we did, she required alot of help at birth the team were in the room ready, she stayed in NICU/SCN for 3 months and underwent jaw surgery to enable her to breath unassited.
DD2 has a congenital heart condition severe 'coarctation of the aorta' and a VSD (hole in the heart) she was also born by CS as I was unable to be induced due to my previous CS and they wanted the cardiac team ready for her, she was lucky to be born healthier than expected however she still required open heart surgery at 6 days old.
I am currently 36+1 weeks pregnant with DD3 and she also has a congenital heart condition 'coarctation of the aorta' although hers is classified as mild. She will be arriving by CS in 2.5 weeks, I have chosen not to attempt a VBA2C as the hospital I will be birthing at is 2 hours drive and I do not feel comfortable with this. DD3 has been given a 50/50 chance of requiring surgery at birth, it is great news but scary at the same time. On one hand if she had surgery, we would know that everything has been 'fixed' where as instead they are going to monitor her in SCN for 7 days and she if she manages alone, if they are happy they will send her home, which would be wonderful! but I am a little scared that we will be constantly looking for signs of her heart condition.
Kim, this is my 7th too xx
Skye, :hug: although my situation is different to yours, I avoided alot of my appoinments this time, I just didn't wanted to think that I could have another sick baby.
I am still undecided if this will be my last pregnancy, I know that most people think it should be but I can't help but want to have just one more...
Progesterone pessaries suck don't they & they might be what's causing the BH, I had them for the first 7 weeks (IVF protocol) and had some shocking cramping from them. So much happening for you BAL, hopefully your cervix starts playing nice soon.
Skybie I can understand you wanting to avoid appointments, sometimes it feels good to just bury your head in the sand & hope it all is ok when you come up for air. Thinking of you xxx
Wow DD, I hope little miss is ok & doesn't require the surgery after she arrives.
Wow I feel a bit out of my depth being in here with all of the complications you guys are facing. It's so scary isn't it.
DD ive got everything crosed that your newest princess gets to come home and get nice and chubby before her surgery!
We have double the chance of another congenital heart defect, really not looking forward to the 20 week scan.
Sarah, its all so scary, i wish i could still be in niave land where u get pregnant, the baby grows, u birth it and then u bring it home.
What day next week is your scan? make sure u stay off your feet as much as possible. i think hiring a doppler is a great idea, im thinking of doing it myself. i hate that im such a nervous nelly this time around
Funny you say that Sarah because I often feel this way. I struggle to say my girls have special needs as I don't feel that way really, they are just normal little girls to me.:
At the last scan baby weighed 2.6kg which is apparently a week behind but my girls weighed 2.9kg each at birth so it looks like another small baby for me. A was only 2.3kg when she came home after surgery, so tiny for a term baby. I am not sure where you are having your scans Skye, or where you had them with Jack but I can't recommend my sonographer enough. He is in Mulgrave. He picked up this babies heart condition at 12 weeks!
I usually have them at monash but they don't do the 12 week one so will go to mdi in berwick where I usually go. That's amazing 12 weeks!! When they scanned jack at 17 I had to go back at 24 because they knew something was wrong but could tell what.
Such tiny bubbas! Mine would seem like boofas compared to. Nome of mine have been under 3.5kgs even dd2 who was born at 36 weeks!
Kim, thank you so much. That means so much to me. :hug::
Oh BAL I was hoping you'd come in too. Feel honoured to share a pregnancy with you. You and your little guys changed my life. Even if you'll never really know.
Maybe you should take it easy.. I have only been on bed rest since Monday and I'm already bored lol. My back hurts from laying down all the time. I know my back and neck will suffer terribly. The most important thing is Button though..
Sarah - I borrowed a doppler off a friend. It's great.I was concerned at 1st it could cause undue anxiety if I can't find the HB straight away, but even when I didn't I could always hear something, like the baby moving. It's very rare I have just heard silence, but the HB is quite often easy to find. Often though I don't get time to listen long because bub takes off again :) ,. Also I find it interesting that you said the progesterone may be causing braxton hicks, as the reason I'm on them is because they were supposed to "calm the uterus"
DD - I hope your little girl doesn'tt require surgery, but I get what you mean, if they don't operate how you would be a bit scared.. I think I have told you before I have ASD, VSD, pulmonary stenosis, transposition of the great vessels, hypoplastic right ventricle & dextracardia. I was a blue baby, but they didn't operate on me til I was 6, which was a minor op, I just had a blalock shunt. Then at 8 I had open heart surgery and have been fine ever since. Is it expected that DD2 will require more surgery?
Skybie - I am so happy for you being pregnant again. It is nice to be in denial and pretend it's a normal pregnancy. You know, a pregnancy where you get pregnant, function normally and take a baby home at the end.. I really hope you do have a smooth pregnancy and there are no heart issues with this bub. I was told I have about 5% chance of passing on a CHC but so far I have been lucky that way. twins hearts were fine and this bubs heart looks good too.
Well today I am off to the GP to get a med cert for the job I just started last week lol.. I wish Monday would hurry up, so I can see my OB (Dr P.ortman) She is awesome, and I know even if I am put on bed rest she will put my mind at ease a bit. She just has a way about her. Apart from that I am just resting today. The best thing about bed rest is being able to lay down and really concentrate on feeling those beautiful movements. I love this baby so much..
I hope you dont mind me crashing this thread for a second but I just wanted to give sarah some hope by sharing my experience with subcrionic bleeds.
I had one with my pg with dd , I didnt realise I was pregnant at the time but I bled heavily around the 6 week mark. When I found out I was pregnant at 8 weeks they did an ultra sound and found a decent size bleed. The bleed had disappeared by my 12 week scan and I went on to have a healthy pregnancy and baby.
I have another bleed this pregnancy that was picked up at 6 weeks and was still growing at my scan at 9.5 weeks, last check around the 5 cm mark. The baby is healthy and happy so far. I have my NT scan this morning so ill see.if its gone. Ill pop back in and let you know the results, but im very positive that all is well.
I know its scary, even more so for you because of your previous loss and ivf. But, there is hope. Xxx
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Well, I just got some advice from a friend. She has written me a list of natural supplements to boost my immune system and to calm my uterus. She also advised to stay away from the hospital because with my cervix open I am at risk of infection.. So that's what I'll do, I'll just try and stay home for as long as possible, which is what I was going to do anyway. I do not want to end up in hospital on bedrest.. I just wish we didn't have to move on the weekend!
Sarah, not amazing, just have that desperate yearning that most of us have. I'm glad you're here.
Skybie, I ummed and ahhed about posting in here for weeks. Totally understandable about you wanting to be induced at 36weeks.
2 and a half weeks DD! Yay! 50/50 is pretty good odds with a coarct. :crossfingers: for her. Whatever other people think is irrelevant. What's in your heart matter the most.
BAL I'm glad you have lots of support and are sitting on your bottom. I spent lots of time on bedrest last go. It sucks. I have been taking it easy...well easier than normal, since DH lives away and I just have to manage on my own. Have stopped going to the gym much to my dismay but the cramping is not something I feel like dealing with ATM.
Saw the Ob today. What a lovely drive to hospital it was with gastro lol. But she understood my anxiety about this week and got the student to have a play with the u/s machine. Nice little heart beat, moving a lot. And turns out those little movements I thought were wind are actually me feeling bub, which is kinda cool. She congratulated DS on how lucky he was to be alive after she read my notes lol. Not so reassuring after I was trying to downplay the whole scenario in my head.
She's going to start having my scar scanned at the morphology scan.
Thought i might pop my head in here & say Hi.
I suffer from a chronic illness which was diagnosed when i was 18 so 8yrs ago now, it can make pregnancy more complicated then it should be.
I've been very lucky that my Illness has stayed in remission since we found out & fx it stays in remission.
Our may concern is that medication i'm on is sucking all the calcium out of me & my Vit D levels keep dropping even with extra vitamins i'm taking, My iron & Hb levels are also dropping fast which means i'll need an iron/blood transfusion just before birth or right after birth.
On the positive everything with Bambi is looking good, no cleft was seen at our u/s & she is ahead for dates so i'm really happy the medication didn't have any effect on her.
Well I'm back again, freaky that this time last year I was chatting in the support thread, DD is now 8 months old and I'm 10wks 2d pregnant with our little surprise baby #3, I'll be high risk again because of the GD with DD, multiple first trimester losses (I've passed my magic number of 8 weeks now so FXed it won't happen) and an irritable uterus (which as already started to cause trouble), at least it won't be because of the c-sec I had with DS because I got my VBAC with DD :) so proud of myself for that, and it was a short labour of 4hrs 43min after my OB broke my waters at 40+2 :)
I also have a large 6cm cyst on my ovary that no one thinks is serious enough to monitor for some reason even though it causes me a lot of pain gives me constant lower abdominal tenderness that makes ultrasounds (and even going to the toilet) extremely painful. Any pressure on my lower belly really hurts :(
My 12wk scan is on the 21st at 9am, and I also see my OB the same day ta 11am, so FXed the cyst has shrunk and not grown and bub is perfect and healthy and wriggling around like crazy :)
Hi everyone! :)
Hi thought i would pop in say hi, im currently 8 odd weeks pg, dating scan tomorrow morning, i was high risk last pg so it will prob be the same, this is #5 and ive had 3 early birds at 35,30 and 32 weeks plus #4 was an emerg csec so im hoping to make 35weeks and have a vbac
Hello Ladies,
I have recently been diagnosed as a "high risk pregnancy" I have complete placenta previa as well as placenta accreta. This is baby number 3 and there is talk of doing a hysterectomy at the time of delivery. Looking forward to chatting with other ladies who are classed as high risk.