last week at my ultrasound appointment, i was having some cardio/respritory issues. my pulse was 136 and i was having some difficulty breathing. my high risk doc decided to refer me to a cardiologist. they called me tuesday to set up an appointment - they couldn't get me in until april 9. today, i got a phone call from the cardiologist's office re ( Read more... )

I've been gone for a while, due to a temporary temp job that lasted 3 weeks. I come back bearing questions! And maybe they're dumb ones, but bear with me ( Read more... )

Rosanna Charlotte
Born at 7.58am on Friday 3rd October 2008
Weight 9lbs 10.5ozs
Gestation 41 weeks + 4 days Born by emergency Caesarean Section following an induction ( Read more... )

Currently 10w 5d ( Read more... )

I had received lots of questions in my last post as to why I am going to be induced if I don't go into labor before Sunday. Hopefully this will explain things.

( Here are the issues with the pregnancy: )

I went to the high-risk dr. today for another ultrasound. Appearently Arianna is in position for her birth already. She would not budge out of position either. We were able to check out her brain, and the ventricles have shrunk to 10.7mm. He wants me to tell the Pediatrician when she is born so she can have an MRI to check out her brain ( Read more... )

Well, I was just supposed to go to get a 3D ultrasound. We were not expecting anything wrong at all, even though my blood sugars are still a little out of whack ( Read more... )

I went to my high risk dr. today so I could turn in my numbers of my glucose tests. I have to test 4 times a day (values I need to have in parenthesis):

Fasting (between 70 and 90)
1hr after breakfast (< 140)
1hr after lunch (< 140)
1hr after dinner (< 140 ( Read more... )

To anyone here who has GD ( Read more... )

I took a 3hr glucose tolerance test on Sat. My fasting sugar was fine, but the three following values were at least 20 points higher than they were supposed to be. As a result, I was sent to a high-risk doctor for gestational diabetes (GD ( Read more... )