Hi,
There's a few threads, but none that really address these few things I wanted to ask - hopefully someone out there will have some ideas!
I've had GD since around 26 weeks, I'm at 36 today (christ, only 10 weeks?!), and am looking into Colostrum Harvesting - I have my first clinic on Tuesday at my antenatal clinic. I've read all the information I could find, and actually, there's not a lot out there - other than it's recommended, as baby's blood sugar could have problems once I give birth, and she may need to go on formula. Has anyone else with GD had this happen on giving birth, and were you able to breastfeed normally afterwards? I'm curious, I'm going to give it a try (god knows what the clinic will actually consist of, other than bags and syringes for the freezer), just wanted advice!
Secondly, I've been told I wont be allowed to go past my due date, and if needs be, I'll be induced. This is a bit annoying, as I'm feeling a bit like I'm losing some kind of control. Priority is the baby, of course, but I wondered if anyone else had been through this, and how to avoid having "the drip" attached, and what helped labour be achieved normally? What kinds of factors do they use with inductions - like, say if baby was on the 97th percentile (right within limits though), is there a chance that they'll do it early? (I'm hoping not, though I could live with week 39) Ultimately, it sounds like I'm in the hands of the consultants, and that a lot of decisions I might have made will be taken out of my hands - so I'm trying to work out what decisions I can make, as well.
Thanks in advance!
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Gestational Diabetes - a couple of questions.
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thoughtforms · 25/07/2009 22:00
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