To think 7lb 12 is not “a big baby”?

[MrSpock]

I’ve just found out I’ve been booked for a GTT test. This was out of the blue and no one had told me about this. Rang the hospital and was told it was because of “previous big baby”. My son was 7lb 12...

I have no history of GD (I had the test last time because of extra water), I have a BMI of 20.7, I’ve gained no weight so far and have no reason to think I’d have it.

I also hate blood tests and have HG so I’ll probably end up being sick.

Is it just me or is this a really strange reason to refer someone?

I had it because my bump measured “big” I was a normal weight and baby born just before DD at 6lb 15. She was super long and I had anterior placenta though so maybe it was that. My NCT friend had the tiniest bump I’ve ever seen and her baby was bigger, seems a pretty arbitrary criteria if you don’t have family history/glucose risk factors.

If they think there are risks you need to go with the flow and have it done. It is pretty much standard in older Mums or where you have had a prev pregnancy as the likelihood goes up. At least then its ruled out and there is no extra risk to the baby

It is a long while since I had mine - they used to put women with HG on a drip for fluids until they felt better. My cousin had is so bad she could only lie down and not move, and sip water out of a bottle, which is what she did the second two times. Rest seems to help.

I was told that looking after yourself was the best thing - premature birth being the biggest risk. Plenty rest and good food (when you can).

I was down a few kg at 18 weeks - past 20 the HG definitely improved (although it’s never gone fully.) I’m 6.7kg up as of today and due in under two weeks.

I’ve tried to add calories where I could on normal stuff - so if I made a fish pie I’d load it with cream. If I could only manage toast I covered it in butter. And frankly I’ve eaten a lot of chocolate (although I’d be cleared for the GD before I did that if I were you...) avocado on toast was bearable after 20 weeks or so. My diet has been random and crap tbh and I’ve had very low blood sugars the whole time - 3 an hour after food for example.

I feel for you - it’s hard enough having one on board and feeling so sick. Twins must be even harder.

They wouldn’t give me a drip. I was being sick for 9 hours non stop but because I wasn’t showing signs of dehydration they sent me away. My bloods showed I was slightly malnourished but they said it’ll sort itself out.

Still can barely eat but can eat about 5-10 foods now, which is a huge improvement!

7lb 12oz is a normal, healthy weight.

(Mine were 5 and 6 pounds, over 4 weeks early. DS was 7 12 like yours)

Yes MrSpock just the one blood test, it will give an accurate reading if your 'average' blood sugar levels over the last 3 months.

Two weeks to go Bowl? Best of luck! This time last year I was 9 days away... now I'm 9 days away from a birthday :)

I had sever polyhydramnios (excess fluid) with my first baby. He was born at 39 weeks and was 7lb 12oz.

I had to have a GTT this time because of the excess fluid I had last time. I expect that's the reason why rather than your previous big baby who wasn't actually big

It depends on how far the pregnancy has progressed though - hb1ac is not as reliable in later pregnancy as a GTT, unfortunately.

I wouldn't consider it big for your size! I'm 5ft and was 8.5 stone pre pregnancy. DS came out at 8lbs 12oz, he was never labeled a big baby but in my eyes for my size and frame he was a beast

I had polyhydramnios with the twins. No one told me anything about it - (that goes for most of what happened in my pregnancy ) It is probably the reason I was opposite of the OP and like a beach ball from 20 weeks.

Do you get multivitamins?

Yeah I’m still amazed they think for my size he should be smaller! DS didn’t look huge or tiny, he looked like a slightly stretched out baby

I take a pregnancy multivitamin most nights. I’ve only recently been able to keep it down!

And I'm sorry to say it's not a fun experience. I felt very nauseous throughout my pregnancy (however nothing anywhere near as bad as HG) and really struggled not to throw up.

Hba1c will look at the average sugar exposure of your blood cells over several weeks. It isn’t enough to diagnose GD by itself. It’s a good test to have because it gives you a look at average sugar control but in and of itself it can’t diagnose or rule out GD.

Clexane in and of itself I don’t think does anything to blood sugar but if you’re in blood thinners and do have diabetes then both together increase your risk of atria fibrillation I think.

Talk to your MW - see if they can work something out for you.

Cheers rat!

Cannot be soon enough! Flipping gall bladder has packed up, can barely walk with SPD and sickness is back with a vengeance. Hope the birthday sees you well spoiled and plenty of

It's not my birthday, it's the baby's! But there will still be plenty of

I’ll be speaking to them. I’ve had disjointed care, with recurrent loss dealing with me for 12 weeks, late booking at community and my hospital being out of area. No one talks to each other...

Congrats Rat!

doh of course... can you tell my brain is fried ??

Yeah, lack of joined up care is a pita spock. Hope it gets better for you. Are you on the hyperemesis thread?

Cheers MrSpock! You folks are making me reminisce so much... and not all of it's good. GTT - bleugh!!

I'm 5'3" and was very slender when I had my 10lb DS2 without any problems at home, no one suggested to me that I needed any special tests. If you don't want the test just refuse it.

It really is. I got into a right mess upset because one set of midwives shouted at me for not having my notes, and I thought I’d lost them, only to find out that the other set of midwives who “should” have given me them don’t even give them out now. Would be really helpful if they talked once in a while!

No but I might pop over! My vomiting is almost gone, but the nausea and aversion to almost all food remains!