Does anybody have any experience with this?
I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes today after a weekend of blood testing and glucose in my urine at 34 and 36 week checks. I am going in now on Wednesday for a scan (have been measuring 5/6 weeks bigger since 28 weeks) and to have meeting with midwives, consultant, diabetes team etc... I have spoken to midwives and diabetes teams this morning both have said you will be induced next week (am guessing once I reach 38 weeks). Diabetes team have just said try and control your sugars best you can for the next week or so wish change in diet so baby is in best position to manage its own sugars once born.
My question is I had an emergency section with my first after going through most of labour and suddenly them realising she was an undiagnosed breech at 7cms dilated. So am already high risk and under VBAC team, I am really really concerned about being induced especially so early. My sister had a horrendous assisted birth this summer and I am just worried it will end in either another emergency section or just a long, painful labour which will make me exhausted and have a horrible assisted birth. I was on the back foot with my first having laboured for so long and still having a section. At this point I would much rather try some sweeps etc see if I go naturally but book instead of induction an elective but feel I may get a lot of push back on that on Wednesday or if it's even allowed???
If anyone has any experience of previous section/GD and then what the options are would put my mind at ease. I feel quite stressed about it all at the mo!