Hi, I dont really know where to start and this will be quite long but don't really know where else to turn to.
Had reduced movements on the 26th March so went to the maternity assessment unit who booked in for a scan on 1st of April (35+5 weeks pregnant at this point)
Scan showed babies head and legs were measuring small at 33/34 weeks and tummy was off the charts measuring at 40 weeks! Also with slight polyhydramnios with AFI of 18.6. She was also measuring above 90th centile in weight. Sonographer said she thinks I need to book another scan but wanted to ask a midwife first. She ran off then came back and said 'midwife said its okay because not 36 weeks yet (1 day off!) And that all was fine.
I felt this wasn't right so once I got home I rang the Maternity assessment unit who said I'd been severely mismanaged and they want me in for blood tests and to speak to a consultant and that they'd put an incident report in.
So I went in, had blood tests for infection and diabetes. Consultant was great said she would like me to have a scan in a weeks time and explained risks of having a big baby and that we were heading towards a c section (thats fine by me rather baby not get stuck or have any complications or risk an emergcy c section, would rather it be planned).
Rang for my bloods the next day which showed im over the normal threshold for diabetes and the midwife I spoke to said she would send a referral to the diabetes consultant. However this was Friday and it was Bank Holiday weekend so said I would not hear back until today.
I rang the scan place as wanted to speed things up a bit who said 'not received referral yet will ring you, just keep phone on'. Then rang MAU again as some of my results haven't come back yet and she said could take 2 weeks and also dont do growth scans after 1 week usually wait 2 or 3!! So didnt know why consultant had said that. Still waiting for diabetic consultant to ring/book an appt (granted it is only 11) but I just feel like there is no urgency here.
Maybe I'm panicking for no reason and the fact they are being so calm and slow about things is because all is okay. However, I have very little trust now as feel I have been let down. I've read that they usually induce/c section for GD around the 38/39 week mark which is 10 days away. So I really feel time is of the essence.
I'm not sure if this was more of a rant or me asking for advice? I just don't know what to do and this is playing havoc on my mental health. Can't sleep, very tearful. Its all just driving me a bit mad really. Any suggestions on anything I can do to make this better? I guess I just have to wait really 