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Although a little annoyed about all the undue stress they had her
under - worrying about being induced etc, today she is a little happier
as they did an ultrasound to see how "fat" her baby is getting and at 32
weeks he is about 4.2lbs - just over 1800grams and that is NORMAL!
Not at all huge!
All of his measurments came up as normal and she is so
relieved. A pity that they had to mouth off about induction etc
before it was actually necessary.
As she said, "I am sure they take pleasure in stressing you out
just coz they can."
It comes down to the issue of wording and manipulating women during
pregnancy - she has been worried and not sleeping well for the past 3
weeks and all for no real reason. The stress of all the
possible outcomes that were predicted and told to her in a way that it
was final and it would happen ie: ("We will induce you at 38
weeks becuase the baby will be large, you Must go on a sspecial diet and
do the finger prick tests and even if you keep your blood sugar down it
is likely that the baby will still have associated problems." All
the statements made were not only negative but they were so final and so
self assured. Someone with a brain might have worded the same
thing - "We will watch you and see if it is necessary to induce
you at 38 weeks, monitoring your blood sugars will help us to work out
is there is a problem...." )
Her stress was probably far worse than
her diagnosis.
And we wonder why an elective C/S is the easier option for
women?
Regards
Rhonda
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Date: Friday, May 30,
2003 09:49:29
Subject: Re:
[ozmidwifery] diabetes
Dear Rhonda
Weight gain in pregnancy is unproven and unreliable an assessment
tool many hospitals in Sydney and other places do not do it.
Your freind seems to be at an infomred
place!
Denise
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:16
AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery]
diabetes
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I wrote about my friend a little while ago with the
"diagnosed" gestational Diabetes and they had said they were
going to book her to be induced at 38 weeks.
Just an amusing update for you....
Today she said that they had rung and asked for
her blood test results for the past couple of weeks and when she
read them out they replied, "Oh they are good - maybe you don't
have diabetes after all?"
She was a little confused and cross at being told to do
finger pricks which she hates - 3 times a day for nothing.
LOL
After all of the info I gave her from you and then they say
that. All i could say was - well I guess that is why the
test is not that good.
Then, last time she was weighed - at 31 weeks she had
only gained 2kgs duering the pregnancy (Fundus is fine and Baby
appears healthy.)
But, they are now saying she should be gaining weight and
she is so confused. On one hand they have her on a diet
and the other they are saying to eat more. How to
totally confuse someone who is used to being able to eat what
she wants and how much she wants.
She is not overweight but is also not really skinny or
unhealthy - she looks healthy - a little tired but that is
about all.
It really is such a cattle yard mentallity - the public
system!
Regards
Rhonda
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