From: klj@cbnews.cb.att.com (karen.l.carr)
Subject: Re: I'm getting too big too fast!
Organization: AT&T
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:27:49 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.220310.3701@src.honeywell.com>, jgelhaus@src.honeywell.com (Jennifer Gelhaus) writes:
> 
> (I apologize in advance for rambling!)
> 
> A little background first: at my 24wk checkup the doctor measured my stomach
> and I was the size of a 28 wk pregnancy. I told her that big pregnant bellies
> run in my family, which they do, very much so, but she scheduled an ultrasound
> anyway to check the size of the baby and amount of fluid, both of which were
> just right. so it's just me that's getting so big. Ok.
> 
> Now, yesterday I had another appt, I'm at 29wks and measured 35!! So I'm 6wks
> too big. Also, from 20 to 24 wks I gained 8lbs and from 24 to 29 wks I gained
> 11lbs! And I'm not getting fat anywhere else, it's all going to my tummy. so
> because I grew so much again the doc is making me come in for another ultrasound......

> So, has anyone else out there had a pregnancy like this? I'd like to hear from
> someone who's been through the same thing. I feel like an oddity or something!
> 
> -Jen (due 11-14)

I had the same problem.  By the way, I wasn't feeling very well around my
32 week (this after passing my gestational diabetes test with flying
colors) and went to the doctor.  They found I was spilling sugar and set up
a 3 hour glucose test.  I really didn't want to take it -- I felt fine and
had passed the previous test; I thought it was useless.

Result:  my sugar levels (every single one) came back high -- in fact, they
were the the highest the nutritionist had ever seen!  It seems I just
developed GD later in my pregnancy than most people do (they say it does
happen but not often).

I controlled it completely by diet, by the way.  Still, in my 39th week I
had grown 4 cm in one week.  That started the talk of a c-section, me
crying, another ultrasound (I had 4 or 5 because of the size of the baby --
all reasonable; well, the last said 9 lbs which the doctor says means
anywhere from 8 - 10 lbs), 4 days of inducing and a c-section because I was
tired and this baby was just getting bigger each week (the doctor really
didn't want to chance a vaginal delivery -- I don't have my measurements
with me, but I was HUGE!).

End result:  Baby was 8 lbs, 15 oz, but she was WAY up in my uterus.  She
never dropped during inducing and I never got beyond 1 cm/ 50% effaced.

Yeah, I probably should have waited, but with GD (plus a touch of
pre-eclampsia) I really wasn't low-risk any more (more like medium/high
risk) and therefore I opted for a healthy baby.

You could be right; you could have a small baby.  BUT don't assume you
don't have GD because you passed the test at 28 weeks and your doctor
really does have a right to be concerned.  The baby COULD be getting really
big.

	Karen

PS.  Alison is now 16 weeks old.  We took her into the doctors this week
because of a cold and had her weighed.  She is 17 lbs 10 oz.  This baby
might have been reasonable at birth, but if she continued to grow in utero
as she has since birth, the doctor definitely would have been right -- I
might have had problems delivering her vaginally when she was ready (2
weeks later).


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