Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 I'm in total compliance with this law. I keep my doctor's scale in my walk-in closet, so in the morning, I go in, close the door, (no mirrors in there) strip off what I have on, and weigh in the buff...but it is always before food and after potty. No need to send the scale police to my house! Regards~ Jacque Distal RNY, 5/30/00 Drs. Fox and Oh 310~127 Beginning BMI 50.0 Current BMI 20.4 > But we gotta lay down the law about being clothed on a scale. I think > there's a law about that. Federal, not state. But so far, no one has > reported you for wearing clothes on a scale, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 HI e I wanted to pipe in about your dr saying its not IC. I usually just lurk here but I had to chime in. First I am very sorry for your losses. I have been pregnant three times, 1st was with twin girls which I lost after PROMing at 17wks, then pregnancy two, I lost a son after PROMing at 17wks. After the first loss, I was told " just a twin thing, it would not happen again " with my second loss, I went to Houston (I am in Austin TX) to see a Peri at Baylor College of Medicine. Anyway after consulting with a total of three peri's, my OB (and his pratice has 5 obs in all) and two RE's everyone of them said I did not have IC because I did not meet any criteria (DES daughter or any type of cervical procedures, and I never delivered immediately, and I did have pressure and had back contractions which the ob blew off all three times) They did however say b/c they did not know what was going on I could get a cervical cerclage at 12 wks, which I did with my third pregnancy. IN that pregnancy I was followed very closely and at 18wks I funnelled to my stitch and stayed that way until delivery when I PROMed at 24wks and my stitch tore in three places (I prom'd this time due to infection which was suspected to have set in b/c I had been funnelled for so long). NOW everyone says IC but scratch their heads as to why. I have since seen another OB who is very familiear with AB cerclage (says has done 10 in the last 5 years) and he says my only option is the AB cerclage. I know 10 does not sould like a lot but you know, more times then not, the cervical cerclage works, we here at abbyloopers are a very small group when you think about it. The point of all this is.... Please Please don't let your drs tell you that its not IC. This is something to not rule out especially if you fail a cervical cerclage. Yes, there may be other things at play, but I am of the opinion that I will never accept " you just don't fit the norm or you are not textbook or what we ususally see... " as a basis of diagnosis or should I say mis-diagnosis. I truly feel I have been screwed by the doctors I have seen and I have three sweet babies that suffered their incompentance b/c they were too caught up in " NORM " or " Textbook " . Medicine is indiviual and there are always exceptions to the rule. Its sad when as patients we have to take the lead role in our care and constantly challage our drs to think " out side the box " and to keep updated on the latest reasearch. Wow that sounded like a soapbox huh? You know the only drs I have found since I started getting pregnant that don't take a wait and see approach to medicine which I now love was Trey's neonatologist. Now I know that there are drs that are not so conservative to a fault. Anyway, thats my 2cents for what it is worth. I just know the pain of losing babies and its one that for the rest of my life I will pray other don't have to know. My NICU ride was a piece of cake compared to the heartache of my losses. Educate your doctor, Challange him and get 2nd, 3rd and 4th opions if you have to. Lara Trey's Mommy 24 wk preemie Born 8/30/02; 104 days in NICU Cerclage and Bedrest Baby, one year old now and doing GREAT!!! and Sydney's mommy pPROM 17wks 6/13/00; s/b 17.2wks 6/15/00 's mommy pROM 16.6wks 4/16/01; s/b 17.2wks 4/19/01 Told losses due to Incompetant Cervix See Trey at www.geocities.com/gareylt/gareylt _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 HI e I wanted to pipe in about your dr saying its not IC. I usually just lurk here but I had to chime in. First I am very sorry for your losses. I have been pregnant three times, 1st was with twin girls which I lost after PROMing at 17wks, then pregnancy two, I lost a son after PROMing at 17wks. After the first loss, I was told " just a twin thing, it would not happen again " with my second loss, I went to Houston (I am in Austin TX) to see a Peri at Baylor College of Medicine. Anyway after consulting with a total of three peri's, my OB (and his pratice has 5 obs in all) and two RE's everyone of them said I did not have IC because I did not meet any criteria (DES daughter or any type of cervical procedures, and I never delivered immediately, and I did have pressure and had back contractions which the ob blew off all three times) They did however say b/c they did not know what was going on I could get a cervical cerclage at 12 wks, which I did with my third pregnancy. IN that pregnancy I was followed very closely and at 18wks I funnelled to my stitch and stayed that way until delivery when I PROMed at 24wks and my stitch tore in three places (I prom'd this time due to infection which was suspected to have set in b/c I had been funnelled for so long). NOW everyone says IC but scratch their heads as to why. I have since seen another OB who is very familiear with AB cerclage (says has done 10 in the last 5 years) and he says my only option is the AB cerclage. I know 10 does not sould like a lot but you know, more times then not, the cervical cerclage works, we here at abbyloopers are a very small group when you think about it. The point of all this is.... Please Please don't let your drs tell you that its not IC. This is something to not rule out especially if you fail a cervical cerclage. Yes, there may be other things at play, but I am of the opinion that I will never accept " you just don't fit the norm or you are not textbook or what we ususally see... " as a basis of diagnosis or should I say mis-diagnosis. I truly feel I have been screwed by the doctors I have seen and I have three sweet babies that suffered their incompentance b/c they were too caught up in " NORM " or " Textbook " . Medicine is indiviual and there are always exceptions to the rule. Its sad when as patients we have to take the lead role in our care and constantly challage our drs to think " out side the box " and to keep updated on the latest reasearch. Wow that sounded like a soapbox huh? You know the only drs I have found since I started getting pregnant that don't take a wait and see approach to medicine which I now love was Trey's neonatologist. Now I know that there are drs that are not so conservative to a fault. Anyway, thats my 2cents for what it is worth. I just know the pain of losing babies and its one that for the rest of my life I will pray other don't have to know. My NICU ride was a piece of cake compared to the heartache of my losses. Educate your doctor, Challange him and get 2nd, 3rd and 4th opions if you have to. Lara Trey's Mommy 24 wk preemie Born 8/30/02; 104 days in NICU Cerclage and Bedrest Baby, one year old now and doing GREAT!!! and Sydney's mommy pPROM 17wks 6/13/00; s/b 17.2wks 6/15/00 's mommy pROM 16.6wks 4/16/01; s/b 17.2wks 4/19/01 Told losses due to Incompetant Cervix See Trey at www.geocities.com/gareylt/gareylt _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 HI e I wanted to pipe in about your dr saying its not IC. I usually just lurk here but I had to chime in. First I am very sorry for your losses. I have been pregnant three times, 1st was with twin girls which I lost after PROMing at 17wks, then pregnancy two, I lost a son after PROMing at 17wks. After the first loss, I was told " just a twin thing, it would not happen again " with my second loss, I went to Houston (I am in Austin TX) to see a Peri at Baylor College of Medicine. Anyway after consulting with a total of three peri's, my OB (and his pratice has 5 obs in all) and two RE's everyone of them said I did not have IC because I did not meet any criteria (DES daughter or any type of cervical procedures, and I never delivered immediately, and I did have pressure and had back contractions which the ob blew off all three times) They did however say b/c they did not know what was going on I could get a cervical cerclage at 12 wks, which I did with my third pregnancy. IN that pregnancy I was followed very closely and at 18wks I funnelled to my stitch and stayed that way until delivery when I PROMed at 24wks and my stitch tore in three places (I prom'd this time due to infection which was suspected to have set in b/c I had been funnelled for so long). NOW everyone says IC but scratch their heads as to why. I have since seen another OB who is very familiear with AB cerclage (says has done 10 in the last 5 years) and he says my only option is the AB cerclage. I know 10 does not sould like a lot but you know, more times then not, the cervical cerclage works, we here at abbyloopers are a very small group when you think about it. The point of all this is.... Please Please don't let your drs tell you that its not IC. This is something to not rule out especially if you fail a cervical cerclage. Yes, there may be other things at play, but I am of the opinion that I will never accept " you just don't fit the norm or you are not textbook or what we ususally see... " as a basis of diagnosis or should I say mis-diagnosis. I truly feel I have been screwed by the doctors I have seen and I have three sweet babies that suffered their incompentance b/c they were too caught up in " NORM " or " Textbook " . Medicine is indiviual and there are always exceptions to the rule. Its sad when as patients we have to take the lead role in our care and constantly challage our drs to think " out side the box " and to keep updated on the latest reasearch. Wow that sounded like a soapbox huh? You know the only drs I have found since I started getting pregnant that don't take a wait and see approach to medicine which I now love was Trey's neonatologist. Now I know that there are drs that are not so conservative to a fault. Anyway, thats my 2cents for what it is worth. I just know the pain of losing babies and its one that for the rest of my life I will pray other don't have to know. My NICU ride was a piece of cake compared to the heartache of my losses. Educate your doctor, Challange him and get 2nd, 3rd and 4th opions if you have to. Lara Trey's Mommy 24 wk preemie Born 8/30/02; 104 days in NICU Cerclage and Bedrest Baby, one year old now and doing GREAT!!! and Sydney's mommy pPROM 17wks 6/13/00; s/b 17.2wks 6/15/00 's mommy pROM 16.6wks 4/16/01; s/b 17.2wks 4/19/01 Told losses due to Incompetant Cervix See Trey at www.geocities.com/gareylt/gareylt _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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