Re: Glucose Tolerance Test and baby update.

March 9, 2004

Hiya!

Well I'm glad the test went well but it sounds like you were

absolutely miserable!!! I thought that somehow the test could be

altered a bit for those of us with wls.... sheeesh! Guess not! Is

that what I have to look forward to?! Oooohhh...

I'm not exactly sure how far along I am either but I'm still in my

first trimester so I won't get too freaked out just yet. The doc

gave me a tentative due date of october 10. Sounds fine to

me.... Have you had a C-section before? I don't envy you if you

have to have one. I found it to be quite painful after the meds

wore off because the incision is horizontal and gravity pulls on

it. My wls incision was nothing in comparison! Hey everyone's

different so maybe you won't even be phased by it!

So is it a girl then?

Aaliyah

> Hey ladies,

>

> I just wanted to let you all know that I survived the test! It

was

> a nasty experience, but I survived. By the 2nd sip my mouth was

> watering and I had turned white and was sweating. I had told the

> lab tech's that I'd most likely get violently ill after drinking

the

> glucola. They were watching me and saw that I wasn't doing great,

> they took me in the back room and put me in a recliner with a

> blanket over me and dimmed the lights. They told me how important

> the test was, but if I had to throw up I could. I just kept

> swallowing and using mind over matter. I know that I had been

> sitting up it would have thrown up. I just tried to stay quiet

and

> concentrate on keeping it in. I felt horrible the whole time but

I

> did it. I made it through the blood test, then ran home and had

> horrible diarrhea and felt badly for a few hours after.

>

> In other news...I have no idea how far along I really am. As some

> of you know, my pregnancy was completely unplanned and happened 3

> months after surgery. I could be as little as 31 weeks or as much

> as 34 weeks right now. I have been measuring big for the past 3

> months. Right now I measure at 36 weeks. My last ultrasound was

> done by an fantastic ultrasound tech who told my husband and I

> everything. It was done Feb. 23rd. The baby measured big, she

> asked if there was anyway my dates could be wrong, I told her it

was

> possible because we had no idea when I conceived. The baby

measured

> at 3lbs 9oz. at the time of the ultrasound. She said that if the

> baby went to term according to the May 14th due date, she would be

> over 10lbs. My two other girls were 8lbs each. Something just

> doesn't add up. My midwife said she isn't going to change the due

> date but she won't let me go past the 14th of may. She tends to

> think I'll have the baby at the end of April. The other concern

is

> how much time this baby has spent in the frank breech position.

If

> she remains breech, I will have to have a c-section. They

probably

> won't consider trying an external version because of my two

> hernias. So if anyone has had any luck turning a breech baby with

> any methods, let me know. Sorry this is so long.

>

> Jenn, mom of 7 1/2, Caroline 4 and Baby Girl due sometime at

> the end of April or the beginning of May or whenever she feels

like

> it!

March 9, 2004