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My Due Date: March 1, 2016I have given birth!
Age: 37 years old
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I Passed!
By Amanda_McDaniel » Posted Nov. 13, 2015 1:11pm - 279 views - 4 comments
My OB's office called today and I am negative for gestational diabetes. Yay! I am so thrilled. Also, my iron and thyroid levels are normal. Hallelujah! As if I wasn't happy enough, Care Bear's heart is perfect but I have to have yet another ultrasound at my next appointment at twenty-eight weeks. Apparently, if my placenta is too close to my cervix (within two centimeters) I will need to schedule another delivery by caesarean and mine is three centimeters. My midwife is not as concerned as the tech , she believes it'll be pulled farther away as my uterus grows. Speaking of that wondrous little organ, mine is measuring at twenty-six weeks. She didn't say whether that was a bad thing or mention any complications it may entail so I guess it just is what it is. As I suspected, the placenta is posterior and my weight went up a few more pounds since my stall a week or so ago. I hate weighing in winter clothes...
So my husband is actually encouraging me to schedule another caesarean. Military people just looove having everything in an orderly, timely manner. *Eye Roll* I am not afraid of having the surgery itself (it's really not that bad) but, having just bought a house with a long staircase, I am concerned about the recovery. While DeWayne could help me get my son to school, he has to sleep during the day so I don't know how I'd get up and down stairs for things when I was alone with the baby while trying not to die of agony those first two weeks. God forbid I needed to carry Caroline up or down with me... And I don't relish the idea of having one of the grandmothers assist me. I love them but I don't want them around all the time. So I think I'm just going to pray I go into labor on my own. Since I can't be induced after having a caesarean, I can plan another surgery for, like, 41 weeks if she still hasn't come and I'm miserable . Does anyone have any tips and tricks (oils, massages, teas, whatever) I can start now or soon that might increase my odds of not being pregnant for 42 weeks again??
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I Passed!
By Amanda_McDaniel » Posted Nov. 13, 2015 1:11pm - 279 views - 4 comments
My OB's office called today and I am negative for gestational diabetes. Yay! I am so thrilled. Also, my iron and thyroid levels are normal. Hallelujah! As if I wasn't happy enough, Care Bear's heart is perfect but I have to have yet another ultrasound at my next appointment at twenty-eight weeks. Apparently, if my placenta is too close to my cervix (within two centimeters) I will need to schedule another delivery by caesarean and mine is three centimeters. My midwife is not as concerned as the tech , she believes it'll be pulled farther away as my uterus grows. Speaking of that wondrous little organ, mine is measuring at twenty-six weeks. She didn't say whether that was a bad thing or mention any complications it may entail so I guess it just is what it is. As I suspected, the placenta is posterior and my weight went up a few more pounds since my stall a week or so ago. I hate weighing in winter clothes...
So my husband is actually encouraging me to schedule another caesarean. Military people just looove having everything in an orderly, timely manner. *Eye Roll* I am not afraid of having the surgery itself (it's really not that bad) but, having just bought a house with a long staircase, I am concerned about the recovery. While DeWayne could help me get my son to school, he has to sleep during the day so I don't know how I'd get up and down stairs for things when I was alone with the baby while trying not to die of agony those first two weeks. God forbid I needed to carry Caroline up or down with me... And I don't relish the idea of having one of the grandmothers assist me. I love them but I don't want them around all the time. So I think I'm just going to pray I go into labor on my own. Since I can't be induced after having a caesarean, I can plan another surgery for, like, 41 weeks if she still hasn't come and I'm miserable . Does anyone have any tips and tricks (oils, massages, teas, whatever) I can start now or soon that might increase my odds of not being pregnant for 42 weeks again??
Comments for this Journal Entry
 | Comment from HzlGreenEyes » Posted Nov. 16, 2015 8:33am See... you were stressing yourself over the GD for no reason. Glad to hear everything is good! |
 | Comment from thomasanddawnxoxo » Posted Nov. 13, 2015 9:37pm Congrats!!! Now go have some ice cream ! |
 | Comment from MalPal85 » Posted Nov. 13, 2015 6:01pm Congrats on passing! Wish I could have said the same haha. |
 | Comment from Summer0120 » Posted Nov. 13, 2015 3:40pm I don't have any tips on not being pregnant for 42 weeks... ButI do want to say congrats on all the good news today!! Hope things keep going well and that the placenta pulls further away in the next four weeks!! |
