Thank you to all who have reached out to me in the last couple weeks. It is nice to hear from potential DE moms.
This post will mainly be about what is going on in my pregnancy. The last week or so has been rough.
Baby V and I are doing great. She is healthy and growing just right. At 30 weeks and 6 days my nurse and I decided I needed medication for my GD (Gestational Diabetes). Over the last couple week my night-time fasting numbers have been gradually rising. The frustrating thing about GD fasting number is there really is no way to control the number. For meals I can eat less carbs and make better carb choices but for fasting it is almost all hormones.
My nurse initially started me on Glyburide. I took Glyburide when I was pregnant with Ant to help my fasting numbers. This time around through I did a little research on Glyburide and found that it has an increased risk of hypoglycemia in baby at birth. Ant was hypoglycemic at birth and he spend almost a week in NICU. This was something I did not want to repeat with baby V. I emailed my nurse and told her my concerns and asked for other options. Well the only other option is insulin. For someone who has done 2 IVFs and 2 DE IVFs needles are no big deal.
While needles are no big deal to me but being on insulin meant I cannot stay with the midwife practice. So this week I had to say goodbye to the practice I love and start searching for a new one. The hard part about this search is #1 I want to try to VBAC (vaginal birth after c-sec). #2 I have GD and #3 I am on insulin. The first practice I contacted said that I am to high risk and recommended a high risk OB over 45mins away from my house and a hospital I knew nothing about. It is hard hearing no, especially at 32 weeks when I already feel like a ticking time bomb.
Next week I have to contact two more options and hope one of them will take me on. Otherwise it looks like I may have to drive farther. Also next week starts twice a week NST (none stress test). My boss is going to be so frustrated with me by the end but my number 1 concern is baby V. I want her to be healthy and that is why I made the tough choice to use insulin instead of Glyburide.
What I have learned from this past week is that we need to ask our Drs questions. Sometimes we follow what they tell us blindly. From now on I am going to be asking about the Benefits, Risks, and Alternatives. I can no longer follow their advice blindly.
