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<blockquote data-quote="Citygirl" data-source="post: 1459602" data-attributes="member: 55474"><p>I had pre-existing diabetes before getting pregnant but no other health issues. I was also on asprin throughout my pregnancy - this is a standard thing if you have diabetes. I didn't have pre-eclampsia.</p><p></p><p>My baby was measuring large on the first two growth scans I had and so my obstetrician booked another appointment with me to discuss delivering the baby at 36 weeks. Before I could attend that appointment, I went into labour and had my baby at 32+6. He was 3kg (which is a relatively low weight for a full term baby but well within normal parameters but was very large for that gestation). That was 4 weeks ago.</p><p></p><p>My baby had to be in NICU for 4 days, due to needing a glucose drip for 3 days (because of my diabetes) and because he was jaundiced. We then also had to stay in the post-natal ward for another 6 days because he still needed treatment for the jaundice and he wasn't able to breastfeed (due to not having the ability to suck - apparently this usually develops between 34 and 36 weeks). He didn't have any other major issues. We were originally told that he would be in NICU for 3 weeks, but I think they were telling us the worst case scenario.</p><p></p><p>He is now breastfeeding fine and is doing really well.</p><p></p><p>My waters also broke early, so I'd had the steroid injection 4 days before I gave birth. This definitely helped his lungs develop, as he only needed oxygen for about 6 hours after birth and didn't have any problems breathing the rest of the time he was in NICU. Apparently the steroids need 7 days to work fully, so you will probably have them at least a week before they intend to deliver your baby so that they have maximum effect.</p><p></p><p>The steroid injections will send your blood sugar levels up though - I don't know if your renal consultant mentioned that? I was in hospital for about 48 hours when I had the injections and was put on a sliding scale. I had two injections, 12 hours apart, and they kept me on the sliding scale for 24 hours after the second injection. I'm on a pump, so they let me keep that on too and then were happy to discharge me after that as I was able to control my blood sugar levels myself after that. It was another 36 hours or so before my blood sugar levels went back to normal (just before I went into labour really).</p><p></p><p>If you do deliver your baby at 32 weeks then the baby will almost certainly have to spend a bit of time in NICU, just to make sure that he/she is ok. As you have pre-existing diabetes, this was likely to be the case anyway as if the baby needs a glucose drip they will need to be in NICU, but hopefully it won't need to be too long. My baby was the oldest baby in NICU when we were there - plenty of babies are born much earlier who do fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Citygirl, post: 1459602, member: 55474"] I had pre-existing diabetes before getting pregnant but no other health issues. I was also on asprin throughout my pregnancy - this is a standard thing if you have diabetes. I didn't have pre-eclampsia. My baby was measuring large on the first two growth scans I had and so my obstetrician booked another appointment with me to discuss delivering the baby at 36 weeks. Before I could attend that appointment, I went into labour and had my baby at 32+6. He was 3kg (which is a relatively low weight for a full term baby but well within normal parameters but was very large for that gestation). That was 4 weeks ago. My baby had to be in NICU for 4 days, due to needing a glucose drip for 3 days (because of my diabetes) and because he was jaundiced. We then also had to stay in the post-natal ward for another 6 days because he still needed treatment for the jaundice and he wasn't able to breastfeed (due to not having the ability to suck - apparently this usually develops between 34 and 36 weeks). He didn't have any other major issues. We were originally told that he would be in NICU for 3 weeks, but I think they were telling us the worst case scenario. He is now breastfeeding fine and is doing really well. My waters also broke early, so I'd had the steroid injection 4 days before I gave birth. This definitely helped his lungs develop, as he only needed oxygen for about 6 hours after birth and didn't have any problems breathing the rest of the time he was in NICU. Apparently the steroids need 7 days to work fully, so you will probably have them at least a week before they intend to deliver your baby so that they have maximum effect. The steroid injections will send your blood sugar levels up though - I don't know if your renal consultant mentioned that? I was in hospital for about 48 hours when I had the injections and was put on a sliding scale. I had two injections, 12 hours apart, and they kept me on the sliding scale for 24 hours after the second injection. I'm on a pump, so they let me keep that on too and then were happy to discharge me after that as I was able to control my blood sugar levels myself after that. It was another 36 hours or so before my blood sugar levels went back to normal (just before I went into labour really). If you do deliver your baby at 32 weeks then the baby will almost certainly have to spend a bit of time in NICU, just to make sure that he/she is ok. As you have pre-existing diabetes, this was likely to be the case anyway as if the baby needs a glucose drip they will need to be in NICU, but hopefully it won't need to be too long. My baby was the oldest baby in NICU when we were there - plenty of babies are born much earlier who do fine. [/QUOTE]
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