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<blockquote data-quote="CharlottePatten" data-source="post: 2277382" data-attributes="member: 44930"><p>[emoji4] It's good to have others to talk too, oh my first pregnancy was terrible but this was is not going great either, with my first I never had any sickness, but highs pretty much throughout even with specialist care, with my son I had low papp a and had 1 in 8 chance of down syndrome child but refused any invasive tests as they were pushing me to have, during the end of my pregnancy I ended up going into hospital due to reduced fetal movement and found that I was going into early labour and my son was in destress which landed in c section, I had a calcified placenta and placenta had broken into multiple pieces which is often the case for diabetes due to aging of placenta, my son was born with hypoglycaemia and jaundice and ended up being in NICU for 9 days which was terrible and I didn't respond well to medications and recovery was a nightmare and I wasn't discharged till 10 days later so didn't have a great pregnancy or post. Oh I'm sorry to hear that, was you on aspirin during your pregnancy? I have taken it in my first and second due to reducing the risk of pre eclampsia. This pregnancy I've had severe low readings without awareness and they have put me on a dexcom g6, I've had severe sickness, I've got pelvic girdle pain, low papp-a, high iron and a 1 in 5 chance of down syndrome with this baby. Yes I did with my pregnancy too and had many arguments with consultants as I understood there were risks but there's many women with diabetes and have healthy pregnancies and I don't feel it's right that women have to argue there views, I am the same and this pregnancy is going different, my baby is very active and no the signs and warnings so if I ever felt something was off then I will be straight into hospital but I will not be pushed into anything in regards to possibly having larger babies due to diabetes as they go on about too be, that's what scans are for but this time things are going my way not what a consultant states as I want to try a vbac this time and will be refusing an induction at 37 weeks as stated. Obviously that's if there's no signs of fetal distress or placenta issues through scans. My son is a handful anyway as he's a crazy climber but I've found it hard as I go low alot and have PGP but he does help me with alot and knows when things aren't right, I tend to drink orange juice when my sugars are low and he puts the straw in for me and tells me to drink up. Oh bless him, it's good he knows and is helping [emoji4]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CharlottePatten, post: 2277382, member: 44930"] [emoji4] It's good to have others to talk too, oh my first pregnancy was terrible but this was is not going great either, with my first I never had any sickness, but highs pretty much throughout even with specialist care, with my son I had low papp a and had 1 in 8 chance of down syndrome child but refused any invasive tests as they were pushing me to have, during the end of my pregnancy I ended up going into hospital due to reduced fetal movement and found that I was going into early labour and my son was in destress which landed in c section, I had a calcified placenta and placenta had broken into multiple pieces which is often the case for diabetes due to aging of placenta, my son was born with hypoglycaemia and jaundice and ended up being in NICU for 9 days which was terrible and I didn't respond well to medications and recovery was a nightmare and I wasn't discharged till 10 days later so didn't have a great pregnancy or post. Oh I'm sorry to hear that, was you on aspirin during your pregnancy? I have taken it in my first and second due to reducing the risk of pre eclampsia. This pregnancy I've had severe low readings without awareness and they have put me on a dexcom g6, I've had severe sickness, I've got pelvic girdle pain, low papp-a, high iron and a 1 in 5 chance of down syndrome with this baby. Yes I did with my pregnancy too and had many arguments with consultants as I understood there were risks but there's many women with diabetes and have healthy pregnancies and I don't feel it's right that women have to argue there views, I am the same and this pregnancy is going different, my baby is very active and no the signs and warnings so if I ever felt something was off then I will be straight into hospital but I will not be pushed into anything in regards to possibly having larger babies due to diabetes as they go on about too be, that's what scans are for but this time things are going my way not what a consultant states as I want to try a vbac this time and will be refusing an induction at 37 weeks as stated. Obviously that's if there's no signs of fetal distress or placenta issues through scans. My son is a handful anyway as he's a crazy climber but I've found it hard as I go low alot and have PGP but he does help me with alot and knows when things aren't right, I tend to drink orange juice when my sugars are low and he puts the straw in for me and tells me to drink up. Oh bless him, it's good he knows and is helping [emoji4] [/QUOTE]
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