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any diabetics go past 40 weeks
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I am a type II diabetic who has been induced at 39 weeks with my first pg, and would have been induced at 39 weeks 3 days with my second except we got me going at 39 weeks with a sweep and some castor oil to avoid the scheduled hospital induction. Both times induction was actually scheduled because of BP issues, but I found out after that I could have taken higher doses of bp meds rather than being induced, but the docs would have wanted to induce at 40 weeks just because of the diabetes anyway. I really don't want to be induced this time. I am wondering, do any diabetics stay pg after 40 weeks and just continue to get NSTs and biophysical profiles, or should I just give in and be induced at 40 weeks if I haven't went into labor. I don't want to do anything to compromise the health of the baby, so if I really need to be induced I will. KC |
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I really don't want to be induced this time. I am wondering, do any
diabetics stay pg after 40 weeks and just continue to get NSTs and biophysical profiles, or should I just give in and be induced at 40 weeks if I haven't went into labor. I don't want to do anything to compromise the health of the baby, so if I really need to be induced I will. Isn't the risk with diabetics the size? Isn't it type I diabetics who have labour issues, needing to be very careful to control the blood sugar during labour? I'd be wanting to find out why they want to induce you? Diabetes is too vague an answer, if they say because of the size of the baby, then you know that is not recommended, if they give you other reasons then you have to find out the answers to those. Cheers Anne |
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Isn't the risk with diabetics the size?
The risk is also an early aging of placentas. I don't consider size an issue for me at all because my babies have not been big (but have had large heads) and have birthed very very easily. I am sure I have room to birth a bigger baby if I need to. KC |
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The risk is also an early aging of placentas. I don't consider size an issue for me at all because my babies have not been big (but have had large heads) and have birthed very very easily. I am sure I have room to birth a bigger baby if I need to. can you ask for scans to check that? that's what non diabetic women who want to avoid induction do after 42 weeks Anne |
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see also alt.support.diabetes....they are very smart over there!
wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I am a type II diabetic who has been induced at 39 weeks with my first pg, and would have been induced at 39 weeks 3 days with my second except we got me going at 39 weeks with a sweep and some castor oil to avoid the scheduled hospital induction. Both times induction was actually scheduled because of BP issues, but I found out after that I could have taken higher doses of bp meds rather than being induced, but the docs would have wanted to induce at 40 weeks just because of the diabetes anyway. I really don't want to be induced this time. I am wondering, do any diabetics stay pg after 40 weeks and just continue to get NSTs and biophysical profiles, or should I just give in and be induced at 40 weeks if I haven't went into labor. I don't want to do anything to compromise the health of the baby, so if I really need to be induced I will. KC |
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Ericka Kammerer wrote: wrote: Isn't the risk with diabetics the size? They can do a pretty good job of checking placental functioning, so if that is their only concern for you, you could refuse induction and just monitor placental functioning. Just as an FYI, I'm sure you know one of the potential issues is the risk of neonatal hypoglycemia. If your blood sugars aren't (or haven't) been under decent control, the baby is flooded with excess glucose, causing the baby to manufacture more insulin to handle it. If you suddenly remove that glucose, that excess insulin causes the baby to go hypoglycemic. If the baby goes *too* hypoglycemic, that can be quite dangerous. Obviously, one time the baby is at risk for that is right after birth, when the baby has to rely on nursing to get food. Another risky period is during labor, if you are not eating and drinking during labor. You want to make sure that you're keeping your blood sugars stable during labor too. Best wishes, Ericka Thanks, you are right I do know about keeping good glucose control and about low blood sugars in the baby after birth. I always do keep tight blood sugar control. I have found it very easy to keep good blood sugar during labor I guess because the uterus is burning the sugar off. Both my dds did have low blood sugars at birth though. My first dd had low blood sugars for 2 days, but I think it was because she was not really ready to be born when they induced her, and they did also cut her chord immediately, so perhaps that made things harder for her too. My second baby had just 1 low blood sugar that was cured by her drinking one bottle of sugar water. I have heard other diabetics say their babies went low at birth despite the mom's good control. Perhaps it is because we diabetics so frequently get babies out before they are ready. KC |
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can you ask for scans to check that? that's what non diabetic women
who want to avoid induction do after 42 weeks I think I will talk to my doctors about this, and perhaps will insist. It is what I would prefer. Thanks, KC |
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