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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
I'm still pregnant. Imagine that! Still being seen at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, USA, by the high risk (maternal fetal medicine) group. They are very thorough, and not at all anxiety-prone. I spent hours over the weekend researching the question of how to distinguish between a fetus that is healthy but small for gestational age (SGA) and one that is suffering from growth restriction/retardation (IUGR, due to a systemic medical problem in the mother, placenta, or baby). The clinic usually is very busy, so I have not wanted to take their time asking technical background questions. Instead, I do my own research, mostly on PubMed. And from that I can see the clinic staff have been checking all angles, and they have confirmed again and again that all is well. Of course it is possible that something is wrong, but that's always possible. I will take my chances there. I accept that my baby is SGA. And has a medical problem. But, problem aside, baby appears to be healthy. All signs are excellent. The current plan is to continue waiting one more week; if I don't pop before week 41, schedule an induction. I doubt I will make it another week, because warm-up contractions have been a regular grumpy-making highlight of the past 4 evenings. I consented to 2 internal exams, last week and today, and they show what I already know: I am progressing, slowly. Today my cervix was 60% effaced; still not "favorable" for induction, but getting there. RANT mode on The obstetrics community really needs a more intelligent method of diagnosing IUGR. The current method of diagnosis by proxy is almost absurd: any baby under 10th percentile weight for gestational age is assumed to suffer IUGR. This is often false. Misdiagnosis of IUGR causes unnecessary management of healthy small babies (extended bed rest, hospitalization of the mother, attempts to induce prematurely, unnecessary and risky C-sections, premature *AND* low birth weight babies) and totally misses the babies that (eg) should have been 90th percentile but are only 50th percentile due to severe IUGR. RANT mode off Monkey Boy, now 2.5, has been making tremendous progress in potty training. He is such a big boy! |
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
Congrats on hitting 40 weeks! Here is to 41!
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
The obstetrics community really needs a more intelligent method of
diagnosing IUGR. The current method of diagnosis by proxy is almost absurd: any baby under 10th percentile weight for gestational age is assumed to suffer IUGR. This is often false. Misdiagnosis of IUGR causes unnecessary management of healthy small babies (extended bed rest, hospitalization of the mother, attempts to induce prematurely, unnecessary and risky C-sections, premature *AND* low birth weight babies) and totally misses the babies that (eg) should have been 90th percentile but are only 50th percentile due to severe IUGR. I'd have to agree there, my first was almost certainly IUGR, but he was 5lb13oz when born, which was 25th centile for his gestation, but he'd been heading for 75th, but gained almost no weight in the last 5 weeks of pregnancy. There was some suspicion that something was happening before he was born, but everyone said he's not really tiny, so no worries, but I'd done my reading like you and was sure that what I had was an IUGR baby who wasn't under 10th centile for gestational age, so it was a fairly worrying time, thankfully he came at 37+4, an induction due to PROM, which I probably wouldn't have consented to without the IUGR concerns. Glad everything is well with you and labour vibes for the next few days. Anne |
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
Pologirl wrote:
I'm still pregnant. Imagine that! Congrats on making it to 40 weeks! Sending labor vibes for an appearance of your little one this week! Sharalyn mom to Alexander James (9/21/01) |
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Pologirl wrote:
Still being seen at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, USA, by the high risk (maternal fetal medicine) group. They are very thorough, and not at all anxiety-prone. The researchers there are way up to speed. The obstetrics community really needs a more intelligent method of diagnosing IUGR. The most recent NIH conference actually had some discussion of markers that could be used (at 11 weeks) to catch the vast majority of IUGR -- some 80%, IIRC. Not that this is any help, to you. :-) -- C, mama to three year old nursling |
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
Pologirl wrote:
I'm still pregnant. Imagine that! 40 weeks is awesome! Congratulations. Sounds like you are in great hands (yours and your medical team's). Are you away from home while you wait? Well done on the potty training! I am pretty excited about that phase. Elle DD 02/23/2005 #2 EDD 04/23/2007 |
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
"Pologirl" wrote in message oups.com... I'm still pregnant. Imagine that! I've been looking for an update from you! 40 weeks- fabulous! Maybe you'll have this lil' babe on Grant's 1st birthday-Friday the 29th. Still being seen at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, USA, by the high risk (maternal fetal medicine) group. They are very thorough, and not at all anxiety-prone. Sounds like you're in excellent hands. I accept that my baby is SGA. And has a medical problem. But, problem aside, baby appears to be healthy. All signs are excellent. The current plan is to continue waiting one more week; if I don't pop before week 41, schedule an induction. I doubt I will make it another week, because warm-up contractions have been a regular grumpy-making highlight of the past 4 evenings. I consented to 2 internal exams, last week and today, and they show what I already know: I am progressing, slowly. Today my cervix was 60% effaced; still not "favorable" for induction, but getting there. Things sound good. Hope the baby arrives before needing an induction, but if not, it sounds like things are going well. RANT mode on The obstetrics community really needs a more intelligent method of diagnosing IUGR. The current method of diagnosis by proxy is almost absurd: any baby under 10th percentile weight for gestational age is assumed to suffer IUGR. This is often false. Misdiagnosis of IUGR causes unnecessary management of healthy small babies (extended bed rest, hospitalization of the mother, attempts to induce prematurely, unnecessary and risky C-sections, premature *AND* low birth weight babies) and totally misses the babies that (eg) should have been 90th percentile but are only 50th percentile due to severe IUGR. RANT mode off Sounds like a worthy rant! Monkey Boy, now 2.5, has been making tremendous progress in potty training. He is such a big boy! That is excellent!! My 3.5 yo trained a month ago, and it was easy-breezy and so welcome. LOL Go, Monkey Boy! Joy |
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
I've been looking for an update from you! 40 weeks- fabulous! Maybe
you'll have this lil' babe on Grant's 1st birthday-Friday the 29th. we had this discussion last year! my birthday is 5th October and wasn't that the date Grant came home from hospital? arrggh, it's moving week now, so I'm not going to get news, I'll probably be offline from lunch time tomorrow til Tuesday at the earliest, when I'll have to go to a Starbucks or something to get access! Anne |
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Almost 40 weeks, can go to 41
"Anne Rogers" wrote and I snipped:
arrggh, it's moving week now, so I'm not going to get news, I'll probably be offline from lunch time tomorrow til Tuesday at the earliest, when I'll have to go to a Starbucks or something to get access! Good luck on your move! I'll be thinking of you. (talk about thread drift.....) :-) -Patty, mom of 1+2 |
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