Spend a very interesting morning at the Alex (aka the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch) seeing the consultant about our Dyl. It didn't start well. The midwife was flabbergasted that no-one at Lewisham had been bothering to track my size, and plotted me a nice graph... which was bloody scary as I was WELL above the top line for size. She immediately decided that I needed to be tested for gestational diabetes tomorrow...and I nearly sh@t myself!
Fortunately, the consultant decided to try and do a growth scan first, as the glucose test would involve a 12 hour fast, then a blood test and sugary drink, then a two hour wait in the hospital, then another blood test - starving a pregnant woman? Surely that's torture? Call Amnesty immediately!
Doing a growth scan at 36 1/2 weeks is pretty tricky, as the baby is too big to scan properly. However, they managed to get a look and he's big, but not too big! He's currently 3/5ths engaged (3/5ths of his head is in my pelvis), 6lbs 10oz and has a big belly (like Daddy lol). I don't have abnormally large waters either, so why I'm big, I'm not sure! Maybe I just have a stretchy uterus or something!? Got to see his lovely face, even though the picture wasn't great. Also got another eyeful of his huge todger! We got a very blurry pic of his face (thanks lovely sonographer), so I'll try and get it scanned in somewhere.
Thankfully the scan has ruled out gestational diabetes, so no starvation for me! They're also not concerned about my heartbeat as, like I said to Lewisham, it's always been there, it's just hormonal and asymptomatic. The consultant's only concern was the LLETZ I had done in January and whether my cervix will be compromised due to scarring, as I dilate in labour. I won't go into details as to what that is, as it's a bit grim and 'female' - it's a treatment to prevent cervical cancer and involves removing precancerous cells... anyway, the curious can just hit Wikipedia and it's delightful Americanised entry here
Other than that, they are expecting me to deliver a healthy, 8 1/2lbs baby boy in the next month or so. Let's just hope they are right!
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