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Growth Scan… Baby is growing too big…

  • 14th June 2019
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At my 32 week midwife appointment I swanned in thinking that as everything had been going so well with Baby Hunts progress this one would be fine. I was wrong!

Not only did I have a urine infection (due to his head been so low and not being able to empty my bladder properly), I also had raised levels in my blood tests that indicated a risk of blood loss at birth – so they are monitoring this with another blood test at 36 weeks. To top it off Baby Hunt also measured well above average when my midwife measured him.

LET’S HOPE HE’S NOT THIS BIG!

What now?

As a precaution within a few days I was up at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital having a growth scan. After a quick look around, and another go – just to double check, they confirmed the midwife was right.

This got a bit worrying when she mentioned the words – early and C Section, especially with Project Hillside a way off being completed!!!

What does it mean?

The next day they had me back up the hospital for a Gestational Diabetes test, which could be a cause of him growing quickly.

Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops during pregnancy and usually disappears after giving birth. … It occurs if your body cannot produce enough insulin – a hormone that helps control blood sugar levels – to meet the extra needs in pregnancy.

The test involves not eating or drinking anything after 12am the night before. A first blood test is then given upon arrival and then you are given a special glucose drink followed by two hour wait in the waiting room. A second blood test is then given to measure the difference in levels and you are given some orange juice and a banana as your reward.

But I am ok and so is he!

So it turned out my tests were ok, it could be Baby Hunt decided to have a bit of a growth spurt! We have another growth scan at 36 weeks to check how he is doing.

The good thing is – he is being monitored!


Information about Gestational Diabetes can be found here > https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gestational-diabetes/

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