What now pregnant with gestational diabetes and may have a big baby?
Posted in Definition on 26. Mar, 2010
Well i am now pregnant with my second little one, or shall i say big one, last one born by c-section because of baby head position and induction, i have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and am extremely worried i wont be able to deliver vaginally once again because the baby may be too big, i am 35 weeks pregnant and measuring 2 cm bigger for the last 3 apptments and the have only had one ultrasound .. i am scared about going into labor early or they may want to induce … what should i do ?
My friend had gestational diabetes and they had to induce to keep the baby’s size down, but she was able to deliver vaginally. Good luck!
Schedule a c-section, at this point with gestational diabetes I really don’t think there is much you can do to minimize shoulder dystocia (when the shoulders are too big to fit in the pelvic canal) – the only thing you need to worry about with gestational diabetes since macrosomia (10lbs or larger) IS NOT a reason for not being able to deliver as macrosomia doesn’t always mean shoulder dystocia but gestational diabetes often means it will occur.
I would not worry about the size of your baby. Many women with gestational diabetes are able to deliver vaginally with no problems. Keep in mind that ultrasounds and estimates about your baby’s size are just that….estimates. Ultrasounds are often wrong. They are sometimes off by a pound or more. They even get the sex of the baby wrong sometimes!
There’s no way any doctor can tell you with any certainty the size of your baby. And weight doesn’t really matter anyway. It has more to do with head circumference, the shape of your pelvis and the way the baby presents during labor.
I would not let them force you into induction or c-section if you’re not comfortable with it. Why don’t you just wait and let nature take it’s course? It’s rare that mother nature makes a baby which can’t come through the mother’s birth canal given a little bit of time and patience.
Please just try to relax and enjoy these last few weeks of your pregnancy.
I had gestational diabetes as well. My baby was born 5 weeks early (35 weeks) and was 6 pounds and 4 ounces. They said he would have been at least 9 pounds if I had went the last 5 weeks.
Just take it easy & monitor your blood glucose levels. If you have to have a c-section, it wont be the worst thing in the world as long as you and the baby are healthy.
The only thing is, Char’s blood glucose dropped in the 20’s after he was born and he had to be put in NICU. I don’t want to scare you, but make sure they’re monitoring him/her after they’re born. His sugar leveled back out and he isn’t diabetic or anything now but where his body was use to my high sugar levels it had to get used to compensating for the lack of.