AJP
02-23-2011, 01:03 AM
Sorry I've been a bit quiet in the past couple of weeks. Non-pregnancy related chaos is surrounding us and then two weeks ago I spilled glucose during my routine appointment. Glucola is apparenty not found here so my midwife gave me a glucometer so I could test my blood sugar levels. After reading around a bit I did the 2-hour post-prandial test (fast, test, eat a big breakfast and then test 2 hours later) and my results were borderline high. So now I'm trying to cut back on the sugar and simple carbs a bit until I get back to the US (late next week, most likely) and can confer with my OB there.
Then last week I went in to my OB here for my monthly ultrasound and he told me my amniotic fluid was low. Unfortunately it was late in the day and I didn't have the presence of mind to ask him for a specific value. Looking back I'm not sure he even measured the amniotic fluid index - he may have just based it on overall impressions. He wasn't very worried, but more and more I'm finding him to be a bit too casual about things. So I called my midwife who hooked me up with an American u/s tech who is living here and currently doing missionary work, but brought an u/s machine with her. She did a short ultrasound and an amniotic fluid index and calculated it at 6.1-8 (she did the test twice). The cutoff for low fluid is 5, so I'm borderline and need to be monitored. She did say that the kidneys and bladder look good, which is what they worry about when fluid is low, so that was reassuring.
Tomorrow I go back to my OB for another u/s. If I find him to be too casual again, I'm going back to the American u/s tech one more time. I really wish I could enjoy this pregnancy a bit more, but at this point I just want her here safe and sound. None of these issues are reasons to push up our departure date, and because of the non-pregnancy things that we need to handle, we need to be here for the next 10-14 days if at all possible.
Thanks for listening to my vent!
Then last week I went in to my OB here for my monthly ultrasound and he told me my amniotic fluid was low. Unfortunately it was late in the day and I didn't have the presence of mind to ask him for a specific value. Looking back I'm not sure he even measured the amniotic fluid index - he may have just based it on overall impressions. He wasn't very worried, but more and more I'm finding him to be a bit too casual about things. So I called my midwife who hooked me up with an American u/s tech who is living here and currently doing missionary work, but brought an u/s machine with her. She did a short ultrasound and an amniotic fluid index and calculated it at 6.1-8 (she did the test twice). The cutoff for low fluid is 5, so I'm borderline and need to be monitored. She did say that the kidneys and bladder look good, which is what they worry about when fluid is low, so that was reassuring.
Tomorrow I go back to my OB for another u/s. If I find him to be too casual again, I'm going back to the American u/s tech one more time. I really wish I could enjoy this pregnancy a bit more, but at this point I just want her here safe and sound. None of these issues are reasons to push up our departure date, and because of the non-pregnancy things that we need to handle, we need to be here for the next 10-14 days if at all possible.
Thanks for listening to my vent!