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[estherchaya]

I spent Sunday night/Monday morning at Labor & Delivery for contractions and other fun stuff.   Tuesday I had my already-scheduled OB appointment.  The doctor said that the goal is to keep me out of the hospital as long as possible (I hadn't known that was on the table, but okay...).  I told him I spent Sunday night at the hospital, and he

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[either_or]

if you're not really eating, how would they go about controlling GD anyway?

[estherchaya]

Yes, well, that is an interesting question, isn't it? There are two answers to that question:

1. Most people who don't take in any food during their pregnancy, do not also have gestational diabetes. That being said, I do get 5% dextrose in my IV fluids, so I get as many as 600 calories per day (but usually 200), so it's not that no sugar is ever going into my bloodstream, and there theoretically COULD be issues with the way my body metabolizes that sugar, which is why you still test for GD - if I still had GD despite not eating, they obviously wouldn't be able to control it by limiting my carb intake, which takes us to...

2. If I do have GD, which I probably do not, then they'd probably have to manage it with medication. Preferably, not oral medication. Good thing I'm not afraid of needles. Anyway, that's unlikely regardless.

[mrn613]

Pubic symphysis pain in pregnancy seems to be more common in women who have had multiples because the pubic symphysis joint stabilized in a wider position after the multiple pregnancy. so your pelvis went into this pregnancy in a much more unstable position than your pelvis went into your first pregnancy.

Regarding the fFN, I'm pretty sure a negative test does not mean there is a zero percent chance you will deliver in the next two weeks. I think you should go get checked, every night if necessary.

[estherchaya]

a negative fFN does not mean a zero percent chance of delivering in the next two weeks. What it indicates is the likelihood. Only 5% of women who have a negative fFN deliver due to cervical incompetence within the two weeks following the test. So although it is not a zero percent chance, it is a significant indicator and one that gives some room for comfort.

Personally, I don't take SO much comfort in it, but the problem is, all the doctors do. "Oh, you had a negative fFN so don't worry about those 15 contractions/hour you're having all day. No big deal!"

[estherchaya]

re: the pubic symphysis pain - that makes more sense than the explanation "It's you're second pregnancy." I get that it's my second pregnancy, but we're comparing apples to oranges here, so I get tired of hearing that my body is much more sensitive to these changes just because I've been pregnant before. Most people don't ever have triplets, let alone have another baby after having had triplets. But the explanation you give is much more fluid and logical.

Of course, it still doesn't stop the excruciating pain that I'm in to know it's logical, but at least this is yet another of the discomforts of pregnancy that I know will get better once this little tenant makes his or her entrance into the world.

[mrn613]

a good friend of mine had to walk with two old lady canes (you know the kind with four tennis balls on the bottom) in her pregnancy after twins so I've seen it in action. I'm afraid to tell you this, but it doesn't always get better right after you deliver.

[kmelion]

I'm sure you've thought of this, but have you gone to a chiropractor?

[estherchaya]

I have thought about it, yes, but I haven't gone yet. This pain only started Thursday or Friday of last week - and at that point it was less that it was pain and more that it was intense pressure. By Monday, it had resolved into excruciating pain, but I didn't really realize that until late in the day, because I slept most of the day after having been up all night at L&D. I've had too many appointments since then to work it out (OB on Tuesday, perinatologist and developmental pediatrician yesterday, many work meetings today. Good times).