I've learnt that even though I could have expected my insulin resistance to improve, it did not really happen for me. So I injected well into my 3rd trimester because I was still somewhat insulin resistant.
Source: http://www.pfizer4life.com/en/MomsToBe/YouAndYourBaby/ThirdTrimester.aspx
I had all the foetal assessments done and was happy to learn that our baby didn't have anything I needed to worry about. Oh, I didn't have the test done to check whether the baby would be at risk of down syndrome. My view is that I would not have ended my pregnancy in that case anyway so why bother taking the test.
My gynae was a tiny bit concerned about the weight of my our baby though. She was growing at a tremendous speed and there was a risk that I would not have been able to give natural birth. I was told at the foetal assessment that I was most likely to be induced at 38 weeks to prevent the baby from growing too large at full term.
However, the risk with induction is that there is also an increased risk of a c-section. So I had to brace myself for the fact that I could in all likelihood have a c-section even though I would have preferred a natural birth (with epidural of course. I'm not that into pain lol).
At my 37 week scan our baby was 3.8kg (+-300 grams). I was scheduled to come in for an induction the next week. However, my gynae warned that kids have their own schedules and that I could go into labour before that date. She also said that if our baby was more than 4kg that I would be schedule for a c-section and not induced. There was a risk that the shoulders would get stuck and we were not willing to take that risk.
The assessment also showed that there was a 90% chance that we were having a girl :) YIPPEEE pink! Almost time for labor - scary!!
Source: http://www.pfizer4life.com/en/MomsToBe/YouAndYourBaby/ThirdTrimester.aspx
I had all the foetal assessments done and was happy to learn that our baby didn't have anything I needed to worry about. Oh, I didn't have the test done to check whether the baby would be at risk of down syndrome. My view is that I would not have ended my pregnancy in that case anyway so why bother taking the test.
My gynae was a tiny bit concerned about the weight of my our baby though. She was growing at a tremendous speed and there was a risk that I would not have been able to give natural birth. I was told at the foetal assessment that I was most likely to be induced at 38 weeks to prevent the baby from growing too large at full term.
However, the risk with induction is that there is also an increased risk of a c-section. So I had to brace myself for the fact that I could in all likelihood have a c-section even though I would have preferred a natural birth (with epidural of course. I'm not that into pain lol).
At my 37 week scan our baby was 3.8kg (+-300 grams). I was scheduled to come in for an induction the next week. However, my gynae warned that kids have their own schedules and that I could go into labour before that date. She also said that if our baby was more than 4kg that I would be schedule for a c-section and not induced. There was a risk that the shoulders would get stuck and we were not willing to take that risk.
The assessment also showed that there was a 90% chance that we were having a girl :) YIPPEEE pink! Almost time for labor - scary!!
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