February 28, 2010

Good Evening.  I had a visit to the doctor this week.  We had our first BioPhysical Profile done.  I was very nervous as to what they might find.  I have to say that I am quite pleased with the results.

First, I will say that just the idea of the BioPhysical profile scared me.  I knew how active my baby was but I was scared for some reason when someone else was looking at it.  To update everybody, a BioPhysical Profile is an ultrasound that looks at the activity, breathing and heart beat of the baby.  They monitor these activities while they are looking over the baby.  I can feel that the baby is moving all the time but I can’t feel the heartbeat or breathing.  I think this is what I was scared about.  Another fear I had is that my baby is in a very weird position and I wondered just what they may be able to see.  I have not had very much success with my ultrasounds because of this position.  I am happy to report that although it was difficult, long and tiring we were able to see everything we needed to see.  My baby is currently in a breech position.  I am not sure he will move either.  He is very long and I don’t know if he can even have enough space to move around in the correct position.  Even if I go into natural labor, I suspect I will have a C-Section just because of the breech position.  I only have 5 weeks left so there isn’t that much time left.  We found out from the ultrasound that he weighs about 4 ½ pounds right now which is average size for 32 weeks.   I was very happy to hear that.  It sounds so funny to me to say that I am looking for an average baby but I really am.  I don’t want to hear that he is too big or too small or anything like that.  I just want to hear he is right where he should be.  So far, that is exactly what we have found out.  In addition to this good news, my doctor told me I should be commended for my efforts.  He said all the baby’s numbers and my numbers support the fact that I had done an excellent job in controlling my diabetes during the pregnancy.   He said that unless I had, either I and/or the baby would be showing some side effects by now and nothing has surfaced.  It even looks like now the baby will only be about 7 pounds when he is born.  This is great.  We couldn’t have asked for better news.  We could see the whole pregnancy that my blood sugar was staying in control but it was impossible until now to see what effect it had on the baby.  We now have our confirmation of the positive effect on the baby.  My husband also got good news for his concern.  He has been concerned that I would have complications in my recovery from a C-Section.   The doctor told him that with the great control I have had it shouldn’t be any different than it was the first time. He says that my body should be able to handle a surgery as well as if I didn’t have diabetes.  This is a relief to most of my family.  I will say I have worked for it.  It was a struggle in the beginning but I have really learned a lot over these months.  I think that my fight with diabetes will be easier from now on since I had this to teach me. 

I will keep everyone updated.  I will be having a BioPhysical Profile and doctor visit every week until the baby is born.  Hopefully, more good news is on the way.