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Juju request update
I can't say yet whether the juju worked, although I'm sure it's helping. 
After the "we're putting you on insulin" call, they called back to tell me that since they are putting me on the meds to control my glucose levels, I'll need to come in 2X a week for non-stress tests (basically monitoring his heart rate for increases with movement) until I deliver. And, that they won't let me go past my due date. I've been hoping for a natural birth, and even a slightly overdue one - considering the overlap of my maternity leave and DH's summer break at school.
This also means that I'll need continuous monitoring during labor, which is said to increase the likelihood of medical interventions. If I don't go into labor by my due date, they'll have to induce me - also said to lead to more interventions.
I was so overwhelmed by the new information that my work sent me home early- which I can't afford with the baby coming, but I knew they were right to do so. I wouldn't have been able to concentrate. I just feel like so many options have been taken away from me all of a sudden.
Re: Juju request update
Oh, honey, I'm so sorry. What a stressful/annoying way to spend the final weeks of your pregnancy. Don't get too discouraged yet, though -- I've been on both sides of that equation, so a natural birth is possible. (With Owen, I was way overdue, had to be induced, and wound up with a c-section. With Ellie, I was two weeks early, and although my water broke, I still needed Pitocin to get contractions going regularly, and she was born vaginally/naturally.) My sister had gestational diabetes with her first, had to be induced because of her BP, and she still had her vaginally. It can happen.
That said, while I very much understand your disappointment at the possibility of intervention (I was very committed to a natural birth with Owen, and was sad when I found out I couldn't have it), now that I've been through childbirth with an average-sized baby, I am really glad that Owen was a c-section. Delivering a 10 lb. 10 oz. baby naturally would've been awful.
I've never heard before that continuous monitoring increases the likelihood of intervention...that's interesting. I had continuous monitoring with both kids -- as long as they have a wireless monitor, it's not that bad, though the damn nodes do get itchy.
Perfectly said Jess! : )
chayer227 - Sending you and baby great thoughts!
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