MyFamily

MyFamily
the3ofus

Thursday 29 May 2014

7: Pregnancy Journey GDM

          On my 20th week of pregnancy, I needed to check my sugar content in blood. The procedure is named as MOGTT (Modified Oral Glucose Tolerance Test). So, what should I do? Firstly, of course to control sugar intake (to get the good result) and also, I need to fast start from 12 midnight before the procedure.
          The appointment was at 8am at Hospital Kota Kinabatangan. We arrived there around 8.40am. Nurse pricked my finger to get small blood sample before I required to drink a glass of 75ml of glucose (yucks!) until finished. 2 hrs later, I came back to the hospital to get my blood tested again (still fasting). Oh yes! Sugar readings were normal. Then we drove to KKIA to meet a doctor. The doctor informed that my sugar content was normal, baby inside also normal & active, his growth was ok. That's all for the day.
          On the 28th week of pregnancy, I needed to do the second MOGTT. Same procedure as before, went to hospital, drank glucose (still yucks!) and yada yada yada... (same as the above paragraph). However, yes, there was "however". Nurse at KKIA told me that my result showed high sugar content (the reading was 7.2mmol/L). She said I had higher chances to get GDM (gestational diabetes mellitus), or easier word to understand is diabetes during pregnancy.
          So, nurse advised me to come again after a week to re-check; it is called BSP (blood sugar profile). BSP means to check sugar (prick my finger again) 3 times; 1st at 8am, then 11.30am & last at 4pm. 
          On the next week, I did BSP & the results were normal. After the last blood test, I met the doctor. Surprisingly, he said my 2nd MOGTT was actually NORMAL. As he explained the reading shouldn't exceed 7.8 (remember mine was 7.2). So meaning here, the nurse gave me wrong info & I actually no need to do BSP. Hmm... I had wasted my whole day for the BSP. :-(. 
          The doctor scanned baby & he showed me baby doing ok inside. His weight has increased to 1.3kg. 
          Baby.. Mommy really can't wait to welcome u into our world.
glucose

mommy on 30th week of pregnancy

Monday 26 May 2014

6: Pregnancy Journey Baby Not Active!

          I am 30 weeks pregnant. Yay!! I want to share things happenned on a few weeks back. 
          On 23.04.14 baby's movement wasn't active since last night. His movement very light and that really made me worried. I had talked to baby and rubbing my belly gently but his response still the same. He did moved but not like as usual. So, I wanted to go to KKIA to check if baby doing ok or not. 
          In the afternoon we went to KKIA. On the way, I could feel baby kicking me hard. Hmm... It seems he already active yet I wanted to be checked. Nurse examined baby's heartbeat using fetal dophtone & Alhamdulillah his heart rate normal. Baby even kicked the dophtone. Hehehe. 
          Nevertheless, nurse still want to further checked but there was no doctor available that day (doctor attending meeting in KK) so I was referred to Hospital Kota Kinabatangan to perform CTG monitoring. 
          Me, husband & escorted by a nurse went to the hospital. There, I was told that they will monitor baby heart rate via CTG & if everythings ok I could go home. Otherwise, I may need to stay a night (or more). 
          So, I was brought to Dewan Bersalin & nurse switched on the CTG machine. Baby's heart rate was monitored for 10minutes. I was glad that I could feel his kicking & movement while been monitored. After done, doctor said the graph showed normal result. Then doctor scanned to see him inside. Oh, baby started to move & turn around. 👍. Doctor told me that he could arrange if I wanted to stay a night for monitoring but since I saw baby doing ok, I said 'No need'.