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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“We Don’t Care If It’s Too Low, Only If It’s Too High.”
“We don’t care if it’s low, only if it’s too high” – OB nurse to mother who questioned the safety of the glucose tolerance test result being 58.
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Well now we all know: next time you have to take the GDD, don’t drink the orange gunk at all, and they won’t care.
Seriously, what the what?
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Sephia Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:29 pm (Quote)
In all honesty, with my last 4 when I’ve sought shadow care for my pregnancies in which I delivered at home unassisted . . . . when I was given the paperwork to get the GTT done I would just never go and get it done. The appointments after I was told to get the test done they never questioned me on the GTT or asked for results, etc. I don’t tell them I didn’t take it, and they never question me or talk down to me like I am an idiot for not taking the test.
I seriously don’t think they care unless they get results!
Don’t as don’t tell seems to work for the most part!
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Anna had this to say,
Feb 25, 2012 @ 3:41 pm (Quote)
I can’t pink the link from my phone but this is mine. I was preg with my second and using parallel care while planning a homebirth. They didn’t give me a result until the next day when I called and asked if I had passed. She told me my result and I asked if such a result wasn’t a concern for them. She said no, they didn’t care about low results! And this, after I drove home with a glucose of 58 (or lower, if it continued to drop after being drawn). What if I had wrecked?? I will never have the test done again.
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Bonita Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 4:07 pm (Quote)
I always get very low levels too. I don’t do that test anymore.
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Me Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 7:39 pm (Quote)
I have Hypothyroidism and my glucose levels were all kinds of fun when I was pregnant too.
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Bonita Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:17 pm (Quote)
I was just diagnosed with the beginning stages of Hashimotos, I hadn’t thought of a possible connection before. Another question to ask my endocronologist soon…
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Me Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:28 pm (Quote)
Well that’s interesting because I have Hashimoto’s as well. I would definitely say there is a connection, especially if not properly medicated (which too many “old-school” doctors fail to do as so many still practice by the old TSH level guidelines).
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Bonita Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 11:15 pm (Quote)
I think mine has never been caught before because the drs only tested for TSH levels. This was the first time someone had thought ot test for antibodies. The nurse practitioner knew what Hashimotos was and ordered the right tests.
I plan on getting pregnant again within a year, so I’m going to make sure that I get this all addressed soon. My blood sugars while I am pregnant stay very low and I get very super cranky/borderline angry when my sugars get super low from not eating in a while.
What is funny is that I have 10lbers despite having really low bloodsugar and OB’s are convinced that I must have had GD.
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Me Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 7:24 am (Quote)
Yep, I had a 9.12lb kiddo. They were so sure they’d missed my “GD”, even though I was also pretty low. Why? Because I was overweight of course. I KNEW something was up for years, even before I got pregnant with my daughter, but docs always said I was just “subclinical” (I had 4.8 tsh for the longest time). Then, finally, when my daughter was about 9 months old I was transferred to care of new doctors (Tricare likes to do that) and one of the new docs asked me all of the symptoms I had and was convinced from that moment that I had Hypothyroidism and wanted me fully tested. Well, TSH level came out a little higher but no biggie to the other doctor in the practice(surprise surprise) who had taken over my chart. But by this time, I’d had enough. I’d research all I could and showed him the new TSH guidelines and he said he’d send me to an Endocrinologist to “make sure” (I do believe he was just trying to humor me, but I was okay with that…)Lo and behold, Endo agrees that something’s up, does blood tests, and wouldn’t you know it I had Hashimotos w/early Hypo.
Be your advocate for all things, but especially with this disease for your sake and your kiddo’s. Good luck and be blessed.
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Bonita Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 11:58 am (Quote)
Yeah, I know about Tricare. lol I have had to push military drs around a few times to get an accurate diagnosis for my children. Their charts are full of “mother asked this, mother suggested this..”.
My mother has Hashimotos, which is why I asked to be tested again. They didn’t catch my mom’s Hashimotos until her thyroid was pretty much nonfunctional (they told her all her symptoms were in her head since all her blood work came back normal). I learned at the age of 10 that you have to always advocate for yourself because no one else will. It’s a sad state of affairs in the medical community, but something I have seen almost every time I have gone to the Dr.
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Me Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 12:29 pm (Quote)
You too??? I almost wonder if Tricare has a requirement with this doctors that if they don’t have ABSOLUTE PROOF then they have to only use the basic tests.
I actually didn’t have a family history that I was aware of, so maybe I can let them slide on that…but still.
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Heidi Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 5:43 pm (Quote)
Following this discussion with interest–I have Grave’s disease (hyperthyroidism), and also have low blood sugar and big babies. How does pregnancy affect Hashimoto’s and vice versa?
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Me Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 7:34 pm (Quote)
Well, as far as my brain can gather, I’d assume the connection has to do with both being autoimmune disorders…but anything past that, well, I am educated on that.
Concerning Hashimoto’s and pregnancy, I’ve found these to be helpful:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/hashimoto-disease.cfm
and this has information on both diseases and pregnancy:
Sephia Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:33 pm (Quote)
Same here. I never tested positive for GD but all of my babies were born early and big. Even my sister’s are the same way. Newest nephew was born at 37weeks and was an ounce shy of 8lbs!
My babies have been between 7½lbs to 10½lbs and never had GD.
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Um, because it would indicate possible Hypoglycemia you twit which needs further investigation. Hello? Mind you, with these levels, a woman would technically be in the “not QUITE worried phase” (as hypo after FG, which I’m assuming this was, is considered <40) but it would still be worth watching, and if this was after that damn sugary concoction, you'd better believe she most likely usually has dangerously low levels and should be monitored. Come on now.
OP-I'm so sorry you had to even talk with this fool.
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Mama_de_Gabi_y_Mari had this to say,
Feb 25, 2012 @ 10:09 pm (Quote)
I don’t know what my levels were actually at (because no one ever tested me) but I have had hypoglycemic episodes with both my pregnancies and they are scary! I would feel like I was on the verge of blacking out; my vision did go completely black on one occasion. The only thing my OB did was tell me to be sure I always had something to eat with me “just in case.”
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Because too low can cause coma and even death but that would be dealt with by another department, too high might cause a big baby and then *we’d* have to deal with it.
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