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30+weeks with very large baby??? TO DR Montgomery
From: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:05:21 -0600 (CST)
I just had my 1 hour glucose tested last week and that was OK. Should I
ask to have the 3 hour fasting test???
At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote:
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>At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Beth wrote:
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>>I just saw my perinatologist yesterday and he seemed concerned that the
>>baby is over 5 pounds already and I still have almost 10 weeks to go.
>>How fast does a baby grow at this stage? I remember them saying 1 pound
>>a week in the last month....what about the second to last month? My last
>>daughter at full term was 9 lbs 7 oz and my other two were 8-12 and 8-13
>>(yes all very big girls...the last one was 23 inches long!)
>>Does this mean she could be 12 pounds????? They want me to come in
>>weekly, so I guess they are concerned.
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>Beth,
>Yes, this is big, but I have you beat. I have a patient in the hospital
>at your gestational age that has a 7# baby. She is hospitalized because
>of preterm labor.
>The main issue to confront is assure that you do not have a component of
>diabetes or gestational diabetes...
>Lynn
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>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
>
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