Re: 30+weeks with very large baby??? TO DR Montgomery
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:22:34 -0600 (CST)
Dr. Montgomery is hopefully having a wonderful Saturday off.
With even one baby over 9#, a 3 hour GTT is recommended (even if the one
hour was normal).
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Beth wrote:
>
>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:
>>
>>At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Beth wrote:
>>>
>>>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.
>>
>>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
>>
>>--
>>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>>Missoula, Montana
>>
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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