Is my OB overdoing it?

elizab · May 2, 2008

Hi Leah,

You have to ask yourself what YOU are comfortable with. Clearly on this thread alone there are those who prefer less monitoring and some who were comfortable with more. I am attending a high-risk OB who will be seeing me twice a month from now on and eventually once a week (prob around the same stage as yours is suggesting). Personally I don't have a problem with this as I had a miscarriage earlier in the year and find it reassuring to be watched closely - also my FEV1 wouldn't be as high as many on this board - so it's a question of what you are comfortable with. Also I don't think necessarily that close monitoring means your OB will be planning a very interventionist birth for you. Mine, though watching me closely, has said that the plan for me is a normal birth and definitely not a caesarean unless there are overwhelming reasons. I agree with Caroline that you should talk to your OB about their thinking and their birth philosophy.
Isn't it great that there are so many of us who are due close together and can discuss all these issues...

Elizab x

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elizab · May 2, 2008

Hi Leah,

You have to ask yourself what YOU are comfortable with. Clearly on this thread alone there are those who prefer less monitoring and some who were comfortable with more. I am attending a high-risk OB who will be seeing me twice a month from now on and eventually once a week (prob around the same stage as yours is suggesting). Personally I don't have a problem with this as I had a miscarriage earlier in the year and find it reassuring to be watched closely - also my FEV1 wouldn't be as high as many on this board - so it's a question of what you are comfortable with. Also I don't think necessarily that close monitoring means your OB will be planning a very interventionist birth for you. Mine, though watching me closely, has said that the plan for me is a normal birth and definitely not a caesarean unless there are overwhelming reasons. I agree with Caroline that you should talk to your OB about their thinking and their birth philosophy.
Isn't it great that there are so many of us who are due close together and can discuss all these issues...

Elizab x

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elizab · May 2, 2008

Hi Leah,

You have to ask yourself what YOU are comfortable with. Clearly on this thread alone there are those who prefer less monitoring and some who were comfortable with more. I am attending a high-risk OB who will be seeing me twice a month from now on and eventually once a week (prob around the same stage as yours is suggesting). Personally I don't have a problem with this as I had a miscarriage earlier in the year and find it reassuring to be watched closely - also my FEV1 wouldn't be as high as many on this board - so it's a question of what you are comfortable with. Also I don't think necessarily that close monitoring means your OB will be planning a very interventionist birth for you. Mine, though watching me closely, has said that the plan for me is a normal birth and definitely not a caesarean unless there are overwhelming reasons. I agree with Caroline that you should talk to your OB about their thinking and their birth philosophy.
Isn't it great that there are so many of us who are due close together and can discuss all these issues...

Elizab x

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elizab · May 2, 2008

Hi Leah,

You have to ask yourself what YOU are comfortable with. Clearly on this thread alone there are those who prefer less monitoring and some who were comfortable with more. I am attending a high-risk OB who will be seeing me twice a month from now on and eventually once a week (prob around the same stage as yours is suggesting). Personally I don't have a problem with this as I had a miscarriage earlier in the year and find it reassuring to be watched closely - also my FEV1 wouldn't be as high as many on this board - so it's a question of what you are comfortable with. Also I don't think necessarily that close monitoring means your OB will be planning a very interventionist birth for you. Mine, though watching me closely, has said that the plan for me is a normal birth and definitely not a caesarean unless there are overwhelming reasons. I agree with Caroline that you should talk to your OB about their thinking and their birth philosophy.
Isn't it great that there are so many of us who are due close together and can discuss all these issues...

Elizab x

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elizab · May 2, 2008

Hi Leah,
 
 You have to ask yourself what YOU are comfortable with. Clearly on this thread alone there are those who prefer less monitoring and some who were comfortable with more. I am attending a high-risk OB who will be seeing me twice a month from now on and eventually once a week (prob around the same stage as yours is suggesting). Personally I don't have a problem with this as I had a miscarriage earlier in the year and find it reassuring to be watched closely - also my FEV1 wouldn't be as high as many on this board - so it's a question of what you are comfortable with. Also I don't think necessarily that close monitoring means your OB will be planning a very interventionist birth for you. Mine, though watching me closely, has said that the plan for me is a normal birth and definitely not a caesarean unless there are overwhelming reasons. I agree with Caroline that you should talk to your OB about their thinking and their birth philosophy.
 Isn't it great that there are so many of us who are due close together and can discuss all these issues...
 
 Elizab x
 
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tara · May 2, 2008

Yeah, I think it's overkill, unless you're showing symptoms of high risk pregnancy (not JUST because you have CF)

I had NSTs starting at 30 weeks because that is pretty standard for multiple pregnancies. It was practically a full time job being pregnant, going for NSTs at the hospital twice a week, seeing my OB every two weeks, my CF doc every month, the peri one a month and diabetes team every week.

You might want to clarify what they want you to do at 32 weeks. At my hospital, only if you fail an NST do you have to go down for the BPP. I had one BPP and it was long and boring and I couldn't even see the screen. The u/s at the peri were much more fun!

Good luck!

tara · May 2, 2008

Yeah, I think it's overkill, unless you're showing symptoms of high risk pregnancy (not JUST because you have CF)

I had NSTs starting at 30 weeks because that is pretty standard for multiple pregnancies. It was practically a full time job being pregnant, going for NSTs at the hospital twice a week, seeing my OB every two weeks, my CF doc every month, the peri one a month and diabetes team every week.

You might want to clarify what they want you to do at 32 weeks. At my hospital, only if you fail an NST do you have to go down for the BPP. I had one BPP and it was long and boring and I couldn't even see the screen. The u/s at the peri were much more fun!

Good luck!

tara · May 2, 2008

Yeah, I think it's overkill, unless you're showing symptoms of high risk pregnancy (not JUST because you have CF)

I had NSTs starting at 30 weeks because that is pretty standard for multiple pregnancies. It was practically a full time job being pregnant, going for NSTs at the hospital twice a week, seeing my OB every two weeks, my CF doc every month, the peri one a month and diabetes team every week.

You might want to clarify what they want you to do at 32 weeks. At my hospital, only if you fail an NST do you have to go down for the BPP. I had one BPP and it was long and boring and I couldn't even see the screen. The u/s at the peri were much more fun!

Good luck!

tara · May 2, 2008

Yeah, I think it's overkill, unless you're showing symptoms of high risk pregnancy (not JUST because you have CF)

I had NSTs starting at 30 weeks because that is pretty standard for multiple pregnancies. It was practically a full time job being pregnant, going for NSTs at the hospital twice a week, seeing my OB every two weeks, my CF doc every month, the peri one a month and diabetes team every week.

You might want to clarify what they want you to do at 32 weeks. At my hospital, only if you fail an NST do you have to go down for the BPP. I had one BPP and it was long and boring and I couldn't even see the screen. The u/s at the peri were much more fun!

Good luck!

tara · May 2, 2008

Yeah, I think it's overkill, unless you're showing symptoms of high risk pregnancy (not JUST because you have CF)
 
 I had NSTs starting at 30 weeks because that is pretty standard for multiple pregnancies. It was practically a full time job being pregnant, going for NSTs at the hospital twice a week, seeing my OB every two weeks, my CF doc every month, the peri one a month and diabetes team every week.
 
 You might want to clarify what they want you to do at 32 weeks. At my hospital, only if you fail an NST do you have to go down for the BPP. I had one BPP and it was long and boring and I couldn't even see the screen. The u/s at the peri were much more fun!
 
 Good luck!

MamatoAlexa · May 2, 2008

I wish I had more time and brain power to answer posts but I have to neb and get my tired booty to bed!
My OB has high risk by her name but unless she truly feels your pregnancy is high risk she does not treat you any different than her regular patients. My CF clinic refers all of their pg CF'ers to her so she see her fair share. From the get go of both pregnancies she told me that it was more high risk for me than the baby. In her experience it is always Mom that suffers but baby is taken care of. Of course that is not always the case but from her experience that is the case and she throws in the clause that things can always change.
ANYWAY!
I had GD and I did not get any extra u/s and never a BPP or anything like that. My OB never even mentioned them. The only difference was that she did a cervical check at 36 weeks since I delivered the first time at 34 weeks. Had I not delivered at 34 weeks the first time she would not even have started checks until 38 weeks unless of course something happened that required an earlier check.

MamatoAlexa · May 2, 2008

I wish I had more time and brain power to answer posts but I have to neb and get my tired booty to bed!
My OB has high risk by her name but unless she truly feels your pregnancy is high risk she does not treat you any different than her regular patients. My CF clinic refers all of their pg CF'ers to her so she see her fair share. From the get go of both pregnancies she told me that it was more high risk for me than the baby. In her experience it is always Mom that suffers but baby is taken care of. Of course that is not always the case but from her experience that is the case and she throws in the clause that things can always change.
ANYWAY!
I had GD and I did not get any extra u/s and never a BPP or anything like that. My OB never even mentioned them. The only difference was that she did a cervical check at 36 weeks since I delivered the first time at 34 weeks. Had I not delivered at 34 weeks the first time she would not even have started checks until 38 weeks unless of course something happened that required an earlier check.

MamatoAlexa · May 2, 2008

I wish I had more time and brain power to answer posts but I have to neb and get my tired booty to bed!
My OB has high risk by her name but unless she truly feels your pregnancy is high risk she does not treat you any different than her regular patients. My CF clinic refers all of their pg CF'ers to her so she see her fair share. From the get go of both pregnancies she told me that it was more high risk for me than the baby. In her experience it is always Mom that suffers but baby is taken care of. Of course that is not always the case but from her experience that is the case and she throws in the clause that things can always change.
ANYWAY!
I had GD and I did not get any extra u/s and never a BPP or anything like that. My OB never even mentioned them. The only difference was that she did a cervical check at 36 weeks since I delivered the first time at 34 weeks. Had I not delivered at 34 weeks the first time she would not even have started checks until 38 weeks unless of course something happened that required an earlier check.

MamatoAlexa · May 2, 2008

I wish I had more time and brain power to answer posts but I have to neb and get my tired booty to bed!
My OB has high risk by her name but unless she truly feels your pregnancy is high risk she does not treat you any different than her regular patients. My CF clinic refers all of their pg CF'ers to her so she see her fair share. From the get go of both pregnancies she told me that it was more high risk for me than the baby. In her experience it is always Mom that suffers but baby is taken care of. Of course that is not always the case but from her experience that is the case and she throws in the clause that things can always change.
ANYWAY!
I had GD and I did not get any extra u/s and never a BPP or anything like that. My OB never even mentioned them. The only difference was that she did a cervical check at 36 weeks since I delivered the first time at 34 weeks. Had I not delivered at 34 weeks the first time she would not even have started checks until 38 weeks unless of course something happened that required an earlier check.

MamatoAlexa · May 2, 2008

I wish I had more time and brain power to answer posts but I have to neb and get my tired booty to bed!
 My OB has high risk by her name but unless she truly feels your pregnancy is high risk she does not treat you any different than her regular patients. My CF clinic refers all of their pg CF'ers to her so she see her fair share. From the get go of both pregnancies she told me that it was more high risk for me than the baby. In her experience it is always Mom that suffers but baby is taken care of. Of course that is not always the case but from her experience that is the case and she throws in the clause that things can always change.
 ANYWAY!
 I had GD and I did not get any extra u/s and never a BPP or anything like that. My OB never even mentioned them. The only difference was that she did a cervical check at 36 weeks since I delivered the first time at 34 weeks. Had I not delivered at 34 weeks the first time she would not even have started checks until 38 weeks unless of course something happened that required an earlier check.

hbollotte · May 3, 2008