Gestational Diabetes Test, Alpha-feto protein test, and death threats
I have the results of my glucose tolerance test (GTT, gestational diabetes test, I could call it any of these things--) and my alphafetoprotein test (test for genetic abnormalities), and I do NOT have gestational diabetes at this time, and my alphafetoprotein test came out negative (Which is good, it means that none of the genetic illness markers that they test for are there, but it does not test for ALL chromosomal problems, it's just supposed to be reassuring that it came out negative). My GTT level or whatever was 114, which is great, because I guess that highest it can be without going for further testing is 140. So I am well below 140. I have to have another one at 28 weeks, we will see how that one goes!!! What a relief all the way around.
I got a death threat this weekend. I don't know who is threatening me, but someone says they know where I live, have a gun, and are going to shoot me in the head. Kevin and I were leaving the easter vigil at our church saturday night, and it was about 11:50. We got to the car, and Kevin said "You had your cell phone off, right? Did we miss any calls?" So I looked, and we did miss a call, from a restricted number, and they left a voicemail. So I checked the voicemail, and a man left me a message that went like this "So what's up bitch? I know where you live, and I've got a gun, and I'm going to point it between your eyes, and shoot you. Boom!"
We called the police, they called us back several hours, and decided to do nothing and let me know later in the week if they found anything out.
Thing is, I don't really feel like being shot right now. Especially in the head.
Probably a wrong number. Poor 'bitch' who doesn't know someone knows where she lives, and is going to shoot her.
posted by ElliottPreciousPants @ 8:08 AM
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I'm so glad you passed your tests. I also passed my AFP, which I was wondering, just because it gets so many false positives.
Your GTT number sounds AWESOME. Hopefully, you won't have to worry about it at all the entire pregnancy :). Eat a few french fries for me :).
I would guess it's a wrong number as well, but I would definitely be thrown off. Yeah, I feel really bad for the woman who is supposed to be getting the threats =/.
Yes, the AFP seems like an awfully unreliable test, at least when it comes to positives. I didn't want to have an amnio. But hey, it came back totally negative, so, yippee skippee, and seriously, pass me some french fries. Totally negative= one less thing to worry about.
Thank goodness about the GTT. I realize it's not the end of the world if it had been positive, but, hey, I am happy to take one less thing to worry about.
CM-I will definitely indulge in some french fries for you! I know you would do the same for me, and I feel like I'm on borrowed time anyhow (who knows how that 28 week one will turn out!). I asked if having a good number on your earlier one was any indication that you might be OK for your 28 week one, and she said, no. Too bad.
But for the time being--I needed these to be good results.
Congrats on passing your AFP too! Can you imagine having that to worry about the whole time as well? Sounds like things are working out OK for us both. Hey, I meant to ask you--you mentioned on your blog about carrying your son upstairs sometimes--how are you allowed to do that? When I went for my very first appointment, they put me on a 20 pound weight limit for what I can lift--don't they do that for everyone? And why would they do that only for me? I didn't understand it at the time she told me to lift nothing over 20 pounds. Weird.
Oh that phone call sound scary, but I'm sure it wasn't for you! I do feel bad for whoever the call is intended for!
It's crazy though, sheesh. How weird!
I never asked the OB about the weight-carrying limit and she's never mentioned it. It's possible she thought it was covered during my very first prenatal (I saw a different OB at that office for that visit).
I have heard different people given different restrictions. I wonder if it just has more to do with what is appropo for each person. Like some people are stronger than others so for them, lifting 20-30 lbs isn't too bad, but for others it is.
I don't know how that would work out as my son is close to 30 lbs and there are times he falls asleep in the car. If I remember I will ask the OB, but I guess I'm not too worried about it as I haven't had any issues with it (other than it being uncomfortable b/c I'm a weakling!). I am wondering what I'll do when I'm much bigger though because it definitely is hard just to get up the stairs with all the extra weight. That's why I really need to get back into the exercise (mostly walking) now so that I will be in a little better shape to handle it. :)
My sister in law carried my two year old nephew around with her while she was pregnant for my niece, and there was no problem. And my nephew is huge. He's seriously huge. I'll bet he weighs well over 30 pounds, as when he was two, he was wearing 5-6T clothes. He's not fat, he's just a big kid.
That's why I think our kid will be big. It's a family thing, I guess.
But she carried him around, and there was no problem. When I went to my first appointment, she was just like, "Don't lift anything over 20 pounds". I was like why? I lift weights at the gym sometimes, I'm not having any complications, and I told her about my sister in law. Then she said, "Just don't do it".
OK. Whatever. I'll bet you are fine too, I just thought it was weird. I know tons of people that carried heavy older kids, over 20 pounds, and it was fine.
I just wondered about it.
afp has a lot of false positives, but it detects almost all the spina bifida. i won't get into it, since my dept just published the beautiful and famous FASTER trial... if you're actually interested, you can read it, but ultimately i think it comes down to how well people deal with probability. people who can't handle it will get an amnio no matter what...
Thanks Melissa--but I don't think I need to read the faster trial. I'm pretty happy with the results, I don't really want to have an amnio, so, I'm guessing that all is going to be well.
Today. Today I am guessing all is going to be well. We'll see what I am guessing tomorrow.....
good- no one needs to read the trial!
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