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bunnyjadwiga ([personal profile] bunnyjadwiga) wrote2008-12-16 10:43 am
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Gestational Diabetes Stress

Apologies for dumping this on your friendslist, but I want this quote out there:

"Clinicians must consider the impact on women's lives of stressors such as the diagnosis and treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus. The addition of careful diet planning, blood glucose monitoring, as many as three to four injections of insulin per day, additional visits to the health care provider, and increased fetal assessment may overburden some women who already experiencing stress. In developing a mutually agreed upon plan of care with women with gestational diabetes mellitus, clinicians must assess other stressors in the women's lives, their support systems, and their other responsibilities. Women must be offered understanding, professional support in their attempts to adhere to the treatment plan."

[Emphasis mine]
Cynthia Armstrong Persily, RN, Phd. "Relationships between the Percieved Impact of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Treatment Adherence." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, Sept. 1996, 25:7 (601-607) p. 606.

[identity profile] alphaggek.livejournal.com 2008-12-16 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
AMEN! And you never really got a "agreed upon plan of care" did you hon? Your doc at the time shoved it down your throat, didn't he?

[identity profile] bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com 2008-12-16 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think any of the docs or nursing staff really thought about 'agreement'-- it was "we are going to do this now" and if they felt like it, they would tell me why, but I really had to fight hard to get any discussion about why we should do something in particular.

[identity profile] alphaggek.livejournal.com 2008-12-16 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
And I think that's wrong is so many ways. You've done your own research. You've reached (or will reach) your own conclusions, which might include stopping the insulin injections and all that crud. Decide how _YOU_ want to treat the pregnancy, walk into your Doc's office and tell them how it's going to be. You have the right to do that. The doc _CAN NOT_ force you to accept treatment. You're not in a life threatening situation, you are in full control of your mental faculties and you're not a danger to anybody. Take back control of your (and the fava bean's) medical treatment!