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Afton Case Study

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Afton is a 31yo, primigravida, who is currently 23 weeks 6 days. She has type 2 diabetes but her A1C coming into pregnancy was just under 6. A recent A1C in June was 6.1. She is currently on insulin with Levemir and NovoLog. She also has chronic HTN and takes labetalol. She is on a baby aspirin for preeclampsia prevention. She has been following in our perinatal diabetes program and we have made some adjustments. Because of her type 2 diabetes she is here today for a fetal ECHO.

On ultrasound, there is a live fetus in breech presentation. Fetal biometry is symmetric and consistent with dates. A detailed anatomic survey was overall unremarkable but we were unable to adequately obtain fetal cardiac views in order to complete the echocardiogram. Both myself and the sonographer scanned and unfortunately the fetus remained in the spine up position after an extended amount of …show more content…

Her blood sugar log has the majority of her fastings at threshold or above. Because of that we increased her Levemir from 44 units to 48 units. She is on NovoLog with breakfast and there were occasional elevations at breakfast and for that reason we increased her breakfast as well from 14 units to 18 units. Both lunch and dinner have only sporadic elevations and therefore we have not made any additions to her regimen. I explained to Afton that due to fetal positioning we could not complete the echocardiogram. I do think after scanning the cardiac views look relatively normal but in order to complete an echocardiogram we need velocities and these were unable to be obtained due to positioning. She has an appointment in your office in 2 weeks and I am going to see her back at that time since she travels such a significant distance.

Thank you for referring this patient to our office. Please do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions.

THIS REPORT HAS BEEN DICTATED BUT NOT EDITED
Lynlee Wolfe, M.D.
Maternal-Fetal

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