Becci, good luck, hope you can stay off the insulin.
TK, congrats on the birth of your little girl - there has been a bit of a freak out in the Sept 1-15th thread that someone due after us has already popped out a baby lol
Just to give you all a bit of hope - I had GD last pregnancy on about 120 units of insulin per day by the end of it. This time round, not a single sign
The only real difference between pregnancies was a little bit of weight that I lost. With DS I started out at 76kg (164cm tall), so bit chunky but not massive, this time round I started at 71kg. Not sure if that was the deciding factor but I am not complaining!
After the stress of managing every scrap of what I ate, insulin, induction etc it has been sooooo great to have a normal pregnancy - it is so nice to eat when I am hungry and I can even have dessert/junk food if I want.
Thanks fantastic Artechim, it's nice to hear it doesn't always happen. I've lost 8kg and plan to TTC fairly soon, so hopefully that will help. My GP told me that losing 5% of body weight can make a big difference
Becci - how are you going? GL for today, hope you don't need insulin.
Thank you all for your congratulations - I think my GD helped Caitlin to be of a good size when she was born early... lol I never thought I would be thankful for having GD!!
Artechim, I love hearing that it's possible not to get GD in subsequent pregnancies. All through pregnancy I was being told I would have it again next time. I was on about 20 units of insulin towards the end, but would love to avoid it completely next time. Hopefully it helps that I am 10kg lighter now than I was when I was first pregnant 12 months ago.
Girls, I wish you the best of luck avoiding GD next time. I am sure the effort you are putting in with the weight loss will make a difference. I haven't come across anyone who was on as much insulin as I was, everyone assured me that I was guaranteed to get it the next time round and yet here I am.
I did make a couple of minor lifestyle changes - traded white bread for wholegrain, basmati rice, always mix kumera with potatoes but nothing major. I still eat heaps of junky food
I will keep my fingers crossed for you all as it makes such a huge difference to be GD free.
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