*slips in holding a cup of coffee with two ugly tasting equals in it*
Soooo pregnancy number two and here I am with the Diabetes again. I have been givin a blood glucose monitor of my own (didn't have to pay for it either, bless em) I have to stab my fingers 4 times a day - before every meal and then 2 hours after dinner.
Now I was doing fine for the first few days, all of them under 7. Then had a blow out as hubby put two sugars in my coffee and they shot up to 9.7! He was only trying to help, but he keeps forgetting and I should probably just make them myself from now on
I know when my sugars are up as I start to get a funny taste in my mouth, my lips dry out, I get thirsty, nauseas and tired (kinda like a hangover). I've been feeling like this for awhile and had to have the tests done twice before they found the diabetes. The same thing happened with my son in fact to the point where I begged my midwife at 36 weeks pregnant to let me do it again as I felt sick all the time. I kept ringing the hospital about how I was feeling and all I got was 'Oh are you a first time mother?' pffft, when I changed midwives and she ordered the new test - when it came back positive she said it was easy to ignore me because I was underweight! I was 40 kg when I got pregnant and got up to 54 kg with my son. (don't worry I'm not anorexic or nothing, I was a twin and born at 26 weeks myself so I've always been underweight) They found it at 36 weeks, and I really only had 4 weeks of monitoring. This pregnancy I weighed 48kg and am now about 58kg, I am hoping to keep alot of my pregnancy weight this time as I hate being so underweight and having to defend myself. So for some of you ladies don't be discouraged about your weight causing the diabetes, as I am from the other end of the spectrum and I still got diabetes, though my mother had it during pregnancy and my grandmother had it too.
In my house my MIL and FIL both have type 2 diabetes but don't look after themselves, the house is full of chocolates, icecreams, carbs ugh. MIL has been injecting insulin for years and FIL is an ex navy nurse but oh no, they have had diabetes for 30 years between them and all they do is complain!! I have to go shopping today when hubby gets home because I can't eat anything in the house .. apart from eggs. Yay!
I have a book to keep a record of my sugar levels and I also put down what I have eaten if they have elevated a little. Like the other day I had croissants, first time in years.. and bang straight up to 10.6 and felt yuck!
I guess there are worse things I could be suffering from! It's just a little sad looking at all the boxes of choccies I got for xmas sitting on the shelf, and watching DH eat 5 in one go. I only have one if my sugars are down to 5, and then it is one piece, but the best damn piece I have ever eaten!
I'm gonna read all your posts now, I just wanted to join you guys first
Last edited by Linzy; December 30th, 2009 at 09:34 AM.
: do you think I should draw eyes on my belly for my next ob visit?
My bsl's are up the s**t I can't stay below 5.5 in the mornings, I can't stay under 9 - 2 hours after a meal, and my 2 hour after dinner levels are also always over.
I have massacred my diet with help from the diabetic nurse and educator, I eat porridge in the morning (absolutely no sugars in porridge what so ever) a cup of coffee with equals in it..bsl is at 9...it's hopeless I'm eating salads til they are coming out of my a**e and fruit, multi grain bread (though not all day) and bloody chick pea, baby corn salads, tuna, eggs, salmon..blah I'm starving all the time and I'm sorry but a bloody peach does NOTHING for the appetite when pregnant.
The annoying thing is I have not touched a single chocolate, ice cream, donut, cake, pizza shape, potato chips, mac donalds, kfc, hot chippies..nothing in over a month.
I go to see the diabetic nurse on monday, I'm really scared to show her my bsl book cos I have not made it through one day without going over the levels at least 2 or 3 finger p$%^kings. Sigh and I really tried my hardest, I don't want to inject but I can't stand being so hungry any longer. Surely it can't be good for bubs to be so hungry all the time
it's usually a bit quiet in here - i think there were a few of us last year but not many these days!
sorry to hear about your bsl. when i had GD i monitored my levels & maintained them through diet till i was about 31 weeks then they started rising & i went on to insulin. i was on fairly low levels & injected twice a day. it really wasn't that bad - in fact the insulin needles were less painful than doing the finger *****s.
i know it's annoying & kind of stressful to see the levels going up no matter how good your diet is - but that's the thing, in some cases we just can't control it & it's beyond our eating etc. i really didn't want to go on to inslun but once i was, i almost felt a bit relieved because i knew it would happen at some stage & it was good to just get it out of the way.
does exercise help your levels at all? i know it helped mine a bit but hard to get motivated or the energy!
the endo told me as well that by about 36 weeks things really settle down as well - i def noticed that with my levels because sometimes they still went up with the insulin but around 36 weeks they became really good again.
I am an ex-GDer, but I do remember that it was such a relief to go on insulin and actually be able to eat again. I was getting high levels while eating like Kate Moss (minus the heroin lol), so as much as I didn't want the insulin it was fantastic to be able to actually eat a meal and not be constantly stressed out and starving.
Actually just got back from the hospital today with insulin and needles as they said you can't just starve yourself to get the levels so I start injecting 6 units twice a day and we'll monitor that and see how I go.
The only concern (and they sent me for 4 blood tests to find out) is because I am so thin (was 38 kilos before first pregnancy, and 48 kilos before this one...I'm 58 now at nearly 8 months preggies) they think I could have an adult onset diabetes that effects underweight people called LADA or something. It's a Type 1 tho, so if I do have what they suspect I'll be on insulin for life. Eeeep!
Linzy, I meant to pop in here last week when I saw your post. Sorry about that.
I know how frustrating it is when you do everything right and your levels are still high! The first morning reading is purely hormonal, so if that's high there is nothing you have done to cause that. That was my first one to need insulin for.
I ended up on insulin 3 times per day with the most being 10units before bed to keep those morning levels right, but as Sloane said bsl's do tend to calm down towards the end of pregnancy. Mine did and my insulin was reduced and I was only on a small dose at the end.
I hope you can find something a bit more interesting to eat now I couldn't eat bread, rice, most fruit so it was frustrating. I lost weight in my pregnancy simply due to not eating much for a while there I think. I was so sick of eating the same thing over and over. Because of that, insulin was a bit of relief because I could have a little bit of rice, or a toasted sandwich.
Excercise helped my levels a bit too, but by about 33 weeks I was having trouble getting around with pelvic and back pain so I didn't do much at all.
Good luck, keep us updated with how you go once you start your insulin
Hang in there Linzy, it's not so bad. As a type one who has been injecting herself many times a day for over 30 years now I can tell you there are worse things in the world. If it is LADA you may be lucky and may go back to a period of what we call honeymooning where you may not injections for a while but yes if it is type 1 eventually your pancreas would cark it and you would nedd injections then. I know many people with LADA who have gone as long as 5 years or so after diagnosis without having to go onto fulltime injections.
On a good note at this stage you will find it all gets a bit easier usually from around 36 weeks.....most people tend to become less insulin resistant from about this time as the hormones shift around to get ready for birth so try and keep your chin up cos you're almost there now....and just think of all the xtra food you will be able to eat for the next few that you have been denying yourself...that has to be a bonus!
I can't stay below 5.5 in the mornings, I can't stay under 9 - 2 hours after a meal, and my 2 hour after dinner levels are also always over. 
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