Ah Artechim, you're made my day - thank you thank you! cos that is honestly the most reassuring thing I've heard. Feeling much more relaxed now.
Linzy - I reckon you've been getting exercise at work! I do a desk job and it just doesn't compare to how much you wouldn've been walking at work. I also didn't put on any weight at all once I got GD and my obs wasn't worried - but I wasn't as skinny as you either (I only put on 5.5kg in my PG). It does seem weird that you're always hungry, do you feel like you're eating enough? Sounds like they're monitoring you well though which is great. Btw, which side of Melb are you? I'm out in Vermont... figure I shoulda looked for you at our Bunnings tehehe.
Hahaha I WAS getting exercise at work (especially my mouth - customer service, great for chatter boxes ) but I went on leave at the end of October because of the 'wobbly day' haven't worked since. I was going for nice walks before xmas but then my pelvis started hurting too much so can't really walk far now. Even around the shopping centre for an hour is enough to put me on my a**** for a day.
I have been feeling off for a few weeks now and well - I have been monitoring my sugar and it seems pretty high. Fasting sugars are 6.0-6.9. That and the fact in 1 month I jumped 4kg!
Strangley enough, at the begining of the pregnancy I felt fine and my fasting sugars were about 4.3-4.4.
I have cut out all sugar and bad fats (like butter) and gone back to diet drinks and heathlier foods. Crossing fingers this works.
6 - 6.9 fasting bsl would make my diabetes nurse have a heart attack, it does sound high, i think they like it to be under 5.5 (well throught the Northern Hospital here in Melb they do) Goodluck with your test!! I got alot of support from the girls in here over the last few weeks (thanks ladies ) so keep us informed!
It does make you feel ill, its hard to explain how you feel tho. I started with a dry tongue, cracked lips, tiredness but not being able to drop off to sleep, thirsty and just blah when ever I felt my sugars were high. I started feeling like that at about 17 weeks but when they did the test at 17 weeks it was normal, same thing happened with my son..it was like I was getting the symptoms but it wasn't showing up in my bloods. They eventually found it at 36 weeks with my son, and this time at 28 weeks but this time I'm on insulin.
I have cut out weetbix all together, bananas and peaches and my bsl's with 19 units of insulin in the morning and 13 at night are now stablized..only took a month of insulin tweaking and 7 weeks of diet monitoring.
And I am 90 per cent energetic! I have been happier and socialising with my inlaws and family again instead of hiding in the bedroom in a bad mood. I'm also not eating every hour like I was when my sugars were high. Now I can eat every four hours no problems..what a change it's made to finally get them down. I had no idea how unwell i was feeling both physicaly and mentally for that whole 7 weeks!
So my big no no's are weetbix, bananas, peaches and spaghetti
Oh and I'm negative for LADA!!! I burst into tears when the endo told me, and he asked me why I was crying and I said *ahem* 'It means I can still drink beer' that sounds horrible but thats just what flew out of my mouth I'm not an alcoholic or anything I just really love a cold one on a hot day..and for the last 3 months hubby has been brewing his own and I haven't been able to enjoy any :/
Also my Ob (not my Endo/Diab/Ob) says that bubs is perfectly fine size wise, and that he isn't concerned about my not putting weight on. I've put 10 kilos on he reckons thats enough.
I also got my referral for my c section today, so I'm guessing they do c sections at 38 weeks? In which case..I meet my lil girl in 3 weeks! Argh!
linzy - yay for the neg for LADA & for stabilised BSLs! not sure when they do c-sections...they offered me an induction at 38 weeks but i refused until i was at term. not sure if it's the same for c-sections?
Linzy, I know what you mean, I died when I saw that my BS was 6.9 this morning. I am clearly doing something wrong. I love love love peaches - so maybe thats my problem, I did have one yesterday.
I had been diagnosed as type 2 diabetic, pre pregnancy - but this managed to clear up when I had gastric banding. I lost 30kg. Unfortunatley during the IVF process and now pregnancy most of my weight has come back - as you cannot have the gastric band tight during pregnancy or if you go under anaesthetic.
Seems my diabetes has reared its ugly head!
I am sure I will come up 100% for gestational, Whats the process now? did your OB put you on insulin? or did you have to see someone else?
cos that is honestly the most reassuring thing I've heard. Feeling much more relaxed now.
) but I went on leave at the end of October because of the 'wobbly day' haven't worked since. I was going for nice walks before xmas but then my pelvis started hurting too much so can't really walk far now. Even around the shopping centre for an hour is enough to put me on my a**** for a day. 
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