thread: Gestational Diabetes Chatter #6

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Aug 2009
    Melbourne, Victoria
    298

    Just popping in to see how you are going Krikkit? and Crum?

    I just got put on another kind of insulin (now I'm on three kinds) with an extra 2 injections a day (four in total) as my 2 hour breakky and dinner bsls are rising again. My endo told me that my rapid acting insulin isn't rapid enough and isn't bringing my levels down quick enough so he's given me another rapid acting one called Novrapid..it's like a pen and this one actually hurts to inject!

    Ah well...and...I will be meeting my little girl on 25th Feb thru c section! The ob measured me and I'm measuring 33 weeks instead of 35, I'm not gaining any more weight and with the diabetes he thinks it's safer to make my c section a little earlier. I'll be 37 weeks and 5 days.. so not too bad, earlier than the 39 that he was originally going to do.

    My box of chocolates that I have been collecting (from xmas and now future valentines day from Hubby) is quite BIG..I can't wait to munch on them while I'm recovering!

    Hope your all feeling well and staying out of trouble

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Feb 2010
    Melbourne
    6

    Hi, Sorry for the delay, had a lovely long weekend away at the in-laws (well I dont think lovely is quiet the word). Anyway!!

    Had my little diabetics education class last monday. I didn't find it to be particularly new information. So I started my finger *****ing and testing that night and everything went well. While away had a couple of higher readings over 7. I had a follow-up appointment today and the diabetics educator was impressed with my numbers and thought that as long as I didn't have anymore high numbers I would be able to get away without needing insulin.

    However, when I came home today and had a small lunch (left over pasta and a little tub of custard) after 2 hours my reading was 3.7. From what i've seen on the net, this is rather low!! I had a afternoon snack, so i'm hoping that everything has evened out nicely. Have been booked in with the Endochrinologist for the begining of March.

    Not really enjoying this limbo each week (as I'm sure no one would) and certainly not enjoying having to remmember what time I ate and what time I have to test!!

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Aug 2009
    Melbourne, Victoria
    298

    Hi Crums

    Wow 3.7 is pretty low!! How did you feel? I start feeling ill at 4.5 specially in the mornings. The diabetes educator and obs I see would definetly have a heart attack of a 3.7. But everyone is different, because I have had the high sugars for months a 4.5 makes me real dizzy and nauseas but I reckon if I was having 7's or 8's maybe a 3.7 wouldn't feel so bad..

    Maybe call the diabetes educator and let her know you got a 3.7, I don't know whether all the hospitals have the same blood sugar levels they like to see with their patients but yeah I wouldn't let it get any lower than that.

    I had my diabetes ob appointment today and have had my insulin bumped up another 4 units as my morning levels are shocking a small serving of porridge which I was getting a 6, 2 hours later has now crept up to a 10.3 today even with the new rapid working insulin they gave me last week. If it were something sugary they said it would make sense but the ob said he just can't explain why it's still not working so to try extra insulin and 'see how we go' again. Haha ah well I only have another 10 days of injecting myself and then it's all over

    I hope you can control your blood sugars Crums with diet alone that would be such a relief! Goodluck with it I may not be on here for the next few days - got a uni assignment to finish before Bottlebrush arrives, but will pop in soon to see how your doing

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    pakenham, victoria
    3,660

    hi ladies, i dnt have GD but ive just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, hope u dnt mind me popping my head to have a bit of a read. trying to wrap my head around levels and hypos! and trying to learn that 6 is a great number and not a scary one because its close to 4! lmao
    Im on novorapid 3x a day and levemir once a day.
    just took my bed time sample and it was 23.7....guess icecream after tea wasnt such a great idea!!!
    the doctor has told me i need to keep my sugars low for atleast 3 months before getting pregnant! it sounds so impossible