Gestational Diabetes Chatter #6

[Trac73]

MamaSpice - yes i did have VB, i was induced at 38+3days, he was born in 1hr and 10mins and he was 8pd 11oz. I have been lucky that both my bubs have been VB and i am hoping that this one will be too. Both mine have been induced also due to medical reason DD preclampsia and DS GD. I am now wondering if i will be induced with this one early too. i am having my appointment tomorrow about the insulin so lets see if they put me on insulin. Parts of me think they may and other thinks they might not, i am a little confused as my BSL's are all over the shop no matter what i eat
Belfie - Jaylan is doing well oter than always seems to get every illness that is going around He is growing up so fast starting to parrot everything so sometimes you have to be careful what you say LOL I am finding it a little difficult at night with him though as he is waking anywhere from 1-3 times and in those times he is looking for bottles to help settle himself off, which is becoming rather draining at the moment cause i just dont feel like i am getting any sleep Brearna is doing well, she started Kinder this year and LOVES it, which is great. She is such a great sister but sometimes in Jaylan's face a little too much so he gets frustrated. As for Matt we actually dont see him anymore as his mother has taken him to Victoria somewhere and to be honest we dont know where he is We are all doing fine here though.

Hope you are both keeping well and i will pop in tomorrow to let you know how i go at the clinic in the morning.
Night xoxo

[Trac73]

Hi Ladies
Just a quick drop in to let you know how i went at clinic today................... well i am now on insulin twice a day pre breakfast and predinner and 16 units each =32units a day was a little surprised at going on 2 lots and i thought the units were alot but the professor knows what he is doing LOL so i didn't go to work today just wasnt in the mood. I am ok about it a least the positive is that i will probably be induced early which means meeting bub sooner ya!!!!
Take Care and i will be in to chat later

[~mamaspice~]

Wow Trac73, that seems an aweful lot to start you on be careful not to have a hypo won't you! make sure you have some lollies with you at all times JIC. What type of insulin have you been put on if you don't mind me asking? I'm on Protophane which is an intermediate acting one so just need the one dose at night.

Thats good to hear you've had VB's with my first I had an elective CS due to PE/PIH, but in hindsight I had a knife happy OB. This time no BP problems but got the GD instead and I'm hoping for a VBAC. Only prob is I cannot be induced because of the past CS so hoping bub doesn't get too big and hoping that i go into labour a little early

[Trac73]

Hi Mamapice
my fingers are crossed for your VBAC i really hope that if you have the chance that it works out perfect for you. I am hoping for a VB this time again, but the truth be known that if i require a CS i will have it as long as myself and bub are healthy
Yeah i though it was alot too but this professor does know what he is doing, i had him last time and he was fantastic i ended up on an awful lot of insulin last time too and required an insulin fusion while in labour. I am on Novomix which i was on last time. I had my first injection last night and my fasting number was 5.6 just above the 5.5 required but heaps better than the 6.8's etc that i have been getting. so todays results will be interesting. Yeah thankyou for caring re: hypos, i remember having a couple last time and they completely wipe you out for the day after it. The hospital actually gave me some jelly beans so they are already in my bag, as long as my DD doesn't find them they will stay in ther lol

Hope you are doing well? Are you on insulin or diet controlled? I noticed your ticker that you haven't got far to go how exciting!!!!

Take Care and i look forward to chatting really soon

[belfie]

Trac - how much insulin did you get up to last time? I only got up to 18 units, so it didn't matter during labour. That's ick that you had hypos, I was lucky enough to avoid them. GL with your birth too, as you say, we do what has to be done but I hope you get your VB too. Gee Jaylan was a good weight and omg was that a quick labour or what??! Mine was 12 hours, so yours sounds very fast to me. As for Jaylan waking, oooh that's tough. I'm lucky in that my little fellow is sleeping very well so just hoping it will continue through a newborn's arrival! Sorry to hear that you don't get to see Matthew anymore, that must be hard for you all

MamaS - I have my fingers crossed bigtime for your vbac, that's so annoying about your knife-happy ob

AFM well I went back to the dietitian this week... I didn't really want to go cos I felt like a naughty schoogirl who might get told off, but DH thought it was a good idea and convinced me I should (even the endo said don't bother!). So I went and she was lovely. Said I'm doing everything right (YAY ME!) and when I tried to pick her brains for snack ideas/takeaway/out options even she was struggling! She kept thinking of things and having to discard them (due to either my restrictions or DS's), so that was kinda validating!

And so you guys know, our household restrictions (just cos I feel like sharing hte joy!)

• me - no wheat, onion (and all onion relations, chives, leeks etc), some veg (including legume family, radicchio, artichokes, asparagus), honey, coconut and most fruit (plus no dried/concentrated fruit)... PLUS eating for GD & PG
• DS - allergic to eggs, treenuts and sesame
• DH - can't tolerate dairy

I do feel like I'm just eating the same stuff over & over... but I don't have a heap of choice really. She did say that I could try a bit of low fat icecream or frozen yoghurt for supper, so that's what I'm trying tonight, low fat icecream - very exciting! Also I'd only gained .2kg in a fortnight so she said that was great too. So I'm sooo happy now that I feel i really DID do everything to avoid insulin and now I don't have to keep a stupid food diary anymore either, yay. I'm back at the endo on Monday and see what he thinks of my numbers. have only had 1 fasting under 5.5 in a week, but as I've said before he doesn't care about that. Have had 4 post-meal BSL's over 7.5, but I was "trying" some foods that I now know to avoid... but I imagine he'll still up the insulin with that.

Hope you're all having a good week. Pantha, how are you going?

[~mamaspice~]

Hi Girls!

Trac73, yep I'm on insulin but only a small amount. My main issue was having fasting BSL's over 5.5 so I'm on an intermediate acting insulin called Protaphane in the evenings. The duration is 24 hours but It peaks from 4- 12 hours after injecting it so has corrected my fasting BSL's quite well so far. I'm on 6 units in the evening. I see the one youre on a more rapid acting one that peaks 1-4 hours after taking it. Hence why you need the 2 doses a day I guess.

belfie, wow, all those food restrictions must make things tough! Can you have custard? I have that as a treat in the evenings and it's low GI. Lower than Ice-cream i believe. I've been a bit naughty today. I've had a few lindt balls

[PanthaLily]

yeah I'm going alright.
Had my appt with the Dietician yesterday... who was suprised that I hadn't seen a Dr yet. Mentioned it to the midwife in my appt straight after and I'm seeing the Dr on the 3rd.
The dietician was really happy with my results and told me I didn't have to keep the damn food diary anymore (YAY!) and that I should only really worry if I get 3 high results in a week and not to be alarmed if my results go a bit haywire in a couple of weeks.

Came home and I got a 7 after dinner last night... and a 7.6 after breakky this morning *rolls eyes*
I'm thinking my after breakfast one today might have been a mis read or something though, because after lunch I was back down to 5.8.

I've got a horrid cold at the moment too. And of course, because it's a cold, you can't take antibiotics for it and all the cold & flu stuff says consult a Dr before taking. At one stage today I coughed so hard I think I strained a muscle in my belly :-(

Have a physio class tomorrow night, so I'm hoping that'll loosen up some of the junk sitting on my chest.

Sorry for the whingy post... guess I'm having a downer day... I'm not a good sick person lol

[~mamaspice~]

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well pantha. When you are sick it can mess with your BSL's so the high after brekky reading could be becasue of that.

[belfie]

Came home and I got a 7 after dinner last night... and a 7.6 after breakky this morning *rolls eyes*
I'm thinking my after breakfast one today might have been a mis read or something though, because after lunch I was back down to 5.8.

So sorry to hear you're feeling crappy, and don't apologise for the whingey post, I think it's all I ever do! As for the high BSL... firstly, yeah, what MamaS said, colds can play havoc.. and secondly, if your BSL's do start to go up, it isn't like they all go up together IYKWIM... it can be all over the place. That's definitely what mine are doing. The other thing is that if you're ever unsure about the read, you can always re-wash your hands and try doing a different finger. I've done that when it was "the" BSL that would trigger me going on insulin or not... I always double check it lol!!

MamaS - I can have custard yay. But I must admit, my little serve of LF icecream tonight was YUMMO! Re insulin, I'm on Protaphane too, but in the morning (pre-brekkie).