hi blackorchid, welcome to the thread sorry to hear you've got GD. In regards to your question about metformin I'm sorry I don't know much about metformin use at all - I think you know more than I do! I've only ever used insulin with my GD (this PG and last PG). I'd suggest it might be worth posting a general question in the medical section (i.e. the section this thread is in) and seeing if someone else can shed some light?

I do remember hearing of some others in here a while ago using metformin, but certainly it doesn't seem to be part of the standard treatment in Aus. From my experience I also think there's great variation in how GD IS treated in Aus which I'm sure doesn't help. GL with getting some answers.

hi everyone else, hope you're all going well. AFM visit to endo today exactly as expected, insulin upped to 14 units and for every reading over 7.5, I'm to add another 2 units on... with a review in 2 weeks. So i'm kinda pleased cos I was getting sick of going in there every week lol. Even the endo commented oh you're only 32 weeks, that's going slow which cracked me up. I know I need more insulin tho cos a simple chicken salad sandwich which SHOULD be fine (and was a week or so ago) still sent me too high today. Interestingly I'm tracking about 2 weeks ahead of my last PG in terms of insulin dose, so I imagine I will get to a higher dose before bubba arrives. Oh and they gave me more insulin today, woo hoo.