Gestational Diabetes Chatter #6

Hi Everyone

I got a positive test result from my GTT two days ago so I guess I have gestational diabetes. I had it in my last pg as well so not a total shock but still really disappointing. I was diet controlled last time and hoped that by being really good and sticking to my diet from the beginning I would avoid it. Unfortunately, not the case and in fact my results came back worse this time than they did in my last pg even though I weigh less, have eaten better and excercised regularly :(

I have an appointment with the list of specialists that I have to see next Tuesday so I will find out if I need to be diet controlled or have to go on insulin this time.

There are a few things that I am already a bit worried about - last time they induced me at 38 weeks because my baby was 'huge'. It took 3 days for labour to establish and DS was born at 38 weeks, 3 days weighing a whooping 8 pound 4 ounces (that is said very tongue in cheek - I don't think he is that huge - DD was born at 39 weeks 1 day after a spontaneous labour and only weighed 8 pound 5 ounces but she was 3cm shorter than DS). I really don't want to be induced this time - especially because I think their measurements are entirely incorrect.

I was also hoping to leave the hospital very soon after giving birth. Hospital policy here is that once I have even one shot of insulin in my pg, my baby has to go straight to special care and stays there for a few days. I really want to avoid insulin if possible. Even if the baby doesn't go to special care, both me and the baby have to be monitored for 24 hours after birth with regular blood glucose tests to ensure that everything is normal. It breaks my heart when they take blood from the baby :(

Anyway, that's me and where I am up to. I am so disappointed to be doing all this again (my specialist clinic appointment experiences were less than pleasant last time as well) but at least this time I have BB, so I am hoping it gets me through a bit better.

Townsvillegirl, sorry about your test results. I guess on the plus side, you've been there done that, so you know what you have ahead of you. I can completely understand your concern regarding having bub taken to special care. I had GD and was on insulin. I was on it 3 times per day for a total of 18 units at the end from memory. I was also told that the baby would be in special care for 24 hours for monitoring of blood sugar. At the last minute, before I had my c/s (he was breech so was booked in at 39wks) I was told he wouldn't be going to special care as they were full. They just as easily took his levels on the ward. His numbers were fine. They got a bit low by the 4th test, but I had next to no colostrum so we had to give him a bit of formula to get the levels up. Had he needed to, they obviously would have found a place for him in special care, but obviously it wasn't a medical necessity to have him in there (even though it is generally their policy). As for size, my DS was 7lb9oz so there goes the GD babies are huge theory out the window!
Although I was on insulin, my GD was controlled which would have contributed to DS having no problems as well. I think to have them in special care for a few days is a bit over the top to be honest. If I were you, I would really push the issue if you want bub with you and she's perfectly fine. Hopefully you wont end up on insulin though, so you wont have to worry about it. :)

I was wondering if anyone knows if induction on or before due date due to GD is REALLY necessary?

edaj84 - i'm not sure that it's a case of being absolutely necessary, but could possibly be necessary. there are a couple of good threads re-GD stickied at the top of this forum.

i was induced on my due date - the dr asked me if i wanted to be induced at 38 weeks & i refused & mananged to hold out till the EDD. i was having weekly CTG monitoring & a check on fluid around the baby. the results were always fine. i didn't feel equipped/strong enough to push things further than my due date even though i didn't think it was necessary - i allowed myself to be overwhelmed by a medical professional who was telling me it was what i should do. part of me wishes i'd pushed for even another week but hindsight is a wonderful thing & the most important thing is that i have a healthy baby.

Hi there everyone!!!

I was here about a year ago with GD. Ethan in nearly 1 now! and I am nearly 30 weeks with another. Belfie I remember you from last time!

Anyway I had my GTT yesterday, haven't got results yet, but they did take my bsl and they are a little on the high side so I'm expecting THE CALL. Fasting was 6.3 and two hour (asked them to do that for me for my own curiosity) was 8.2.

Just been reading a few posts and wanted to add my 2c worth.
Induction - From what I understand there are a couple of factors for dr preferring inductions. One being a higher chance of bigger babies (growth scans can be 20% out too, that can be on the higher side, or like me on the lower side). PLus there is also a chance of the placenta failing if you go on insulin. I was on insulin for about 8 weeks (low amounts about 11's I think) and my placenta looked great.

Special Care - I know that each hospital is different but nothing was mentioned to me about it being policy to go there at my hospital. I was induced with gels at 8pm, waters broke at 12.30am and Ethan was born without complications at 1.47am. The nurses asked me to check my levels during labor, rather difficult to do wiht contractions coming one on top of the other and it was 6.5 so they were happy.
Ethan stayed with us for most of the night. He did go withthe nurses to have his bsls done and for a couple of hours as he was a little unsettled and I needed sleep. Other than that we were all set th bath him the next morning and be home by lunchtime. Nurses check Ethan's temp before his bath and it was a little low, so checked bsl and yep down a little so they suggested that we stay in one more night and monitor them, and all being well could go home the next morning. He stayed with us the entire time except for having his bsls done (which one of us went with them for anyway), and yep we were home around lunch on day 2. Just my little story.

My question is - Has anyone had to have an insulin drip during labor? I knew nothing of this my entire pg. No one mentioned anything to me about it until I actually arrived at the hospital for my induction. Apparently they were meant to organise it at my last app, which I had cancelled (was going to a big hositpal an hour away and as far as they told be was just going to have a look at my levels,adjust insulin if needed and on my way. Levels were fine so I cancelled).
No one has mentioned anything again this time so far either. I will try to remember to ask about it next time, but just wanted to know if anyone had had it and why do we need it.

Take Care

Hi Becci - sorry don't know much about the insulin drip during labour but I was reading about it as a general way of managing diabetes yesterday (I received my NDSS new member package and they had info about insulin in there). Apparently a drip is a common way to administer insulin. Sorry don't know much more about it than that.

Thanks for your response Megan. It's nice to not feel so alone with all of this.

As far as induction goes - I don't think it is always necessary. It needs to be assessed on each individual level. I was induced at 38 weeks in my last pg because I had a 'large' baby (DS was born weighing 3.8kg) and they are already trying to get me prepared for having an induction this time as well. I don't believe it was necessary for me last time. I had the gel inserted on Tuesday night and started having contractions straight away. When they did an internal on Wednesday morning, they concluded that my uterus was irritated by teh gel and therefore contracting but they weren't the type that caused dialation. They inserted more gel. They allowed me to go on like that for another day before finally breaking my waters. That got labour started and DS was born 48 hours after I had the first gel inserted. I would really like to avoid going through all that again. Especially since i don't think DS was unusually large. I haven't made any decisions this time as far as induction goes because I want to wait and see the baby's measurements and see how my GD goes, but I don't trust my endocrinologist and I have no other choice but him so I am just waiting to see what happens.

Well, my sugars have been fairly unmanageable so far this time. I have only been monitoring BSL so far (I had my first appointment a week ago and have my next one in a weeks time). They are not hugely sky rocketed, but I am getting readings around 8 one and a half to two hours after eating. I have been really careful with my diet and nothing seems to be helping. I am a bit worried that I am going to end up on insulin. I weigh about 5kg less than I did this time last pg and was hoping that being a lower weight would mean that my BSL was a bit better. Unfortunately, it is higher and diet is not doing the trick. I think it must just be the hormones. Damn!

I am also getting a bit sick of people feeling sorry for me. I even got a big sympathetic speech from the midwife at the hospital that told me I was GD again. I felt like I was consoling her in the end. My family (not DH and the kids but extended family) have also been too sympathetic. They keep reminding me of all the things I can't eat. Seriously, it doesn't bother me. I think about all the things I can have and how I can enjoy them and I really don't mind. I do mind having to constantly convince people that I am ok with it all. I am going on holidays in a couple of weeks and they keep telling me it is so hard to eat really healthily on holidays. I don't agree. I think it just takes planning and I wish they would stop being so discouraging. I don't have a choice. This is what I have to do to have a healthy baby, it is not a big deal. Anyway, that is my vent for the moment.

Becci, I had the insulin drip during labour. They took BSL's every hour and once they got over 7.5 they put in the drip. Even without eating apparently the body can metabolise the sugar out of your cells. So they use an insulin drip to keep the levels lower so the baby isn't overloaded with sugar, overproduces insulin and ends up with really low bsl's/coma. I think the majority of people are o.k without it, it is mostly high insulin users that end up needing it. By the end of pregnancy I was on 124 units of insulin per day which is apparently quite high.

Townsvillegirl, I agreed to induction last time at 39+3 weeks after holding out as long as I could. The pressure they put on you is horrible. I was already 3cm dialated when they inserted the gels, started contractions straight away, had them 3 minutes apart all night and by morning was still only 3cm. I think my labour would have been waaay shorter if I had been allowed to go into labour naturally which I am certain would have happened within a couple of days anyway.

Can't remember who asked about bub being taken to special care, but I would fight fight fight. It is not standard for every hospital. Negotioate to have bub with you and to only have him/her taken to special care if the blood sugars get near the danger levels. They are only taking bub to save themselves having to walk to your room to monitor baby. They will take a reading at birth, then every 3 hours until 3 normal results are recorded (from memory).

AFM, I am feeling quite optimistic that I might be free of GD this pregnancy. I am now just over 33 weeks, passed a GTT at 24 weeks and have been monitoring fasting and 2 hours after dinner since then. I have had a couple of just over results but 99% of the time my BSL's have been fine and I haven't even been eating a particularly low GI diet. I soooo hope I don't get it. I was assured by every medical professional that I would after being on such a high dose of insulin last time. It is the difference between travelling two hours to the nearest hospital to birth and DH not being there (has to look after DS) or having bub at the local birth centre/home with DH there. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for your responses guys. I guess after having such a quick labour they wouldn't have had time anyways lol.
No phone call yet, so fingers crossed

that's really interesting about the insulin drip. I was on only 18 units of insulin and was advised to stop my insulin on the day of my induction. Now I think about it, I had the insulin that day... then gels later that day. Then the next day more gel, broke waters, synto drip (all with no insulin - hmm interesting). During labour I ate & drank as I wanted (until the middie spotted it and wouldn't let me - too worried about a potential CS I guess :wall:). Anyway, they made me check my BSL once during labour... and I hadn't had any insulin for about 30+ hours by that stage. I can't remember but I think it was ok.

edaj84 - In regard to induction, we did a fair bit of questioning becauses I think the methods of estimating size are total crap (and my obs agreed with me - didn't think it was worth doing). My endo said that placenta function can be compromised in GD patients, and they used to see more stillbirths in GD moms who had gone OVER term than the "normal" population. So their mantra is very much a ... get bub out while we KNOW your placenta is functioning fine. In the end, we weren't prepared to risk that, so were happy to agree with the induction - but it was a very considered opinion and we checked with a number of different medical professionals, plus did our own research. There was also size concerns... but my bub was only 7lb 7oz (3.4kg) so not that big... but I'm pretty little too). Interestingly no-one assessed my placenta (I didn't even know they could), but i did have CTG monitoring during the last week. I pushed my induction out to 38+5. Hossie was flat chat, so ended up being on on 39 weeks which I was happy enough with. My obs said he would have wanted it to be 38 weeks if my insulin was high (70-80 upwards were his words).

Regarding special care, my bub was "admitted" but mostly roomed with me. I would talk to your scn BEFORE the birth and find out what they will want to do - i.e. let bub room with you but just back to SCN for feeding? give comp feeds if BSL's of bub low?

Becci - good luck, I hope you don't get it! And congrats on the PG!

Townsvillegirl - lol that kinda made me giggle, too much sympathy. It's great that you're feeling fine about it all. Bummer re being lighter and still getting it - I'm hoping that being lighter will save me next time too.

Artechim - I have my fingers crossed for you too! Sounds like you're doing great :)

Well after my little scare, seems like my levels are ok, but my GP and I agreed that I'll just monitor my BSL's occasionally. As she said, I'm doing everything I'd do if I was pre-diabetic anyway... losing weight, eating low GI, exercising. I've got another 7.5kg to lose to try get my waistline below the 80cm mark... so hoping to do that before getting PG again. I figure every little bit helps... and if i still get GD next time... well so be it.

Hi all... just testing the waters... I had the 50g GCT on Wednesday and it came back at 8.2 so I have to have the 75g GTT next week and am a strong candidate for GD - father and paternal father have type 2 which predisposes me as a high chance of GD and I have insulin resistant PCOS which apparently gives me even more predisposition!

So might see you all in here more frequently after next week!

Hi all - well seems I may be the only one in here at present :)

I have been confirmed as having GD... my GTT was in the 8's after the 2 hour mark. Went to GD Clinic today and am testing my BSL in AM before breakfast and then 2 hours after each meal. Hoping to keep this diet controlled!

Good luck with everything TK. I hope that you get to keep being diet controlled. If you do have to go on insulin, I started yesterday and I am finding it not anywhere near as bad as I thought. It is actually quite bearable. Diet controlled it better though :)

How are you going with your finger *****ing? Are you finding it okay? It takes a bit of psyching up to sometimes if you don't like needles normally. I test differently on alternate days - I always do a fasting test first thing in the morning and every second day I test 1-2 hours after meals and every other day I test before lunch, dinner and bedtime. It is a bit of a pain that it changes every second day because I forget where I am up to and get distracted with the kids and forget to test.

If you need help with meal ideas and thing, let me know and I can give you some info. There are also guides for things that you can eat and when on some of the diabetes websites on the internet. Try to look up info for eating with GD though because you probably should be eating more regularly than someone who has type 2 diabetes. I also bought a copy of diabetic living magazine and it is just about my bible at the moment. Also because it seems to use seasonal foods, I found my grocery bill was quite cheap all things considered.

Anyway, good luck with everything. :crossfingers: for diet controlled GD.

TG, sorry for taking so long... but we have discussed most of this in our buddies thread LOL... I am finding the testing ok - yesterday was interesting because we were on the road driving to Cowra and then back to Sydney so it was an interesting experience to say the least - remembering times, finding somewhere to stop etc etc!

Meal idea info would be great - I am at a bit of a loss - I do have info from the hospital and I am just eating things off the list but am finding that sometimes I am hungry but am not sure if I can eat more because I don't want my level to be too high.

I will check out sites on the net - just need some time to do that LOL - think I might have to make some time tonight!

Does anyone know if fluid retention (in feet & hands) is bad along with GD? I am the only one if the office today and was hoping to hold off calling my Obs until later but I have had swollen feet since saturday - the do go down but it doesn't take much for them to be swollen again - I am drinking so much water I feel like a fish!

Hi guys.
Thought I'd pop in here to let you all know that it looks like I do have to start on some insulin. Drs not overly concerned so took his time getting back to me. My fasting level is up a tad (5.9 no where near the 9.8 of last time) and my 2 hour is fine. Although it's only just over it's not so great as no matter what you do in your diet it has very little effect on your fasting levels. So I have to monitor my levels over the weeken, then call the hossy on monday. They'll then decide if and how much insulin I'll need.
Levels haven't been so bad today.
Fasting 5.8 - high
Brekky 5.4
Lunch 6.9 - a little high but I was naughty and had two sangas (m/grain bread) both with cheese in them so a little too much carbs
Dinner - 4.7

TG - we are due around the same time.

Just letting you all know that I have a reprieve for now from the insulin. Called my levels in yesterday and as I have had no 2hour levels over 7 and only 2 out of 3 fastings over the amount, they are happy for me to keep testing then to call back on thursday as see how we go then. So Yay a few days more without insulin!

WooHoo 50 days to go!!! and still don't have to have insulin!!!!

That is fantastic news Becci

That's awesome Becci! Well done :D

tk1999 - hope you are going well too (just went & found your BA thread!)... congrats again!!!!

Congrats TK!!!!!

My levels the last two mornings have been just over at 5.6, so will see what they say on monday.

Good luck with today, Becci. :goodluck:
I hope it's good news!

Becci, good luck, hope you can stay off the insulin.

TK, congrats on the birth of your little girl - there has been a bit of a freak out in the Sept 1-15th thread that someone due after us has already popped out a baby lol

Just to give you all a bit of hope - I had GD last pregnancy on about 120 units of insulin per day by the end of it. This time round, not a single sign :dance::dance:
The only real difference between pregnancies was a little bit of weight that I lost. With DS I started out at 76kg (164cm tall), so bit chunky but not massive, this time round I started at 71kg. Not sure if that was the deciding factor but I am not complaining!

After the stress of managing every scrap of what I ate, insulin, induction etc it has been sooooo great to have a normal pregnancy - it is so nice to eat when I am hungry and I can even have dessert/junk food if I want.

Thanks fantastic Artechim, it's nice to hear it doesn't always happen. I've lost 8kg and plan to TTC fairly soon, so hopefully that will help. My GP told me that losing 5% of body weight can make a big difference :crossfingers:

Becci - how are you going? GL for today, hope you don't need insulin.

Tenny - :hello:

Thank you all for your congratulations - I think my GD helped Caitlin to be of a good size when she was born early... lol I never thought I would be thankful for having GD!!

Artechim, I love hearing that it's possible not to get GD in subsequent pregnancies. All through pregnancy I was being told I would have it again next time. I was on about 20 units of insulin towards the end, but would love to avoid it completely next time. Hopefully it helps that I am 10kg lighter now than I was when I was first pregnant 12 months ago.

Girls, I wish you the best of luck avoiding GD next time. I am sure the effort you are putting in with the weight loss will make a difference. I haven't come across anyone who was on as much insulin as I was, everyone assured me that I was guaranteed to get it the next time round and yet here I am.

I did make a couple of minor lifestyle changes - traded white bread for wholegrain, basmati rice, always mix kumera with potatoes but nothing major. I still eat heaps of junky food :redface:

I will keep my fingers crossed for you all as it makes such a huge difference to be GD free.

That's fantastic new Artechim! And Congrats on the pg!

Belfie - escaped insulin yet again!!!! Until Monday anyway. I did have 1 fasting at 5.6 but only just over, and two of my post meals were just over too, but one of them I ate two sandwiches (I was sooo hungry) and the other I tried spag bol with a slice of garlic bread, was obviously too much for me. So they were happy that there were reasons for my levels being over.
This time has been so much easier to keep under control than last time. I have found that I can have more carbs for brekky than I could last time, but lunch and dinner are about the same.
Have dr app tomorrow so will be asking about the chances for induction and if I need another scan to check sizing and fluid levels.
GL TTC too.

Well guys thought I'd best post an update. Very quiet here though. Hope that means everyone is well.

Well I've had to go on insulin. Was only protophane at first but noe Novorapid with lunch and dinner too. I'm currently on 11 protophane and 4 Novorapid, but expecting that to go up as my levels still aren't low enough.

Also means that I will be being induced next week sometime. Either wednesday night or thrusday morning depending on mode of induction, will know for sure on friday.

Progress report please ladies...

Who has had their bubba's, who is still waiting...
Last post from Becci was 22 days ago... so quiet which of course is great as that means no one having GD issues but no updates either... :)

Hey there SnowChickie!
Been meaning to pop by for a while but life has been rather busy.
My levels didn't do too badly. Had to up the Novorapid to 6-8 units and the Protophane was fine as is.
I was routinely induced at 37+6 by having my watersbroken. Had to have the drip put in as my labor started then stopped. 2 hours and 50 minutes later Eli Graeme was born. Weighing only 7ln 13oz (nice size but yet again not a huge GD bub).
My bsls actually dropped down to 4.4 during labor so didn't need an insulin drip, instead I was prescribed raspberry cordial. Can't tell you fantastic that tasted. Have since bought myself a bottle and have the odd glass lol.
Eli's levels dropped to 2 and hour after he was born and his temp dropped too, so he was given a bottle and put in the humidy crib for a few hours. He was back in our room and levels were fine about 5 hours after his birth. We were able to visit him and touch him which was nice.
My day 4 levels were all under 6 so just waiting for my 6 week check where I'll be given my papers for another GTT.

We're all going really well. Eli's a dream. Ethan's loving him to bits but is a little jealous. Has become even more of a Daddy's boy.

Eli's calling for a feed so best be off. Hope everyone else is ok.

Hi I am new to this forum and wanting to know if any one can offer any advice for gestational diabetes. I am in my second pregnancy and need to decided betweeen oral insulin tablets or insulin injections, it will be my choice, injected on first pregnancy and wasn't a happy girl, tablets sound good but the information on the net is a little conflicting and is only in its early stages of being used for gestational diabetes and just wanting to know if anyone has done the oral medication verses the insulin injections.:doh:

Sorry possum i'm of no help to you. I've injected both times and wasn't offered the tabs.
Just wanted to wish you luck.

sorry cja, i also injected

becci - congrats! (sorry, i'm very late!!)

Becci - late congrats from me too!

i'm also no use, I injected, wasn't offered the tabs as an option. I know there was a girl in here earlier with GD who was on tabs =- cos she was the first I've heard of with 'em. Tough call though, I can understand not wanting to inject again! good luck with your decision.

Thanks for your replies, I would like to think that taking the oral tablet would be a lot easier and keep me sane through to the end of my pregnancy but there is not enough research on the affect of the baby after it is born to reassure me that I should take the tablets. I have a week or two to decide before I start either one, I just want this pregnancy to be a happier experience then the last. Will keep looking for information to help me make the right choice. :doh:

Hi cja,
What are your bsl currently averaging? Are these tablets the same that type 2 diabetics can use before insulin? It seems a little odd that you've not only been given the choice, but have another week or so! It sounds like your sugars are not terribly out of control yet, which is great. I imagine if they were consistently high, then they'd be hurrying to get them under control before your bub feels the effects of long term poor management.

I'd cautiously suggest that the decision is best made with the status of your sugars currently, how far along you are, and how hard to maintain it is with 'sensible eating' (as if that is possible during preg!). Don't be shy in asking for numerous opinions if you are hesitant on these tablets and have found there is not sufficient research for you to be comfortable.

All the best with the decisions!
Anna
:)

Hey anna, I am 23 weeks have been taking bloods for the last 5 weeks due to my Dr's receptionist, turns out I should not of worried about them till about now anyway, since I am not in my 3rd trimester. Any way my morning fastings suck failing about 2o r 3 a week and that is the reason I need the insulin, should be under 5.5 but just not getting there most mornings, daily ones are fine mostly under 6.8 which is my goal. the oral tablets are for type 2 diabetes metiform (close to that). cja

Ah, Metformin. You probably already stated that in the thread. Sorry. It's a really widely prescribed drug, and like most drugs on the market, it has risks (I learned in recent years that one of my insulins is not yet considered a safe drug!). Are you going through the private or public system? You might find a useful source of info is a diabetes educator, as well as an endocrinologist. Educators are a godsend to me with pregnancy and I can't think of a single time they haven't known what to do and how to do it quickly. That's the pro and con of diabetes in pregnancy - both that it is within a limited time frame, and that it is a limited time frame! Any longterm problems are not likely to matter as much, but then again you only have a few months to master perfect control so that bub doesn't gain excess weight and have issues at birth with low bsl, etc.

If you're after just personal opinions, I'd not be too afraid of the Metformin. It's a short term plan only. That said though, don't be bullied into anything that you just can't be confident with - and that goes for info on the internet, or from a well meaning doctor who is asking you to swing the impossible and be textbook managed!

Hello...doesn't look like there has been much action here for a while...but I just found out I have gestational diabetes and have started with the finger*****ing. I feel very peeved about it all - and know I have to just get on with it! Anyone else going throug this at the moment??

*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 :)

Hellllllewwwwww.... anybody?

Bit of an update just in case somebody pops in :D

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 :(