Gestational Diabetes Chatter #6

hi linzy

it's usually a bit quiet in here - i think there were a few of us last year but not many these days!

sorry to hear about your bsl. when i had GD i monitored my levels & maintained them through diet till i was about 31 weeks then they started rising & i went on to insulin. i was on fairly low levels & injected twice a day. it really wasn't that bad - in fact the insulin needles were less painful than doing the finger *****s.

i know it's annoying & kind of stressful to see the levels going up no matter how good your diet is - but that's the thing, in some cases we just can't control it & it's beyond our eating etc. i really didn't want to go on to inslun but once i was, i almost felt a bit relieved because i knew it would happen at some stage & it was good to just get it out of the way.

does exercise help your levels at all? i know it helped mine a bit but hard to get motivated or the energy!

the endo told me as well that by about 36 weeks things really settle down as well - i def noticed that with my levels because sometimes they still went up with the insulin but around 36 weeks they became really good again.

hang in there hun :hug:

Hi Linzy

I am an ex-GDer, but I do remember that it was such a relief to go on insulin and actually be able to eat again. I was getting high levels while eating like Kate Moss (minus the heroin lol), so as much as I didn't want the insulin it was fantastic to be able to actually eat a meal and not be constantly stressed out and starving.

Good luck.

Awww thanks girls :)

Actually just got back from the hospital today with insulin and needles as they said you can't just starve yourself to get the levels so I start injecting 6 units twice a day and we'll monitor that and see how I go.

The only concern (and they sent me for 4 blood tests to find out) is because I am so thin (was 38 kilos before first pregnancy, and 48 kilos before this one...I'm 58 now at nearly 8 months preggies) they think I could have an adult onset diabetes that effects underweight people called LADA or something. It's a Type 1 tho, so if I do have what they suspect I'll be on insulin for life. Eeeep!

Linzy, I meant to pop in here last week when I saw your post. Sorry about that.
I know how frustrating it is when you do everything right and your levels are still high! The first morning reading is purely hormonal, so if that's high there is nothing you have done to cause that. That was my first one to need insulin for.
I ended up on insulin 3 times per day with the most being 10units before bed to keep those morning levels right, but as Sloane said bsl's do tend to calm down towards the end of pregnancy. Mine did and my insulin was reduced and I was only on a small dose at the end.

I hope you can find something a bit more interesting to eat now :) I couldn't eat bread, rice, most fruit so it was frustrating. I lost weight in my pregnancy simply due to not eating much for a while there I think. I was so sick of eating the same thing over and over. Because of that, insulin was a bit of relief because I could have a little bit of rice, or a toasted sandwich.

Excercise helped my levels a bit too, but by about 33 weeks I was having trouble getting around with pelvic and back pain so I didn't do much at all.

Good luck, keep us updated with how you go once you start your insulin :)

Hang in there Linzy, it's not so bad. As a type one who has been injecting herself many times a day for over 30 years now I can tell you there are worse things in the world. If it is LADA you may be lucky and may go back to a period of what we call honeymooning where you may not injections for a while but yes if it is type 1 eventually your pancreas would cark it and you would nedd injections then. I know many people with LADA who have gone as long as 5 years or so after diagnosis without having to go onto fulltime injections.

On a good note at this stage you will find it all gets a bit easier usually from around 36 weeks.....most people tend to become less insulin resistant from about this time as the hormones shift around to get ready for birth so try and keep your chin up cos you're almost there now....and just think of all the xtra food you will be able to eat for the next few that you have been denying yourself...that has to be a bonus!

Hey Linzy,

I don't have much to add, just to agree with what all the others said. I too was a GDer last PG and ended up on insulin. I hope you don't have LADA and that doing the insulin now helps to keep things under control. I do agree that starving yourself can't be good for you or bub.

Oh and while I'm at it - anyone else got any suggestions for trying to avoid GD? I've lost 8kg (from pre-preg weight first time) and am making sure i walk every day, eat well etc.... but PG again now and fingers are firmly crossed!

Cheers,
Belfie.

belfie - congratulations!!wishing you a very h&h PG :clap:

no real suggestions beyond what you're doing - the endo told me to do much the same but there's no guarantees it won't come back. wtg on the 8kg as well! :dance:

Belfie, congratulations :D. I managed to avoid GD in my second pregnancy even though I was on about 120 units of insulin every day with my first. But to be completely honest, I have no idea why. I was 5kg lighter before my 2nd and have permanently changed to low GI bread and rice but apart from that there isn't that much difference. I do have one theory though - prior to pregnancy #1 I was drinking a fair bit of Coke. I know that is one of the worst offenders for BSL spikes and I now suspect that it was one of the main reasons that I got GD (along with crappy genes, crappy eating habits etc) the first time but not the second when I had given it up.

Hi ladies :)

So far my insulin isn't helping a great deal, so am going up to 16 units a day (8 in the morning and 8 at night) until monday, then the nurse is gonna call me to see how I'm going. They are a little confused as to why the insulin isn't helping my breaky levels as I'm only eating weetbix or multigrain toast with equal sugar or vegemite..and still getting over 10 bsl. Soooooo we'll see what happens, the nurse did use the 'induce' word though if we can't stabilise them really soon :o

Linzy - That's a shame the insulin hasn't helped your morning levels. Have you tried any other breakfasts? I know when there was a few of us in here, what worked for one didn't work for another. For example beans are supposed to be low GI, but they always sent my BSL's up. It might be worth trying a few other things - can you stomach porridge? Or eggs?

Artechim & Sloane - thanks so much for the congratses. Well I'm a bit nervous. I've been doing a few random tests, and my fasting is often 6 or over. Dr Google (ha)! tells me that for GD that's enough to send me for a OGTT (and seems as though it would be diagnostic if I keep getting it). But ironically enough during my PG it was my post-meal ones that were always over, never my fasting. So i'm doing a fasting glucose blood test tomorrow and we'll see what that shows. I woulda thought it was too early for the PG to be doing anything though, as the placenta isn't really "in play" yet (so to speak!). Can you guys shed some light? Am I worrying for nothing? Thanks :)

Belfie, how many weeks are you?
I did my GTT at 17wks and I had it then, so who knows when it actually started but I would be interested to know.
Good luck with your test tomorrow. Fingers are crossed for you. :)

Belfie, how many weeks are you?
I did my GTT at 17wks and I had it then, so who knows when it actually started but I would be interested to know.
Good luck with your test tomorrow. Fingers are crossed for you. :)

linzy - i tend to agree with belfie, maybe try something else for brekky? like belfie said some things set some people off & not others - for me it was rice. no matter how small the portion of a low GI rice like basmati, my levels would shoot up. i didn't reaslise they could incude so early! i was induced but refused until i was 40 weeks & my compromise was ctg monitoring & a couple of growth scans. what does your ob or doc say? in the end, the endo made recommendations but it was the ob that had the final say over induction, if that makes sense?

belfie - it does seem very early. how did you go with the post-natal fasting glucose test? my levels were a little high with that, but just showed glocose impairment & the endo said just randomly check fasting levels & it's only a problem if over 7. obviously now you're PG it'd be different, but they wouldn't normally check in a subsequent PG until 14 weeks or so, would they? ugh, i used to know all this stuff but my brain has turned to mush! good luck with the test today - let us know how you go

hey guys - well I've decided I'm doing things the wrong way round. I was given this form to do the fasting one before I got PG, but a) i forgot and b) I got PG very quickly. So I was gonna just go do it now... but DH has talked me out of it, saying that the doc will prolly want different tests so I should just go see her first.

Megan - I'm only just over 4 weeks preggo, so verrrrrry early.

Sloane - my post-natal fasting test was ok but I did get a few high-ish ones on my own monitor.

that sounds like a better plan!

Belfie: I have tried porridge, weetbix and toast..but just been to see the diabetic ob at the hospital yesteday and she bumped me up to 11 units in the morning and 8 at night. We'll see how that goes, she thinks it might be because I am having weetbix, then an hour later a banana then an hour later checking my levels which is a false reading. So I am to wait two hours before having fruit or having the fruit with the cereal and doing my levels 2 hours after either. But they still wanna keep my insulin at 11 regardless as I got a 12.7 from just weetbix and a banana the other day. But after dinners and lunches and before breaky are all good :)

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linzy - i tend to agree with belfie, maybe try something else for brekky? like belfie said some things set some people off & not others - for me it was rice. no matter how small the portion of a low GI rice like basmati, my levels would shoot up. i didn't reaslise they could incude so early! i was induced but refused until i was 40 weeks & my compromise was ctg monitoring & a couple of growth scans. what does your ob or doc say? in the end, the endo made recommendations but it was the ob that had the final say over induction, if that makes sense?

belfie - it does seem very early. how did you go with the post-natal fasting glucose test? my levels were a little high with that, but just showed glocose impairment & the endo said just randomly check fasting levels & it's only a problem if over 7. obviously now you're PG it'd be different, but they wouldn't normally check in a subsequent PG until 14 weeks or so, would they? ugh, i used to know all this stuff but my brain has turned to mush! good luck with the test today - let us know how you go

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I got confused with the induction thing, they meant in the later weeks they would have to induce. When I rang the nurse back she explained it all, oops! As for basmati rice..yes me too!! I got a high 12 bsl after a small portion of it last week! Have tried a few different cereals and toast for breaky, some either don't fill me up, or have hidden things in them that just make my levels blow out. We'll see how I go with the new insulin levels :)

linzy - ah, that makes sense. i hope the new levels make a difference & hopefully the 2 hours between eating helps as well. how do you feel about the possibility of being induced?

Belfie, I vaguely recall reading somewhere (maybe on BB?) that it's not recommended to do a GTT until the 2nd tri, so I would definitely wait until you see your Dr :)
At my endo appt after DS was born he told me I would need a GTT in next pregnancy at around 16 weeks, but to regularly check my BSL's from the moment I find out I'm pregnant just to make sure they are under control. But, you're already on to that ;)

Sloane: I wouldn't mind if they wanted to induce me, as long as bubs was healthy and not toooo early I'd be ok with it. I'm still a little worried about bring induced by breaking my waters or giving me drugs to start as I have heard it is more painful. I would prefer a c section if they wanted to induce me, but I guess it's not really an option. Just have to wait and see how we go over the next week.

My insulin this morning still hasn't brought my breaky level down (3 weetbix) and I didn't eat my normal banana an hour later and I was still up at 9.6. So tomorrow I am going to try porridge as I know it has way less carbs than weetbix, and if that works then I will stick to porridge again, don't really want to inject any more insulin cos I'm scared of having hypos now!

The pelvic pain I was having is getting really bad now, I've just started waking every hour with my hip and leg in agony - change sides and an hour later that leg and hip is agony. I guess it would be nice to be rid of it if they did decide to induce me as another 7 weeks of that pain would really depress me! The Ob gave me a script for Panadeine Forte to help with it, I don't really want to take them all the time or in the middle of the night either.

Hi Ladies,

Ex-GD'er here and was passing through and thought I'd say hi.

Artechim: Regarding the "Coke" comment I have recently just read that a study showed that ladies who consumed coke (or cola flavoured beverages) leading up to and during their PG had a higher rate of GD diagnosis than those who did not consume "cola flavoured" beverages.. I certainly plan on giving up coke before i plan to TTC again.

belfie: CONGRATULATIONS on your PG... See comment above about coke and as far as I've been told or read it is just recommended to loose a % of weight (can't remember what %) before PG and exercise and go onto your Low GI diet as soon as you conceive. I have the luxury of having my entire GD diet written down in a diary so I'm going to use that as a guide next time round. P.S. Don't use Dr Google - he can be a nasty man!!!

Linzy: Hi.. The new info on testing 2 hours after your last piece of food is right and I'd expect that to affect your levels, I used to have either 1/2 cup of porridge with skim milk, box of sultanas and some cinnamon sprinkled over it OR 2 weet bix with the same. The cinnamon is known to help stabilise glucose levels so sprinkle it on whatever you think it'll taste good on. I used to also get away with a couple of slices of peach (goulburn valley in the fruit juice - just rinse under water to remove the juice) on either porridge or weet bix. I gotta say i LOVED these breakfasts for the entire time i had GD and just alternated them depending on what i felt like.

With Banana you also need to make sure it is only just ripe as a JUST RIPE banana is low gi but the more ripe they become the higher their GI reading becomes so i found i'd have to eat them the first day they were yellow (buy the green ones)..

Regarding the breakfast choices, with the bread have you tried different bread types, i found I could only eat the Wholemeal Vienna bread from Bakers Delight. All other bread sent my levels way up and in fast it was only bread & pasta that spiked mine during my entire PG.

Good luck.

I have been having weetbix with equal sprinkled on top, and as for the breads I've tried wholemeal, multigrain, and mixed grain. I was originally having porridge with a couple of strawberries cut up and mixed and my levels weren't as high, so am gonna try that. This morning i had two slices of multigrain toast and my bsl was 9.6 and that was without the banana..and yes I was eating over ripe bananas..i'll change that too :)

Thanks for all the advice and support girls, I had my scan today and bub is 2.1 kilos so she is not going to be a hug gd baby anyhow :)

Well I have tried weetbix, wholemeal multigrain toast, and porridge over the last 4 days and all keep my levels up near 9 and over. So I'm now on 15 units in the morning and 10 at night

linzy - at least you have lots of room to move with those doses, they're still on the low side - i started on 12 before breakfast & 12 before dinner & they were upped once (although i can't remember to what now!). of course, there are diff types of insulin so don't take that as gospel!

how are your fasting levels? just wondering cos are you having a snack before bed? i found my fasting levels were higher if i went too long overnight without eating. dunno if that's relevant for you!

Linzy, it took me ages to find a bread that I could eat. I eventually found a white bread believe it or not that's low GI and I didn't have a problem with that. I think it's just called EnerGI and I think it's Tip Top or Sunblest brand. All the grainy breads made my levels shoot up.
I couldn't eat most fruit, although apples were ok.

Sloane makes a good point about the snack before bed too. I would often have a glass of milk before bed and that always helped my levels in the morning.

Hi ladies :)

I know it's not a huge dose yet and there are others to try (Altho I just picked up my prescription yesterday...5 boxes of 5 insulin pens! 25 pens!! I feel bad if I don't use them all, specially people out there who might not be able to afford it!) I have heard some women have been on 120 units a day of insulin towards the end..I don't wanna get that high as wouldn't that make hypos more common? I'm terrified of having a hypo, thats why I panic when the nurse ups my dose!

My fasting levels aren't too bad 5.4 roughly last three days they have been 5.7 and 6. And I have been having a glass of milk and two slices of toast before bed as it wasn't affecting my levels but since my levels are climbing in the morning I was just having milk, then I got a 6 so I called the nurse as I enjoy my milk and toast at bedtime! So now I'm up to 10 units at night my level this morning was 5 so I can still have the milk and toast which is good cos I'm bloody starving by 10pm. Although I had the same bean soup I've had in the past and this time even after the insulin my levels 8.5 post dinner..so dunno about the soup anymore, damn...it was really yummy!

I've switched to the unripe bananas as well as fruit doesn't seem to effect me that much. I can still eat strawberries and peaches for snacks. I've even had maccas chicken nuggets and chips twice and 2 hour post levels from that was 7.2 and 7.3..weird, I actually thought it would skyrocket! Not that I make a habit of eating maccas, thats the only times, stuck out on the road and being so hungry I just gave in assuming my levels would climb too high but they didn't.

Anyhoo thanks for popping in to give me advice ladies :) I really appreciate it! :)

Snowchickie, that is interesting about the Coke thing - I love it when research backs up my crackpot ideas lol. It makes sense though, because the body does keep a 'memory' of high sugars.

Linzy, I was on about 120 units of insulin near the end but I didn't have that many hypos - I think I had about 4-5 from the time I started insulin at 30 weeks.

The Coke theory doesn't work in my case as I don't drink the stuff, gives me stomach aches and keeps me awake so I have always steered away from it. But I wonder if there is something else I was drinking or eating that could of had the same effect as this is the second time I've had GD...got me thinking now :)

Only 4 or 5 hypos?! Even one scares me enough, I'm pretty sure I had one at work at 20 weeks, got really weak, shakey, nauseaus, sweaty and felt like I was going to die. I had a can of softdrink and a chocolate bar (as back then I didn't know jelly beans was better than chocolate) I do now. It took me 24 hours to get over the nausea feeling though, but it scared me stupid! But they had done the GTT at 17 weeks and didn't find it so while I thought all along it was a hypo the doc said it was most likely dehydration and low blood pressure.

Here's something interesting...I didnt get to sleep last night until 5am, and slept until 11am so I thought I better not take my morning insulin as it would make my dinner insulin too close and make me ill. My fasting was 5 (even after toast and milk before bed) so the 10 units at night are working. I had my normal porridge with equal sugar in it...and..my 2 hours post breaky was 6.9! LOWER than when I take my insulin!!?? It was also lower after my lunch too at 7.2 normally its up near 9 for both and I ate exactly the same lunch. I'm really confused now!

I see the nurse on Monday so I'll see what she thinks :)

Linzy - that's interesting that you've had a hypo (not fun for you tho!). My endo told me that PG women hardly ever get hypos because of the way the placenta makes you insulin-resistant (i.e. I don't understand the scientific reason behind it). Either way I can understand that you wouldn't want to risk one. How are your levels going now? What did the nurse think? The one thing I want to reiterate is that sometimes the same food on a different day gives you a very different result - depending on whether your tired, busy, stressed, all sorts of factors can influence it. So even when you do everything right, sometimes you'll just cop a good or bad result.

Well I'm off to the doc on Weds. My fasting levels in the morning are still over 6 (but only low 6's) but it's got me a bit nervous.

snowchickie79 - I've lost the required amount of weight (more than 10%) and I'm walking every day... but I think I need to focus on eating a bit more low GI, it's just such a royal PITA with all my other dietary restrictions that I was really hoping to avoid it :(

I've told my DH that if I get GD again I want a new King Size bed to cheer me up lol.

Belfie: I went to see the Diabetic Ob on Monday again and he told me that he doesn't think I had a hypo at 20 weeks, he says it occurs more if ur on insulin and I wasn't positive for GD yet back then. He thinks what might of happened is that I already had a high blood sugar level that day and the softdrink and a chocolate bar just made it higher as he said normally if your having a hypo it starts to get better 10 minutes after something very sweet like softdrink or it could have been low blood pressure or something. I don't know what it was but my gp put me on leave the next week as I work at Bunnings in a huge metal shed with no aircon walking up and down aisles, up and down ladders on a cement floor lol

I have a couple more issues now with this diabetes, I have only put a kilo on in the last month and they think bubs is a little small, though the radiographer on wednesday said 2.1 kgs at 33 weeks is average. They have upped my insulin again to 13 at night and 19 in the morning, but said if my fasting bsl is under 5.5 to gauge my own insulin requirement. So this morning it was 5.3 so I had 15 units, had my breaky, 2 hour post breaky level was 7, so it worked today yay :)

I have heard that stress can affect your blood sugar levels..if this is really the case then there is no wonder I can't keep mine stable. I have alot of stressful things going on in my life, not just the pregnancy!

The Diabetic Ob, told me that my thyroid blood tests were fine, he's waiting on the Type 1 LADA result to come through as he's not seen someone so thin with diabetes before he called me a 'pleasant surprise'. He's just a little concerned that I'm not gaining weight, and bubs is a little small and at this time I should be gaining the most weight. I'm eating double what I was a month ago, but I'm always starving! And I'm not working or excersizing so I should be gaining some weight. I gained 16 kilos with my son, this time I've gained 10 and slowed right down..basically since I started with the insulin..weird.

I have to ring the Diabetic Educator every 3 days with my bsl's and insulin results, and weigh myself once a week now to see if I gain anything. Bub's is ok though! She's squirming around 24/7 :D

Belfie - my fasting levels never went back below 6 after DS was born and during the first tri with my second pregnancy they were always 6-6.5 fasting. But as the pregnancy went on, they dropped down to normal and I didn't get GD. I am not sure why, but I am not looking a gift horse in the mouth lol. I hope that is a bit of comfort for you - just because they are a wee bit high now doesn't mean the worst.

Linzy, when I had hypos they didn't last long once I had some sugar - only about 10 minutes to come right. They are scary though - the first one I was out in town in in the space of 5 minutes I went from fine to sweaty and weak and my vision and hearing was fading out - I think I was only seconds from passing out but my friend realised what was happening and helped me sit down and eat something.

Ah Artechim, you're made my day - thank you thank you! :hug::hug: 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 :D) 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. :D

I have my GTT tomorrow :(

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! :o

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 :hug:) 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! :o

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 :D 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! :o

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?

krikkit - good luck with your GTT tomorrow!

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. :rolleyes:

Seems my diabetes has reared its ugly head! :wall:

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?

Oh sounds like a rough road you've traveled:/

One of the girls on here has mentioned that the morning bsl is more based on hormones than what youve eaten and my endo told me that too so it's not all your fault!! hehe but yeah peaches and bananas were baddies for me, yet i can eat a handfull of strawberries? weird!

The process that I've been through 4 times in the last 4 years has been the glucose tolerance test where you fast overnight, then have blood taken, then drink the sugary drink, an hour later have blood taken, then another hour have more blood taken.. I think it might be a lil different in different states and hospitals but I've had the same tests in both WA and VIC

If your positive they first try to control your sugars with diet, but I have heard most women nowadays end up on insulin. I ended up seeing a Diabetes Educator, Diabetes Dietician and Diabetes Ob/ Endo who actually most of them all told me the same things, it was the educator that put me on insulin tho. But again it might be done differently in different states and hospitals maybe if its a private hospital it might be different again.

And I just noticed your in Perth! I moved over here two years ago and am very homesick! I am missing King Edward Hospital the most as the staff, obs and system was free, fast and very personal. Here the hospital I go to is also free but blood tests and scans aren't! I wait between 2 and 4 hours for one appointment I hate the hospital I'm at at the moment but I only have a few weeks left :)

sloane: Not sure if it's 38 weeks, i'm hoping it is so I can hold my lil one earlier but will find out Monday what the date is :)

Hi All. I wrote a bit of a first time rant, but I took to long to post it and it was lost :doh:

Anyway, Hi. I've been reading this thread for a little bit. A week ago I had my GCT, and then got the call saying I needed to follow-up with a GTT. From my reading on-line (and my knowledge by being a medical scientist) I knew that there was a good chance I had GD. By getting a high reading on the GCT I knew there was a high chance I was not one of those lucky people who come up negative in the GTT. And I was right. My fasting was 5.2, which my doc was fine with, but my 2 hr was 11.2! So now I wait to see the Diabetics Educator at the Angliss and go through the process of obtaining readings and trying to control my numbers with my diet. My doc's quietly indicated there is a chance I'll go on insulin. The way she said it and the context of the conversation - I think she thinks I definately will. She wants my levels to be under 7 (she told me the educator would expect more, but that my doc was fine with <7). The question I have, is with such a high BSL as 11.2 in the GTT, am I going to be able to get it below 7 through diet alone? I'm not optimistic.

I realise some women on here really want to carry their baby to term, but I actually like the idea of it coming a little earlier (if need be). I might only be 29 weeks, but I already just feel so uncomfortable (first pregnancy!!). The thought of it being 8 or 9 weeks away instead of 11 or 12 feels more bearable.

I guess I will find out more on Monday followed by the BSL monitoring. Fun times ahead!:rolleyes: