Gestational Diabetes General Chatter #3

[Caz1971]

Hi everybody, just wondering if any one of you has had to have a kidney ultrasound (called a renal ultrasound) as I heard that if you had diabetes can relate to yr kidneys?

How's motherhood and those diagnosed with GD, it will be over soon...

Love Caz x

[shell_120308]

Congrats Kirsten that is great news.

[Kristale]

Hi all I was diagnosed with GD late at 30wks and am really struggling as I have such a sweet tooth and all my cravings are for sweet things. I am being good but my levels are not at all consistent they will be high when I've been good and low when Iv had something bad it is so hard. I see my ob next week so I wonder what he will say about my levels. I only have 5 weeks to go so hopefully no insulin for me when there isnt long to go and bubs was all normal sizes at last scan 2 weeks ago.
Any tips anyone has would be appreciated.

[Artechim]

Kristale, do you find there is any pattern to the time of day you eat naughty things and how it affects your levels? I know that I needed a load of insulin to eat two peices of wholegrain bread in the morning but could eat a muffin and milkshake at lunch and be fine.

Good luck for the next five weeks, hope it goes quickly for you.

[melbel]

kristale....you really need to write down all your levels and see if there is a pattern to them from day to day. As Artechim said a lot of people have higher sugars first thing in the morning and respond worse to food at that time. This is because your liver and kidneys dump all your excess insulin and other hormones and crap between about 4 and 6 am every day and starts fresh so an awful lot of people find they struggle at this time of day to matabolise even small amounts of carb. A trick is to have a low GI and low carb, high protein brekky and have your other carbs later in the day. Some people find they have a similar response at about the same time in the afternoon again low GI and high protein at these times seems to help. It is called the Dawn or Dusk phenomenon. When you have been "bad" as you put it did the food contain fat as well as sugar. Because fat will slow the digestion down and even though a food may seem bad it may not raise the sugar levels as quickly as you thought because of the fat content.

Do you follow the GI diet? This is probably the best way to accurately predict what effect a food will have on the blood sugar. There are a heap of books and refrences on the net about it...google glycaemic index if you want more info.

[Kristale]

Thanks girls yeah I am following a low GI diet but still getting used it. My levels are fine in the mornig it is generally evenings where I have the trouble so I obviously have to adjust what I eat then. Just finding it hard to be so careful about what I eat not something Ive ever had to do thats all but I will get it by the end I'm sure.
Thanks again

[Jewel]

Congrats on your results, Kirsten!
That's awesome news.
Kirsten, how far along were you when you were diagnosed with GD/diabetes?
I've got my fingers crossed that after I have this bubba my levels are great like yours, knowing my luck they'll probably much the same as now. Lol.


melbel - Thanks for posting about that. I didn't know anything about the 4 to 6am stuff. Wow. That's interesting.

Kristale - Hi. Good luck with controlling your cravings. Fingers crossed the next 5weeks fly by!

Does everyone with GD(or normal diabetes) get induced if they go past their due date?
I was told I'm not allowed to go past my EDD. I'm not sure if this is the same for everyone, or just me.
I'm hoping I go a week early like I did with DS.