Gestational Diabetes General Chatter #4

[pachamama]

Hi Girls
Well I've been offline for a while getting my head around all this GD stuff. I've now been taking my BSLs for a couple of weeks and they've been pretty good. 4's and 5's with a couple of slightly higher readings...I find that stress really effects my levels. I had a heated argument with a phone company and then took my levels - they were 9! And I'd had the same for breakfast as every other morning 9 (porridge) which normally gives me a reading of about 5! That was a shock, so since then I've really been prioritising r&r.

Thankfully haven't had to change my diet too much. No more decadent sweet treats but have managed to replace with healthy alternatives like bran muffins etc. I find that rice is the worst thing for me. Even basmati. I can only have a little bit, otherwise my levels are a little over. I also find that my morning levels often only come down a very small amount overnight and a couple of times they've been above 5.5.

Can anyone give me a rough guide to how many times they will allow your levels to go over before you need to go on insulin? Also have you noticed your BSLs going up the further into your pregnancy you get?

...Big congratulations Petals on the safe arrival of your son...And a natural birth. Fantastic!

...Snowchickie - even though I don't know much about this whole thing yet it does seem like your chances of having diabetes after the baby is born are slim and don't stress! It really is bad for mind, body and soul!!

I have my first post GD diagnosis check-up today so wish me luck! :-)

[Jewel]

Hi Pachamamma.
Sorry to hear about your GD. I'm glad your levels have been going well.
Great to hear you didn't have to change your diet much. I struggled alot with that in the start. I was right into sweet things and OJ. It was hard work. Lol.

Rice goes ok with me. I still have it even though it probably shouldn't. Pasta and me don't mix, not even the wholemeal pasta.
My overnight levels go alright. Sometimes I get a 5, but it depends what I had for dinner and all that. I mostly get 4's for the overnight reading, so I've been lucky with that cause you can't really control what your body does while you sleep.
Fingers crossed for you.

Sorry, I can't help with the insulin info. I found out early and have been controlling it with diet since 10wks. They thought I may need insulin at the start, but I didn't and haven't. Becci might be able to help you out with the insulin stuffs.

Thankfully my levels haven't really gone up in the last part of my pg. Sometimes they do and you can't control it. I thought mine were going to go haywire, and I had like 2 tough weeks, with me stressin' out that my levels would rise and everything would go wrong but in the end it hasn't.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR APPOINTMENT!!

(sorry I ramble alot. Btw, nice to meet you.)

[angelraelz]

hiya

tennykins - when you say you got GD at 10 weeks what were your readings? I had GD on high insulin with my son Isaac. He was induced at 36 weeks and i was on around 20 before breakfast, lunch and dinner of novorapid and 82 units of proptane at night.

Isaac is now nearly a year old and i am about 8 weeks pregnant. I am testing my blood to keep tabs on it but i have found my fasting is around 6 - 7 and i can't get it down. During the day its fine. But fasting is a thorn in my side.

I'm not sure if any of you remember be i use to post in here

angel

[Becci]

Angelraelz - welcome back!

Pachamama - things seem to be going well with you. Not sure about how many times before insulin but would imagine if it was regularly a couple of times a week then they might look at it. They are quite strict with it.
I thought I would have to have more insulin as I have gone along, but 6 units is doing me just fine.
The only time my levels are up is if I am naughty, and as long as I don't do that too often to drs ok.

My levels haven't really gone up during my pg. Infact I think they have stabilized lately. I was expecting them to go up but they haven't.

My current problem is my BP. Went and had it checked today and my Diasolic (the bottom one) was 100! So had my wee checked (all ok - no protein) and rested for 15 minutes and then rechecked. It was 93. Then dr did three consecutive checks after another half and hour and they were all between 90 and 95.
So I have to go back on thursday before my u/s and have them checked again.
I have no idea as to why they have gone up all of a sudden, other then it's school holidays and the kids are driving me mad! lol (just kidding on this).

I go to FMC on friday so I', half expecting to be put on bed rest and maybe they'll induce me earlier than they were going to originally.

Will have to wait and see.

[Jewel]

Angel - At first they tol dme it wasn't GD, but I'm not sure. They found my high sugar levels in the BT they do at the start of the pg. I did find out not many GPs actually test sugar levels that early, so I was lucky to get mine done. I think I had a random reading of 18 or something, so I had to do the fasting BT and it came back at 10, or 9.
So that's how it all started with me.

Congrats on your pg! Good luck with BSL readings.
xx

Becci - Wow. 100 on the bottom. Mine has been around the 70-80's on the bottom.
Good there was no protein in your pee. I hope everything goes well on friday.

[Becci]

Thanks Tenny. Mine have been about 80 until about a week ago too. Not sure what's made it go up. Just one of those pg things I think.

[Jewel]

I've been really surprised by mine. It was fine again today.
No sugar in my urine either. Or protein.

Do you guys get sugar traces?
It's due to the diabetes I was told, but I got it a couple times in the middle but not anymore.

I'm not even sure if I'll be induced or not. I don't know if my OB cares if I go over. I just have to wait till atleast next week at my 40+1 appointment. (if I hold on that long)