Ahhhhh don't worry hj - I always scream at the computer when I see the phrase "trust your body" - I'm like, "trust my body, you gotta be kidding me. The body that goes completely potty when it's pregnant, don't make me laugh."

I tell everyone I love being a mum, can't stand being pregnant and if I could bypass the pregnancy bit and go straight to the baby part, that would suit me down to the ground. But we have to deal with the cards we're dealt unfortunately.

As I said, I had a caesar because of my stupid pelvis but as far as I know you don't automatically have to have a caesar just because of the GD - it will depend on how your blood sugars are looking and whether they think your baby is being badly affected. I'm not even sure it's about the size of the baby - more about how your blood sugars are looking because really anyone can have a big baby so that's not the issue. And insulin manages the blood sugars so in my simple world, no need to have a caesar at all (unless you want one). That might be oversimplifying, can't remember all the ins and outs from when I was first diagnosed now.

Just cut yourself a bit of slack. You've only just found out and we all freak out at the start. You'll get there mate.