Tell Me About Your Experiences of Gestation Diabetes

[Mum2SweetCs]

GD was a blessing in disguise for me. I had a terrible diet before being diagnoised. I too have lost quite abit of weight and dont mind eating 6 small meals a day

I was on insulin for dinner too which was a pain.

Hopefully you dont have it if you do, its not too bad if your diet is controlled

[Indadhanu]

GD was also a blessing for me - once I changed my diet to be spaced out rather than large carb heavy meals I felt GREAT! One thing I look back on and realise OH that might have been the GD, was the absolute exhaustion. Like, I could get out of bed, and still be exhausted. I thought it was pregnancy, but like I said, once I spaced my meals and snacks and took more notice about the carbs I was putting in my body, I ended up with more energy.

My GD was a bit bizarre. Was good, then went bad, I ended up on insluin at lunch (I would eat one serve of carbs and it'd push me over so I tried to control it with diet but then I ended up losing weight but I'm already quite small so they got very concerned about that) but now I am actually being trialled OFF the insulin because my after lunch readings have been in the low 4's, so i might not need it anymore. Now I am also having at least one, usually two and sometimes 3 hypos a day (<4mmol/l) usually 3 hours after a meal (usually right before a snack).