Tell Me About Your Experiences of Gestation Diabetes
I was convinced I had it as well- similar symptoms and also felt "weird" (for want of a better description) after eating. My GTT came back ok....okay, it was 4.9, but still "ok" ;-)
Good luck.
Crushing, crushing tiredness. I had a lot of stuff on at the time though and was pretty stressed. I had to get DP to take a day off work one day to look after DD1, I just felt like I couldn't get off the couch.
Other experiences - really, I know people complain about GD but I think in the whole scheme of things it's not that bad. I had SPD too and compared to looking after that, the GD was a walk in the park because there are things you can do to ease the symptoms. Yes, altering your diet is a bit of a pain but it's not that bad and injecting yourself with insulin ain't that scary.
The bonus for me - I only put on 1kg in the whole pregnancy and was 10kg lighter after I had DD2. So I like to look at the positives
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Oct 2007
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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
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).
I only noticed a decrease in fatigue if I spread my carbs out. I always ate regularly, and not unhealthily, but before the diagnosis it'd be really carb heavy at times. Once I started spreading the carbs out, I felt better. 2-3ish serves at meals (~40-50g carb) and 1-2ish serves (~20-30g) at snacks, and I felt a million times better.
Not sure about the slow weight gain, I guess it depends on your pre-pregnancy BMI and healthy weight gain target? My pre-pregnancy weight was 57kg, and they wanted me at around 70kg, but at 28 weeks I was 65.5, and then I ended up losing it, and I'm only just now, 8 weeks later, almost hitting 67kg. They were concerned only because at this stage of the pregnancy is when the baby should be packing on the weight and I didn't have the weight to lose to sustain my energy levels and the baby's needs as well. But I do know if you have a bit more wiggle room (i.e. if you had a BMI >25 pre-pregnancy) they don't tend to stress about weight loss or slow gains in GD if you are eating right and your BSLs are controlled.
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if you do, its not too bad if your diet is controlled
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