Wondering if I should take insulin?

[juz]

Thanks for the feed back lovely ladies.

My levels are staying pretty stable, being my 3rd bub with GD, Im getting pretty good at being inventive with food and really understanding lables on food.... not just reading them!

Thanks for that caution blackrose, mustve been scary for you and bub.
None of my bubs had any problem at all when they were born, not that Im being dismissive of anything going wrong, and if I really cant keep this under control I will of course go down the insulin road,
but I just have this feeling that I just shouldnt do it for some reason???

Thanks again

[fionas]

I think if you're controlling your diet, doing a bit of exercise and monitoring your levels that's really all you can do.

I don't see insulin as a bad thing. I controlled my diabetes very well with diet up to a point. DD2 (my GD baby) was two pounds lighter than DD1, I only put on two kilos in the whole pregnancy (despite not being able to walk very much let alone exercise due to SPD) and I weighed 9 kilos less than my pre-pregnancy weight immediately after she was born. BUT, my endocrinologist told me that there's only so much you can do with diet and that it gets worse on its own. That's the nature of the beast, so I had to go on insulin. No big deal to me and I would rather inject myself than deal with crippling tiredness whilst dealing with a tantruming toddler.

You just do what you can do.