hey ladies,

Becci - can't wait to hear how you're doing, congrats again! And great to hear the BSL's are back to normal already too!

Niamh75 - not long to go now, good luck with the insulin and your chubby bubba. Will they be inducing you? Or are you hoping to get as far along as possible?

Petals - thanks for the response, much appreciated. I've since changed my finish day (from 36 weeks)- I now go at 34.5 weeks, so feeling a lot more comfortable with that. Told work it was for medical reasons and they've accepted it. Funnily enough, then felt fab the whole day (and thought, gosh I could have kept working for longer)... went home & felt totally nauseous all night! So THEN I thought, yup, right decision. Spoke to my obs who also said that inducement would also be dependant on HOW much insulin I was on. If it was only a little, we might be able to push it out. So saying, he's more worried about size of bub too, as DH is a LOT taller than me... so he's concerned that'll be a 2nd reason for me to have a big bubba. Reading between the lines, I think he won't want me to go past 38-39 weeks.

snowchickie79 - thank you too! That's great you haven't needed insulin. I've tried some of the low GI chocky and seem to be getting away with that. Even had a few KFC chips the other day & that worked too Your suggestion of trialling at snack time is a great one too - I've been doing that now.

livgoesagain - that's fab that you have a good DE this time. My jury is out on mine.. I don't think she's baaaad.... but don't think she's brilliant either. My weight has plateaued the last few weeks - had put on total of 6 kg (in the PG) about 3 weeks ago, and now it's gone back to 5.7kg gain only. Should I be worried if I'm losing weight? (admittedly not much, but I thought I should still be gaining weight). I thought I'll ask my obs when i see him in a week & a half. But thought you wise ladies might know?

Artechim - loved your answers too! Thanks for the honesty re the needle, it made me chuckle. Might be a stupid question, but what's a CTG? I definitely get the feeling that i can negotiate with obs, so I'm happy about that. Also really appreciated your comment on work. Think I'd been feeling like I must stick to the date originally set (plus a recent colleague worked through till 36 weeks... so worried about seeming a feeb I guess). But then realising that the GD IS a PITA (as you said), plus i have some ongoing prolapse issues, and with my other dietary prob... arrrgh. When I spoke to obs, he was quite happy to support earlier finish... his exact words were "PG is not a time to be superwoman". I guess it's all just about being a bit kind to yourself.

Tennykins - hope all is going well at your end, and thanks for your answer too - I was very interested to see when you all end up having your bubbas.

I hope you're all doing well. At our birth class last night, I did my BSL a few mins early... and got an 8.2, which they've said is my "you need insulin trigger". Then checked the clock, was a few mins early. So tried it again 10 mins later (which turns out to be zackly 2 hours after start of meal, when it's supposed to be)... and whaddya know, down to a nice safe 6.1. So I was a bit gob-smacked! I didn't think it would change that quick just cos my timing was out. Has anyone else had that happen? The other stupid thing was I had a brain fade, and ate 1 (or maybe 2??) nuts BEFORE doing the BSL. So then they were eaten 10 mins before the second BSL. Would that impact it? I wouldn't have thought that's enough time for them to have any effect. Or the other theory was maybe I'd got some salt on my finger accidentally - but again, I wouldn't have thought that would change the BSL. Very weird. I kinda wanna ask my DE, but then I don't cos she might put me on insulin anyway.

But really, if it's that sensitive, you'd end up having to be totally paranoid about the time you're testing! I ended up coming home & checking that my clock (that I timed the start of the meal) and my BSL tester time was in sync!! Cos I felt like maybe I was just cheating saying the second BSL was the right one... but now i think it was. Any thoughts? Am I just getting totally paranoid about all this!??!?!