Belfie, just quickly because I can hear my DS calling mum, but he didn't have to spend 24-48 hours in special care, neither did the other baby that was in my room and both of us mums were on insulin. DS was in special care for about 1/2 hour because of his breathing but nothing to do with GD. The important thing is to BF (or FF if that is what you are planning ) asap after the birth so if they are born with low BSL the milk will bring it up and hopefully keep them out of special care. I was on a glucose/insulin drip during labour to keep my BSL's stable (they were climbing even without food) and DS had normal sugar levels when he was out.
Belfie - I would love to be there tomorrow if I could possum lol
We are all allowed to have the poor me's at some stage! Gawd you have enought to deal with atm so vent away!
So sorry to hear about your aunt. No wonder your levels have been up if you have been under that much stress too.
Try to think of the insulin as medicine for bubs. That might help to make things easier for you.
Ethan didn't have to go anywhere after he was born. His bsls were low by morning, so they gave us a bottle of formula to give him which helped. They got me to bf every 2 hours to keep his levels up and it helped, but he was having trouble latching on so wasn't getting much. But regardless of that his levels still went up.
I was apparently meant to have an insulon drip in too. It was meant to be organised on my last visit which I cancelled as my levels were fine. No one told me that they would organise my drip (which I knew nothing about) then.
Anyway they wouldn't have had time to get it in anyway. They barely got the thing in for the penicillin as it was.
They did get me to take a bsl while I was in labor (not easy to do with contractions a minute or so apart) and it was 6.3, so they were happy.
Good luck for tomorrow. You won't need it, and please don't be scared of the needles, I hardly felt them at all, and I'm a complete wus when it comes to pain and needles.
Thank you so much for your posts - they really helped
I'm feeling a heap more sane/positive/happy today (amazing what a day of resting/sleeping/taking it easy does for you). I'm really happy to hear that neither of your bubbas needed to go into a special care because of BSL's, that really set my mind at rest. And wow, Becci that's impressive taking your BSL's between contractions. (oh and yes, I'm hoping to BF too btw).
Re the insulin, well I guess sometimes the anticipation is worse than the real thing. Funny thing is I don't normally mind needles, it's just the thought of doing it to myself that gets me most of all. Dear H offered to do them for me... very sweet, but doesn't really help when I'm at work! And yes, thinking it's meds for bubba is a good thought.
Hope you both had a nice weekend and your gorgeous boys are going well. I'm cleaning up ready for my visitors and had great fun folding all my baby clothes (and hiding all the boy clothes - cos they don't know he's a boy!).
) asap after the birth so if they are born with low BSL the milk will bring it up and hopefully keep them out of special care. I was on a glucose/insulin drip during labour to keep my BSL's stable (they were climbing even without food) and DS had normal sugar levels when he was out.
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