Gestational Diabetes General Chatter #5

[snowchickie79]

Hello All,

Happy to announce we are now proud parents to a baby girl..

Chloe Elizabeth
DOB: 18 August 2008 at 4:22PM
Weight: 6lb 14oz (3.1kg)
Length: 53cm

I went into labour 5am on Monday morning, contractions 6 mins apart and lasting about a minute each, headed to hospital around 9.15am when they were about 4-5 minutes apart and stronger pain and gave birth 4:22pm. I was very happy with how things went. I had an epi which unfortunately was not 100% effective as I still had pains but otherwise couldn’t have asked for better birth.

Chloe spent the first night in nursery as her 2nd sugar level was low. All good now though and she is feeding well.

We came home today as I stayed an extra night and she sleeps a good 4-5 hours at a time between feeds since milk arrived.

Have done a few random BSL's which have been under 7.0 (One of them I tested 1 hr after cake and was 6.2) but because my diet is essentially not much different to the one I had during PG not sure how I can really test to see if the GD is gone. This is now my worry so trying not to stress so early on as it's another 6-12 weeks before my GTT. Has anyone who has delivered already found a way to give their levels a real "test" to see if GD is gone??

Photos of Chloe:
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[Becci]

Congratulations SnowChickie!!!

So glad all went well. A great size for a GD baby too!!!

Can't help you out with the levels. I took my day 4 levels and they were ok so I haven't tested since. Maybe I will after tea tonight just for interests sake.

[snowchickie79]

Hi Becci

I had baked beans on toast, a chocolate freddo frog, some yoghurt and a good dozen peach slices(more than 3 peache slices on my weet bix used to put my levels up) and when I tested I got 6.8..
My levels when i checked in hospitals were all ok but i wasn't strict on the exact 2 hours after eating as sometimes i was feeding bub or otherwise unable to test right on 2 hours. From memory anything under 8.0 in the GTT is considered ok?? can anyone confirm if that is right??

Seems that motherhood is putting less stress on me than the idea of GD remaining.. Having said that I also worry because I was on the verge of pre-eclampsia when I went into labour according to my blood results and when I arrived at hospital my BP was up however went down hence why they let me labour myself with no interference. They repeated my blood work during my hospital stay and OB said was all sorting itself out but worries me all the same. I'm not a huge sweet tooth so really my diet has not changed and the food I ate with GD is what I'd normally eat so I'm just really worried that my 2 hr GTT with the greatly increased sugar content compared to my normal diet is not going to go well..

I only had one really high level during GD which was a 9.4 in the very beginning so I'm wondering if I should repeat that meal and see if it does the same to me again. Was a sandwich with Low GI bread but go figure..

[Petals]

Hi all

Just dropping by -

Snow Chickie - congrats on the borth of Chloe, she is a cutie and I love the name.

Belfie - enjoy your time off - glad everything is going well.

Kim B - hi and welcome, hope that your 2nd test gives you the all clear.

My news is that I had an endo appointment on Friday after the 6 week test and I got the all clear. I also got the usual lecture about not gaining weight as I was a high risk of getting type 2 as time goes by (as we have all heard from Ob's, DE's and everyone else!). So I am happy for the moment, and he said there isn't much I can do to prevent it next time, (as my weight is fine) it may or may not happen and it may or may not require insulin.

Thomas is still growing, and has started smiling a bit! Although still likes 3-4 hour feeds day and night - looking foward to him going a bit longer at night.

Becci and Tenny -Hi!! hope all is still going well for your bubs.

[Jewel]

Congratulations, Snowchickie!
She's gorgeous.
I hope everything is going great with you all.

With me I have tested a few times to see what my levels are after I had certain foods.
I tested just under 2hrs after yesterdays breakfast and got a 5.0 so I was pleased with that, since what I ate would have put me right over before.
If I think about it (and am not too lazy) I'll see if chocolate and other stuff does badly for me.

Petals - Whoo hoo @ your 6 week results. That's great to hear! I hope mine come back alright, but if they don't then oh well. I hope your little fella sleeps longer for you.
Yay! cute smiles.

Belfie, Becci and the rest of you awesome ladies.

I'm starting to think about having the GTT test more now.
My checkup is next monday, so it's starting to worry me (I'm naturally a worrier) and I can't stop thinking how it'll turn out.

xoxo

[Becci]

Tenny I'm sure you'll be fine.
My check up is not until 15th Sept so I'm sure I'll start worrying in a couple of weeks! lol

Does anyone know much about constipation in babies?
Ethan has been constipated since we got home. We tried brown sugar in water (recommended by midwife) for 2 weeks. Now he's been on Coloxyl for about a week. He seems to be a bit better. Not in so much pain, but his poos are still a little pebbly.
I have been wondering if it might be the formula. He has been on SMA, but I changed him today to the Guardian Pharmacy brand formula.
I'm sure it will all sort itself out but thought I'd ask while I was here.

Hope everyone is going great.

Great to hear from you Petals and WooHoo on the all clear!

[snowchickie79]

Hi all
Just dropping by -

Snow Chickie - congrats on the borth of Chloe, she is a cutie and I love the name.

My news is that I had an endo appointment on Friday after the 6 week test and I got the all clear. I also got the usual lecture about not gaining weight as I was a high risk of getting type 2 as time goes by (as we have all heard from Ob's, DE's and everyone else!). So I am happy for the moment, and he said there isn't much I can do to prevent it next time, (as my weight is fine) it may or may not happen and it may or may not require insulin.

Thomas is still growing, and has started smiling a bit! Although still likes 3-4 hour feeds day and night - looking foward to him going a bit longer at night.

Petals - Thanks. Yes everyone has said how much they liked her name. We had two names short listed and hubby let me pick which one.
Great to hear about your GTT results, you must be so relieved and it was good to hear that you were all good. This is my biggest fear at present and I'm finding I'm still sticking to a very similar diet to what I had whilst PG, which for me is actually quite similar to what I've always eaten, but still the GD is in the back of my mind.
Chloe lets out a little smile after feeds but more to do with wind than doing it on purpose.. Makes me laugh every time.. She is feeding about every 4-5 hours at present, more towards the 5 hours which worried me at first but I figure if she wasn't full and content then she'd be screaming down the house. I had some problems in the few days before milk came in but BF seems to be going well now.

Congratulations, Snowchickie!
She's gorgeous.
I hope everything is going great with you all.

With me I have tested a few times to see what my levels are after I had certain foods.
I tested just under 2hrs after yesterdays breakfast and got a 5.0 so I was pleased with that, since what I ate would have put me right over before.
If I think about it (and am not too lazy) I'll see if chocolate and other stuff does badly for me.

I'm starting to think about having the GTT test more now.
My checkup is next monday, so it's starting to worry me (I'm naturally a worrier) and I can't stop thinking how it'll turn out.

xoxo

Tennykins - I'm right there with you on the natural worrying situation. I suffer from anxiety so that is not helping the situation. I had high BP at the beginning of labour and OB said I was very close to pre-eclampsia so if I hadn't gone into labour naturally I would have been had a spike in BP in the days afterwards. Day before I left hosp I was still a little high on BP but OB said that can take a few weeks to come back down. So that worries me also..

Does anyone know much about constipation in babies?
Ethan has been constipated since we got home. We tried brown sugar in water (recommended by midwife) for 2 weeks. Now he's been on Coloxyl for about a week. He seems to be a bit better. Not in so much pain, but his poos are still a little pebbly.
I have been wondering if it might be the formula. He has been on SMA, but I changed him today to the Guardian Pharmacy brand formula.
I'm sure it will all sort itself out but thought I'd ask while I was here.

Becci - Afraid I can't help with this. Chloe seemed constipated in the few days after birth but trust me she has sorted that well and truly out now and pretty much each nappy is a dirty one. She is making her father very proud with her noise effects! Maybe you might need to experiment with formula. A friends little one had this problem and ended up being formula related and matter of finding one that agreed with him.