Gestational Diabetes General Chatter #5

[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.

[Becci]

Thanks SnowChickie.
Ethan is taking after his father too in the bottom noise stakes! He has plenty of wind (both top and bottom). He is actually quite lazy bringing up his wind (just like his big bro and uncle) so he has Infacol drops every feed. I'm hoping that he will be able to stop them soon as he seems better at bringing it up now.
I'm going to see how this Guardian formula goes as it's only $12 a tin! Hopefully it works.
Once again Thanks

[Jewel]

Becci - I hope the new formula helps. Poor little mite. I have no other ideas to help, sorry. We use s26 gold. $12 is greatttttttttt!

Snowchickie - I hope your BP has come down. Great to hear your BFing is going well!!

[Becci]

Had to take Ethan to drs today as he now has conjunctivitis. I ask dr about Coloxyl and he said recommended dose is 10 drops. Bottle was saying .3ml, so now we have eye dropper to measure it. His poos have been much better since yesterday though so I think the formula is working.

[belfie]

Dear ladies,

I've been meaning to pop in and say hi....

and first of all: CONGRATS snowchickie79 and Chloe!
big big congrats, and such a gorgeous name you've picked too! Sounds like your BSL's are great too which is nice. Having only had one 9.4 that sounds pretty good, I've had more than that over 9 in just a few weeks (and even when I've eaten well too).

Petals - congrats on the all clear! That's fab, and wonderful your handsome boy is smiling!

Tennykins - I hope your check-up yesterday went ok, sending you good luck vibes and sounds like your levels are pretty good, surely that's a good sign?

Becci - I'm not even going to try answer the constipation question as I have no idea, but good luck with it, and sounds promising with the new formula.

I'm feeling bigger by the day. My BSL's have been a bit crazy... one over 8 (which was meant to be my insulin increase trigger...but I know I ate something bad... so I haven't called up my DE). I thought I'd watch 'em for a day or so... and then got some 5's yesterday (I NEVER get 5's - I'm usually always 6's and 7's) so I'm thinking things are good after all! Maybe I've had a delayed benefit from stopping work - just took a few days to show up!!

I've been getting stuck into the house & nursery - assembled my cot & glider chair.. woo hoo, heaps of fun. I've got so much I want to do, but I'm trying to prioritise... just to make sure I'm ready if anything happens early! I'm still getting in some great R&R which is bliss. Nap this arvo, and movies yesterday with a friend... OMG I am LOVING mat leave... figure I have to make the most of it! I'm meeting with my doula tomorrow, so that should be a good chat re birth. She's lent me some books which are interesting, but freak me out a little as they're very anti-induction... I don't like the thought of being caught in this whole induce vs not induce tug of war!

Hope everyone else is going well.
Belfie

[kgb]

Hi ladies

I am new to this forum. I am 30.5 weeks pregnant and found out on Monday I have GD. I cried most of Monday whilst I got my head around it all, I am 97kg so think its probably weight related, I have put on 19kgs so far. I am going to see an educator and Diabetics Doctor on Friday. In the mean time I got a testing machine from my dad has type 2 Daibeties, I tested 5.2 before breakfast, 5.0 after breakfast. I am hoping to control this with diet as I would hate to go on insulin.

I am booked in for an elective ceaser on 23 October. Is it true the first 24 hours the baby is taken away from the mother for testing? That really is distressing to me.

I look forward to getting to know you all.

KGB