Hey, kgb.
Sorry to hear about your GD! I cried loads and loads when I found out, over a few days too. I was lucky that I could control mine with diet. Good luck with your appointments and I hope everything works out for you.
Those levels you got seem gooood, so fingers crossed.
As for the taking the baby away after birth, I'd never heard of that. My son wasn't taken away from me. He did get his BSL's tested a few hours after birth, and a couple of other times since it dropped really low cause he wouldn't attach to get some milk.. but once he had some milk he was fine.
I'm not sure if being in insulin would make any difference and they take the baby away. Becci might be able to help there.
We're all here for you anytime.
I hope you've had a H&H pg so far.
Belfie - Sounds great. I bet your nursery looks fantastic! Not long to go. Whoo hoo!
Thank you Tennykins I am glad to hear the baby wasn't taken away from you after birth. Did you put on much weight during your pregnancy and could this be the cause of my GD?
I put on hardly any weight of my own. After I found out and the diet and whatnot, I was losing my own weight, but then only started gaining a few kgs in the end.
In my first pg, I packed on loads of kilos and I didn't have GD then.
I'm not sure if weight is a factor in GD. Some really overweight people don't get GD, whereas other skinny ladies do. I'm not sure.
I started off diet controlled and then was on inculin for the last 6 weeks. I was terrified at the thought, but in all honesty it wasn't that bad. I thought the needles were going to hurt no end but I hardly felt them at all. In comparison taking your bsl is like cutting your finger off comparred to the insulin needles! And I'm a real wus and needlephobe!
I was over weight to start with (107.8kg) but actually lost weight, mostly in my first trimester and I didn't have morning sickness. I managed to loose 15kg form conception to post birth!
To answer your question though. Being over weight is a risk factor as the fat around your pancreas affects the insulin effectiveness. But I don't know how much putting on weight increases your chances. That being said there are many 'skinny' women with GD and many over weight women without it too. So don't beat yourslef up over putting on weight!
I have never heard of babies being taken away for 24 hours post birth either. I think whoever said this might have meant that they will have to go and have testing in the first 24 hours. The only time I can see them taking bubs for 24 hours is if they were having breathing problems or something. Not trying to scare you but there is a chance of breathing probs for GD babies as the hormone that the placenta produces which messes with the insulin also inhibits lung maturation. But we never had a problem and Ethan was induced two weeks early.
The only time Ethan was taken away was to have his bsl taken (they use a special reading machine,much more acurate than glucometres) and then they insisted on either DBF, myself of one of our mothers to go with them. So he was never out of our sight without our permission.
I hopr this helps, and please don't be too scared to ask us questions. Remember there are no stupid questions and I'm sure you will find everyone here welcoming and helpful. We are all in the same boat here.
Thanks ladies for the welcome. I appreciate having people to relate to. The positive side is that I only have eight weeks to go and there could be a lot worse that could have happenend.
I am freaking out, for lunch today I had a cheese and salad roll and avocado on a multigrain roll with mushroom soup from our work cafeteria and a diet coke. I got a reading of 8.2!!! This has been my lunch for the past couple of month, little did I know I know I had GD, my poor baby!
It must have been the grain roll, this reading is almost the same reading I got after having the sugary drink at the Glucose test.
What has been the worst reading and which food is the worst (I know the white stuff is meant to be the worst)? Does diet coke affect insulin? (I know there is no sugar).
KGB - cheese would account for some of the carbs as well as the roll. Not sure how big your roll was though. I'm unsure as to the carbs in an avocado either. I don't drink diet coke so can't help you there. Was there any dressing on the salad?
Hold on I might be getting ahead of myself here. Have to been educated on carbs and how much you can have? I know some of the girls weren't told that stuff and it's really important.
Personally I found grainy bread ok, especially the 9 grain one with wholemeal. I could have it with either baked beans or a couple of eggs at lunch and had great readings. Mind you I was home for most of my lunches at that stage so I could make those things.
Oh and you're not being a pain! We all had these questions when we were first diagnosed too!
Awww big I know the feeling - I cried & cried when I found out (the other girls will testify to that, as I went through it on here not that long ago!). So saying, it DOES get better and easier to manage, it's just always a shock to start with. I also asked the same question as you re baby being taken away, and from what I've seen & heard, no-one on here has had their baby taken away for any period of time due to low blood sugar.
As for weight gain, I'm not sure. From what I've read, it's not necessarily a factor (maybe BMI when you first got PG is?). I know my BMI was in the overweight category when i first got PG, and I'd put on 5 kg by 24 weeks. I then put on 1kg till 30 weeks which I've now lost again, so that's been an unexpected bonus for me I guess. But I think everyone is very very different in terms of weight gain & like Tenny, I've heard of lots of skinny PG ladies getting GD. My dad also has Type II (I think that's the biggest risk factor TBH), but your levels sound really good! I hardly ever get 5's (and yes, I am on insulin).
I also found the diet for GD seems to be a bit different to Type II (less focus on fat & carb reduction - seems they really worry about cutting calories too much with PG) - according to my DE anyway... so will be interested to hear what they tell you to do. I found it wasn't as bad as I expected (and I have a very restricted diet due to another dietary condition).
So post your questions here, and we'll do our best to answer 'em... I had heaps of questions when I first got diagnosed.
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