snowchickie79 - thanks for the info re Chloe and the first day or so. I'd initially read something like that but then felt reassured when no-one in here seemed to have it happen to them.

At my breastfeeding class today, I was told that at my hospital, my baby WILL automatically be admitted to the nursery and assigned a paediatrician to keep an eye on him, due to the fact I'm on insulin. I was also told that it would be for 48 hours, but that I would definitely still be able to breastfeed. I was pretty rattled by this, as 48 hours sounds like a long time to me (even though I guess it will go quickly once I'm there). I plan to ask my obs more about this at my appt on Monday. I'm a bit peeved I had to find this out during the "break" at a breastfeeding class! And I wonder when they would have told me otherwise. Grrr. I realise that it's probably good for baby to have an extra careful eye on him, so I guess it's not all bad... I suppose it's more about being mentally prepared.

How did you feel when she went to the nursery? Did you find it ok, or was it upsetting? And I have the same question in relation to the tube-feeding too.
belfie - That is terrible to find that out at a breastfeeding class. We were told all these little bits and pieces during our antenatal classes which was run by the hospital and the teacher was the RN with neonatal quals who looks after the bubs in nursery. So she did let us know about the GD bubs and what "might" happen but there was no mention of automatic 48 hours.

Initially when Chloe had her first BSL immediately after birth I was really happy as she got a 3.1 (had to be over 2.5) and then she BF straight afterwards for almost an hour. About 4 hours later I was going to try to BF her again so I had to call the nurse as they needed to do her BSL prior to eat meal until she got 3 readings over 2.5. The 2nd reading was 2.4 so only just under the min. They bought her back and the nursery nurse came (who was also our antenatal teacher and gave us great relief knowing she was looking after Chloe) and explained that they would take her to nursery and give her a formula feed to try to bring her level up. They would then keep her an hour and test her again. If her sugars had gone back up then she could come back to me but if not then she would need to stay in nursery overnight. Her next reading was 1.6!! The paedeatrician was then called and they came in and told us what would happen. They advised they would insert a feeding tube, down her nose into her belly so that they could easily feed her without her having to exert any energy. The process of BF'ing uses up blood sugars so instead of trying to BF her to get her levels up it could have used up more sugars than those she would get from BF'ing, hence the feeding tube to take away any energy she would otherwise have to use to feed and also to assist with her not getting used to a bottle. She was taken back to nursery and we were told to wait 15 minutes and then we could go up and see her, enough time to put in the tube without us getting upset. I heard her cry but they assured me it was an annoyance cry rather than a pain. A kind nurse explained to me that her 6yo son had to have a feeding tube put in and that he is capable of telling her when something hurts and he didn't complain about it at all. That made me feel better about it but I was still a little upset just because I had wanted her with us. Here I was with no belly anymore and no baby near me so that was difficult. They begun 1hour formula/colostrum feeds (I manually expressed and they mixed it with formula). They then tested each hour and would continue that until she got 3 x levels over 2.5. The midnight BSL test we were invited to come to so we went up there and they tested her while we stood with her. I rubbed her belly and crossed my fingers for a higher reading and she gave us a 4.8.. I was so happy. They kept her overnight to make sure she got 2 more high readings so we then went back to our room and tried to get some rest. I think I got an hour or two but each time I heard a baby cry I wondered if it was her, she hadn't cried with me so I had no idea what her cry sounded like. We were told we could go down to the nursery (only about 20m away) at any time to see her. I was told they would bring her back to me around 6am to feed if all was fine but if any problems they'd wake me. I still didn't sleep and each time I heard a trolley come down the hall I'd wake thinking it was them bringing her back. Sure enough though, 6.30am she came rolling back in and she stayed with us from then onwards. They took out the tube at 3pm that day and did some additional random BSLs in the day or two afterwards but all were fine and they then stopped testing her. Her poor little feet though had little pin ***** marks and band-aid spots on them. I felt really bad about that part and seeing her be tested but they generally took her to nursery to do that so I wasn't watching.

Hope that helps and just my experience.