Gestational Diabetes General Chatter #5

[kgb]

Hi girls

Katone and Balfie we are not far from each other I am booked for my op on 23 October for my ceaser, I am glad that I do not have wait around to week 40 to have a baby. Next month we will be meeting our babies, how exciting.


I had a party Sat night and decided to experiment. I had one slice of pizza and two peaces of KFC with lots of green salad. My BSL was only 4.8! I couldn?t believe it. Two hours later I had strawberries dipped in cream, (this was my desert) everyone else sat around eating my b?day cake, cheesecake, pav and other sweets.

My morning readings over the weekend were over 5 but lunch and dinner was acceptable. Do I need to call my Dr as my morning readings ranged between 5.1 and 5.4?

I can?t stand my mood swings either, I am so sick of being nasty to my husband and daughter, anything can set me off.


KGB

[Leigh26]

Hi Girls,

I am new to this thread. I am 30 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child and the hospital have just phoned me to say that I have GD. I have a 2hr appointment next Tuesday with the diabetes specialist who'll teach me how to control it etc but until then I am pretty much left in the dark about what I am supposed to do. What foods should/shouldn't I be eating etc. Do you girls find it hard to control?

Thanks

[kgb]

Hi Leigh

I have been managing my GD with food once I got the information it was a lot easier. Firstly cut out all sugar. At each meal only have two serves of carbs (which means 2 slices of bread or 1 cup or rice or one cup of pasta make sure there is no white stuff).

Ensure you have vegies at each meal and always add protein like a peace of cheese, chicken, meat, beans.

Space your meals out to every two hours, so when you wake up have breakfast, then two hours later a peice of fruit or a cup of skinny milk, then two to three hours later lunch, then another snack between lunch and dinner, then dinner than another cup of milk before bed. I also add nuts with my snack or cheese if I am really hungry.

I found this structure to work for me and is a really healthy way to finish off the pregnancy.

KGB

[Jewel]

Hi, Leigh.
Sorry to hear about your GD.
I had mine diet controlled all the way through. I was lucky. Your diabetes educator should explain everything with you and give you loads of information that will help.
We're all here to support and answer any questions you have as best we can.
We are/were all in the same boat and it's hard work. Good luck with your appointment next week.
I hope your pg has been great so far too.

Belfie - YAY! on getting your induction date. That's greatttttttttt. So exciting. I hope the acupuncture and stuff help move things along. I've got everything crossed for you. Whoohoooooooo!

Kgb - Great reading for over the weekend. 4.8 is awesome! Good job. I'd say maybe wait a few more days and see if they're still over 5's in the morning and they weren't just one a few bad days.. you know what I mean. It's up to you.

Katones - Bet you can't wait to get your c-section date. That's exciting too and knowing around about when your baby will be in your arms instead of waiting and wondering. I hated the waiting part. Lol. I hope your mood swings are alright. I had the worst mood swings ever, and I felt bad for my DP but I seriously couldn't help but be mean to him. Oops, but it was the pg.

have a great day!
xoxo

[Leigh26]

Hi kgb and Tennykins,

Thanks so much for the info you have provided me.

kgb - Thanks for advising me on what/what not to eat, I'll be sticking to that until I go and get all the info from the diabetes specialist next week.

I have to have a caesar with this baby anyway and I am currently booked in at 39 weeks. Due to my GD, will I be booked in to have it earlier? Also does everyone with GD get to go for sizing scans?

Thanks again.

[Petals]

hi all

Belfie - good luch with the induction - hope it all goes well for you. I didn't have to test much in the hospital, only if I wanted to know. I only did a couple of tests for the whole time I was there and they were fine. This may have been due to my Ob not being around and his relief and the midwives not being aware of it....

Leigh - good luck with the appointment, hopefully you will be fine to control it with just your diet. Sizing scans are dependent on your Ob and can be way off. Although seeing bub's again is fun, and a good cheer up around week 34 when I needed it!

KGB - glad your experiment worked - pizza would have shot me sky high!!

Angel - fingers crossed for your test results.

Not much news with me - Thomas has been a model baby today (except for one spew on me)!!

[1MOREPLZ]

Hi kgb and Tennykins,

Thanks so much for the info you have provided me.

kgb - Thanks for advising me on what/what not to eat, I'll be sticking to that until I go and get all the info from the diabetes specialist next week.

I have to have a caesar with this baby anyway and I am currently booked in at 39 weeks. Due to my GD, will I be booked in to have it earlier? Also does everyone with GD get to go for sizing scans?
Thanks again.

Not sure about everyone.. but all of my GF's that have had GD have had sizing scans.. my first is tomorrow, then fortnightly til bub is born.

[belfie]

I've had lengthy discussions with my obs re sizing scans. I don't really believe in them, as i've heard they can be very inaccurate. My obs said there's a 20% error rate, so no point doing it. My DH was still saying... but if it says it's closer to 5lb versus 8lb for eg, isn't that still useful? On Tues when this question was asked, obs' response was "what would it change? What would you do differently? Would you still try for a vag birth or go straight to a c-section. To which I said well I still want to go for a vag birth first up... so for me, it doesn't really change anything.

I also found this info on the net

?the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine in their policy, ?Statement On Normal Ultrasonic Fetal Measurements,? states the following: ?No formula for estimating fetal weight has achieved an accuracy which enables us to recommend its use.?

which I was happy with (guess it confirmed my point of view lol). So saying, I woulda been quite happy to see my bubba again!

Leigh26 - re the c-section, I don't know if you'll have to go earlier, but I know that many hospitals have a policy of inducing insulin-dependant mums at 38 weeks. So might depend if you need insulin maybe? So saying, I'm on insulin and i'm being induced at 38+5, so it still depends on who you're seeing. Also re diet, have a look at the Diabetes Australia website as there's some good guidelines on there too.

katones - yay for your birthday, I reckon that's good luck for me then! You can send me lucky birthday vibes

Just had my final session with my doula tonight, she's awesome and I'm feeling like I'm giving myself every possible benefit I can. My BSL's have been a bit crazy. Had a 4.6 yesterday after lunch... I NEVER get 4's... but then all 7's today. Dunno what's going on really - but I'd been a bit slacker because my levels had been really steady on 5's. So reckon it's telling me off lol. I'm suddenly totally hooked on custard and had been getting away with it for snacks, or on my porridge...mmm yum. So exciting to think there's only 12 days of BSL's left for me!

Hi to everyone I missed