I have to have a caesar no matter what. My due date is the 13th of Nov but they had me booked for my caesar on the 6th which was a week earlier but now I have GD they have bought it forward to the 3rd, so I've got just under 7 wks to go. I am hoping the weeks go by quickly.
leigh - re your bfast reading yes it could have been as you had a very low fasting level. are you having anything after dinner, before bed?? i found i would wake super thirsty in the morning and having a snack after dinner like warm milk and a "le rice" or even just the milk depending if i was hungry, realkly helped with this. if your level is so low after fasting this might help stabilise your fasting levels. my endo said anything under 4 was a little too low and i could afford to add more to the meal i'd had but also i wasn't having to test my fastings levels, only the ones after meals.
i also found that low gi bread spiked my levels way higher than normal wholemeal or multigrain so could just be the first time you ate it something balanced it out but this time didn't.
p.s. sorry if any typos but trying to type one handed while holding a 4 week old in the other..
Thanks for your advice. Last night around 8:30pm I ate 1/2 cup of low fat custard and 1/2 a punnet of strawberries. I've just eaten the same just now so it will be interesting to see what happens in the morning.
Leigh26 - good luck with the measurements tomorrow. i was told that I shouldn't go below 3.5 (but I was also never testing fasting levels anyway). I have also found that the same foods would produce different readings on different days... so you might find tomorrow is fine! The other thing I would check with your DE is if there's a number you can ring with any questions. My DE was always great for saying just ring rather than wait for the next appointment.
snowchickie79 - I agree with what you said about "typical low GI foods" sometimes spiking your BSL's anyway. I found one thing I could never get away with was baked beans on multigrain rye... something I thought would be fine... but always put me high! So I guess that's where the individual bit comes in! I'm also amazed with your only 3 BSL's over 7! I've had HEAPS over 7... but they've only ever told me to be under 8 (or to put my insulin up if I'm over 8). So now I'm worried that maybe it hasn't been well controlled enough and baby won't be well (ok, so i'm probably being a late night 3rd tri stress-head!). It just seems crazy to me that we all go by such different guidelines! Seriously, last week I had 9 (out of 21) readings over 7! What if my baby is huge? Does that mean he's more likely to be fat? And does it also mean he's more likely to have trouble with his BSL's at birth??? It is so frustrating having GD!
pollyanna - sorry to hear you have to join us, but it sounds like you're a pro at this (not that you want to be!).
Apart from me being a stress-head tonight, I'm feeling nearly organised for baby... I've been craving custard in a major way. That and cherry tomatoes... . I've also been going in and being monitored on the CTG (3 times so far) and everytime bubba boy is doing just fine - so that's nice. Except I think they forgot about me this morning because instead of being 20 mins, it was 40 mins! hmmm. I also had more acupuncture today, and have induction massage on Monday (prior to going to hossie monday night for the prostin gel)... plus I'm doing RLT, EPO, walking... i WILL be DTD this weekend anything to bring on some babyness! Send me labour vibes!
Cheers
Belfie
P.S. Snowchickie - Chloe looks just adorable in that pic!
belfie - I really don't think that you getting levels over 7 means anything in particular because to be honest the whole testing and levels as a whole i found quite abnormal in that if you test within 5 of another test you could get a completely different reading.
I was told to also keep my levels under 8 but I was told if i got 3 levels over 7 to call my endo as it could mean that things were beginning to escalate. The ONLY reason i was told this was that i was consistently getting 4 through early 6 readings so above a 7 would have been out of the norm for me. I really don't think that this means you will have a bigger baby or that bubba will need nursery care. Bare in mind that even with these low levels my bubba was in nursery the first night. Her first BSL was perfect but her second was low.. You also need to remember that ladies with GD and on insulin, and even those on high doses of insulin, many of their babies do not require special care. Your levels are certainly not an indicator of things to come and i really don't think worth stressing about at this stage. GD is made to be such a scary thing and ultimately if you are stressed, that can have more impact on the baby at this stage than the GD is. You are staying under the 8 marker so you should be very pleased with yourself and how well you have done to get this far. Please don't stress or read too much into my experiences because if anything this whole GD experience should have taught us all that we are all individuals and our bodies work differently.
Enjoy these last few weeks of being pregnant and feeling your baby moving inside you. It feels like such a distant memory for me now and i miss laying and watching chloe moving in my belly. I love being able to hold her and cuddle her and kiss her (which is constant) but treasure these last weeks of pregnancy and rest up and please don't stress.. sending lots of *labour vibes* and your way..
Last edited by snowchickie79; September 19th, 2008 at 03:14 PM.
i am having a shiat day!!!! hubby has basically gone away til monday on a course, i went out shopping today and ate....
a chicken caesar deli choice on multigrain a donut from DK and a small vanilla shake...i knew one of these days i would crack and today was that day i am just soo down and feel alone.
Katones - aaw big hugs for you hun! I was always told that a naughty day here and there wasn't going to matter in the scheme of things, so don't beat yourself up. Have you got anything nice planned for the weekend while DH is away? And whinge all you like... you need somewhere to vent!
Snowchickie - thank you so much you've made me feel a million times better. I'm prepared for the fact that bubby may need nursery care (he'll automatically be admitted because I'm on insulin - the variable will be if he actually has to spend any time there). I just was so worried that i'd made him fatter IYKWIM... even though I don't know if he actually is fat anyway yet And lol I just got an 8.6... but I had a slightly naughty lunch... so i'll up my insulin by 2 as they've told me - so funnily enough I'm not too upset by that. And I can't wait to meet him - I've been washing a few more bits and pieces... hanging baby mittens out to dry - they're so cute!!! And I've just done my obligatory waddle around the block. OMG sooo uncomfortable, I'm thrilled and hoping it means he's dropped a bit!!! Thank you for the labour vibes too!!
well my levels came back fine. So now i have to have another test at 26 weeks i think it is. Unless i have probs before hand. I am still doing a random finger test just in case. I was to keep tabs on it.
otherwise all is good.
Belfie - not long now. when do you go in to be induced. Loads of great labour vibes for you.
Welcome all the new ones who have joined the group. I had GD with my last pregnancy and was on very high levels of insulin. Right now i am pregnant with twins and my ob expects me to get GD. I am hoping i don't.
I float around and will post sometimes. But right now i don't have GD. But if you have any questions ask away.
Hi girls,
So nice to read your entries over the last few days. In a way its good to hear that i'm not the only one struggling with this gd thing. I get frustrated knowing that there is another 10 weeks of this though.
Belfie;wishing you all the luck in the world! So exciting to hear how close you are.
I wanted to thank the others of you who have made an effort to welcome and help me, its been really nice. The weekend has been a little tough deciding what to eat and when,but i think i'm getting the hang of it. Wishing you all a wonderful week.
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It is so frustrating having GD!
. I've also been going in and being monitored on the CTG (3 times so far) and everytime bubba boy is doing just fine - so that's nice. Except I think they forgot about me this morning because instead of being 20 mins, it was 40 mins! hmmm. I also had more acupuncture today, and have induction massage on Monday (prior to going to hossie monday night for the prostin gel)... plus I'm doing RLT, EPO, walking... i WILL be DTD this weekend
anything to bring on some babyness! Send me labour vibes!
your way..
i am just soo down and feel alone.
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