Belfie congrats, baby is good size. Is the joundis a given with all babies born of GD mums?
Pollyanna I stay away from all cereals as the combo with milk and fruit will send bsl up.
Katones, it will be over soon.
I have been away from this site for the past two weeks, I am still working my last day is on Tuesday. Can someone please tell me if you go on insulin can things get better or are you on insulin for the rest of pregnancy.
Work has been really busy which has kept me mind off the pregnancy. I will be 36 weeks on Sunday. I had another scan this week, baby is well and is the perfect size for the number of weeks I am pregnant.
This morning I had the worst fasting bsl of 6.5. I felt hot and stuffy all night and hardly slept due to a blocked nose, I hope that was the reason. But then after a lunch (I had salad and two tablespoons of pasta and hit 6.8). I was in shocked as there was no sugar or carbs. My body must be changing. I only have three weeks left I really wanted to get through without insulin. I have an app on Monday with DB Doctor, he will decide then if I need insulin.
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KGB - I was on insulin for the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy (and I was induced two weeks early). Please don't stress about the insulin as it's not that bad. Like I have said before taking your bsl feels like cutting your finger off compared to the insulin needles, if that's what you are worried about. I even gave my kids (aged 12 & 15) as fake jab (ie no insulin in just the needle *****) as they wanted to feel it.
Plus stressing will only increase your bsl.
You've got through this far without insulin so hopefully you'll be ok.
Remember it's medicine for bubs if you need to have it.
Great that bubs is the right size too.
About the jaundice - not a given but a VERY common side effect of GD. Ethan had slight jaundice, didn't need to be under lights either which was great. It's just very important to get the fluids into them to flush it out of the system. Which can be hard as GD babies are usually sleepy because of the jaundice. You'll find little orange crystals in the nappy shen they wee too, which is some electrolyte (no, something else can't remember) being flushed out, nothing to worry about. They didn't tell me that at the hospital, the home midwife did. Just telling you incase you worry.
I'm tired and rambling now. Hope what I have written makes sense. Off to bed for me now.
With my first pregnancy I didn't have GD but my daughter had a little jaundice so hopefully it will be the same this time.
At my scan this week they confirmed I am having another girl, I am so excited as I always wanted two girls as I only had a brother and I always wanted a sister. We havn't told anyone the sex as we want to surprise everyone, everyone thinks I am having a boy. The name we have chosen is Jasmina Gabriella.
Belfie - congrats on your little boy sounds like a cutie.
Pollyanna - I feel for you girl. Silly doctor. Hope everything is going better now. the Liver problem doesn't sound to good but i am sure they will sort it all out. With the insulin try not to stress to much because that can up your levels too. But in saying that i had days where eating hte same things would give me different levels.
My diabetic instructor was really nice and she said "you know sometimes there is nothing you can do to change things with GD (as in diet) if your body is not coping then insulin is hte best choice. There is/was nothing you could have done to change things."
which sort of made sense for me because i felt like i was beating myself that i didn't do the diet properly or my thought would be - if only i hadn't eatten this or not done this then maybe i wouldn't have ended up on insulin. But my body just couldn't cope this time around.
Now days i look back on my pregnancy with isaac and i've come to the conclusion of this - If i didn't follow the doctors with the diet, insulin, finger *****ing etc then if something happened to my baby then i would feel like the worse mother. In doing what they told me to do i was helping my little boy who is now 1 the best way possible even though i hated doing hte insulin, i hated being on insulin, i hated the diet change and everything GD related.
But we are ok now and that is what counts. Like someone else said think of it as medicine for my baby. Because that is what you are doing every time you take insulin you are helping your baby.
Hope this helps some of you are going through a hard time. I am still hoping it stays away this time around but i know in my heart that being twins and having it before that i will most likely get it. And then i hope you all will be around when i have my off days.
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sounds like a cutie.
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