Hi Belinda,

I was a bit the same as you, healthy diet, still making it to the gym a couple of times a week during preg, healthly pre preg weight (BMI of 25ish) and no family history and I got GD too...

It has a lot to do with the placenta and how hard it is making your pancreas work and if it can cope with the increased workload of bubs (around 3 times harder then normal). I've decided that my pancreas is a bit of a lemon when it comes to pregnancy.

I was also told that the chances of it coming back next time is around 60% - however as one of the risk factors is age (and my only risk factor) there isn't much you can do about that.

You will not know how bad it is until you start measuring you BSL's after the appointment, the stuff they give you for the test is about 75grams of sugar, not something you would ever choose to consume in one go! Only about 10-15% of GD girls end up on insulin, so hopefully you should be able to avoid it. You may find on the diet your sugars are fine.

I hope that the time goes quickly before your appointment... Hugs...