Hi MantaRay,

Thanks for the concern, but I highly doubt it. Firstly, I felt really unwell coming into the third trimester. I thought it was normal not having been pregnant before, but once I was diagnosed with GD and was on the diet, I felt 100% better. I believe that some people are asymptomatic, but I really felt so generally yuck, like I'd always overindulged in really heavy decadent foods.

Secondly, even following the diet I would have some ridiculously high readings and the only way we were able to get my blood sugars down was to control via insulin which we started at about 31-32 weeks.

Son was born at 36.5 weeks due to PE (later onset) and he weighed 3050g. I hate to imagine how big he would have been had I gone undiagnosed and full term. Bear in mind that I'm only 5'2 borderline weight and hubby is about 5'8 very lean. Neither of us was a big baby and it certainly isn't something that seems to run in either of our families.

I just had my GTT this morning for DD and I have been feeling and felt during the test completely different. Not sick or anything. Fingers crossed that it just hasn't returned. People aren't kidding when they say each pregnancy feels different. But I've also heard lots of people say they were sick during the test and passed without problem, it just seems to be my experience.

Good luck Belfie, I hope all goes well with you GTT. If you do happen to fail, the one benefit I found of GD was that I was back at pre-preg weight within three weeks due to the restricted diet in last trimester! Don't know if I'd want to give up the chocolate like that again though.