GD support thread

Thanks

Originally Posted by HellBunny

Definitley! Prior to going on insulin at 24 weeks i was having around 800 calories a day - mainly protein, it was abit ridiculous and baby was measuring small, though i had a growth scan at 28 weeks because of the diabetes and he is measuring 50th centile now
It took a couple of weeks to sort the dose out, as the units weren't working at first, and now i'm on 14units at breakfast which covers say 2 slices of toast, also i have to increase as baby grows it seems which is normal apparently. xx

Glad I'm not alone and glad you're eating well!! How is it injecting insulin?

Originally Posted by swood9

Glad I'm not alone and glad you're eating well!! How is it injecting insulin?

Its alot better/easier than i thought to me it feels even less painful than the testing blood sugar levels, the needles are sooo fine and short (4mm in length) i barely feel a thing. Only problem i have had is quite alot of hypo episodes, just make sure you always have something sugary on you, like a fizzy drink incase it happens x

How about ketones? I just tested today for the.first.time and it said moderate. :/

Happyanjet - your levels really don't look like GD to me either espceially as you are eating really good portions. You need to check back in with them. I think monitor your sugars throughout your pregnancy you may as well but if they still keep being really good I would question any intervention for delivery and be thinking of having normal term birth.

Originally Posted by swood9

How about ketones? I just tested today for the.first.time and it said moderate. :/

until you get into he routine of knowing what you can eat, with the insulin and feel confident I would teast your ketones as much as possisble - esp if you have got them showing. You need to eat enough for the tests to come back negative and use the insulin to be able to do this. Once you are all set up and got good ketone results just keep checking in on them every now and again. x

Originally Posted by swood9

Anyone else felt relieved when they finally let go and decided to try insulin? I haven't actually injected myself yet but I can't see it being much worse than the stress.

I felt a massively relieved. We knew from past experience that even tight diet control didn't work for me and that metformin made me ill....so just 1 week after diagnosis this time I was put on insulin.

Like hellbunny says you don't feel the injections....though I do bruise sometimes but it seems to be when I inject on old stretch marks. I am now massively hypo aware after having 1 a few weeks back and not seeing it coming.

If I get depressed with it all......because you do still have to work on your diet with the insulin, but not so hard.....I think about my 17 month old....he ended up in scbu with low blood sugars becuase we couldn't get my sugars down soon enough. Its very hard work but worth it in the end.

I know a couple of times people have asked about injecting insulin so I thought it might be handy to show just how fine the needle really is. This is my novorapid pen. You dial in how many units of insulin you want....grab a bit of fat, put the needle in, push the button and leave for 10 seconds and that is it. I change my needle after every injection so that its ready for the next one. I was also taught that before you inject you dial up to 2 units and then set it off and watch to make sure that the insulin in going through....no air traps etc.

and a close up of the needle as it really is tiny

Thanks ladies. I'm actually going to give the diabetes center a call today as I just did my morning testing and again its 61 (about 3.4) and after eating it was around 90 (5.0)

Not saying this will happen to everyone but I was diagnosed with GD at 6 months pregnant. I had to go on insulin right away. I had a terrible labor and delivery..baby was fine. I went 3 months post partum with no signs of diabetes...then my sugars sky rocketed and I was officially diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes..back on diet and insulin. They said I had a pre existing diabetes.