Did anyone just know they had GD?

[EmmaRea]

I'm supposed to be having my one-hour GTT here in the next few weeks. And I'm terrified.

I was a little bigger before conception. I'm 5'3". I lost weight at the end of first tri. My first midwife appt I was 203 lbs, went down to 195, and am now at 203 again in my 25th week. Bubs seems to be growing just fine, no indication he's too big or anything.

But we've been flat broke since the beginning of August, and so we both have been eating simple carbs (mostly pasta) and I do drink soda.

Am I just psyching myself out? I am scared that GD will make me feel like a failure. I want so badly to give birth naturally in the water, and I'm scared GD will jeopardize that.

So my question is, did anyone else out there feel the same way?

 

[hopefulfor09]

I just knew I had GD. I had to do the second test with my first daughter and barely passed. I was 25 lbs overweight when I got pregnant this time and felt like crap. I only wanted to eat pasta and carbs. It's ok to have carbs but try to make them whole grain. In a way I a, glad I was diagnosed because I am eating healthy and feeling much better. Plus I just know I will lose more weight then I have gained which is only 15 pounds right now. Good luck. Try to stay positive and if you are diagnosed its really not the bad. I even take insulin at bedtime and have to inject myself and really it's not that bad. Good luck.

 

[daisy72]

With my daughter (now 20 months old) I had no idea about GD. I had normal bmi and ate very healthy (no processed food, organic whenever possible). And still I got it then and in the current pregnancy. GD is just the way woman's body works sometimes, and elevated bmi is only one of the risk factors. So if I were you, I wouldn't worry so much about the coming test, as this is a common complication that can be successfully treated... On the other hand, eating just carbs is definitely not optimal in pregnancy, as the baby needs protein and important minerals (btw soda is famous for washing calcium away from our bodies). I understand that the situation is tough now, but please try to eat an egg a day, for example, or some lean chicken...
Btw with my daughter, my GD was controlled with diet alone, and they allowed me to go full term, and the labor started spontaneously, so it is not always necessarily the end of all the natural birth plans. Good luck! (and don't stress out, as stress raises blood sugar )

 

[Stressbucket]

Just eating a carbolicious diet, or even a lot of sugar, is not going to necessarily give you GD, any more than eating a very healthy one will necessarily stop you from it. So don't panic. Also, even if you have GD, that's not going to make a water birth out of the question, if you get it under control.

Any chance you might qualify for WIC? They offered to sign me up earlier in the pregnancy, when I wasn't working, and it's a good program. That would boost the food supply a little, and get you some more protein, et al.