GD support thread

[pinktiara]

I'm having another c section

 

[CelticNiamh]

I'm having another c section

I am so blind, I see that now in your signature your in count down mode now

 

[pinktiara]

haha ya I just added a ticker thing too cause apparently I can never have too many lol

 

[LittleSienna]

so my after dinner reading was 7.0 ..... which i much prefer the look of. and Im assuming thats relatively normal.

 

[CelticNiamh]

so my after dinner reading was 7.0 ..... which i much prefer the look of. and Im assuming thats relatively normal.

yep much better

 

[LittleSienna]

So as I said earlier my after dinner reading 1 hour after was 7.0 but its now 3 hours after donner and ive had nothing else to eat......its now 7.2????? Im so so confused

 

[CelticNiamh]

So as I said earlier my after dinner reading 1 hour after was 7.0 but its now 3 hours after donner and ive had nothing else to eat......its now 7.2????? Im so so confused

Yea that can happen, it is to do with our hormones! it happens me between lunch and dinner so I have to take a long acting insulin as well as the quick acting one at lunch to stop my levels going up by them selfs between lunch and dinner.
On my as pregnancy I needed both types at each meal, keep a good eye on it and if by Monday they are still high ring the GD team and let them know

 

[LittleSienna]

Thank you for your advice. It is much appreciated. Here was me thinking well if they were 7.0 after dinner they would be lower 3 hours later. I got a shock when they werent!

 

[CelticNiamh]

Thank you for your advice. It is much appreciated. Here was me thinking well if they were 7.0 after dinner they would be lower 3 hours later. I got a shock when they werent!

No problem

 

[bumpsmum]

think I suffered my first 'hypo' tonight, dinner was quite late and doubt I drank enough water today, felt really yucky and dizzy etc bloods were 4.2 very low for me but still above 4 what a novelty being allowed a drink of fizzy juice lol I savoured every sip but how scary!! x

 

[CelticNiamh]

think I suffered my first 'hypo' tonight, dinner was quite late and doubt I drank enough water today, felt really yucky and dizzy etc bloods were 4.2 very low for me but still above 4 what a novelty being allowed a drink of fizzy juice lol I savoured every sip but how scary!! x

heading to a low all right! hate when the feeling kicks in early, you can feel low if your blood sugars have been generally higher than that, your used to a certain level so if they go below symptoms kick in yuck, I have had that happen a few times! what were they like after your dinner! I hate getting them because it just throws me off then I am always high after my meal ,if I treat the hypo even if it is a little of a sugary drink horrible

 

[pinktiara]

I have had that my whole life its a terrible feeling I find I get them more now than I did before getting pregnant perhaps the insulin I had a 3.0 the other day it was aweful. I used to faint all the time as a child if I didnt eat which was often while out playing etc.

 

[USAF_WIFE]

So the way numbers work here I think are different and I don't know how to convert to the number system you use but maybe someone can help me? I have two glucose tests done both 1 hours both I did fast for first was 90 and second was 130. SO I was told cut off is 140 but here is the thing my babies chest was measuring slightly ahead of everything else. So now I get to test myself for a week had a class today and id not eaten since 9 the previous night at at 2-3 in the afternoon I was feeling fine at an 84 ok on to dinner think I ate at 4 or 5 finished by 5:30 took my sugar an hour later just to see because I had 1 and 1/2 plate of Chinese food as I have to cut it out and stick to a diet well it was 135. Thoughts on this from anyone? This is my 3rd baby first concern with GD.

https://www.onlineconversion.com/blood_sugar.htm here is a convetor to check! 135 is 7.5 in our terms which would be a little high for me

90 is good and 130 would be ok if you were not pregnant so a little on the high side so that is prob why they are going to try diet first and go from there.


just a note to any one diet controlled
You should not be going hungry or losing weight just to get your blood sugars down, Be sure to eat enough to meet your nutritional needs for both you and your baby!! if diet is not enough to control it may be time for insulin so make sure and let your care provider know

Hi thanks! I actually have had normal numbers today I think by your standards I am sick and also was having crying fits of anxiety yesterday I have bad anxiety and it was triggered by figuring out what I was doing. Our highest we can go is 7.7 here 1hr post meals and 5.2 upon waking up. So if you look at my numbers I think just being calm today and knew what I was doing with the poking. The nurse told me I more then likely caused myself fudged numbers due to all the freaking out all day. >.<

These are my numbers for today.
4.8 waking, breakfast 1 hr was 6, lunch 5.9, dinner 5.4.
Mine from yesterday.
6 waking, breakfast 7.4, lunch 7.3, dinner 7.2.

 

[LittleSienna]

So yet again.....its 3.8 on fasting. I thought diabetes was supposed to give you high sugar in the morning????


edited to add*

and now 1 hour after breakfast its 8.8......

Ive rang my GP surgery as its open on a saturday morning and requested a call back, for advice...

 

[Sephie]

Oh dear LittleSienna, I hope they can give you some good advice in regards to your sugar level!

Hi ladies! Just joining this thread as well, was diagnosed last Monday (just under 2 weeks ago) with borderline GD as they said I just missed the cutoff for the GTT test by a mere margin but they would like to monitor me just in case!

My gynae has asked me to collect my own blood (wonderful) and I did that 2 days ago and delivered it to the lab yesterday. I also ordered my own blood sugar monitor and have been monitoring myself lately.

My fasting numbers in the number in the mornings are usually 5.2, but after breakfast, (I had Special K, silly me I thought I was safe) and was 7.8 after an hour, but I've since then substituted it with a slice of German Rye bread with a hard boiled egg and tomato yesterday and my after 1 hour reading was 6.8. So I guess that's an ok number? I also tested my glucose levels with different meals and with different types of carbs and seems that I should be ok... 6.5 with a bowl of rice, fish and veg and also a 6.5 with spaghetti bolognese for dinner a couple of nights ago. Also one night I had little potato (I can't eat too much potato), a nice pork chop and loads of veg and it was 5.6 after an hour. Is that ok or should I up my intake of carbohydrates?

I have only seen my dietician once so far and apparently she gave me a book of numbers of carbohydrates to consume in a day and it seems quite a lot but I think I've stuck to it pretty well and as long as I stay away from cereals in the morning I should be ok, I hope! I see the gynae on Tuesday again and hope to explain to her my mistake with my cereal the other morning and hope that she won't put me on insulin (at least not yet), I was told there's a possibility that in the last few weeks of pregnancy I may have to be on insulin. I'm hoping to delay that as much as possible! Also, this pregnancy, I haven't gained much weight as I lost about 4kg in my first tri, then gained all of that back and have only gained up to my pre-pregnancy weight now (I was already overweight to begin with). And with the new diet, I haven't gained much either. So I hope I'm doing the right thing!

 

[CelticNiamh]

So the way numbers work here I think are different and I don't know how to convert to the number system you use but maybe someone can help me? I have two glucose tests done both 1 hours both I did fast for first was 90 and second was 130. SO I was told cut off is 140 but here is the thing my babies chest was measuring slightly ahead of everything else. So now I get to test myself for a week had a class today and id not eaten since 9 the previous night at at 2-3 in the afternoon I was feeling fine at an 84 ok on to dinner think I ate at 4 or 5 finished by 5:30 took my sugar an hour later just to see because I had 1 and 1/2 plate of Chinese food as I have to cut it out and stick to a diet well it was 135. Thoughts on this from anyone? This is my 3rd baby first concern with GD.

https://www.onlineconversion.com/blood_sugar.htm here is a convetor to check! 135 is 7.5 in our terms which would be a little high for me

90 is good and 130 would be ok if you were not pregnant so a little on there high side so that is prob why they are going to try diet first and go from there.


just a note to any one diet controlled
You should not be going hungry or losing weight just to get your blood sugars down, Be sure to eat enough to meet your nutritional needs for both you and your baby!! if diet is not enough to control it may be time for insulin so make sure and let your care provider know

Hi thanks! I actually have had normal numbers today I think by your standards I am sick and also was having crying fits of anxiety yesterday I have bad anxiety and it was triggered by figuring out what I was doing. Our highest we can go is 7.7 here 1hr post meals and 5.2 upon waking up. So if you look at my numbers I think just being calm today and knew what I was doing with the poking. The nurse told me I more then likely caused myself fudged numbers due to all the freaking out all day. >.<

These are my numbers for today.
4.8 waking, breakfast 1 hr was 6, lunch 5.9, dinner 5.4.
Mine from yesterday.
6 waking, breakfast 7.4, lunch 7.3, dinner 7.2.

yea that can happen all right if your stressed or unwell your blood sugars will go up glad they are so good today

So yet again.....its 3.8 on fasting. I thought diabetes was supposed to give you high sugar in the morning????


edited to add*

and now 1 hour after breakfast its 8.8......

Ive rang my GP surgery as its open on a saturday morning and requested a call back, for advice...

did you have a snack at bed time, if you did make sure its one with protein 8.8 is high nomally the hospital you are attending have a ward that looks after gd women in pregnancy I known I can ring them for advice might be worth a shot to try giving them a call

 

[CelticNiamh]

Oh dear LittleSienna, I hope they can give you some good advice in regards to your sugar level!

Hi ladies! Just joining this thread as well, was diagnosed last Monday (just under 2 weeks ago) with borderline GD as they said I just missed the cutoff for the GTT test by a mere margin but they would like to monitor me just in case!

My gynae has asked me to collect my own blood (wonderful) and I did that 2 days ago and delivered it to the lab yesterday. I also ordered my own blood sugar monitor and have been monitoring myself lately.

My fasting numbers in the number in the mornings are usually 5.2, but after breakfast, (I had Special K, silly me I thought I was safe) and was 7.8 after an hour, but I've since then substituted it with a slice of German Rye bread with a hard boiled egg and tomato yesterday and my after 1 hour reading was 6.8. So I guess that's an ok number? I also tested my glucose levels with different meals and with different types of carbs and seems that I should be ok... 6.5 with a bowl of rice, fish and veg and also a 6.5 with spaghetti bolognese for dinner a couple of nights ago. Also one night I had little potato (I can't eat too much potato), a nice pork chop and loads of veg and it was 5.6 after an hour. Is that ok or should I up my intake of carbohydrates?

I have only seen my dietician once so far and apparently she gave me a book of numbers of carbohydrates to consume in a day and it seems quite a lot but I think I've stuck to it pretty well and as long as I stay away from cereals in the morning I should be ok, I hope! I see the gynae on Tuesday again and hope to explain to her my mistake with my cereal the other morning and hope that she won't put me on insulin (at least not yet), I was told there's a possibility that in the last few weeks of pregnancy I may have to be on insulin. I'm hoping to delay that as much as possible! Also, this pregnancy, I haven't gained much weight as I lost about 4kg in my first tri, then gained all of that back and have only gained up to my pre-pregnancy weight now (I was already overweight to begin with). And with the new diet, I haven't gained much either. So I hope I'm doing the right thing!

try not to worry they generally look for more than one high reading before they think about insulin by the sounds of it you have your diet well controlled keep it up! try not to worry about the thoughts of insulin it is not as scary as it sounds.

I am a very happy bunny this morning for the first time in agaes I had a 4.8 fasting way better than 5.9 I have been having lately! hope it hold steady now or I will be breaking in to double digit injection at bedtime insulin

 

[Sephie]

try not to worry they generally look for more than one high reading before they think about insulin by the sounds of it you have your diet well controlled keep it up! try not to worry about the thoughts of insulin it is not as scary as it sounds.

I am a very happy bunny this morning for the first time in agaes I had a 4.8 fasting way better than 5.9 I have been having lately! hope it hold steady now or I will be breaking in to double digit injection at bedtime insulin

Thanks for your reply, CelticNiamh! I decided to take out my the quote of my first post as it was long! And would have made my reply even longer!

I am hoping I can keep it up and with my own glucose test meter I can monitor what I have daily, only shame is it's not covered here at all by my insurance.

Glad to hear you had a good fasting number this morning! Yay! Let's hope it holds steady for you! Fingers crossed! Oh and I'm not terrified of insulin, just hoping that I can avoid it for as long as possible and if it gets worse in the next few weeks, I am fine using it. Safety of baby is no. 1 priority for me!

I have a question though, I would love to have around 3-4 children eventually and if I were on insulin dependent GD from baby no. 1, would doctors then advise us to limit the number of children we would want? Or would the complications arise if we have more children?

Thanks!

 

[CelticNiamh]

try not to worry they generally look for more than one high reading before they think about insulin by the sounds of it you have your diet well controlled keep it up! try not to worry about the thoughts of insulin it is not as scary as it sounds.

I am a very happy bunny this morning for the first time in agaes I had a 4.8 fasting way better than 5.9 I have been having lately! hope it hold steady now or I will be breaking in to double digit injection at bedtime insulin

Thanks for your reply, CelticNiamh! I decided to take out my the quote of my first post as it was long! And would have made my reply even longer!

I am hoping I can keep it up and with my own glucose test meter I can monitor what I have daily, only shame is it's not covered here at all by my insurance.

Glad to hear you had a good fasting number this morning! Yay! Let's hope it holds steady for you! Fingers crossed! Oh and I'm not terrified of insulin, just hoping that I can avoid it for as long as possible and if it gets worse in the next few weeks, I am fine using it. Safety of baby is no. 1 priority for me!

I have a question though, I would love to have around 3-4 children eventually and if I were on insulin dependent GD from baby no. 1, would doctors then advise us to limit the number of children we would want? Or would the complications arise if we have more children?

Thanks!

That is a shame, do they not have a program for people who are diabetics making sure they can recieve what they need at no cost! because depending on what type of monitor you have strips can be expensive

On your question on if your will be told to limit the amount of children you have, No I have never been told that! I am having my 6th and this is my 4th time on insulin in pregnncy, I was diet controlled on my first baby they missed my GD on my second baby hope that helps

 

[LittleSienna]

So I spoke to the gp......

Who told me to stop testing my sugar????? And that if my sugar was hugh then they will pick it up in my urine at my midwife app......

So now im even more confused. So glad theres only another 7 weeks of this.