GD support thread

[Mk2013]

Hello ladies, would it be ok if I join?

I'm 18 weeks pregnant and 2 days ago the nurse found high levels of glucose in my urine, along with ketones. My blood pressure was also high. She referred me to the antenatal unit at my local hospital where the midwife checked my blood pressure over the course of an hour (all 3 readings were normal) but she found glucose in my urine (measured glucose ++) but no ketones. I've now been referred to a midwife who specialises in diabetes.

I'm here for some advice really. Also some reassurance too. I've read it's rare to get GD before 20 weeks. I am high risk as my mum has type 2 diabetes but I had thought I'd be ok. I'm so worried about the baby now. Dh and I took almost two yrs to conceive and eventually got pregnant via IUI. I really hope this little one will be ok. I've been frantically looking online for ideas on what to eat but there are surprisingly few ideas.

 

[lch28]

hi hun, for now before you get your diet plan follow this
https://www.polyclinic.com/sites/default/files/images/Service/gestational_diabetes_plate_method.jpg

i am on my phone so cant type a long post, but please try not to stress. i was so worried when i got GD but i am having LO in 3 weeks and he is doing just fine

 

[Mk2013]

Thank you so much Ich. So good to hear you and bubs are doing well. 3 weeks, wow!

 

[daisy72]

Hello ladies, would it be ok if I join?

I'm 18 weeks pregnant and 2 days ago the nurse found high levels of glucose in my urine, along with ketones. My blood pressure was also high. She referred me to the antenatal unit at my local hospital where the midwife checked my blood pressure over the course of an hour (all 3 readings were normal) but she found glucose in my urine (measured glucose ++) but no ketones. I've now been referred to a midwife who specialises in diabetes.

I'm here for some advice really. Also some reassurance too. I've read it's rare to get GD before 20 weeks. I am high risk as my mum has type 2 diabetes but I had thought I'd be ok. I'm so worried about the baby now. Dh and I took almost two yrs to conceive and eventually got pregnant via IUI. I really hope this little one will be ok. I've been frantically looking online for ideas on what to eat but there are surprisingly few ideas.

Hi! Gestational diabetes can be only diagnosed through a blood test. A lot of absolutely healthy pregnant women sometimes spill sugar in their urine. Same about ketones. Did they send you to a glucose tolerance test?
This is what the diabetic specialist is probably going to do first.
From my own experience, one can get GD as early as 11 weeks, but this is my second GD pregnancy.

 

[Mk2013]

Hi daisy, thanks for your message. Im not sure if the specialist midwife will immediately refer me for the GTT. The midwife i saw on Friday suggested she would guve me a talk about what to eat and give me a monitor where i prick myself daily and stick it into the monitor. This will go on for two weeks. I will ask then whether i ought to go for the GTT first.

 

[lch28]

oh hun you need to get a GTT to be sure! def ask for one

 

[daisy72]

Hi daisy, thanks for your message. Im not sure if the specialist midwife will immediately refer me for the GTT. The midwife i saw on Friday suggested she would guve me a talk about what to eat and give me a monitor where i prick myself daily and stick it into the monitor. This will go on for two weeks. I will ask then whether i ought to go for the GTT first.

Well, actually testing yourself for a while will definitely give you a picture of what's going on. The main reason people are being sent to GTT is that this diabetic equipment (meter, lancets and especially test strips) is pretty expensive, and those who pay for them, for example insurance companies or NHS, demand a solid proof that you really need it, i.e. diagnosis.

 

[lch28]

my test strips are crazy expensive. and ill run out of them.. 6 days before my induction. im so annoyed!

 

[Newt4]

Yes test strips are expensive. We are lucky as they are covered by insurance.

 

[daisy72]

Mine are covered, too, but there was a time when I tested myself more than I was supposed to (also after snacks and in the middle of the night), and I had to buy a couple of boxes. 70+ USD for 50 strips

 

[daisy72]

Today I had the following readings: fasting 75, 1 hr after lunch 94, 1 hr after dinner 100. What is it? My placenta getting older? . I am scared.

 

[NatalieW]

Daisy when are you back at the hospital?

I found this and I got to try it! https://allrecipes.co.uk/m/recipe/17221/low-carb-hot-chocolate

 

[HuskyMomWI]

I have an insulin question. When I was on 15 units at night my fasting number was between 75-89. They increased my insulin to 20 and now it is between 89-99. Can it have the opposite effect?

 

[Newt4]

My GD nurse told me that when your hormones decrease that your numbers would return to normal. It could be less hormones or could be placenta or even nothing. I would phone and ask though.

 

[daisy72]

I am having an NST on Monday and hopefully seeing my doctor on Tuesday (she's out of town now). I had a scan last Monday, and the placenta was absolutely fine, grade 2 I think (they grade from 0 to 4, 0 is the best, 4 is old).
I remember my previous doctor said that it is absolutely normal to have lower numbers after the week 38... But he was also a very pro-induction guy . My current doctor is too "natural" for me, wants for the labor to start on its own...

 

[daisy72]

This morning my sugar is actually as high as it used to be Can't be happier!

 

[daisy72]

I have an insulin question. When I was on 15 units at night my fasting number was between 75-89. They increased my insulin to 20 and now it is between 89-99. Can it have the opposite effect?

Husky Mom, my only explanation is that this increased dose of insulin brings your sugar pretty low down some time in the night, and this causes dawn syndrome. Maybe should ask this question in the type 1 thread, theladies there are much more familliar with insulin then most of us here. Hope you will fix this problem soon!

 

[lch28]

daisy my numbers have been getting increasingly lower. im always worried about it.. but my placenta is great and so is LO. i get NSTs once a week and an ultrasound once a week. I have no idea why its happening and none of my docs seem concerned although im worried sick.

today i was at a party. i ate half of a grilled chicken wrap , and 5 french fries. my blood sugar was 194 and i feel awful. i cried, i just didnt expect it and im so worried it hurt LO
=[ i should have just not eat

 

[Newt4]

Ich don't feel bad. I'm sure it's only bad if its over a long period of time. You are doing a great job. It's hard some times!

 

[daisy72]

Ladies, I am happy to tell you that out lil baby boy Daniel was born yesterday! He was 7 lbs 12 oz at birth and is doing great now. They were checking his sugars every two hours, no signs of hypo! The labor itself was amazing, we went to a shopping mall, and then I started to have some contractions. Called the hospital, they sugested I'd come just in case. We came, and I turned to be 8 cm dilated! Barely had time for my sweet epidural . The baby was back to back but the doctor managed to turn him in the last moment.