women with gestational diabetes, how big was your baby?

[kittykittykat]

im having my 2nd child, and they reckon i have gestational diabetes. i never had it with my 1st. im just scared at how big my baby could be, as iam quite big for 26wks

 

[PrayinForBaby]

I measured 2-4 weeks ahead my entire pregnancy until 35 weeks, then I measured bang on for 2 weeks, when I delivered at 38 weeks my LO was 7 lbs 2.5 oz, which was wayyy off what they were telling me the whole time was that she would be 10-12 lbs

 

[sarafused]

I had GD with both babies, first was diet controlled and second one I needed evening insulin only. First baby weighed 8lb 5oz 52cm and second was 7lb 15oz and 51cm. They love scaring pregnant women with GD that the babies will be huge, but both of mine were very lean, long and strong.

 

[midori1999]

I had suspected GD in my first two pregancies, but tests showed I didn't have it and babies 1 and 2 were 9lbs at term and 10lbs at 38 weeks respectively. I am 5ft 6, average size and had two normal births, no stiches or tears.

Women with diagnosed GD don't usually have huge babies, it is more likely when it is undiagnosed and even then not as common as you'd think. GD can also cause low birthweight babies.

 

[thesmiths88]

I was measuring 3 weeks ahead since my GD diagnosis at 28 weeks, with an estimated birth weight of around 8lb11oz, but she ended up being 8lb2oz at 38+6.

 

[Sarah&Ady]

I am measuring 3 weeks ahead but have a growth scan next Tuesday so will let you know then for sure. I just proper scratched my stomach with the insulin needle tonight... my oh usually does it for me but he had to work... I cant see what I am doing so I managed to scratch myself and boy it hurts!!! Sorry, O/T there but anyways .... xx

Btw ... what insulin dose are people on? I just got put to 6 x

 

[andrea675]

DD was 7lb 3oz with GD diagnosed late at 35 weeks and diet controlled till delivery, DS was 6lb 10oz as opposed to the estimate at 36 weeks of over 8lb with baby likely to weigh nearer 10lb at term estimated!

They do say anything up to a 25% margin of error, I spent a lot of time worrying, unnecessarily as it turned out!

 

[jessabella]

How is GD controlled by diet? Im a little worried as I was tested but it came back negetive. Im measuring almost 3 weeks ahead and had a growth scan where baby showed to be about 5.5lbs at 32 weeks..which they said was very large. Im woundering if I should just change my eating on my own ..even if my tests came to be negative?

 

[TripleB]

I'm also diet-controlled, its basically a low-GI diet. No sugar, wholewheat instead of white bread, rice, pasta etc and a balance of proteins, veg and carbs at each meal. If you didn't fail the GTT though it doens't sound like GD, maybe just a big baby?

I am measuring 2/3 weeks ahead but at my growth scan at 30 weeks baby was estimated to weigh 3lbs7oz which I was advised is within normal limits. They said the important thing is the the head measurement is in proportion to the abdomen measurement i.e. its not just a big tummy caused by excess sugar but just a larger than average baby generally.

xxx

 

[lizziedripping]

Jessabella - if you tested neg for GD then you are fine hun. I have always been tested in pregnancy due to larger baby measurements - tests are always negative, but babies still big. Large babies are much more to do with genetics than they are GD.

Estimates are more often inaccurate than not anyway - as the previous lady said, if baby is big all over i.e. large heah, leg and abdo measurements, then this is likely due to genes than GD - where the abdomen tends to get disproportionally large.

I have found that all my babies have had extremely large heads/femur lengths (off the centile scale) and this alone has predicted a large baby - and has been an accurate predictor x

 

[jessabella]

oh that is interesting..they did mention that the abdomin was a bit big..but they didnt say anything else about it..

 

[BrandysBabies]

When I was pregnant with my first, they did my test wrong. I had GD without them knowing until 3wks before I was due. I was scheduled for a c-section at my last ultrasound. DS was 2wks early at 9lbs 13oz. I dont even want to imagine if we had gone 2 more weeks. As long as your GS is CONTROLLED you will have a normal size baby. It's only when GD goes untreated that babies are big.

 

[TripleB]

jessabella - do you have your scan reports in your notes? If you have a look at the graphs on abdomen, head and femur you can see how each are measuring. For my baby femur is average and both head and and abdomen are above the average line but still within the 95th centile line. This is what they showed me to explain that everything was ok, its just not a small baby.

BrandysBabies, thats exactly what I was told. If its under control there is usually no problem.

xxx

 

[angelstardust]

6lb15oz at 37 weeks.

And a possible undiagnosed GD baby born at 33 weeks weight 5lb12.5oz.

 

[kittykittykat]

thankyou for all your comments. i have a glucose tolerence test next week, so will know then

 

[jude71]

I wasnt diagnosed with it untill i was 33wks. I was measuring big from 27 wks but they said it was ok. Harry was born at 35+3 weighing in at...8lb 13oz! lol

 

[daisygirl]

i went for a routine water sample and she detected sugar, so i had a glucose test and it came back normal, but i feel huge people have even commented i'm big and i'm only 24 weeks

 

[Chocciebutton]

I was borderline gestational diabetes and had a 10LB baby boy 3 weeks early...I was induced

 

[angelstardust]

i went for a routine water sample and she detected sugar, so i had a glucose test and it came back normal, but i feel huge people have even commented i'm big and i'm only 24 weeks

'Bump' size gives no indication of the size of the baby.

People always comment hun, more so because they may be used to seeing you not pregnant and the bump is more obvious to them. Sit in a room full of pregnant women and you will see that you are probably about normal.

 

[Sarah10]

I had Jayden at 39+3 (induced at 39) he weighed 8lb6, bearing in mind they didn't get my results back til 34 weeks, had ++++ glucose in my urine from 19 weeks! If i would of cut out everything white/sugary from there he would of been lighter. I was measuring 2 weeks ahead, i was massive though, looked like i had a 15lber in there haha xx