I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this thing
under control. Does anyone have any experience with this that would like to
share?
Thanks!
Sara
Sara,
I developed gestational diabetes in a first pregnancy that started when I
weighed under 120 lbs. I too was told not to worry, and I was told my blood
sugar was "normal" the few times it was checked after the pregnancy was
over.
It turns out, it wasn’t, and I had many years of urinary tract infections
and yeast infections that kept coming back until I discovered that I was
routinely spiking after every carby meal.
One out of 2 people with GD develop type 2 diabetes, and I suspect that
number misses a lot of us. So my advice is this: once you are done with the
pregnancy keep an eye on your post-meal blood sugars. Test them every so
often to make sure that they are truly normal–never rising over 140 mg/dl.
If they are, cut back on carbs and do everything you can to avoid
progressing to full-fledged type 2.
And BTW, my kids (both produced by GD pregnancies and both 9 lb babies) grew
up to be healthy, smart, and gorgeous and my daughter is slim enough to make
her living as a model, so there’s no reason for the kids to end up with
diabetes is you feed them right when they’re growing up.
–
Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!
Jenny’s new site: What they Don’t Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/
Jenny’s Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/
Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm
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> I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
> excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this thing
> under control. Does anyone have any experience with this that would like
to
> share?
> Thanks!
> Sara
"Sarahnaide" <sarahna…@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
> excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this thing
> under control. Does anyone have any experience with this that would like
to
> share?
My lovely wife (sitting next to me!) had it. It gave her a new appreciation
for my lifestyle as a Type 1 diabetic.
The big concerns seem to be two-fold. Partly, Mom having problems with her
diet and the possible frequent urination and dehydration with bad cases of
it on top of the huge load of growing a cutey-pie in her belly can be bad
for all concerned.
The bigger concern, though, is infant size. The infant will grow much more,
especially the head and shoulders, with a higher available level of glucose
in Mom’s bloodstream. This can make delivery very hard, even dangerous,
since human infants’ heads are near the limit of the size of what can pass
through Mom’s hips on the way out. So keeping good control helps regulate
that growth.
There is follow-up concern at birth: if Mom’s control has not been good, the
newborn’s blood sugar can take a serious nose dive after birth as they
adjust to their own bloodstream’s glucose level instead of Mom’s hi-test
stuff. This is why they glucose test newborns of women with gestational
diabetes.
When they do that, do *not* let them have the new nurse try to do the
heelstick and wobble the screaming infant’s heel onto the dangly bit of the
wobbly glucometer. Make them use the little catheter to transfer the blood.
The meter they used on my daughter was extremely poorly designed because it
*would not lie flat* and was designed for the nurse to bring the meter to
the non-moving fingerstick of an adult, not for a nurse holding a squalling
infant who’s just been introduced to this cold, dry world and wants her
Mommy *NOW*. And the meter was designed to automatically turn off within a
few short seconds "to save the battery", so when we got my daughter’s heel
in place and everything set up the meter would turn itself off just in time.
It took four sticks on my poor daughter because of this thing. I wrote to
the company, and was prepared to get my own damn glucometer and use that or
say "ENOUGH!" when the head nurse walked over and used the little catheter
device to transfer the blood.
Hi – I have been type 2 for 6 years now – diagnosed when my second child was
16 months old. what they dont tell you is once you’ve had gestational
diabetes, which I had with both my children, you stand a 50% chance of it
coming back in you.
Both kids are fine by the way although on the large side when born.
Do try your best to get any post pregnancy weight off and dont listen to
them tell you you’ll be fine and everything will be back to normal after the
birth. – not trying to scare you. I wish someone had told me and I would
have tried harder to lose post pregnancy wait.
dont worry too much through the pregnancy – not good for you. just eat
healthy.
LOL
Linda
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> I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
> excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this thing
> under control. Does anyone have any experience with this that would like
to
> share?
> Thanks!
> Sara
Lindad,
Don’t beat yourself up over the weight.
I lost the pregnancy weight and still ended up developing severe blood sugar
problems. But the biggest problem that I ran into was that, because I was
thin, doctors never thought "diabetes" when I turned up in their offices
month after month with yeast infections, urinary tract infections, and
recurrent fungal skin infections.
I remember sitting in the office waiting for the doctor reading the
"symptoms of diabetes" chart and thinking, "I have every one of those
symptoms" but then thinking, but of course, only fat people get diabetes, so
it must be something else. The doctors were thinking that way too, and since
my fasting blood sugar stayed normal long after my post-meal numbers were
diabetic I ended up with a lot more problems caused by blood sugar than I
should have had to deal with.
– Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!
Jenny’s new site: What they Don’t Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/
Jenny’s Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/
Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm
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> Hi – I have been type 2 for 6 years now – diagnosed when my second child
was
> 16 months old. what they dont tell you is once you’ve had gestational
> diabetes, which I had with both my children, you stand a 50% chance of it
> coming back in you.
> Both kids are fine by the way although on the large side when born.
> Do try your best to get any post pregnancy weight off and dont listen to
> them tell you you’ll be fine and everything will be back to normal after
the
> birth. – not trying to scare you. I wish someone had told me and I would
> have tried harder to lose post pregnancy wait.
> dont worry too much through the pregnancy – not good for you. just eat
> healthy.
> LOL
> Linda
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> > I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
> > excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this
thing
> > under control. Does anyone have any experience with this that would
like
> to
> > share?
> > Thanks!
> > Sara
"Sarahnaide" <sarahna…@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
> excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this thing
> under control. Does anyone have any experience with this that would like
to
> share?
I had GD. Am now type 2. Don’t let the Drs. treat your GD lightly. Mine
led me to believe that it would merely go away and things would be fine.
Alas, my health declined after I had the baby. I now suspect that I may
have really had type 2 and not GD while I was pregnant, but I’ll never know
for sure. At least my baby was born with no problems. I did visit the Dr.
quite frequently, 2-3 times a week towards the end. And my labor was
induced.
I ate three meals and three snacks daily. I also made sure to get some
exercise after each meal so long as I was not on bed rest at the time. I
had trouble with swelling towards the end and was heading towards
preeclampsia. I tried to eat plenty of vegetables and some fruit (I really
hate fruit) and as many whole foods as I could. I was a vegetarian at the
time. Only ate meat if I were dining out and could find no other suitable
choice. I did have a bit of chocolate now and then, but really small
quantities. Luckily, I didn’t have the typical pregnancy cravings.