gestational diabetes

[mary345]

for anyone who has or has had gestational diabetes i was wondering how many times a day and during what part of the day your dr wanted you to test your blood sugar . mine wants me to do it in the morning before i eat and then 2 hours after and in the evening before i eat and then 2 hours after does that sound right to you i just remember with my son all i had to do was test after i ate and it just seems a bit much to me so i was just wondering what anyone elses experience with that was

[mary345]

it's not too late i just recently did my 3 hour and was told monday that it was abnormal and i had gestational diabetes and i am going on 35 weeks i had it with my other pregnancies as well but since we moved and i didn't have insurance for a while i didn't get the test done when they usually do it. Anyway my dr also wants my blood sugar to be between 90-100 fasting right now it is 102 which isn't bad and she wants it to be below 125 2 hours after i eat which isn't going so good because it higher then that infact the last time i checked it was 148 and i am doing the diet staying away from carbs and sweets and everything she is gonna give me a week to try and see if i can control it with diet and if not she will have to prescribe a pill i took a pill with my son and with my daughter i could control it with diet hope i can do the same

[Leanna26]

I failed my screening as well, and need to go for my 3 hour yet... and Im already 32 weeks. I hope its not too late!

[kirby26]

thanks ladies!

I havent gotten my results back yet... I was just curious?:-)

Does weight have something do with it?? or does that not matter at all??

[GoingOnFiveKids]

I learned first hand what diabetes can do to a person. My husband has it--which makes me fearful for the kids since we just found out last june 07. He was really bad though, he went to the ER and register over 400 and they gave him insulin and it only dropped to the middle 200 and they wanted him to stay overnight to try to bring it down some more but he's not a good patient and signed himself out. After a couple of months on insulin, nothing and I mean nothing not even a diet kept it down and mind you he lost 35pounds in 1 month from the the drastic change in diet. Then the doctor recommeded "glimperdine at 4mg each pill" i believe it's for something else but is know to drop your sugar in a really big way. This is a miracle pill, he able to each anything he wants and all he takes is this pill once a day and it only costs us $4.00 for a months supply. he registers 100 now. Has even gotten so low he had to eat to bring it up.  You probably wont need this cause you seem borderline but pasta, rice, bread, and any starchs will raise your sugar high. it's not only sweet things that do it. I'll get you more info by looking at the book they gave my husband so that you can control it without the aide of medicine.        

[praying hard]

What does your OB want your blood sugar to be 2 hours after eating?  Mine says 120...and she wants it to be under 100 for my fasting reading

I have to check mine in the morning before I eat (fasting), and 2 hours after every meal.  I sometimes check mine before eating a meal just to see if I'm high too...then I adjust that meal as needed. Its a pain in the butt isn't it!?!  When my blood sugar is high, I drink LOTS of water and walk as much as possible...it seems to bring it down the fastest.  

Hopefully we'll return to normal once our babies get here!  Every time I want to reach for something with a lot of sugar, I just think about my little boy.  I don't him to be a big baby with breathing problems.

kirby-if you do have it, you have to closely watch your diet.  You should meet with a nutritionist if you have it so that he/she can show you what types of foods to eat.

Best of luck to you!

[kirby26]

what does it mean if you your results come back that you have it?.. or slightly have it?? what changes throughout your daily routine..besides testing yourself???

I just went in for my glucose test on wed.

[mary345]

great thanks for responding my dr actually called me this morning and wants me to do it at lunch too i should have kept my mouth shut lol now i get to poke myself 6 times a day instead of just 4 i can't wait till this is over they scheduled my c-section for june 24 but said they may take her earlier b/c of my blood pressure but since i've gone on bed rest things seem to be getting a bit better thank god

[Skylynns_mom]

I have gestational diabetes and i have to test before breakfast and 2 hours after breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Its a pain in the butt, but its nessecary

[GoingOnFiveKids]

Actually your getting off easy. They usually make you test yourself before and after all three meals. They did that to me when I was in the hospital on bed rest and all I had was borderline gestaional diabetes.