eldraW
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Hey ladies.
As some of you may know i have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and i have been attending hospital appointments left right and centre as they need to keep a close eye on me.
Well... I went back to hospital yesterday after doing self finger pricks to monitor my blood sugar levels for the last week and just as i thought the hospital have said my sugar levels are pretty high in some places even after changing my whole diet and cutting out all sugar, It turns out my body itself is producing too much sugar so although my change of diet has helped it obviously still isnt to their standards.
We had a scan yesterday and it shows that baby has a rather big tummy which is what they look out for in ladies who have Gestational Diabetes and he now weighs 4lb 5oz
.. It was only just over a week ago when he weighed 3lb 8oz.
The hospital have asked me to go to a diabetic clinic at 9am tomorow morning to be shown how to inject insulin into myself as this is looking like what they are going to start me on, (either insulin or metformin) They are wanting me to continue doing my finger prick checks for another week and then go back next Tuesday to hopefully decide what the next best steps are for me.
They have said that under no circumstances will they be letting me go past my due date and its looking likely that i may be induced at 38 weeks or possibly sooner depending on how much more weight baby puts on in a short space of time, They have also said c-section may be required as when baby puts on weight all of the fat goes onto his shoulders which makes labour and delivery alot more complicated.
Sorry for the long post just thought some of you ladies might of wanted to know how things were going since i found out i had Getational Diabetes.
Amy xx
As some of you may know i have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and i have been attending hospital appointments left right and centre as they need to keep a close eye on me.
Well... I went back to hospital yesterday after doing self finger pricks to monitor my blood sugar levels for the last week and just as i thought the hospital have said my sugar levels are pretty high in some places even after changing my whole diet and cutting out all sugar, It turns out my body itself is producing too much sugar so although my change of diet has helped it obviously still isnt to their standards.
We had a scan yesterday and it shows that baby has a rather big tummy which is what they look out for in ladies who have Gestational Diabetes and he now weighs 4lb 5oz
.. It was only just over a week ago when he weighed 3lb 8oz.The hospital have asked me to go to a diabetic clinic at 9am tomorow morning to be shown how to inject insulin into myself as this is looking like what they are going to start me on, (either insulin or metformin) They are wanting me to continue doing my finger prick checks for another week and then go back next Tuesday to hopefully decide what the next best steps are for me.
They have said that under no circumstances will they be letting me go past my due date and its looking likely that i may be induced at 38 weeks or possibly sooner depending on how much more weight baby puts on in a short space of time, They have also said c-section may be required as when baby puts on weight all of the fat goes onto his shoulders which makes labour and delivery alot more complicated.
Sorry for the long post just thought some of you ladies might of wanted to know how things were going since i found out i had Getational Diabetes.
Amy xx
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but no one has mentioned baby coming early due to size, or the topic of c section either due to size. I have a very low placenta which might cause me to have to deliver early, possibly by c-section but this is purely placenta related and not to do with the size of the baby at all, so I'm not sure why they are saying this to you, unless it's solely related to the GD.
lol xx
sounds like they are keeping a good eye on you though xxx
