XP: insulin resistant

Kristi221

I was diagnosed as being insulin resistant right around the day I conceived. (I was having irregular cycles and was having b/w done for PCOS, thyroid, etc.) When I called my dr's office to tell them I was pregnant and schedule the first visit, they told me they will "treat me like a diabetic." Now they want me to go to a gestational diabetes class and get a blood sugar monitor to check my levels 4-5 times a day.

I was wondering if anyone else is going through this and if they did all this before even the first visit? It seems like a bit much to me, especially since my levels weren't even that high. Clearly I'll do what I need to do for the my health and the health of our baby, I was just wondering what other's have experienced with this.

shipoopiisforme

i was insulin resistant before pregnancy. i was on metformin before pregnancy and until 2 weeks ago. my dr tested me for gd at 12 weeks i failed the 1 hour but passed the 3 hour. at 22 weeks he had me go to an endocronologist who wasn't happy with my fasting numbers from the tests i took at 12 weeks and felt it was best for me to start taking insulin at bedtime and discontinue my metformin.

since i started taking the insulin and testing my blood glucose it seems it's just my fasting numbers that are the issue, and we are adjusting my insulin as we go tp get my fasting numbers down.

i definitely think it's good to be proactive when you are insulin resistant. both my ob and my endo have said the odds of developing gd is much higher when the pancreas is not functioning properly to start with.

Monicagail1

I was diagnosed as insulin resistant a couple of years prior to getting pregnant.  I was taking metformin, which my doctor discontinued after the first trimester.  They didn't treat me much differently than a "normal" pregnancy, except recommend I follow a low carb diet and get more exercise.  Of course, between m/s and the exhaustion of early pregnancy that didn't happen.  At 28 weeks I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (barely failed the 1hr, failed 2/4 draws on the 3 hr), which has been controlled with diet and exercise-everything I should have been doing anyway.

Your doctor's probably just being pro-active rather than reactive.  Testing sucks, but following the diet isn't that bad.  I'm hoping I'll be able to stick with it after pregnancy and continue to lose weight and get healthier.  Who knows, maybe I'll be able to resolve the insulin resistance altogether. 

mynxx321

I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic about a year and a half ago and put on insulin right away.  I had lost quite a bit of weight and took care of myself well enough to be taken off meds altogether the spring before I conceived, prolly end of September.  So I guess you could say that I was only insulin resistant at that time.  However, pregnancy gradually stresses your pancreas out more and more and now I am taking major doses of insulin in my third tri to maintain decent numbers. 

It's important to support your body beginning now so that when it gets tougher later (and it will) you are a pro.  From what my doctor explained to me, the harder you make your pancreas work, the quicker it will "wear" out.  I see a fabulous endocrinologist, and will gladly answer any more questions you have.