The last week my numbers have been all over the place. Inexplicably low or high. I haven't changed anything. Im starving all the time and ill test my BSL to see if its low and maybe i can have another snack and it will be crazy high. I've had some dull headaches which culminated in a migraine this weekend (my first one ever). I've been told to keep track of when the headaches start and it seems to be coming from the hunger. I've tried upping water, increasing protein, snacking on "free" things and nothing is working. My OB said he'd give it a few more days but they're still bad and so I know I'll be put on insulin during the day. I just hope that works and I can stop feeling so hungry and getting the headaches.
Update/Edit: I could eat something for lunch and it would be normal (under 120) or even low (a few times below 90) and then I could eat the exact same thing for dinner and it would be over 150. Most of the time the difference wouldn't be that drastic, but enough for me to know that after weeks of eating right and continuing to do so things were suddenly changing. I've been put on 2 units of Humulin before dinner and that has seemed to help. I haven't tried experiementing with eating more carbs at that meal yet. I'm still waking up in the morning famished. They upped my insulin overnight as well (as they do at every appointment because it's never below 90) and that has gotten it back to the 90s, where it was about a week ago (spiked up to 104-118 last week).
I don't skip snacks no matter what. I'm testing more frequently because I'll be hungry only an hour after eating and assume that my BSL has dropped. Then it will be either really high, or where you would expect it to be only one hour after eating. So then I'll wait until 2 hours, test again and then eat even if the number is high. At most I go 6 hours between meals, but I have a snack in between. I don't test for ketones at home, but they do test at my office and it's only been high once and that was my first week on the diet.
So here's the real update: the headachs aren't related to just the hunger. With the insulin I've been able to control it better and I'm not getting as hungry. But I've had a headache basically non stop for 2 weeks now, and they know all about it. I'm getting so frustrated! I have had bad swelling for a month now, high bp for 2 weeks. But I did a 24 hour urine collection and it was good, my liver and platelet counts are good. But I'm so miserable with the swelling and now with the migraines. So far, it doesn't seem like I have pre-e since I don't have the proteinuria. They're not willing to induce at this point. I have another growth scan for when I'll be 38.5 weeks and if he hasn't come on his own then we'll schedule a c-section date because he's measuring very, very large. So I won't be going past 39 weeks. Guess it's good to know there's an end in site. I just worry about the pre-e symptoms.
Re: GD vent!
What kind of numbers are you getting?
Your LO will be here soon, and this will be over with!!