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GD- very frustrated, not so good ultrasound
Emerson is already measuring much larger in her abdomen than the rest of her... overall she is about 2 weeks ahead, while her abdomen would be considered in the 99th percentile for a 40 week baby.
My sugars are all over the place with glyburide... I kept telling myself my numbers were high yesterday because FIL took us out to dinner the night before and I couldn't count everything exactly. The dietitian said that wasn't it. My blood sugar this morning was crazy low... 53. Then it shot up to 154 after I ate, even though I was within my carb limits. My numbers yesterday were all bad too.
I have picked up the phone to call the perinatologist 3 times, but I start crying every time I dial the number. They have already told me I will be on insulin if my numbers didn't level out.
I just feel like I SHOULD be able to control this... so many women do fine with just diet control, or with just a little bit of glyburide. I didn't ever feel like the GD was my "fault", but for some reason I feel like not being able to control it very much is my fault.
I'm too worried to even google and see what the risks are of her abdomen being so large...
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Re: GD- very frustrated, not so good ultrasound
GD is a tough disease. Just do your best and try not to beat yourself up over your numbers. I'm not on insulin myself, but I hear the injections are not as bad as the glucose testing. The important thing is to keep your blood sugars under control for your baby.
I went through the exact same thing as you with my last pregnancy. It gets harder and harder to control the further along you get (for most women). Why are you so against going on insulin? I was on just Glyburide with my last pregnancy and am on insulin with this one. I was really scared at first, but honestly it hurts less than doing the finger pricks.
I know it is frustrating, but maybe if you called and talked to your doctor they could help you figure something out?
I'm not against the insulin, I just feel like I should have been able to control it without needing it. When I went in for my first appointment with the perinatologist he said, "Oh, your numbers aren't so bad! We'll have no problem controlling them with just a bit of glyburide." And that didn't work!
I'm not afraid of the shots, and I think it might give me a bit more stability in my numbers... I just feel like I shouldn't need them. Does that make sense? I know I'm being totally irrational about this, lol
You aren't being irrational. It is a crappy thing to have to deal with on top of being pregnant.
I had to go on insulin at 14 weeks with this pregnancy, and I am glad that I finally did it. It has kept my numbers level without me stressing over every little thing.
I'm sorry you are having a rough day
GD is a crazy thing - but the thing you need to rememebr is that you cannot control what your pancreas/placenta do in your body. You just can't. I was able to keep my numbers in check for my 1st pregnancy with diet alone. This time I'm on insulin at night for fasting numbers.
I, too, was hesitant at first and upset b/c I had managed to control it by diet alone the first time... why couldn't I do it this time? As my OB and GD counselor both told me, you can follow a diet to a "T" and it might work for a while, but as your hormones fluctuate during your pregnancy, so can your sugar levels and your bodies ability to control them by diet alone. There just comes a certain point where you have to say that you've done all you can and diet alone just isn't working anymore.
Do NOT be afraid of insulin - I was and let me tell you, it's really not a big deal at all. You may only need it once a day... who knows? But honestly, the stress that I have now about giving myself a shot (which is basically NO stress!) is much, much less than the stress I was causing myself worrying abotu every single gram of sugar and type of sugar that I was putting in my mouth. At least this way I know if I follow my diet pretty well and do the insulin, 95% of the time I will have good numbers. THAT makes me feel better.
GL... hang in there and remember that it's all for a GREAT reason and soon enough it will all be over!
don't be so hard on yourself! this is a really frustrating thing to manage!
honestly insulin really isn't bad. they put me on it a week after being diagnosed and it has really been pretty much painless. honestly testing my sugar hurts worse than the needle for my insulin. they gave it to me in a pen form so there is no drawing up needles etc. it's very easy. i just turn dail to the amt of insulin i need, inject the needle and that's it. very easy and even with that i'm still struggling with my numbers. some days they're great, others not so much. it's all trial and error with this.
I'm sorry that you?re going through this. I kinda know how you feel I hated the idea about being on insulin but I kept telling my self that my body just needs a little help and so be it. I have been on insulin since week 12 of this pregnancy. As pp said it does not hurt as much as the finger prick.
Nothing is you fault- medicine is all about trial and error. It's just hit or miss and that why they make different types of the same medication and in different strength. That's also why it's prescribed to you in the # of doses your body needs.
Glyburide is a pill that helps your body know to make more insulin and Insulin is just that insulin. Maybe in you case you body is requiring more insulin then your body is able to produce. Try to look at it as that and maybe you won't blame your self for not being able to control it...maybe just out of your hands and you may just need some extra help.
washed my hands with the regular soap, dried them, and didn't touch anything else with that finger before I stabbed it. Weird.
They are saying now for me to take less glyburide at night and more in the morning... I'm nervous to try that though because I was getting afternoon lows taking just 5mg in the morning. Oh well, guess I'll see what happens.
I hate that it's such a trial and error thing when it's obviously affecting the baby!
Darn, too bad it wasn't an easy fix like washing your hands!
Good luck with the Glyburide dose change. I never had good luck with that medicine!
1) By the fact that you are upset, we all know that you are doing everything you can.
2) Keep following their suggestions, and if that means insulin don't worry. I have been diabetic for 9 years. Just like anything else, you get used to it. You'll be fine!!