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Have GD and can't help but feel guilty

Sunnie81Sunnie81
in High-Risk Pregnancy
I really shouldn't beat myself up over it but when it was assumed (and confirmed today) that I had GD, all I could do was feel guilty. Was there really anything I could have done to avoid this? Im thinking no, but deep down I feel like a "bad mom". :(
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Re: Have GD and can't help but feel guilty

  • ladysingsthebluesladysingstheblues

    Totally normal feelings.  And here comes the obligatory "It's not your fault"....

    It's not your fault :)

    GL!

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  • mrseggsmrseggs
    There is nothing you could have done to prevent it and there is nothing that you did to cause it. It's just the way your body handles its hormones.
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  • rebeccaontherocksrebeccaontherocks

    The feeling of guilt is natural, I balled my eyes out at the doctor's office when they told me.

    It is not your fault though, there is nothing you could have done to prevent the diagnosis.

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  • bunintheoven76bunintheoven76
    I had the same reaction... I cried in the office and there is nothing that I could have changed... it's not your fault!!! :)
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  • hemeheme

    There is nothing you could have done before, it's not your fault...it's just that your body is insulin resistance but there is a lot you can do since you do have it. Take control and fight this with a positive attitude you are going to be a great mother because this will be the first on many hurdles you will overcome and surpass.

    GL!

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  • dueinnovember2009dueinnovember2009

    Well, I just got a phone call from my doc so I knew I failed my 3 hour glucose test before the nurse had to say it or else there wouldn't have been a phone call.  I only had a three hour test because I am having twins.

    I have to go in today to learn how to prick my finger through out the day and I have to go back on Friday to talk with the dietrician.  And I can not stop crying!  I know there is a 1/3 chance of getting diabetes during pregnancy but I just can't control myself... I feel like I failed these babies... I know I don't eat great but I have been trying to stick to what the doctor told me and I don't eat additional sugar *** snacks like gummis or anything...  I am just so scared because I know there can be more complications now in this pregnancy and I'm already scared of preterm birth because there are two babies... and I love my babies so much and have been planning my life around them...

     

    ---- I feel just like you, I feel like I failed my babies and just keep crying =(

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  • dueinnovember2009dueinnovember2009

    On a happy note... Sunnie...

     

    I love your beagle, I have one too!  So cute =)

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  • spiffyspiffy
    I think most people feel that way - I know I did. But nothing to be done now, and it's not nearly so bad as it seems at first.
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  • emilireneemilirene member

    You're not alone! I cried at the doctor's appointment where I found out, and again at the dietician. Then I cried last week when she put me on insulin! I feel like such a big baby!

    I also felt like it was somehow my fault - I kept thinking of every piece of candy I'd ever eaten. But really, it's a placenta-hormone thing. Not our fault!

    And the babies are all going to be just fine! If you control your sugars well, nothing out of the ordinary should really happen.?

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