Gestational Diabetes.

ladyjenna13 · July 2012

Any husbands/Boyfriends out there who have a partner dealing with GD? My wife was just diagnosed with it last week, and while the baby is fine, she is feeling guilty about this in terms of "damage" to our boy. There is nothing wrong with the baby, but it does not keep tihs guilt away.

She started the nutritional classes and she is monitoring her blood 4 times a day now. She is serious about it, which is good, and I am going to do whatever I can to support her.

Any other soon to be dads going through this? What are your thoughts on it??

Robbie5249 · July 2012

I am a chick, so feel free to ignore me, but your post has been up for a while so I thought I'd give you my take on it.

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes last December and I am unbelievably scared about when I do get pregnant. There are several complications that I'm worried about, but when we told our doctor we were going to TTGP he really didn't have much to say. So I am hoping this means he has confidence in my health.

Now as for your wife, I get it. If her sugar gets to high, it *might* hurt the baby. The fact that her diet probably led to the GD isn't going to make her feel any better. It makes you feel stupid and careless for not taking better care of yourself in the first place (That's what led to my Type 2 any way, I don't know about GD). That's excellent that she's monitoring it so well, but it will get tiring. All you can do is support her, gently remind her when to check her BG, and don't eat things high in sugar or carbs around her, lol. Ask the doctor all the questions you can and be well informed. Stress can affect BG, btw.

I hope you guys can stay on top of it and heave a healthy baby! Hopefully some men with experience with GD post on here for you too. I wish you guys lots of luck!

ladyjenna13 · July 2012

Robbie5249:

I am a chick, so feel free to ignore me, but your post has been up for a while so I thought I'd give you my take on it.

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes last December and I am unbelievably scared about when I do get pregnant. There are several complications that I'm worried about, but when we told our doctor we were going to TTGP he really didn't have much to say. So I am hoping this means he has confidence in my health.

Now as for your wife, I get it. If her sugar gets to high, it *might* hurt the baby. The fact that her diet probably led to the GD isn't going to make her feel any better. It makes you feel stupid and careless for not taking better care of yourself in the first place (That's what led to my Type 2 any way, I don't know about GD). That's excellent that she's monitoring it so well, but it will get tiring. All you can do is support her, gently remind her when to check her BG, and don't eat things high in sugar or carbs around her, lol. Ask the doctor all the questions you can and be well informed. Stress can affect BG, btw.

I hope you guys can stay on top of it and heave a healthy baby! Hopefully some men with experience with GD post on here for you too. I wish you guys lots of luck!

I appreciate your insights on this. I relly had not thought about it in terms of her beating herself up for being in this position. I can totally see her feeling like she has let the baby down as well as herself for not being better about her diet.

She has her second class today. She has started getting on the treadmill more, and she is certainly monitoring what she eats at a high level of detail. It gets a little hectic when she has a bad reading ocassionally, as she does not take failure very well. It can lead to some tension in the house. Her good reading outweigh her bad ones a great deal.

I wish she could have had a less eventful pregnancy.....

believe_red_sox · July 2012

I'm a chick too! But I wanted to throw my opinion out there...

I had GD and know how your wife feels, guilt wise. It is in no way her fault and the risks of anything going wrong with the baby because of GD is super low. (I remember being terrified that my baby was going to be huge and I was going to have to give labor to a 12 pounder, she was only 7 lbs) As long as she takes care of herself and sticks to the diet the nutritionist gives her, the baby will be perfectly healthy! And it sounds like she is taking the diet and exercise seriously, she will be fine and so will your LO.

I had GD bad enough where I lost 7 lbs on the first week of the diet and still couldn't get my sugars or ketones right. I had to inject myself with insulin daily and wake up at 3am every morning to chug a glass of milk until I had my DD... weird, I know! But, my DD was born and she was perfect. Although, they do monitor the baby's sugars pretty often during the hospital stay. Just to be sure the levels are normal.

Good luck to you and your wife!

Robbie5249 · July 2012

That's great she's going to the classes! I only went to one... Anyway, my hubby says to push healthy choices, but I say don't push it too hard, I always felt like he was the food police. Just eat healthy with her. Maybe try the paleo diet? We're trying it right now, but it's more like eating recipes from the diet at least twice a day, and "ok" food the rest of the day. She should also get in touch with other mothers who had/have GD because they probably have better advice. I hope it works out for you (and me) as well as it did for believe_red_sox : )

ladyjenna13 · July 2012

A quick update....

So my wife went to her first visit to the dr. since getrting the GD news. While she is teating better, there was not enough change through diet alone to make enough of an impact on her levels. As a result she has been perscribed pills to take one before bed. Since starting on the meds her levels have been consistent and her outlook is much better.

The dr. is going to start seeing her once a week now to do the heartbeat and stress test on the baby. We are also going to have one more u/s now as well.

The mood in our house has greatly improved over the last week or so. Thanks for the stories, ladies. It was appreciated!

Robbie5249 · July 2012

I'm glad things are looking up! Congratulations and good luck.

Kitiara5512 · July 2012

A PP mentioned that YW's existing diet may have led to her GD but was not sure, as her own experience was not pregnancy related. I can tell you that one does not necessarily have to do with the other. Because of my size, my soda habit, and my diet, everyone thought I would wind up with GD; I did not. I also know people who have take excellent care of themselves and eat well and are perfectly healthy wind up with GD.

Please do not feel guilty, and stress to YW that she shouldn't either. Our bodies go through many changes when pg, and our ability to process sugars is one of them (I wound up with carpal tunnels instead). Maintain her diet, take the meds the doc tells her to, and both she and the baby will be fine. Good luck.

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