For those of you who have had gestational diabetes in previous pregnancies, how long after birth was it before your sugar levels were fine? (This is, of course, assuming it went away.) The doctors seem pretty certain that mine will go away after delivery since I'm fully diet controlled and almost always have good numbers...just looking for what to expect after delivery so I know when I would be able to assume that I have type 2 as opposed to GD.
Thanks!
Re: How long for gestational diabetes to go away?
BFP #1 12/02/11, M/C 12/08/11
BFP #2 04/06/12, DD born 12/20/12
BFP #3 06/09/14, M/C 06/15/14
I was on insulin and my dosage was increased almost every appt, so by the end I was on quite a bit, so they were worried I could actually be an overt diabetic. I'm only 4 months PP but I honestly can't remember how my sugars were in the hospital after birth. I want to say they were good, but they also had me on my diet still and half of my dosage of insulin.
Once home, I only half assed my insulin (I could barely get time to eat/remember to eat with a newborn so insulin wasn't happening often) and blood sugar testing, but when I did test my numbers were good, even after a super carb-y meal. I took the official 2 hour glucola at my 6 week PP appt and my numbers were great, no more GD. So even bad cases can go away eventually.
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!
@lizzyrae78 Usually if someone has undiagnosed diabetes going in to pregnancy versus developing GD during pregnancy it is type 2.
It's easier for type 2 to go undiagnosed for longer than type 1 just becuase your body is still producing insulin, just not using it effectively. With type 1 the symptoms are usually pretty bad prior to diagnosis (of course that doesn't mean it doesn't go undiagnosed from time to time) as your immune system has killed off your beta (insulin producing cells) completely.
Being diagnoses with diabetes early in pregnancy doesn't always mean that it isn't GD but it usually indicates that you have some sort of pre-existing insulin resistance that could be exasperated by the placenta. It could just mean that you are at a higher risk of developing type 2 later on in life.
@lizzyrae78 The whole "honeymoon" period is usually linked to type 1 diabetes. There is a lot of debate in the medical community if it actually exists or not.
I do know that for me, there was a point pretty early on in pregnancy where my insulin needs did drop for while. My endo says it has something to do with the fetus starting to produce their own insulin etc. As the pregnancy has gone on though the placenta is interferring more and more with how my body absorbs insulin and my needs have gone up and up.
It is frustrating, my doctors are actually talking about putting me on a stress leave from work for a bit to try and take something off my plate, but it is managable. Take it one day at a time and if you ever need to talk feel free to PM me
Current on about 1.5 units humalog bfast. Usually eat about 15 carbs oatmeal and cottage cheese
1 unit at lunch. Usually have about 50 carbs
2 unit for dinner. Usually have about 50 carbs
No insulin on my three in between meals snacks /bedtime snack
Then
21 units lantus at bed time
Been waking up with low bs. 58-60's
Then sometimes after meals bs don't rise. Had a burrito bowl from Chipotle at lunch. About 60 carbs. Took my usual one unit of Humalog, and my blood sugar before lunch was 87 it rose to 89 one hour after lunch? Still hungry too.
This whole thing is really frustrating