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jbal918 · June 2016

Sorry I'm late! First day of camp was today!!

How are you feeling?

Are your numbers pretty good?

Any tips or suggestions for anyone?

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jbal918 · June 2016

How are you feeling?
Why is the nausea coming back?!

Are your numbers pretty good?
So far they have been good. A few spikes but I'm only on week one of trying new foods.

Any tips or suggestions for anyone?
I carry PB Protein bars in case I get "the shakes" or need a quick snack.

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I need a nap lol

mkc3888 · June 2016

How are you feeling?
Mostly good. Anytime I wait too long to eat I get nauseated, but otherwise I'm good.
Are your numbers pretty good?
Wouldn't know.
Any tips or suggestions for anyone?
I spoke to a friend of mine, a dietician. Her advice to me was to eat something every 2-3 hours. It makes a difference. I feel better.
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I'm a little frustrated with my OBs office and their way of handling my diagnosis of GD. I think I'm going to wait until my next appointment and talk to my dr about it. I hate not knowing where I stand. I guess it's good that I'm feeling better though. I use to get really hot after eating. I wonder if that was from my blood sugar being high. I don't experience that anymore.

Rachandcorey · June 2016

How are you feeling?
Pretty good. My only complaints is back pain and heartburn.
Are your numbers pretty good?
During the day I'm great. I'm still having trouble with my morning fasting number.
Any tips or suggestions for anyone?
I just try to take this one reading at a time
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Sometimes I just want a bowl of pasta followed by a bowl of ice cream!!!!

blessyourheartmama · June 2016

How are you feeling?
Tired.

Are your numbers pretty good?

I thought they were, but got the bad news today that I'll have to start medicine.

Any tips or suggestions for anyone?

Nope. I'm obviously not working my diet like I should.

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I'm so frustrated. I felt like I was doing ok with my diet alone. I've gotten farther this pregnancy un-medicated than I did my first, so at least there's that.

anna.oskar · June 2016

How are you feeling? Overall.. pretty good despite my normal morning afternoon night sickness. This morning... terrible. I shall vent below.

Are your numbers pretty good? Absolutely bizarre lately. No rhyme or reason to them but luckily considered controlled.

Any tips or suggestions for anyone? Always get a 2nd opinion.

Want to vent? Share away! So my numbers have been really good lately. Less than 140 post meals, 80ish for fasting. I'm insulin controlled day and night. Novalog before lunch and dinner (12ish units) Novalin before bed (30 units). Ate at Red Lobster last night so did an extra 4 units to compensate a touch for the 2 cheddar bay biscuits I can't resist but the rest of my meal was low carb in that I drank just water and had grilled shrimp. Post meal 1 hr# was 182. Pretty normal high for biscuits. Took a 2 hr# 208. Totally weird to still increase. Only water before bed and just to make sure it was dropping had a check pre-bed of #99. Cool. Normal. Woke up at 12:15 in a cold sweat shaking. Husband grabbed my monitor and I was 44!!! Got me to the kitchen and had to force-feed me caramel ice cream. Took 20 minutes to get me up to 88. Holy Hypoglycemia! Totally scary. Nurse today says "It's just something that happens during pregnancy" *sigh*

jbal918 · June 2016

@Rachandcorey my dietician said I think a 1/4 or 1/2 cup of ice cream is ok! She said check after macaroni and see because your body might be able to handle it but I haven't tried yet!

@anna.oskar wow that's scary! The lowest I've got to was 60 and I thought that was super low!

UponAStar16 · June 2016

@anna.oskar ugh that sucks....actually it's not just something that happens during pregnancy, it's something that happens when you take insulin so I don't know why the nurse said that and seemed to shrug it off. Middle of the night lows are super scary...and even though there's this thought they always wake you up, I can say that's not true bc I have a CGM and have seen it drop low several times in a night yet I didn't wake up. It sucks when you adjust insulin for extra carbs and then get delayed highs and a crash later...is your OB or an endo handling your insulin? Either way see what they say about possibly taking the Novalin in the morning instead of before bed? It could have been bc of the extra insulin you took as well as the night time long-acting...not sure about the specific types now (I only take short-acting in my pump) but I remember doctors used to insist that long acting insulin didn't peak but after a few months of me telling them about the lows and then highs after about 12 hrs, they realized other people were reporting the same so it might be true...so then they had me split the dose to take twice a day. I'd suggest if you drop 100 pts (even though it was a good thing, down from 208), if you can wait to go to bed retest in 15 or 30 min and see if it's still dropping and consider a small snack, and/or set your alarm to test later during the night?

westcoastfoodie · June 2016

How are you feeling? Alright, just missing carbs and sweets

Are your numbers pretty good? For the most part they seem alright. Here and there I have spikes, but not crazy.

Any tips or suggestions for anyone? Not this week... just got home from a trip so I'm trying to get back to normal routine. I probably cheated a little more than I should, but I also got a lot more activity in too.

Want to vent? Share away! I was in Austin for the weekend and I just miss being able to eat whatever the heck I want on vacation without having to worry about it. But it's all for the best!

anna.oskar · June 2016

UponAStar16 said:

@anna.oskar ugh that sucks....actually it's not just something that happens during pregnancy, it's something that happens when you take insulin so I don't know why the nurse said that and seemed to shrug it off. Middle of the night lows are super scary...and even though there's this thought they always wake you up, I can say that's not true bc I have a CGM and have seen it drop low several times in a night yet I didn't wake up. It sucks when you adjust insulin for extra carbs and then get delayed highs and a crash later...is your OB or an endo handling your insulin? Either way see what they say about possibly taking the Novalin in the morning instead of before bed? It could have been bc of the extra insulin you took as well as the night time long-acting...not sure about the specific types now (I only take short-acting in my pump) but I remember doctors used to insist that long acting insulin didn't peak but after a few months of me telling them about the lows and then highs after about 12 hrs, they realized other people were reporting the same so it might be true...so then they had me split the dose to take twice a day. I'd suggest if you drop 100 pts (even though it was a good thing, down from 208), if you can wait to go to bed retest in 15 or 30 min and see if it's still dropping and consider a small snack, and/or set your alarm to test later during the night?

THIS! Thank goodness for you validating what I've been saying to them.

jbal918 · June 2016

I had a piece of pizza yesterday which I've had before and my number was fine and today it was 191... I don't get it!!

I'm thinking feeling sick definitely affects numbers because they were high again this morning and tonight. Gonna call the dr in the morning to ask though.

*edited to add

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