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Re: Gestational Diabetes Thread!
@krysnicole1022 the maternal fetal medicine specialist told me during my first appointment that they'd strongly recommend I induce at 39 weeks, potentially earlier. She told me the primary reason was due to typical baby size in GDM patients. I had my follow up and since sugars are good and baby is pacing via ultrasound at the 50th percentile, that they won't have any reason for me to induce earlier like originally planned. I had been telling them I don't want to induce early unless there is a really necessary reason, and they agreed that it wasn't needed, so that was a nice feeling.
they also have a few on gestational diabetes:
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-induction-for-gestational-diabetes/
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/gestational-diabetes-and-the-glucola-test/
For me I have large babies and I have GD but I don't have large babies BECAUSE of my GD. I control it perfectly. No one in either of our families has large babies. I'm a small person. I get started at and people start looking at me like I'm about to drop a baby out on the floor around 25 weeks.
Always always always advocate for yourself and your baby. Just because they *think* a baby might be large doesn't mean it will be. That being said they did predict my son's birth weight down to the ounce and they were absolutely correct. 🤣
#2 - 6lb 15 oz
#3 - 8lb 1 oz
I am glad you figured out that there is something wrong with your monitor! I hope you can start feeling better!
Yeah they really don't care. It's really frustrating. They have accuchecks in most offices so I don't see what the big deal is. They just want to bill you $5000 and do nothing. I do not like MFM.
- managing my stress level. The days when I am feeling the stress, my number is significantly higher the next morning. This is way more easily said than executed, but I have had to just let a lot of things go that I would otherwise fret over and it has helped with my numbers. Especially work related stress.
- workout before bed. I have been doing a 3-4 mile walk just before going to bed and it really helped my numbers.
- more water - drinking two large glasses before bed. Guarantees multiple wake ups a night, but helps overall. If numbers from the day are particularly high, a tablespoon or two of apple cider vinegar in that large glass of water does wonders too. Pickles have a simmer effect of preventing a spike.
- I personally don’t eat a snack before bed, but a low/no carb, high protein snack is usually recommended. I think this is especially true if your numbers from dinner continue to be slightly elevated?
Have you identified the cause for the elevated numbers? Is it the dawn phenomenon? You can pin this down by testing a few hours earlier than your normal wake up time to see if those numbers are elevated or normal. This can help you understand if it is a hormonal release causing the spike at wake up time or if it is that your blood sugar is going down extra slow over night (meaning your diet before bed might be contributing more).
So far today my numbers are:
84 — fasting from night
81 — 2 hours post breakfast
Seems to fall in line?
You might end up needing insulin if the metformin doesn't work for you?
My limited, not medically trained understanding is that if you are experiencing the dawn phenomenon, it is much harder to bring that under control without insulin. If your numbers are staying high all night, it might be something you can change to prevent that spike before bed (with diet/exercise changes). Not an expert though. Just would be more data points to discuss with your diabetes management team.
We did discuss how not getting enough carbs can actually give you higher blood sugar readings because your body starts pulling it/making it when it needs more sugar. The pregnant human body is bizarre.
Mainly I left there feeling pretty good because she said I was educated enough that her job was easy. We still went over a few things. She asked me to provide her with meal examples and she was blown away by my mental meal calculations. 🤣🤣 I have a lot of carb and protein content memorized. She told me that the protein is what most of her patients struggle with which I get. I can't remember where I left my keys but I can tell you the carb content of various wraps and breads. She ended it by making sure I knew that dark chocolate was actually beneficial to GD and I said "oh believe me...I have all the dark chocolate in my house. It's all I eat."