gestational diabetes

Hi Everyone As you can see I'm new here. My name is Louisa I'm 44 years old, I'm married with 2 children a girl 13 and a boy of 7. My diabetic journey started when I was pregnant with my daughter Erin. I had to go to the hospital for a scan as the doctors thought I had polycystic ovaries. As...

Hello all- I am 37 years old and recently had my second GD baby. 11 weeks post partum. My first was 6 years ago and was fully diet controlled. Passed my gtt that time at 6 weeks. I had A1c every few years and was 5.2. This recent pregnancy things were harder to control and I was on a small...

I’m awaiting further testing for. Diabetes and in the meantime I am still monitoring my blood sugars with my agamatrix blood machine which I had during my pregnancy. Today I’ve had two readings below 3.8 and this is once before my evening meal and two hours after my evening meal. I’m awaiting...

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at the end of my pregnancy. My doctor brought forward my 12 week hba1c blood test to 9 weeks postpartum as he wanted to see what was going on with my bloods near the end of my pregnancy. My result came back as 38mmol, I know this isn’t...

Hi everyone just looking for some advice please. I had to test my blood sugars daily whilst 37 weeks pregnant for suspected gestational diabetes, all results were fine apart from one reading that came back as 12 an hour eating a dominoes, this was a whole medium pizza and some wedges. from...

Hi all! Got a diagnosis of type 2 a couple of weeks before Christmas. A bit of background: - 35 years old - Healthy BMI of 23 and an OK diet (love my fruit and veg, no major sweet tooth, just love a glass of red or two at the weekends and a slice of bread and butter) - Exercise regularly -...

Firstly I don’t mean to upset anyone this is a bit complicated. I was diagnosed with ‘gestational diabetes’ when I was pregnant I had to take steroids during the pregnancy as I was so sick. Baby just turned one. Anyway when I was diagnosed I was gutted and frightened it wouldn’t go away. I...

Hello. I wonder could someone give me a bit of advice. I’m almost 6 months postpartum. I had gestational diabetes and was on insulin for my fastings numbers as I had hyperememsis gravidarum so wouldn’t have been able to keep tablets down. I had steroids during my pregnancy for the extreme...

Hey I wonder if anyone can help me. Long story but I’m 5 months postpartum, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in pregnancy. I was put on steroids for my hyperememsis gravidarum and it increased the risk. I was diagnosed with home meter readings (my fasting levels started at 5.7 at 24...

Hi I’ve had GD in my last pregnancy so they tested me at 12 weeks this time. My post 1 hour meals levels have been within range, however my morning fasting ones are high, can someone please recommend anything, I’ve been given a week otherwise will be put on medication. My last pregnancy I...

Hi Everyone, I’m feeling a bit lost and would love some direction (I know it’s not medical advice). I’m 27, female and have been randomly checking my blood sugars for a couple of months now. My fasting levels are all between 5-6mmol, so I went to the doctor to ask for testing for diabetes. All...

I had gestational diabetes with my daughter who I gave birth to in early May. In September I took a finger prick test one hour afterwards to see how my blood sugar would respond to a pizza (knowing that it would have obviously given me a high reading in pregnancy). I got a high rating of around...

Hi, I’ve recently been told I have Gd (currently 30 weeks pregnant). My first appointment with the diabetic nurse was quite positive I was told what my targets should be (under 5.6 fasting and no higher than 7.8 for after meals) great I thought after going a good couple weeks of having all my...

Hi all, I've come for some advice after a rather unhelpful encounter with my GP. I was diagnosed with GD during my first pregnancy (approx 4 years ago) very late. Ate a 'normal' aka sugary diet after, stopped testing (as advised!) and HbA1c was 38/39. Told this was fine and not to worry. During...

Hello! At the start of the year I had my annual Hba1c test having had two Gestational Diabetes pregnancies which both involved Humilin I and Novorapid from week 8 of pregnancy with weekly increased doses. Anyway, hbA1c came back as 6.5%, right on the cusp, I wasn’t told that I was prediabetic...

Hello! I'm new to this forum so please bear with me. I'm wanting to connect with mums who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy and the diabetes didn't "go away" immediately after birth of their baby. A little background... I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 28 weeks (first...

Hi everyone, I am new the forum and hoping to get a bit of help. I'm 24 weeks pregnant and have been diagnosed with GD since 12 weeks. I'm currently diet and excercise controlled and keen to keep it that way as long as I'm able (I know that it can go beyond my control as the insulin resistance...

Hi, I was diagnosed with diabetes at 12 weeks of pregnancy, my blood sugar at diagnoses was 19.1 after high sugar drink and high carb meal. My hba1c is around 40-41. Endocrinologist put me on 2 units rapid action before meals and 3 units basal before bed. I’ve tested positive for some type 1...

Hi, Just wanting some advice especially off of any ladies who have been in a similar position. I had gestational diabetes with both my pregnancies. It was really difficult to control and I was on metformin and insulin (4 injections a day and over 70 units a day). I was regularly having hypos...

I have gestational diabetes diagnosed 2 months ago, testing glucose 4 times a day, not medicated, i have been an insomniac my whole life but it might be getting worse with third trimester of pregnancy. My question is I'm awake from 1am frequently not able to snack or drink anything other than...