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<blockquote data-quote="cloudedskies" data-source="post: 460741" data-attributes="member: 27035"><p>Hello, </p><p></p><p>I have just stumbled across this forum whilst on a google-a-thon.</p><p></p><p>I am newly pregnant, just 6 weeks, with much wanted baby number 5. </p><p></p><p>My first 3 pregnancies were normal with no GD, but it was discovered late on in pregnancy number 4, at 35 weeks, that I had it, after sugar (Or something, I forget!) in urine prompted further testing at a routine appointment. I just over 35 weeks, and I had my baby, by planned c-section, at exactly 38 weeks. I was due to have a section anyway but it was bought forward due to the GD. In those few short weeks I really struggled with my numbers and was thankful I was so close to the end. </p><p></p><p>Now I am pregnant again, and I understand there is a high chance the GD will return. I still have my testing kit from my last pregnancy and I started testing myself last week, fasting in the morning, and 1 hour after evening meals, occasionally other meals too, but I only had a limited number of test strips left and I have now ran out! I think my numbers were high <img src="http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The few fastings I took were between 4.8 and 5.6, which I think is OK?</p><p></p><p>And my 1 hr after meals readings, have been 9.8, 11.9, 8.9, 8.6, 8.0 and 10.0, this is high I think?</p><p></p><p>I saw my GP on Tuesday and took along the meter and my readings, he was rather rude and told me if I continued to be overweight (Which I am, but not massively so) I was guaranteed Type 2 in the future, and as I had failed to lose weight since my last pregnancy, it was a given that I would have GD this time <img src="http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>He sent me for HbA1c and a GTT yesterday, and it will be a couple of days before I hear anything. </p><p></p><p>I asked what can I do now, and should I be worried etc, and he told me to avoid "Pasta, rice, noodles and anything carby and filling" and that was pretty much it. </p><p></p><p>I dont know what to think, or what to do. I feel like being so early in my pregnancy that they will not be prepared to do much with me and I will have to wait until I am over 12 weeks, but what can I do now? And what damage is happening to my baby? <img src="http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I feel a bit lost and unbelievably confused & overwhelmed.</p><p></p><p>Lise <img src="http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cloudedskies, post: 460741, member: 27035"] Hello, I have just stumbled across this forum whilst on a google-a-thon. I am newly pregnant, just 6 weeks, with much wanted baby number 5. My first 3 pregnancies were normal with no GD, but it was discovered late on in pregnancy number 4, at 35 weeks, that I had it, after sugar (Or something, I forget!) in urine prompted further testing at a routine appointment. I just over 35 weeks, and I had my baby, by planned c-section, at exactly 38 weeks. I was due to have a section anyway but it was bought forward due to the GD. In those few short weeks I really struggled with my numbers and was thankful I was so close to the end. Now I am pregnant again, and I understand there is a high chance the GD will return. I still have my testing kit from my last pregnancy and I started testing myself last week, fasting in the morning, and 1 hour after evening meals, occasionally other meals too, but I only had a limited number of test strips left and I have now ran out! I think my numbers were high [IMG]http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif[/IMG] The few fastings I took were between 4.8 and 5.6, which I think is OK? And my 1 hr after meals readings, have been 9.8, 11.9, 8.9, 8.6, 8.0 and 10.0, this is high I think? I saw my GP on Tuesday and took along the meter and my readings, he was rather rude and told me if I continued to be overweight (Which I am, but not massively so) I was guaranteed Type 2 in the future, and as I had failed to lose weight since my last pregnancy, it was a given that I would have GD this time [IMG]http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif[/IMG] He sent me for HbA1c and a GTT yesterday, and it will be a couple of days before I hear anything. I asked what can I do now, and should I be worried etc, and he told me to avoid "Pasta, rice, noodles and anything carby and filling" and that was pretty much it. I dont know what to think, or what to do. I feel like being so early in my pregnancy that they will not be prepared to do much with me and I will have to wait until I am over 12 weeks, but what can I do now? And what damage is happening to my baby? [IMG]http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif[/IMG] I feel a bit lost and unbelievably confused & overwhelmed. Lise [IMG]http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/images/smilies/frown.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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