- Messages
- 818
- Type of diabetes
- Gestational
- Treatment type
- Insulin
So I had gestational diabetes with my 3rd pregnancy, scraped in with a diagnosis when my fasting was 5.1 mmol. 1h and 2h were within acceptable limits. I did however end up on 22 units of insulin for the last few weeks of pregnancy and had the baby at 37 weeks and 5 days. Baby was 3.1kg and currently growing just under the 50th percentile.
In a follow up glucose tolerance test at 2 months post partum, both fasting and 2h were within acceptable limits but the 1h was 12.1mmol. I had been eating a few extra carbs in the lead up to that OGTT but possibly not as many as recommended. The note on the report was that I may have impaired glucose tolerance and to test again in a year.
I decided to ask for a HbA1c earlier though because any time I try to eat a few extra carbs again I would see 1h spikes to 8s, 9s and sometimes 10mmol. I got my first result yesterday (not quite 6 months postpartum). The result was 5.3% (34). I believe prediabetes is from 5.7%? Or maybe higher?
Anyway, what I am wondering is if after 9 months of mostly low carb (sometimes keto) my HbA1c is 5.3%, how much higher would it have been had I just gone on eating carbs this past few months again? Would I actually be prediabetic or even T2 maybe?
I'm tempted to try eating a few more carbs for the next few months to see what they are really doing to my levels but the only benefit would be having subsidised strips vs not being diagnosed and having to buy them myself if I want to keep an eye on things.
If some people can reverse their diabetes within a few months of eating low carb, that would probably mean I could bring on full-blown T2 within a few months too if I don't watch out, right?
I guess I should just feel fortunate that it was caught early during my last pregnancy and just stay fairly low carb, shouldn't I?
The only other thing with my blood results is that the C Reactive Protein came back at 5.4 mg/L (should be under 3.0). So there is inflammation present for some reason. But it could have been the tail end of a winter bug that we all had. My doctor didn't say anything about it. Would you normally want a second test in a few months to confirm it's not chronic inflammation?
EDIT: As an experiment I had some baked sweet potato chips with homemade mayonnaise. Before 4.8 mmol; 60 mins 9.4 mmol; 90 mins after 9.3 mmol; 2 hour 8.5 mmol.
In a follow up glucose tolerance test at 2 months post partum, both fasting and 2h were within acceptable limits but the 1h was 12.1mmol. I had been eating a few extra carbs in the lead up to that OGTT but possibly not as many as recommended. The note on the report was that I may have impaired glucose tolerance and to test again in a year.
I decided to ask for a HbA1c earlier though because any time I try to eat a few extra carbs again I would see 1h spikes to 8s, 9s and sometimes 10mmol. I got my first result yesterday (not quite 6 months postpartum). The result was 5.3% (34). I believe prediabetes is from 5.7%? Or maybe higher?
Anyway, what I am wondering is if after 9 months of mostly low carb (sometimes keto) my HbA1c is 5.3%, how much higher would it have been had I just gone on eating carbs this past few months again? Would I actually be prediabetic or even T2 maybe?
I'm tempted to try eating a few more carbs for the next few months to see what they are really doing to my levels but the only benefit would be having subsidised strips vs not being diagnosed and having to buy them myself if I want to keep an eye on things.
If some people can reverse their diabetes within a few months of eating low carb, that would probably mean I could bring on full-blown T2 within a few months too if I don't watch out, right?
I guess I should just feel fortunate that it was caught early during my last pregnancy and just stay fairly low carb, shouldn't I?
The only other thing with my blood results is that the C Reactive Protein came back at 5.4 mg/L (should be under 3.0). So there is inflammation present for some reason. But it could have been the tail end of a winter bug that we all had. My doctor didn't say anything about it. Would you normally want a second test in a few months to confirm it's not chronic inflammation?
EDIT: As an experiment I had some baked sweet potato chips with homemade mayonnaise. Before 4.8 mmol; 60 mins 9.4 mmol; 90 mins after 9.3 mmol; 2 hour 8.5 mmol.
Last edited:
