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The whole concern is about my baby. I don't want GD undiagnosed and harming my baby!! I am eating as healthy as I can and cutting down carbs. I am also excercising and especially more so after evening meals. I have been eating my fruits and vegetables but there is so much confusing information...

Because I have highlighted in another thread that Ihave been having various health issues and suspect I have diabetes.

Hi, I just wanted to update you guys. My GTT is next week so I decided to stop with finger pricks. However, yesterday I went to a kids birthday party and I just had an apple for breakfast after 14 hours of no food ( I am trying to extend overnight fasting a little) and dashed out. Felt fine. At...

Would an 8.6 1 hour after meals give me the tired spaced out feeling? I have just booked a private OGTT test for 2 weeks time, which will give me a definite answer and then at least I can do something about it. Also, is it worth doing a hba1c or not alongside OGTT? Or is hba1c only reliable...

GP and midwife both said 5.9 was not a fasting blood glucose and therefore they will wait til 24 weeks. And I said I have been testing at home and they dismissed my readings. I have started eating carbs today and definitely getting higher readings. I don't have any risk factors for GD and I nver...

It's still high after 2 hours at 6.7. I'm not sure now whether to stick to low carbs until GTT or just stick to normal carbs until GTT. My readings have only been ok only with low carbs. Will go nag my GP again to give me a GTT earlier. Feeling so down now.

Well anyway today is a different story. I had some carbs to see what my readings would be like. For lunch I had carrots, cucumbers, and a lentil and butterbean soup with croutons. After I felt spaced out and tired. I checked 1 hour after and my readings were high 7's and 1 reading of 8.6. Then...

Thank you for all your encouraging posts. I know even if I have GD, it's not the end of the world and most likely will go away after. This might be a silly question but can I have developed diabetes from May when Hba1c was 30mmol til now like 5 months later? Can diabetes come on that quick?

Some of my readings in the morning have been 6.1 or 5.7. The rest are below 5.4. And after food readings have been okay I guess but I have been on a lower carb diet. The only thing that made me a bit worried aboit this was my initial random plasma glucose trst of 5.9, which was flagged as high...

Thanks for the the info. I am in the UK and I don't think I have any of those risk factors, however, I have had an awful first trimester where I was soooooo exhausted and nasueous, I just didn't walk much or eat much execpt a lot of white carbs and had some fizzy dronks to get me through. I have...

Thank you. I am trying to relax, but it's difficult as I am scared I have GD. Some of my first morning numbers since I have been testing are quite high like 6.1, 5.7. Those numbers, from what I have read here, are not normal for non diabetics. I think the top end is 5.5. But the rest of the day...

Hi, It's me again. I have had an apointment with my midwife and she said she won't test early GD, same as my GP. I showed her my numbers for 5 days. Here are some of the numbers from the last couple of days below: 6.1 - morning fasting 4.9 - before lunch 5.2 and 5.7 - two hours after lunch...

Yes please. Sorry, I posted twice as there was no further response. I guess I have another question, can non diabetics get a higher blood sugar reading on a morning?

Just to update. Went to see GP today. She said I definitely don't have diabetes T2 prior to pregnancy as my last A1c was actually in May 2018 and was 30mmol. And last year was actually 32. She said I have to wait for GTT until 24 weeks as my blood taken at booking appointment was 5.9 non...

Hi, To those who had GD; did it go away after birth? Does changing your diet help in getting the GD to go away after birth?

Also, woyld those levels give me those symptoms I am experiencing like dry mouth at night and foggy head and fatigue?

Thank you so much Anna. My diet has been carb heavy in the beginning but I have very small portions. I did a morning test now and got 6.1, which is high. I just can't believe I have diabetes. I will try and make an appointment but from what I have read if you get destational diabetes early on...

Thank you for your response. Are they in the pre-diabetic range? I'm just concerned my levels don't go down after dinner and stay in the 7's. I haven't done my first morning bloods before eating anything. I asked my midwife for a OGTT and she said only at 28 weeks since my booking in blood...

Hi, I was after a bit of advice and input. Over the last year I have had a few episodes of light headedness, 1 or 2 episodes of blurry vision and just general fatigue. I have had HBA1C test and it was 32 (most recent last year) and 34 when these episodes were happening. Also, non fasting blood...

Thank you for your response. I will definitely be cutting back on the white carbs, and carbs in general. I just never realised until now exactly how bad they can be. And being pregnant and having low energy and nausea doesn't help as you just reach for convenience food, which is sandwiches and...