gestational diabetes

Hi all, I had gestational diabetes in 2023. So since, I’ve had HbA1c tests and the results were 34mmol in 2023 after giving birth and 35 mmol in 2024. Fast forward this year, something made me start taking my readings after meals. Surprisingly, my 1h readings were ok, but my 2h readings were...

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 -...

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...

OK, so I am a low carber! I am pregnant, I am on low levels of insulin... I had diabetes which resolved and now have gd back! I am being harassed by the diabetes nurses and Dr's because they want me to eat carbs... I argued with them and refused, I explained that I had been able to low carb the...

OK, I get gd, this is my 8th pregnancy. Background info: I'm intolerant to metformin. Last pregnancy I was low carb and needed no medication, The first 2 pregnancies didn't need help and gd wasn't bad at all. All the others I needed very high levels of insulin. This pregnancy though I'm low...