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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Londonwriter" data-source="post: 2176605" data-attributes="member: 517288">Antje, Millie, thanks for the replies <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Thanks for this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've now spoken to my sister-in-law, who has Type I diabetes, and she said many of the same things as you! Unfortunately, the first place I asked for advice was a GD support group who said carb counting wouldn't work because some ladies with GD can spike with lettuce if they're intolerant to it, and that ladies with GD need to snack three times a day to avoid their liver dumping glucose into the blood stream.My sister-in-law thinks that's all b****t too. However, without knowing much about GD, we assumed I had really quirky GD as I don't need to snack and the carb counting approach was working for us.Although statistically that seems to be the case, the NHS guidelines and advice to newly-diagnosed GD patients doesn't give that impression <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> My SIL said that too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The NHS guidelines are quite strict (fasting below 5.3: my fasting is ~6.1) and many ladies with GD seem to be able to eat a low-GI, moderate-carb diet without medication - so I assume I have severe GD (even if not bad diabetes).Unfortunately, this pregnancy only exists because I concentrate on possible autoimmune disease <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I have an undiagnosed disease that causes chronic fever, joint pain, brain fog, rashes, severe Raynaud's with tissue damage, etc. and which seems to stop me getting pregnant. I've had it treated off-label/empirically twice and, each time, I've become pregnant. I've been treated throughout the pregnancy (just gone into remission) and am due to see an immunologist after the birth. So, obviously, it would be helpful to know if I have autoantibodies to my own pancreas. However, with having a family history of Type II in old age  (two grandparents and an uncle), it might be unconnected, of course.</blockquote>

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