Has anyone been diagnosed with GD in their first trimester??

Claralilly

Member
Messages
5
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I am 11 weeks pregnant now, and got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 11 weeks ago, I was put in metformin which made me feel sick (little did I know I was pregnant!) since then life has been a roller coaster, another consultant wanted to test for type 1 as I didn't fit the type 2 bracket apparently, that came back negative, also been tested for mody diabetes which also came back negative so I'm thinking I have gestational diabetes but the doctors say this impossible as I'm only in 1st trimester... But I'm wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them?
 

mdsremos

Member
Messages
14
I had gestational diabetes with my second pregnancy at about 26 weeks onwards which disappeared at delivery. This time I started monitoring at 13+4 weeks and had to start insulin the next day as my levels were above the recommended levels straight away and were probably building for a few weeks previously.
I check my levels 7-8 times a day and inject insulin before every meal but my levels are still higher than needed so will check the new level when I see the nurse on 30th Dec.