cloudedskies
Member
Hello there,
My name is Lise, and I have been reading much of your forum this weekend.
I am 35 weeks pregnant with my 4th baby and was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes on Thursday, after a crazy and confusing couple of days!
I'm having a few niggles (Unrelated to diabetes) with this pregnancy, and had a standard antenatal check-up at the hospital on Wed, my urine sample showed 2+ of glucose was present, and this has been the 3rd occaision that gluecose had shown up, so I had a finger prick test done, which was 9.7, I hadn't eaten in about 2.5 hours by then as I'd been waiting around so long at hospital. They had me in for urgent GTT first thing Thur morning, after fasting for 12 hours first. On arrival to hospital, finger prick showed 6.7, had 410ml lucozade and tested again 2 hours later, 9.8. I then had more bloods taken which confirmed the results.
I'm booked in to see several people on Tuesday morning, a dietician, diabetes Dr, and a consultant who deals with pregnant ladies who have diabetes. I've been told to expect to be there several hours!
I'm told this is likely to clear up after my pregnancy, but I am really worried it wont. When I had the GTT within 45 mins, I was shakey, light headed, flush and feeling pretty odd. I had a walk about, fresh air, called my husband, then went back and told the midwife, who sat me in a private room with a fan and encouraged me to lie down, which I didn't want to. I stayed there until the 2 hours passed and next blood was done. I felt AWFUL! Like I might pass out at any minute, but this isn't unusual, it happens once a week or so and has done for years, is that a bad sign?
I'm really worried about the changes I'm going to have to make, I'm quite fussy anyway, with a major sweet tooth and a passion for potatoes! I have also recently gone into the cake making and decorating world and bake on a weekly basis, I cant bare to think about it at the moment!
Sorry to ramble on, I'm sure my poor husband has had enough of me! I've been in a bit of a sulk since Thur, I just want it to be Tues so I can find out exactly whats what, get my test meter and start learning.
Lise
My name is Lise, and I have been reading much of your forum this weekend.
I am 35 weeks pregnant with my 4th baby and was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes on Thursday, after a crazy and confusing couple of days!
I'm having a few niggles (Unrelated to diabetes) with this pregnancy, and had a standard antenatal check-up at the hospital on Wed, my urine sample showed 2+ of glucose was present, and this has been the 3rd occaision that gluecose had shown up, so I had a finger prick test done, which was 9.7, I hadn't eaten in about 2.5 hours by then as I'd been waiting around so long at hospital. They had me in for urgent GTT first thing Thur morning, after fasting for 12 hours first. On arrival to hospital, finger prick showed 6.7, had 410ml lucozade and tested again 2 hours later, 9.8. I then had more bloods taken which confirmed the results.
I'm booked in to see several people on Tuesday morning, a dietician, diabetes Dr, and a consultant who deals with pregnant ladies who have diabetes. I've been told to expect to be there several hours!
I'm told this is likely to clear up after my pregnancy, but I am really worried it wont. When I had the GTT within 45 mins, I was shakey, light headed, flush and feeling pretty odd. I had a walk about, fresh air, called my husband, then went back and told the midwife, who sat me in a private room with a fan and encouraged me to lie down, which I didn't want to. I stayed there until the 2 hours passed and next blood was done. I felt AWFUL! Like I might pass out at any minute, but this isn't unusual, it happens once a week or so and has done for years, is that a bad sign?
I'm really worried about the changes I'm going to have to make, I'm quite fussy anyway, with a major sweet tooth and a passion for potatoes! I have also recently gone into the cake making and decorating world and bake on a weekly basis, I cant bare to think about it at the moment!
Sorry to ramble on, I'm sure my poor husband has had enough of me! I've been in a bit of a sulk since Thur, I just want it to be Tues so I can find out exactly whats what, get my test meter and start learning.
Lise
