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Message: <blockquote data-quote="elaine77" data-source="post: 366029" data-attributes="member: 59930">Hi everyone,I just wanted to write to everyone in this forum about my own experience to see if I can help anyone!I had my first baby aged 20 in 2006. Prior to pregnancy I was a size 8 and 5ft 4 and my daughter was 8lb 12oz. I was not diagnosed with GD during this pregnancy but in retrospect my consultant thinks I might have had it even then. I had my second baby in 2010 and was diagnosed with GD at 33 weeks after having to try and force the hospital to give me tests from 30 weeks due to the fact I was measuring full term with 10 weeks to go! My son was born at 37 weeks weighing 9lb 11oz and had congenital hypothyroidism which they say had nothing to do with my GD but I beg to differ on that! At my 6 weeks check after having my son the diabetes had completely gone and I was discharged.Fast forward two and a half years and after being ill for a while I am told the diabetes has returned and I am type 2 diabetic (December 2012) but then in Feb 2012 when my blood results come back I am told that I am not type 2 I am a type 1.5! Basically, when they checked my blood I tested positive for GAD65 antibodies and so they have doomed me to eventual injecting for life though I am not at that stage yet.The reason I am writing this post is because I believe everyone who is diagnosed with GD who wasn't diabetic prior to pregnancy should have their blood tested 6 weeks after having their baby, not just a glucose tolerance test but a full test to check for antibodies etc... Because if I had have been tested for that at my own 6 weeks check I would have had 2 years to try and slow this disease down (which can be done, for many years if discovered early enough) and might have bought me some more insulin-free time.So for everyone on here who was not diagnosed as diabetic prior to pregnancy I would really recommend you ask your doctor to run bloods for antibodies and c-peptide at your 6 weeks check! It will depend on the doctors in your area but even if it helps just ONE person it will be worth it because antibodies can be present years before symptoms apparently!Thanks for reading <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></blockquote>

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