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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2207214" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>F</p><p></p><p></p><p>From everything I have learned since having gestational diabetes, there is something we are never told for our general health and that is that you will have insulin resistance for 10 or more years prior to becoming prediabetic, and insulin resistance already causes problems in the body with more insulin floating around all the time.</p><p></p><p>Also, when women are pregnant, their blood sugar is naturally a little lower and their cells naturally become a little more insulin resistant so the growing baby will end up with more nutrition. And normal healthy blood sugar should sit between 4 and 6 mmol all the time. So once you are seeing 7s and 8s, I think you are showing signs of insulin resistance.</p><p></p><p>As far as your pregnancy now goes, since you are close to due and are only registering 7 or 8 mmol at the one hour spike (which they don't even look at by the way (although they probably should), they won't blink an eye at that because there are plenty of insulin resistant folk who are classed as "normal and healthy" who spike to 8s and 9s even, and they are not even warned that they are a step in the wrong direction towards diabetes.</p><p></p><p>As the pregnancy goes on, you will naturally become more insulin resistant so if you continue to eat very high carb sugary stuff, you won't be doing your bub a favour in any way, but unless you are registering 8mmol and upwards at the 2 hour mark or over 5.1 (or 5.5 mmol) fasting, I doubt they will do anything differently. Except if you eat very high carb and manage to grow your baby to be over 4kg, which is what can happen when you are gestationally diabetic. Then giving birth might be a little more uncomfortable for you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>But in your case, as you have a sibling with diabetes, and you probably grew up eating the same foods, you would be wise to educate yourself about insulin resistance and how to eat in a way that will allow you to enjoy some carbohydrates for the rest of your life, rather than eating too many carbs at every meal and in between over the short term and then being faced with having to either go extremely low carb for the rest of your life or progress to diabetes and all the complications. (If I sound harsh, I don't mean to - it's just the pep talk I give myself to keep me on the straight and narrow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy! Enjoy bubs - they really do grow up so fast, don't they?</p><p></p><p>P.S. This video might help you understand insulin resistance and how it progresses to diabetes.</p><p></p><p>The test which can give you the clearest picture (but is not one routinely used) is a glucose tolerance test with an insulin test performed at the same time - fasting (or before), then 1 hour and 2 hours (and sometimes 3 hours) testing for both blood glucose levels and insulin levels to see the relationship. If you can do one of those at some point in the next few years, it might help you see if you are getting close to prediabetes or not.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]wBsnk2PtPeo[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2207214, member: 501623"] F From everything I have learned since having gestational diabetes, there is something we are never told for our general health and that is that you will have insulin resistance for 10 or more years prior to becoming prediabetic, and insulin resistance already causes problems in the body with more insulin floating around all the time. Also, when women are pregnant, their blood sugar is naturally a little lower and their cells naturally become a little more insulin resistant so the growing baby will end up with more nutrition. And normal healthy blood sugar should sit between 4 and 6 mmol all the time. So once you are seeing 7s and 8s, I think you are showing signs of insulin resistance. As far as your pregnancy now goes, since you are close to due and are only registering 7 or 8 mmol at the one hour spike (which they don't even look at by the way (although they probably should), they won't blink an eye at that because there are plenty of insulin resistant folk who are classed as "normal and healthy" who spike to 8s and 9s even, and they are not even warned that they are a step in the wrong direction towards diabetes. As the pregnancy goes on, you will naturally become more insulin resistant so if you continue to eat very high carb sugary stuff, you won't be doing your bub a favour in any way, but unless you are registering 8mmol and upwards at the 2 hour mark or over 5.1 (or 5.5 mmol) fasting, I doubt they will do anything differently. Except if you eat very high carb and manage to grow your baby to be over 4kg, which is what can happen when you are gestationally diabetic. Then giving birth might be a little more uncomfortable for you ;) But in your case, as you have a sibling with diabetes, and you probably grew up eating the same foods, you would be wise to educate yourself about insulin resistance and how to eat in a way that will allow you to enjoy some carbohydrates for the rest of your life, rather than eating too many carbs at every meal and in between over the short term and then being faced with having to either go extremely low carb for the rest of your life or progress to diabetes and all the complications. (If I sound harsh, I don't mean to - it's just the pep talk I give myself to keep me on the straight and narrow ;) Best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy! Enjoy bubs - they really do grow up so fast, don't they? P.S. This video might help you understand insulin resistance and how it progresses to diabetes. The test which can give you the clearest picture (but is not one routinely used) is a glucose tolerance test with an insulin test performed at the same time - fasting (or before), then 1 hour and 2 hours (and sometimes 3 hours) testing for both blood glucose levels and insulin levels to see the relationship. If you can do one of those at some point in the next few years, it might help you see if you are getting close to prediabetes or not. [MEDIA=youtube]wBsnk2PtPeo[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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