Robin'sBrood :
I don't want to be a downer here but let me just throw something out to you gals with your gestational diabetes tests. Last year when I was pregnant with Ethan I failed my first GTT (by 1 number) and had to do the 3 hour fasting test. I just knew I was going to fail that one too, but I got a call from my OB's office saying I had passed it. So I ate anything and everything my sweet tooth wanted me to eat. Then when Ethan was born (@ 9lbs, 15oz) he wound up being hypoglycemic and had to stay in the NICU for 6 days because he couldn't keep his blood sugar up. The neonatologist questioned my GD results so I called my OB and asked for my numbers. They were so high that it barely passed as normal, but no one told me this.
So I'm guessing that I probably did develop GD after I had that last test done and went through the rest of my pregnancy undiagnosed with it.... and my baby suffered as a result of it. If y'all even think you might have it, ask for your actual numbers and ask your doctors if, even if you "pass" but your numbers are in the high zone, if you need to alter your diet. It's no fun being discharged from the hospital without your baby, and it is beyond scary to think babies can die from uncontrolled GD.
Might be a downer but it is true. That is why I keep a check on my sugar at home with my diabetic tester. I was told with my first baby that I could cause him to be still born if I let my sugar get too high and kept it that way. Try to never let it get over 170 right after a meal and if it does, I drink lots of water and walk for awhile to bring it back down.
I don't want to be a downer here but let me just throw something out to you gals with your gestational diabetes tests. Last year when I was pregnant with Ethan I failed my first GTT (by 1 number) and had to do the 3 hour fasting test. I just knew I was going to fail that one too, but I got a call from my OB's office saying I had passed it. So I ate anything and everything my sweet tooth wanted me to eat. Then when Ethan was born (@ 9lbs, 15oz) he wound up being hypoglycemic and had to stay in the NICU for 6 days because he couldn't keep his blood sugar up. The neonatologist questioned my GD results so I called my OB and asked for my numbers. They were so high that it barely passed as normal, but no one told me this.
Might be a downer but it is true. That is why I keep a check on my sugar at home with my diabetic tester. I was told with my first baby that I could cause him to be still born if I let my sugar get too high and kept it that way. Try to never let it get over 170 right after a meal and if it does, I drink lots of water and walk for awhile to bring it back down.
