re: Tell me about GD in pregnancy.

Are you askin about gestational diabetes?
  if so I ended up with it this pregnancy. My first time I was just fine. I actually was under weight at the start of this pregn and still got it. It says over 25 which I'm not. Overweight which I'm not. And certain ethnicity which I didn't qualify for are big risk factors. I also had no diabetes in my family. Shocked me that I got it. I bombed the one hr test and then during the three hr I passed 1 out of 4. I had to watch my diet and check my sugars. If you take in to much sugar and your body doesn't use it the baby does. Which can result in big babies. So csection risk and the baby can be born with low blood sugar and jaundice. Plus preclampsia risk go up. From what I understand as soon as I deliver my body should go back to using sugar properly. But online claims I have a higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes within 10 yrs. Its crazy how different pregnancies can be. Congrats on your children  and glad you didn't have to go thru it. Its not fun 

Quoting JiLLiAN.:" yes. it has a lot to do with weight gain, but it says when you are pregnant, your blood sugar content increases, and some people's body's don't produce adequate amounts of insulin to deal with it."

Ohh okay, okay.
I don't even know why i'm worried about it, i've had a healthy weight gain/pregnancy/etc so far, but it's been something i've been thinking about!

Quoting Amanda Sixx |26 wks|:" im not old or obese  "

lol that's not the ONLY reason. do you have it or do you still not know?

I have it. I know mine is likely caused by me being overweight. I have to test my blood sugar four times a day. Once right after I wake up, then two hours after breakfast, lunch and dinner. I take 5mg of a drug called Glyburide at night because my fasting levels are usually high.  
I have been instructed to be on a low carb diet and exercise a little bit more. I have weekly NST's and ultrasounds to monitor the baby's growth and fluid levels. I am scheduled to be induced at 39 weeks for it.

Quoting JiLLiAN.:" lol that's not the ONLY reason. do you have it or do you still not know?"

i have it  

Quoting Katie[ღ]Siℓas:" I don't know what causes it, or how common it is but if you have it you gotta eat a special carb diet. ... [snip!] ... later in the pregnancy, and more doctors visits, and a ton of non-stress tests. It's more annoying than anything   "

oh man! sounds like it  

Quoting Commander Shepard:" I have it. I know mine is likely caused by me being overweight. I have to test my blood sugar four times ... [snip!] ... weekly NST's and ultrasounds to monitor the baby's growth and fluid levels. I am scheduled to be induced at 39 weeks for it."

can you tell when your levels are effed up?

if you have it, you're at a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later on in life.

and if you have it and it isn't controlled, then your child is at greater risk for type 2 diabetes.

Quoting JiLLiAN.:" it also says mainly older women and obese women get it. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/pregnancy-health/complications/gestational-diabetes.aspx#"

I wasn't old or obese when I had it, I wasn't even overweight.

Quoting Amandalea:" I wasn't old or obese when I had it, I wasn't even overweight."

that isn't the only reason. it has to do with your body not producing adequate amounts of insulin to keep up with increased blood sugar.

Quoting JiLLiAN.:" if you have it, you're at a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later on in life. and if you have it and it isn't controlled, then your child is at greater risk for type 2 diabetes."

i have a high risk cause my mom and grandma have type 2

Quoting Sarah Beth Cline:" Are you askin about gestational diabetes?   if so I ended up with it this pregnancy. My first time ... [snip!] ... Its crazy how different pregnancies can be. Congrats on your children  and glad you didn't have to go thru it. Its not fun "

oh wow! good info, thanks for sharing!
i had pre-e with my first   but then all was well with my second, babies on the small end both times but all c-sections for both   bleh. none related to gestational diabetes, but, yeah  

thanks again for sharing!

Quoting KNZ.:" Good luck!!   and that makes sense, i don't drink soda anyways, with the exception of a root beer float the other day   but i don't think i could do with out pasta! "

i can eat pasta just have to cut down the amount


as for the older and fat lol ladies , im one of them
but anyone can get it , im just more at risk due to age and weight

its just like down syndrome , they say that older woman are more likely to have a child with it , but i know people who are much younger and had a child with it

some people will get gd for no reason , its just one of those things

Quoting Commander Shepard:" I have it. I know mine is likely caused by me being overweight. I have to test my blood sugar four times ... [snip!] ... weekly NST's and ultrasounds to monitor the baby's growth and fluid levels. I am scheduled to be induced at 39 weeks for it."

oh wow! sounds like it's all being monitored really well at least!

Quoting Im watching you:" i can eat pasta just have to cut down the amount as for the older and fat lol ladies , im one of ... [snip!] ... know people who are much younger and had a child with it some people will get gd for no reason , its just one of those things"

good to know, thank you!