Gestational Diabetes - HELP!

[heron22]

Hi
I am 34+4 and have gestational diabetes. Taking metformin tablets and keeping a low GI diet. Had a scan today and baby is 6.5 lbs, so he is big but not overly big.

Question please: will it be safe for me to go to full term, ie, 40 weeks? or do i need to deliver early, eg, 38-39 weeks?

thanks! any personal experiences much appreciated!

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Hi there - this thread is a little old. [[https://www.mumsnet.com/pregnancy/gestational-diabetes
If you want to read more about gestational diabetes, we’ve got some information here]]. MNHQ

Ohhh they are supposed to be good I have very nearly bought one myself but my friend has bought one and although she and her baby girl love it i have seen it assmembled and its huge! I am quite limited on space in our bedroom so i bought a small bedside cot instead. Im quite keen on the idea of co sleeping even if i end up not breastfeeding and this is a perfect solution as not sure that DH would be happy to have lo directly in bed with us.

I had pnd with my last birth sadly too but i am more convinced that it was to do with having a bad birthing experience and i was also in an unhappy marriage with not much support. I feel a ok this time around and my DH is marvellous and very supportive. Wow you already have a boy? Thats lovely its going to be really weird for me as all i have known for 16 years is girls lol! I am glad you are taking care of any impending pnd though as its better to be prepared and if you feel yourself slipping a little then it can be taken care of and you can enjoy the birth of your little boy alot more.

My delivery date is 6th February ( im on the fab feb thread ) and i wasnt due till the 21st Feb so you are a little way ahead of me - i will be having my son 6 weeks on Friday so you are going to see your little boy a good couple of weeks before me you lucky thing! My girls were just over 8lbs each and breathing fine except my middle one who was only 6lb but she was breathing fine too and i was lucky because the deliverys were fairly easy,the only thing that i was told and this is to do with insulin levels is that if you are a diabetic induction that most doctors dont like you to labour through the night because of your insulin levels and also the way they might affect the baby when he/she is born.

I think i have got most things ready now. I had to buy everything from scratch so its been rather expensive and we had a wedding to pay for! The thing that i have bought which i think will give me the most peace of mind is an angelcare breathing monitor, just because i am probably a paranoid mummy ( cant you tell lol? ) but it will enable me to sleep fairly peacefully when he lets me! As i am a terrible sleeper as it is.

I am really hoping to breastfeed for alot longer this time. I always tried but didnt get much support and having difficulties at home too didnt help much i think so two weeks or so was my maximum. I am going back to uni for my final year in September as i took this year out but will be going back to Bath instead of Surrey as its alot closer and i dont really fancy the two hour commute with an 8 month old!

4 is a lovely gap for your sons, i have three and a half years between my eldest two and they are great friends, i really really miss having little ones around ( i thought 11 seemed young ) so everyone is awaiting Milo's birth with much anticipation.

Its nice that you dont have too much longer to go, six weeks seems like ages! And hopefully you feel a little better about the diabetes thing. Even if you end up on a little insulin ( it wont be much as you are so near to delivery ) that wont matter and as soon as you are delivered it will all start to rectify ( ie your blood sugars ect )

I am really hoping that i can come off injecting insulin but wont know till 6 weeks after the birth. I am really glad in a way that i got pregnant as i could have been type 2 diabetic for quite a while and not known about it ( i had the GTT after DD3's birth and it was fine ) but as im sure you know if you have GD then there is a strong possibility of you getting type 2 in later life anyway, i just didnt expect it this soon!

Are you on the January ante natal thread? We were discussing you in the February one as someone has delivered on that thread already! It brings it very close to us now and as lots of us have been members since about 6 weeks it seems like the end of a long road

What will you be studying at uni? Bath is a lovely city

I am kinda on the Jan thread, not very active, mostly lurking

Some people are quite negative about boys, but i am very happy to be having 2 boys because i have 3 brothers and am quite comfortable around boys. and i have no sisters, so i would not know what to do with a little girl! having said that, DH and I were hoping for a little girl this time, but no luck!

i am also hoping to breastfeed properly this time. have you heard of Clare Byam-Cook? i have her number and will contact her after xmas about coming to the hospital to get me started on breastfeeding. last time, i had all sorts of problems, plus the depression DID NOT help matters!

today, i have been busy packing my hospital bag. well, mostly putting in my robe, baby's going home outfit. also i just cannot seem to stop cleaning the house. wiping everywhere. scrubbing the kitchen sink. i dont think this is the nesting thing because i started having this compulsion about 3-4 weeks ago. i never knew my kitchen sink could be so shiny! and i am simply addicted to cleaning agents like Mr Muscle. it smells so divine to me that i daydream about putting it all over myself like perfume!

any lemon scented cleaning agent is heaven right now! i know that it is not very healthy be exposed to too much of this kind of stuff. i wear gloves and keep the windows open. DH is thrilled as the house has never been so clean

DS has always loved cleaning, he has his own pair of marigolds. he has been at home with me for a week now (nursery finished for the term) and you should see the two of us, cleaning and scrubbing away!

do you have a lot to do for xmas tomorrow? we are having a quiet one.

rosie, i am glad that your girls get along really well. i was a bit worried about the age gap with my boys. but my DS has been nothing but loving towards my bump. sometimes he comes along to the scan and he just keeps kissing my tummy and says "my baby".

anyway, i am off to have a nap. have a Merry Christmas

Heron, you have a perfect gap between your boys :-) DS1 is of an age that he can be loving and a little responsible for DS2 but also a good friend and playmate with him.

I was studying culture and communications theory at Surrey, was good fun and i enjoyed it very much, sad to leave really but wouldnt have graduated with any of my friends anyway as have taken this year out.

I have been going mad with cleaning too not sure if it isnt a bit early for nesting though lol. Well hope you have a very happy Christmas... Ill be around if you fancy a chat

xx

Hi Rosie,
i have been offline for so long because i got stricken with a really bad cold. i actually thought it was the flu cos i had high temp, chills, body aches etc. and i was really worried about my baby when my temp got to 39 deg C. ended up calling a night doc for home visit. he was very good and my throat was red swollen gave me antibiotics. i felt better after 12 hours and i basically slept on and off for the next 3 days. DH became Mr Mum and looked after me and DS. i didnt think he could do it but he did really well! goes to show you that he never does anything not because he cant it is because i do everything!

anyway, i am still not 100%. also DS got the same bug but he was over it without medication in 24 hours.

the weather has been so cold. we went out for a short bit yesterday and we came back with hacking coughs. so today, we've been house bound and DS is literally bouncing off the walls.

how have you been? hope you had a lovely xmas and new year's day!

I am now 33 weeks pregnant (with my 2nd). I was told I had GD at 29 weeks - was thrilled! I have been put on a very strict eating regime - lots of low GI carbs and veg. I have to test my sugars 6 times a day - and on the whole they are fine but I am getting fed up of the whole regime now and just want to have the baby. The up side is that I am putting on no weight - as with my 1st pregnancy these last weeks I ate like a pig and put on weight. The NHS staff have been amazing - taking really good care of me - although the attention is a little overwhelming. I asked my consultant about still birth - and he said this is more likely (or though very rare) for those with existing diabetes. I have also been told I will be induced by 40 weeks. Luckily this will be by easter - so I have told my husband I would like the hugest egg he can find!!!

i had gd and although dd was measuring fine by scan i was measuring 2cm too big by tape measure, they decided i would be induced at 39+5 so i couldnt go over, they gave me a sweep dead on 39 weeks she arrived at 39+3 weighing 6lb 10oz! i diet controlled my gd and had no problems at all with it, except the inconvience of it really! in a way im glad i had it cos have learnt alot about how pregnancies can differ with ds he arrived at 36+5 now a healthy hypo nearly 4 year old and i think if they hadnt of given me that sweep due to gd i KNOW i would have been overdue!!!