gestational diabetes

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Have been told today I have to have a glucose tolerance test next week to check if I have gestational diabetes. This is connected to having slightly too much fluid around the baby. Am currently 32 weeks pg. Anyone out there with any advice on diet to try and avoid having to inject insulin? Anyone out there with any advice or experience on what I have ahead of me? I am already very high risk because of previous prem baby and emergency section, plus prolonged reduced fetal movements this time around (prob because of all that fluid!) and to top it all, the radiographer told me the baby is breech legs extended today! I only went in for a check up!

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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

hunkermunker, if you need any extra advice you know where to come! Will you be seeing a dietician as well? I found they were able to add some useful tips to the info I got from the diabetic nurse. Hopefully you can reduce your sugars with diet alone so insulin might not be needed. Remind me, how many weeks are you? Are you due in Dec?

Hiya KM - I'm due on 14th January, so I'm 30 weeks tomorrow. Fingers crossed I can control it through diet. Think part of my problem is eating too-large meals not frequently enough - am an arse.

Not sure about a dietician, will know more after I see the midwife on Monday. Not looking forward to having to prick my fingers so many times a day - I type for a living! LOL!

There seems to be a huge variation on how often to check your levels. Someone on here said 6 times a day, FGS! I initially did it 3 times a day, a fasting pre-breakfast one, then again 2 hrs after lunch & dinner. After a few weeks of having fasting levels around the 4 mark (I was told it had to be less than 6) the dietician told me I could omit a fasting level on alternate days.