Terrified that I have GD

[Lj8893]

I have my GTT on Monday and I'm so scared for the result!

I have pcos (mildly) and have a high Bmi of 35.

My mum also had gestational diabetes when she was pregnant with me.

How likely am I to have it? And how bad is it if I do?

Can't say how likely you are to have it, I have had it in both my pregnancys and the only risk factor I have is family history of diabetes.

As I said on another thread, IMO it's one of the "better" pregnancy complications to have because it is 100% treatable and when treated your pregnancy is no higher risk than any other. GD is only dangerous if you don't know you have it or you don't control your blood sugars once you do know.

The "treatment" is a low GI/sugar diet. In 10% of women that isn't enough so they may also need tablets or insulin injections.

Hi, my sister had GD and my little boy has type 1 diabetes. My sister managed her GD really well and once you learn about carb counting (basically meat and cheese = no carbs/ milk, cake, bread = lots of carbs) then you just adjust your diet to fit. If you have it, they'll still be loads you can eat. I knew nothing about nutrition and carbs before my son got diabetes (and didn't want to as friends had bored me to death with diets, healthy eating drives etc) but even I picked it up really quickly.

As I understand it, GD resolves itself after baby is born and there should be no lasting effects on mother or baby.

My sister's worst GD moment was bursting into tears outside the cake shop, which she still laughs about - she says it was a lot more to do with pregnancy hormones than any GD trauma!

Hope all goes well for you.xx

Please don't worry. I was diagnosed with gd in my recent pregnancy. My dad has type two and I think my bmi was also 35. I am 30. I had a gtt at 29 weeks and cried when my gp told me as I thought it was my fault by eating badly. But it wasn't. Its a hormone reaction you have no control over.

By the end I was on 26 units of insulin twice a day and a very restricted diet. My son was born in April by cs at 38.5 as he was breech. He was absolutely fine. My gtt three weeks post was fine too. My dh and I still follow the principles the diet and feel better for it.

As a previous poster says its not that bad completely treatable and only dangerous if you don't treat it. my doctors said a lot of women refuse the test as they 'know' they don't have it. Complete bollocks and so risky as you feel exactly the same with high or low readings as they keep you on such tight levels.

I have GD and had it in my last pregnancy too. Never quite sure why I got it other than that I have quite bad pcos. Please don't worry about it, it isn't even really an issue! The only time it's a problem is when eating out or if someone cooks for you and having to be quite straightforward and saying that you can only eat some of it etc if what they have made is carb heavy (eg pasta and no veg/salad).. It can be a bit embarrassing but once you explain it's because of the baby and you have to test your blood sugar people don't mind as it's an enforced diet, not a fussy person diet! It doesn't mean you can't eat cakes and stuff either. They key thing is to spread out your food intake. Eg at lunchtime I will have a sandwich (needs to have salad in and be seeded thin slice bread) wait an hour and do my reading and then have a yogurt and apple. I think a cake is fine if you have it mid afternoon not near any other carb intake when your sugars have gone down again.