GD Check-in 1/20

[goofygoff]

Since it looks like things are picking up here, and I see some of my fellow GD gals, I figured I'd start one of these.


- How many weeks?

- Treatment/regimen?

- Triumphs or frustrations this week?

- Favorite meal or snack this week?

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be?

[goofygoff]

- How many weeks? 34w3d

- Treatment/regimen? Diet and Metformin (1000mg 2x daily)/Testing 4x daily

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? I was able to eat a cupcake at my baby shower on Saturday, and only went up to 151. It's been my only "cheat" outside of Christmas and Thanksgiving.

- Favorite meal or snack this week? I've become addicted to Trader Joe's chicken pot pies.

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be? Mexican food, washed down with a nice cerveza.

[tazminian]

Hey Goofy! Thanks for starting this up over here. I don't know why I have a phobia of starting threads.

- How many weeks? 32w5d

- Treatment/regimen? Metformin (500mg 2x daily) No testing required yet

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? I have done a terrible job on my diet. I have been sick for 3 1/2 weeks, BH like crazy, and I'm only getting about 4 hours of sleep a night, at best. This has lead to a lot of eating for comfort. I'm so mad at myself. I did get a waterproof Ipod shuffle for xmas, so I hope I will be inspired to at least get back in the pool.

- Favorite meal or snack this week? I did find ranch flavored greek yogurt dip at Fresh and easy. It is so good. I mix it into my salads and I can hardly tell the difference.

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be? Chicken Tiki Masala. I can have the chicken and sauce, but the rice and naan bread are killer. Also, a giant regular coke form the gas station. I can't remember the last time I had any kind of soda.

[snarkysparklefart]

Im glad to see this here!!


- How many weeks? 33

- Treatment/regimen?checking sugars 4x/ day (fasting & after each meal) plus bedtime glyburide.

- Triumphs or frustrations this week?i can't help but worry that my sugars have been so good. It sounds backwards, but I'm worried that my placenta will crap out like it did with DD.

- Favorite meal or snack this week?cheese and pepperoni have been my favorite the whole time, but I'm also really liking the blue bunny sweet freedom ice cream bars.

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be?i would be drunk and full of cheesecake and fried everything. Haha.

[djoliet]

Jan 20, 2015 16:33:54 GMT -5 goofygoff said:

- How many weeks?
31 weeks 1 day. ..dealing with GD fun for 17 weeks now. ..yay!

- Treatment/regimen?
2.5 mg of Glyburide twice a day (one before breakfast and one before dinner)

- Triumphs or frustrations this week?
High fasting levels.  I see the dr tomorrow so we will see what they say about them. I think the next step is upping my Glyburide. 

- Favorite meal or snack this week?
Guacamole mmmm

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be?
All the cookies and cake 

[clarue12]

- How many weeks? 32

- Treatment/regimen? Metformin 500 mg twice a day, checking sugar 4 times a day

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? Sugars have been fairly good. Struggling with breakfast, not a big breakfast eater to begin with, and when I do its usually cereal which is a no no for me right now

- Favorite meal or snack this week? Granola bar for snack and popcorn. Also, leftovers have been pretty appetizing considering I usually won't eat them at all.

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be? A dr pepper and a huge piece of cake ( preferably chocolate or strawberry cake but beggars can't be choosers - cake is cake)

[whitfry]

YAY! Glad to see some of my GD lovelies over here! *waves wildly*

- How many weeks?


34


- Treatment/regimen?


Started metformin, 500 mg twice daily
60 carbs per meal
30 carbs per snack
check ketones every morning with FMU
Test sugar 4x daily
log all numbers and ketone levels and e-mail info to my GD nurse, who I see bi-weekly


- Triumphs or frustrations this week?



My numbers have been really wobbly, but they're starting to look a little better, like maybe the metformin is beginning to help things. I ate a really low carb dinner last night and was spilling massive ketones this morning. But I see my OB on thursday and I'll have a chance to see if she wants me to be as strict about eating the higher number of carbs and trying hard to gain a little weight, or if she'll just be happy with not losing any more weight and keeping my numbers down. Sometimes I don't really feel like my GD nurse and my OB have the best communication, and it leaves me feeling conflicted as to what I should really be doing. 

- Favorite meal or snack this week?


We found these little gingerbread shortbread cookies at Thomas Hammer. Four for 17 carbs, and they didn't mess up my numbers when I had a couple for snacks throughout the week. SOOOOO HAPPY. They are super yummy... unfortunately DH and I polished off the box and I have no more. 


- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be?

There is a local bar that makes this panini that has roasted artichoke and garlic spread on it... I want that plus turkey. Plus a huge order of garlic parmesan fries. I have been thinking about this meal for WEEKS and will be eating it as soon as this child vacates my womb.

[BBNut]

I finally have my monitor!!!!

- How many weeks? 33


- Treatment/regimen? Diet controlled testing 4x per day


- Triumphs or frustrations this week? It took 4 weeks from my 3 hour test for my OB to get the results, realize they weren't okay and get me an appointment with the mfm. So I'm finally not uncontrolled anymore and can see what my sugars are doing. I'm so mad it took that long even though I called and bugged them a few times. On the plus side, I did some diet changes between finding out I failed and the mfm appoint and it seems like they were a step in the right direction. For my first day all my numbers are good.

- Favorite meal or snack this week?

Trail mix but I let DH eat most of the m&ms


- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be? A brownie sundae

[djoliet]

I had an appointment yesterday and the dr said all my levels looked great. They weren't even concerned with the high fasting levels last week. Growth ultrasound next Wednesday, anxious to see how this little one is growing. She was 6 days behind at my last ultrasound at 20 weeks but my belly is measuring 2 weeks ahead now, so we shall see. I start my NSTs Monday at 32 weeks.

Also talked to the doctor about the risk of IUGR since my son had it. He ssaid IUGR is rare in diabetic pregnancies so I guess I was one of those special few that would get it while being diabetic. He doesn't think Baby girl will be at risk for it but they will watch me closely he said.

[jarrard]

- How many weeks? 31+6

- Treatment/regimen? Diet, Novalog (insulin) before breakfast and dinner, Lovanox (insulin) nightly

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? I hate trying to get prescriptions filled. It is a PITA. I have been really hungry lately, I seem to be staying in the correct sugar range     but I have been eating between meals. So hungry. I've been really flaky when it comes to insulin and testing. Seems my brain is in a million places right now.

- Favorite meal or snack this week? Granola Bars.

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be? Chocolate Fudge Cake....I have been craving this since before thanksgiving. I want it so bad it hurts.

It's nice to see you all over here, but it looks like either new members or new names....yay for learning curves.

[snarkysparklefart]

Can we have general discussion here too like we did over there?

I've started the twice a week NSTs and weekly doctor appointments this week- and I feel like the anxiety is really setting in this time. With DD I had placental abruption, which they pointed towards the high doses of insulin and the uncontrolled sugars. But another OB in my practice mentioned recently that sometimes when your sugars are really good, your placenta may be in the process of breaking down. I don't know, I chose not to research that, because it scared me- and because now I'm overwhelmed about my sugars being really good lately.

It just feels like damned if you do, damned if you don't. I need a head pat and a cookie.

[goofygoff]

Jan 22, 2015 15:54:23 GMT -5 snarkysparklefart said:

Can we have general discussion here too like we did over there?

I've started the twice a week NSTs and weekly doctor appointments this week- and I feel like the anxiety is really setting in this time. With DD I had placental abruption, which they pointed towards the high doses of insulin and the uncontrolled sugars. But another OB in my practice mentioned recently that sometimes when your sugars are really good, your placenta may be in the process of breaking down. I don't know, I chose not to research that, because it scared me- and because now I'm overwhelmed about my sugars being really good lately.

It just feels like damned if you do, damned if you don't. I need a head pat and a cookie.

I had a mild freakout when my fasting numbers got low all of the sudden, for that reason.  Then I had to tell myself that the higher dose of Metformin was probably kicking in.  Then I had a random number at 108.  GD really does screw with your head.

[snarkysparklefart]

Jan 22, 2015 16:33:29 GMT -5 goofygoff said:

Jan 22, 2015 15:54:23 GMT -5 snarkysparklefart said:

Can we have general discussion here too like we did over there?

I've started the twice a week NSTs and weekly doctor appointments this week- and I feel like the anxiety is really setting in this time. With DD I had placental abruption, which they pointed towards the high doses of insulin and the uncontrolled sugars. But another OB in my practice mentioned recently that sometimes when your sugars are really good, your placenta may be in the process of breaking down. I don't know, I chose not to research that, because it scared me- and because now I'm overwhelmed about my sugars being really good lately.

It just feels like damned if you do, damned if you don't. I need a head pat and a cookie.

I had a mild freakout when my fasting numbers got low all of the sudden, for that reason.  Then I had to tell myself that the higher dose of Metformin was probably kicking in.  Then I had a random number at 108.  GD really does screw with your head.

It does. And there isn't any guilt I know like the guilt over something I cannot truly control- I can control what I eat, but I can't force my body to respond accordingly, KWIM? 

[ohana112610]

Jan 20, 2015 16:33:54 GMT -5 goofygoff said:

Wahooo! I made it! SO glad to be here with y'all! 

- How many weeks? 34

- Treatment/regimen? Counting carbs/ checking levels 4x a day

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? I was able to eat a lot of ice cream and then immediate go walking and my number was good!

- Favorite meal or snack this week? Lil Dreamers Ice Cream Bites

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be?  McDonald's Fountain Coke

[mrsclark626]

Phew! I think I made it here!

We're 33weeks 4 days
My numbers are still all over the place but not going so high any more.

My MIL is an absolute terror & I wish she would just stop being such a depressing & horrible guilt tripping person. She's threatening suicide because I won't let her watch my 19 month old- hmmm I wonder why??? Lol. The stess I think is playing with my numbers. Oh & trying to feed my feelings!

If I could eat anything right now it would still be chocolate cake & pizza- & a dark wonderful beer. My mouth is watering! Or fish & chips from my favorite place on the coast!

[whitfry]

I had my OB appointment today. They decided to start weekly NST's because I'm on medication, and they did the first one while I was at the appointment. On the plus side, my mom was still at work so she came in and kept me company while I was on the table and baby J was very cooperative. I didn't have to lay there more than ten minutes before they got the readings they were looking for. But I'm going to have to talk to my boss about taking thursdays off from now on, since I've now got two doctor's appointments every week and I have no idea how I'm going to manage scheduling those around my full-time work schedule. Mom has also offered to take me into the office after-hours and do the NST's in the late evenings if scheduling conflicts get to be too much.

But overall the appointment went well. I asked if we could sweep my membranes at 39 weeks, and my OB said that as long as I was dilated enough for it she supports the idea since with the GD they really don't want you to go too long anyways. But I'm hopeful baby J will come late Feb instead of early March, since my doctor will be out of town the first week of March and I really want her there. And I finally got my Tdap. And my last growth scan should be at 36 weeks! I shouldn't need another one after that if baby J keeps looking good! Yaaaay!

My dinner number tonight was good, finally. It's been ages since I've had a decent dinner number. Of course, I can't remember if I took my metformin after dinner. I ate, DH left for rehearsal, and I fell asleep on the couch. And now I can't for the life of me remember if I took the pill or not. Oh well.

[goofygoff]

My OB still wasn't happy with my fasting spikes, so I'm now on 1500mg of Metformin before dinner. The upside, however, is that I've been able to up my carb count at dinner and still have lower after-meal numbers. It's worked twice, so far. I might even try to re-introduce a little Mexican.

[snarkysparklefart]

goofygoff Mexican food is my favorite, I hope you can add it back in successfully.

mrsclark626 so sorry about your MIL. Mine is a grade A Psycho too so I can totally relate. Hopefully standing your ground and having your H on your side will help. My life has been better since mine lost my phone number.

whitfry do you use a pill holder/ daily pill box? Sometimes that's the only way I can remember what I've taken.

[whitfry]

I don't. I really should, but I dont. I keep a handful of pills in my testing kit in case I eat out, and otherwise just grab them right out of the bottle. I'm horribly disorganized.

[enigma87]

Just found out today that I have GD so this will be my first post.

- How many weeks? 33 + 3

- Treatment/regimen? So far just diet change and walking after meals was recommended.

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? Well frustrated that I was diagnosed but at least there's only 7 weeks left of my pregnancy...

- Favorite meal or snack this week? I had cupcakes at my baby shower before I found out lol

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be? The rest of the cupcakes sitting in my kitchen...

[enigma87]

Update.


Went to the GD specialist at another location in my obgyn group. Had another ultrasound and it turns out LO is measuring 2 weeks ahead and my fluids are high. So tomorrow I start testing and watching my diet, and I may be referred to high risk at my hospital after they review my results. Really hoping to still have a natural birth but there's the chance I may need to be induced or have a c-section at 38-39 weeks..blah.

[tazminian]

mrsclark626 I'm sorry about your MIL. I know that stress and pain can both increase your numbers.

whitfry I totally get how you are feeling right now. I take pills 5x a day, because a lot of them cannot interact with each other. I have daily alarms set on my phone, but it is really hard to manage taking them at the exact times I'm supposed to each day. I have never been on so many medications at one time in my life! This is not how I expected my pregnancy to go.

enigma87 I'm sorry your appointments have not gone well. I hope you can keep that baby cooking as long as possible!

[snarkysparklefart]

Good luck enigma87. I had a similar experience with DD but I have learned now that scheduling a c section due to a suspected large baby is not a good reason alone. Hopefully your birth plans will still go according to plan, and you'll have a good experience.

[ohana112610]

I've missed everyone lately. This board isn't quite as easy as the other was on mobile for me.

Had another Growth US Monday AFTER our OB appt. Our little man is measuring in the 73rd percentile. They said 50th was avg and 90 was danger zone. I cried all evening because my numbers have been great and I don't understand why he's measuring big since they've been controlled. I'm totally afraid of a C section now. Ready for my next appointment Monday so I can straight up ask my OB what the plan is.


Hope everyone is doing OK and not as emotional as I have been.

Eta-words for clarity.

[whitfry]

I just had to tell someone. I had PIE with dinner and tested at 95. Best fucking day of my week. I really needed a win, and this is it. How sad that something so small as a slice of sour cream lemon pie could make a pregnant gal so happy.

[whitfry]

Jan 28, 2015 22:39:12 GMT -5 ohana112610 said:

I've missed everyone lately. This board isn't quite as easy as the other was on mobile for me.

Had another Growth US Monday AFTER our OB appt. Our little man is measuring in the 73rd percentile. They said 50th was avg and 90 was danger zone. I cried all evening because my numbers have been great and I don't understand why he's measuring big since they've been controlled. I'm totally afraid of a C section now. Ready for my next appointment Monday so I can straight up ask my OB what the plan is.


Hope everyone is doing OK and not as emotional as I have been.

Eta-words for clarity.

He's not measuring too big. Don't stress! Anything below 90 is perfectly fine. our kiddo measured in the 75th at our anatomy scan. First growth scan he measured closer to 50th, and at our last scan he was in the 25th. But seriously, 73 is a perfectly acceptable and safe size percentile for him to be in. He's within a totally normal range.

[goofygoff]

Jan 28, 2015 23:23:43 GMT -5 whitfry said:

I just had to tell someone. I had PIE with dinner and tested at 95. Best fucking day of my week. I really needed a win, and this is it. How sad that something so small as a slice of sour cream lemon pie could make a pregnant gal so happy.

I know how you feel!

I've been experimenting with my pizza intake for dinner and I was able to have 3 decent size pieces and tested at 110.  And last night, I decided to push things a little further and had cajun fries with my bacon cheeseburger at Five Guys, and clocked in at 114.  Sooooo happy!  

[goofygoff]

Jan 28, 2015 22:39:12 GMT -5 ohana112610 said:

I've missed everyone lately. This board isn't quite as easy as the other was on mobile for me.

Had another Growth US Monday AFTER our OB appt. Our little man is measuring in the 73rd percentile. They said 50th was avg and 90 was danger zone. I cried all evening because my numbers have been great and I don't understand why he's measuring big since they've been controlled. I'm totally afraid of a C section now. Ready for my next appointment Monday so I can straight up ask my OB what the plan is.


Hope everyone is doing OK and not as emotional as I have been.

Eta-words for clarity.

Our "little" guy is measuring in the 99th percentile.  My numbers have also been pretty good, but I'm also on Metformin.  I'm trying not to freak out about it, at least not until our followup growth scan in 2 weeks.  

[foodislove]

Jan 20, 2015 16:33:54 GMT -5 goofygoff said:

Since it looks like things are picking up here, and I see some of my fellow GD gals, I figured I'd start one of these.


- How many weeks? 34 weeks 5 days

- Treatment/regimen? Testing 4X daily plus 2 mg glyburide at dinner

- Triumphs or frustrations this week?  Showering apparently is messing up my fasting sugars () I was told I needed clean hands for testing so I've tested after showering and every goddamned day it's been more than 100.  This morning I tested before showering and it was 96.  I tested AFTER showering and it was 116!  What the fuck?

- Favorite meal or snack this week?  I love fresh sliced deli roast beef and cheddar cheese together.  I enjoy that with a few bites of fresh fruit.

- GTKY: If you could eat/drink anything you wanted at this moment without consequence, what would it be?  A huge plate of butter chicken with mountains of spiced basmati rice.  And a real Coca Cola.  That's my post-baby meal I plan to enjoy!  Most carbs seem to be okay if I measure my portions, except rice.  I can eat lo-mein with my Chinese food but rice?  Nope.  Taters?  Sure.  Brown rice even?  Not a bite.  Sucks so hard because I miss it like crazy.

General venting: I posted this already but I had some risk factors for preeclampsia and had to do the 24 hour urine catch.  That sucked because I had to balance myself over this stupid pee dish to get the urine.  Yesterday my boss was parked in the room between my office and the bathroom and I was trying so hard to hold it until he left.  You know, because I have to carry this giant bag of medical supplies into the bathroom and I'm in no mood to explain to my boss what I'm doing.  Finally I couldn't take it so I turbo-waddled to the bathroom as fast as possible.  I had to pee so bad I couldn't hold the container properly and ended up spilling about a half cup down my pants and onto the floor.  I poured the pee in my bottle and spent 15 minutes cleaning the bathroom and myself before exiting to head back to my office.  I again attempted to turbo-waddle, this time with my bag carrying a half bottle of piss, with pee all over my pants and shoes.  My boss side-eyed me and asked if I was okay.  I said "Yep!  Fantastic!" and made it back to my desk before anyone else could see me.

Of all the things I miss from my pre-pregnancy days, it's probably my dignity.

[goofygoff]

Jan 29, 2015 14:14:42 GMT -5 foodislove said:

- Triumphs or frustrations this week? Showering apparently is messing up my fasting sugars () I was told I needed clean hands for testing so I've tested after showering and every goddamned day it's been more than 100. This morning I tested before showering and it was 96. I tested AFTER showering and it was 116! What the fuck?

***quote fail***


I've been told that you should take your fasting number as soon as you wake up; that any activity can make your sugars rise.

Do not pass Go.  Do not collect $200.