Diabetes check in - PP

[hannahbear]

So, for those of you who had GD, how are things going PP? Everything back to normal? Still checking sugar at all?

AFM, things changed overnight. It's amazing! During pregnancy I needed insulin, and now I'm back to oral meds only. My blood sugar has been excellent even though I haven't been as careful with diet. Maybe it's because of breastfeeding/pumping? Anyways, I'll take it!

[Rogue]

hannahbear, I'm glad you asked this since I was wondering the same!

I take my sugars once a day now and haven't seen anything over 110. Today was the first day really that I let myself have a significant amount of carbs. I'll take my sugar before bed and am curious to see how high it is. I had one high reading at the hospital and they gave me insulin after that but beyond that haven't had any issues. I have a 6 week appointment with the endo for tests to make sure I just had GD.

[gratefulgirl]

Glad you are doing so well hannahbear!

I am supposed to eat normally and check sugars once a week for 6 weeks. I need to start this weekend. We'll see what the verdict is.

Even though I almost always had good numbers, I feel like I am somehow responsible for DD3 being a pound bigger than her sisters and having borderline low sugars at first. What if my numbers were spiking when I did not measure or something? So I need to come to terms with those lingering questions and also remember that DD3 already appears to be thriving!

[hannahbear]

Rogue sounds like things are going well! I hope everything goes well at the 6 week pp appointment!

gratefulgirl - no way! It wasn't your fault that you got GD, and you did such an amazing job once you found out. You were so on top of things! DD3 is a different baby, and nothing you did harmed her development. I have total faith!

[hummingbird125]

Good thread - I'll be following!

My MFM last saw me at 38 weeks (3 weeks ago) and didn't even ask me to follow up with him, or give me any instructions on what to do after baby is born. I've continued testing and my numbers have been pretty good - I think I've only had 3-4 readings over 120 in the 5 weeks since I was diagnosed (late onset). I'm planning on eating whatever the hell I want once baby is out, but will continue to test to see how my body adjusts. Hoping that since it has been pretty easy for me to manage while pregnant, it goes away pretty quickly postpartum

[hannahbear]

@hummingbird sounds like you are doing great! Sorry they never followed up with you... That sounds confusing!

[dorkusmalorkus]

My obgyn asked me after I delivered if my recent blood sugar numbers had been good. They had been, so she said I didn't need to do anything else. They checked DD2's blood sugars for 12 hours after she was born, prior to nursing, and they were all well within normal limits, so that was all for her. I lost a fair amount of excess weight during pregnancy, so would like to continue the diet (a little less strictly, maybe), but it was so time-consuming, and a little hard to make vegetarian-friendly...we'll see.

[pttomato]

I'm supposed to continue checking my blood sugars and set a follow up with an endocrinologist (the one I saw during pregnancy only sees pregnant patients). My numbers were great in the hospital, even with a plate of pasta. Now that I've been testing at home I've been a lot higher. I'm not really sure what to think. I'm assuming theirs is more accurate than mine is and I checked mine against it once when I was in labor and theirs said 60 where mine read 75. Now, I'm wondering how many times I was low and thought I was ok.

[hannahbear]

Oh wow pttomato. Pretty sure they sell a test liquid to calibrate meters - might be worth trying?

[gratefulgirl]

Aug 15, 2016 9:42:38 GMT -5 pttomato said:

I'm supposed to continue checking my blood sugars and set a follow up with an endocrinologist (the one I saw during pregnancy only sees pregnant patients). My numbers were great in the hospital, even with a plate of pasta. Now that I've been testing at home I've been a lot higher. I'm not really sure what to think. I'm assuming theirs is more accurate than mine is and I checked mine against it once when I was in labor and theirs said 60 where mine read 75. Now, I'm wondering how many times I was low and thought I was ok.

I had 2 meters, one I got from the GD class and one insurance covered. The class one was consistently about 15 mg/dl lower than the insurance one. The accuracy on these things is bunk. Hope you get answers soon.

[hannahbear]

Aug 15, 2016 12:16:46 GMT -5 gratefulgirl said:

Aug 15, 2016 9:42:38 GMT -5 pttomato said:

I'm supposed to continue checking my blood sugars and set a follow up with an endocrinologist (the one I saw during pregnancy only sees pregnant patients). My numbers were great in the hospital, even with a plate of pasta. Now that I've been testing at home I've been a lot higher. I'm not really sure what to think. I'm assuming theirs is more accurate than mine is and I checked mine against it once when I was in labor and theirs said 60 where mine read 75. Now, I'm wondering how many times I was low and thought I was ok.

I had 2 meters, one I got from the GD class and one insurance covered. The class one was consistently about 15 mg/dl lower than the insurance one. The accuracy on these things is bunk. Hope you get answers soon.

It's true, they're required to only have a certain level of accuracy - something like a margin of error of up to 20% is acceptable. That's a huge difference potentially.