Thanks for your prayers. Our baby girl was born on August 2. 7 pounds, 14 ounces, 20 inches. APGARs of 9 and 9. She was very healthy and we went home early. She's a very strong baby and can roll on...
I called my doctor. I was told that after 37 weeks GD begins to taper off. It would have been nice to have been told that before I stressed out. Anyway, I had did the fetal monitoring for 30 minutes....
I'm 38 weeks pregnant with my second pregnancy with gestational diabetes. My last pregnancy, I delivered at 35 weeks and the G.D. went away within hours of delivery. This time, I'm still pregnant and...
I now think that I'm in a predictable pattern. As soon as I have a fasting glucose above 100 if I increase my insulin 5 units it will go down to the high 80s and then slowly climb back up. If I...
I also experience fasting numbers up and down. The numbers will always fluctuate and it doesn't matter if you eat the same thing every day. It's part of being human and not a machine. My doctor told...
My doctor has me increase my insulin 2 units each time my fasting levels are above my target twice in one week. However, you really shouldn't increase without your doctor's recommendation. There's...
I've been on insulin for 9 weeks with my current pregancy. I was on insulin for a total of 2 weeks my previous pregnancy. The insulin immediately lowered my blood glucose levels then. I took 12 units...
Hello, I just joined this group because I have the same problem as turtledove773. I'm 25 weeks pregnant with gestational diabetes. This is my second pregnancy with GDM. My doctor keeps raising my...