If walking is an option, do it with her and accustom her
and the whole family to pleasant walks whenever possible
"habit before distance" ...

Sorry but I don't pray any more (Ha! .. I can see the old hags
in here saying to each other "AND he's a pagan!") but it comes
from my life experience ...
However, I will wish for you to find the strength to be a chum
for life to your whom you evidently love so much ...

I am with you, Billie !

F

"Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> a écrit ...

I never had gestational diabetes, but I went through 3 pregnancies as a
diabetic.  Here in California they usually put all pregnant diabetics
(whether type I, type 2 or gestational) in a program called Sweet Success.
They do the same tight control for all types of pregnant diabetics.

For exercise they strongly suggest exercising for 15 minutes twice a day
unless the doctor forbids exercise.  Most people choose walking as their
exercise as it's convenient and something pregnant women can easily do.  The
15 minutes of exercise must come right after eating meals, so that basically
you burn off the glucose from the carbs that you eat at 2 meals a day.

Everyone, whether on insulin or not, is expected to check blood sugar levels
upon waking, and 1 hour after the beginning of each meal.  If a person did
not stay under 90 mg/dl as a fasting level and under 120 mg/dl for a
post-prandial level, then they gave insulin.  In my last pregnancy, the
insulins were NPH for basal insulin and Humalog for bolus insulin.  They
hadn't yet moved to Lantus as basal insulin.  It has been over 2 years since
then, so they may have moved to Lantus as basal insulin by now.  It was NPH
at bedtime, NPH + Humalog before breakfast and Humalog before dinner.
Upward insulin adjustments are usually necessary as the pregnancy
progresses.

For food they had us see dieticians to make up individual food plans.  They
had us eat 3 meals, and 3 snacks a day to spread out the carbs into smaller
doses.  They had us always eat protein with carbs if possible.  I say if
possible because when I had a stomach flu they were fine that I only ate
some starches.  I saw 3 different dieticians in the 3 different pregnancies,
and one really pushed the grains, but the others were happy to accomodate my
preferences of less grain and more other foods like fruits, veggies, dairy
and meat.  For me if I was ever still hungry after the allotted food, I
would eat more protein or fat.  I would not eat extra carbs past what was in
my meal plan.

They also do not much like to let diabetics go past their due dates as the
diabetes can cause premature aging of the placenta.  They will probably have
her do non-stress tests and possibly biophysical profiles in the last
several weeks of the pregnancy to monitor the baby's well being toward the
end of the pregnancy.

That's it.  It's a pain to have diabetes during pregnancy.  There are so
many extra appointments, but with the tight control they recommend, outcomes
are fantastic.  I have 3 beautiful and very healthy girls to show for my
efforts at tight control during pregnancy.

KC

I may have had GD.  I was told they thought I had it.  I am thinking now
perhaps it was really type 2 but since I was pregnant, they thought it was
GD.  They didn't actually do the 2nd test on me so I never knew for sure if
I had it or not.  I was seeing 5 Drs.  Two of them said they were going to
treat me like I had it and the other three insisted I didn't have it at all.
At any rate, I was sent to a dietician and put on a diabetes diet (Exchange
Plan) and sent weekly to the lab for blood tests.  I freaked when they
mentioned testing my blood at home so they just sort of dropped that and
didn't push the issue.

The diet I was put on had too much food for me to eat.  I used to cry and
cry when meal and snack times rolled around because I just could not eat
that much.  I was overweight at the time and also had a thyroid problem.
Because I was overweight, they didn't care much if I gained weight or not.

As far as the diet goes, they usually don't want a pregnant woman doing low
carb, but she might find she has to eat less carbs than before.  The most
important thing is to eat on a regular basis.  I was supposed to eat three
meals at the same times each day and two snacks.

I didn't use insulin, so I can't address that.

http://diabetes.org/gestational-diabetes.jsp

Kurt

Is this your daughter or granddaughter.  I am confused. but what else is
new.

17 and already she has diabetes if not gd.

I have to read more posts, Billie, because I think I am missing the boat
here

Loretta