Experiences with

Gestational diabetes

Anyone else have experience of gestational diabetes? Been so good with my diet and glucose levels are still high. Went on insulin on Tuesday and levels are still high and been increased once already. Hope we can find the right dosage soon as I worry about the impact of this on my baby. Thanks! X

Hello lovely people, Looking for some advice please. Last two Fridays in a row I have had sugar tests and the first was no result and the second inconclusive. I need to get another test and they want to wait two hours rather than one to draw blood this time. As results will take a while and I still need

Has anybody been on this same protocol with a history of PCOS/diabetes and found it to be ok? I’m anxious about getting gestational diabetes if we do have a successful pregnancy. thanks so much !

Hi all, I'm expecting to be booked in for induction tomorrow at 37 weeks + 4 days due to baby being on 96th centile and gestational diabetes. I'll be assessed to see if my cervix needs opening, but will most likely need a pessary or rods. Does anybody have any stories to share please?

I took Myo-inositol about 5 years ago and it didn't work at all, so it hadn't even cross my mind to try it again until I'd read about its success in reducing gestational diabetes during pregnancy (we are due to start IVF next month). For background - I was diagnosed with PCOS 14 years ago.

I also was diagnosed with gestational diabetes very recently. It was just over the threshold so it’s not too bad.

Hey Everyone I believe most of you know I'm pregnant and currently in my second trimester, I've got gestational diabetes.

Gestational diabetes test the week after came back normal. At 28+3 days I had a scan doctor said my fluid levels were up in high levels of normal at 8.4?

When I was pregnant I had pleurisy and was unwell that’s all else I can think of as wel as having gestational diabetes. But my Anti-ccp result is positive. It is 28.3 CU it says. I understand this isn’t overly raised but it is still raised enough to test positive.

Does anyone know the reasons for why gestational diabetes is higher in expecting mothers with overt hypothyroidism?

Hi, I am on 75 mcg Accord Levo.I have to cut one 50mcg to make the 25mcg. Do you think it’s safe to store my daily dose in the weekly plastic container. Sometimes the cut tablet can be quite powdery and I worry they can become toxic with being in plastic container. Would it be ok to take 2 - 50 mcg alternate

hi everyone, we had an appointment with the diabetes team today, we are trying to get dad a blood sugar monitor as his levels go as low as 2 and he nearly passes out he is 86 and lives alone we are funding the monitors ourselves as the doctor won’t prescribe them the diabetes team won’t either am at

How long before labs to stop B Complex Solgar-50 which contains D-biotin 50mcg and does it make much difference. I suspect this question has been asked a Zillion times but on googling there are various answers from 2 days to a week thanks

Claude has given me enough cover to continue my Pepsi (with real sugar) addiction: (Keep in mind that I am not a smart person, and the rest of my diet is gluten and lectin free keto except for a tub of ice cream [with real sugar] about every 2 weeks) Ask Claude.ai: Does ingesting

anyone had low blood sugar - especially overnight when taking Carbocysteine. I’m on 2 3x a day. Waking up with dry mouth too.

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Sorry this is a long story ! Started on Pred (15mg) nearly 3 years ago. Gradually reduced and now at 6mg. Planning to Reduce 1/2 mg every 6-8 weeks 🤞🤞 18 months ago prescribed metformin for T2 diabetes - probably associated with steroids. HBa1c was still too high so metformin dosage increased and

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I miscarried twins in September at just over 7 weeks. I had a D&C a week after the diagnosis. Three weeks later, I had to go back in due to abdominal pain. My right fallopian tube was inflamed, and I had ovulated from both ovaries. My amylase levels were also high, and after Googling, I found that this

I'm diabetic and I take Metformin every time I take it I get headaches dizzy tired but if I don't take it I'm fine but my sugar reading don't go down even if I take it told the dr he just put me on another Metformin but still my brains feel like a zombie when I take it what should I do anything else