Bad news: my blood glucose levels are not ideal. They like to see a number at 140 or below, and I came in at 142. What does this mean? Well, I may not have gestational diabetes, nor can they say that I definitely don't. Therefore, I have to go to Quest Diagnostics next week sometime, drink some more lovely glucola, and then sit there for THREE HOURS before they draw my blood and tell me if I'm the range for GD.
Pros for having GD:
- I'm still relatively early at just over 23w, and I would most likely be able to get this under control with diet (and I might be the kind of person to do well on a doctor-enforced diet) before worrying that Lily will grow to be too big to deliver vaginally.
- I'd be at an increased risk of developing Type II Diabetes later in life.
- Risks to Lily include macrosomia (large size), greater chance of childhood obesity, hypoglycemia, and diabetes.
- Being on an enforced diet would not actually be fun.
- It would be a big pain in the butt.
1 comment:
Hi Susan,
I've got three princesses and one miscarriage. With this most recent baby I had an anterior placenta. I mourned not being able to feel much, but God certainly knew what He was doing--the kid is now 10 mos and never stops moving! I wouldn't have been able to sleep during pregnancy!
Hope you pass the glucose!
Joy
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