Dealing with Gestational Diabetes Baby #2

Hey,

Hope y'all are having a great TGIF and enjoying the heat wave..bring it on June. If you are a regular follower of my blog..you would know that I had been recently diagnosed with GD..gestational diabetes.

I was to track my numbers after my first appointment with the diabetes clinic at the hospital with a new glucose monitor for 3 weeks...once when I got up and two hours after each of my meals and to make sure I had a snack before I went to bed. So I had recently noticed that my numbers were all over the place. It is a very small number window for sugar levels that they would like you to have when you are pregnant. I only was maybe at the number they wanted me to be at or under twice in a week.

This past Wednesday I called the clinic to let them know what my numbers were and ask them if we should go ahead and change the action plan since they were never consistent and higher than they should be for pregnancy. I the nurse I spoke to told me if I was not pregnant that these were glucose numbers I could sell. Unfortunately for me in my case they had to change and it had to be looked into sooner than another 2 weeks out. So she sent them onto the specialist doctor who looks after the diabetes clinic and they were to get back to me on what the plan was.

I received a call when I was out for my walk with miss E avoiding the heat. I however did not notice that there was a message until in the early afternoon. When I had called them back they needed me to come in Friday to have a meeting about what I was to do and how to take the insulin and dosages I would be on. Originally the first nurse believed that I would just be on insulin before I went to bed and possibly before our bigger meal dinner. To lower the night level so that my morning number would be lower and not carried through the rest of the day.

However this was not the case and now I am starting to be on insulin 4 times a day to counter the insulin my body is not producing enough of on my own while I am pregnant. I am to check my sugars for the next couple of days and call in my numbers for before and after meals and before I go to bed. Starting today I took one injection of a long lasting insulin drug that lasts 24hours and takes its time dosing you throughout that time. I will be taking that one at the same time each day..so probably before bed each night. There will also be 3 other doses of a different insulin much smaller but fast acting right after I check my sugar but immediately before I eat my 3 meals throughout the day.

The smaller dose I dial to 4 for the time being and the long lasting dosage I take once will be dialed to 14. It is a lot easier than I thought it would be having to give it to myself 3 times today already. I HATE needles. This is only a little bigger than the needle end I use to check my blood and I have to inject it into my tummy, thigh or back of my arm. It does not really hurt going in..more when I take it out. I was told it will only bleed a little if I am near a nerve or vain. They are both colour coded for the vials that stay in the pen type needles and the pens are colour coded as well. I will definitely have to go back to the pharmacy to get more needle tips and strips for testing.

The amount I test will not be as much. I call in my numbers Monday or Tuesday to see if I have to change dosage depending on my numbers and when they would like to check my levels etc. Its all a little crazy overwhelming. You do what you have to do right. Its all about making sure the wee lad is okay and that I do not get into a critical condition/state myself. I do not think after dealing with a past miscarriage that we could deal with a still born..especially being so close.

The doctor will be for sure keeping an eye on my more closely to make sure that the baby is still growing at a regular rate and not getting too big. Reason being that in the time I have left that is when the baby's weight is going up the most. I am not too worried about this happening considering E was 2 weeks early and I have 9 weeks left after Monday. Doug is banking on being right due to heat..it being our second birth and E being early.

We go back to the doctors this upcoming Wednesday. So I will be sure to update you on the babies progress. Until then we are focusing on positives. Have a great weekend.