PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for October, 2000: Re: Questions about gestational diabetes

Re: Questions about gestational diabetes

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:52:26 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 12 Oct 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hi there.
> I had a 1 hour GTT done this week. I guess the results were really high
>from what the nurse said at the DRs office. I have to go in for a 3 hour GTT
>on Monday.
> I just started to read about this. I am curious, what hormone(s) from
>the placenta blocks the insulin?
> Also, I am concerned about my DRs response to weight gain at about 4
>months pregnant. All of the sudden, I gained over 20 lbs in in less than a
>month. My dad has diabetes. And, I am over 25 YOA. I went to a dietician
>and the dietician couldn't find the reason for my weight gain. All of the
>weight that I gained is in my abdomen. I have never been overweight-I have
>always been very thin. I also had low blood sugar before I got pregnant.
>
> What are the chances that I developed GD earlier in pregnancy, given the
>circumstances? I am totally worried (after what I read) that there is going
>to be a birth defect from the GD.
>
> I asked my DR several times about gestational diabetes and he blew it off.

>
> Shouldn't have my Dr did this GTT after all this at four months---instead
>of 7 months??? Considering everything that was going on?
> Thanks,
> Jenny.

Jenny, I wish I had more answers for you, but my doctors didn't discover my GD until 30 weeks when an ultrasound to check growth showed a 5 1/2 lb baby. I was throwing up all the time and asked them repeatedly about gD and they blew me off. Please don't worry too much about birth defects, as I understand it and as was the case for me the most common effect on the babies is macrosomia--being fat. My baby was 8 1/2 lb when he was born at 37 weeks. He did have some blood sugar regulation problems right after he was born, but 2 days later he was fine. (I had to take insulin to control my GD--I hope you can avoid that.) Good Luck.

-- Amy

--
Amy--mother of 4 week old Ethan

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