Question:
I'm intrigued by virtue of having gestational diabetes at the moment.
But I'm afraid my brain is either too small, too tired, or too full of
junk to be able to figure out how I can make use of this information.
Of my mother's 8 pregnancies, 5 survived to full term. I'm her fourth.
I was her largest baby, weighing 8 1/2 pounds... and that was many
years ago. I was unusually big. They didn't have gestational diabetes
screening then, I don't believe. At least she doesn't ever remember
having it with any of her 8 pregnancies.
For myself, I'm now on my third bout of GD. My first daughter
was 8 # 4 oz, with an APGAR of 5... and has been very healthy
ever since (other than the allergies she unfortunately inherited from
her parents).
My 2nd daughter was 8# 2 oz, with an APGARs of 4 and 5. And,
while the china doll compared to her amazon-style older sister,
has been mainly healthy (and surprisingly allergy-free so far).
What can I do with the information you posted to help myself,
my two living daughters, and my "treucey" gestating peanut?
My brain hurts, did I mention migraines and asthma???
Answer:
They didn't have gestational diabetes
When I had my first child 28 years ago aowman in my ward
gave birth o a huge baby and they tested her diabetes after
the event. Strange that they had knowledge of gestational
diabetes then and the fact that it could produce a large but
'immature' baby and never screened for it.
My 7th child was born normal weight, but cold, low blood
sugar etc due to my first run of GD, but he is a relatively
healthy child at 5.
8th child (also with me having GD) was born cold, blue and
very low bg's (once again put down to my GD). She has Down
syndrome and these kids have multiple health problems
including major heart defects, higher risk of diabetes,
thyroid problems, leukemia etc plus have very low immune
systems. She is always sick but I put that down to the Down
syndrome rather than the GD. SHe was around 7 lb BTW
Never had asthma bit I had one pregancy where I had 3 day
severe migraines, 3 day break and then all over again. I
cried everytime I saw those flashing lights. I found I
needed more insulin to control the second GD and it came on
earlier. The one time I ever disagreed with my endo. In
the first GD I felt incredible exhausted overnight. I was
falling asleep at the breakfast table etc, I was DX at the
time they usually do the routine GTT, can't remeber how far
along. That exhaustion lasted the entire pregnancy til
delivery - the endo said it was not the GD as it doesn't
effect you that way. I was 7 weeks pregnant when I felt
that exhaustion again with the next one and I made an
appointment with him and he told me I couldn't have it that
early in the pregnancy and the exhaustion was something
else, sure enough I had it and straight onto insulin.
I believe I may have had GD at least twice before I was
diagnosed. I was only screened with my last 2 who are 4 &
5.
