Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself?

Leslie_JJKs_mom · 02-06-2013, 07:40 PM

Lately my blood sugars have been really low. Morning in the 70's and after breakfast I have gotten from 84 to 105. I was telling my mom who is an RN in ICU and she said I wonder if it corrected itself. Well I decided to go out on a limb and try some forbidden foods. I ate spaghetti with garlic bread which should have sent my blood sugar soaring with all the white flour but now it is well within normal an hour later. 120. That is not even close to my hour cutoff. I was lead to believe as my pregnancy progressed my sugars would get harder to control not the other way around.

milkmommy · 02-06-2013, 07:43 PM

my blood sugar needs went donw a bunch towards the end of my pregancy

Marsha · 02-06-2013, 07:57 PM

Wow, that is awesome, mine stayed hard to control for almost a year post-pregnancy!

Psyche · 02-06-2013, 08:11 PM

Low fasting are indicative of diabetes as well. Or type 2 maybe? Fasting is what my doctor checked when I was not pregnant.

Leslie_JJKs_mom · 02-06-2013, 08:16 PM

Anything over 72 and under 94 I was told is fine. I run from 78 to 85 for fasting. This morning after breakfast I was only 89. I was expecting a huge blood sugar after so much carbs with dinner but no it was normal.

And I too have heard for some time after delivery to expect wonky blood sugar, not for it to get better. I know I sure wont press it by eating sugar stuff although part of me is temped to add in a desert and see what happens some time.

Annalou · 02-06-2013, 08:24 PM

Traditionally the hormone changes in pregnancy make it harder to control toward the end (I found right away I was always low, then toward the end more on the high side, each trimester my needs for insulin went up a little, I have type one though)

if you are eating more low carb, plus fats and protein that should help a lot to even out your BG, I think it's possible to stop the GD, most Dr's would say prob not but there is something called the brewers diet (google it) that helps with GD, and Pre-E etc
I would go easy on sugars and carbs especially if you had troubles in the past, if you do have some carbs eat them with a meal, and pair it with proteins

so happy for you!!

02-06-2013, 07:40 PM	#1
Leslie_JJKs_mom Rose Garden loving my family since 1991 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rural SW Missouri Posts: 6,945	Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself? Lately my blood sugars have been really low. Morning in the 70's and after breakfast I have gotten from 84 to 105. I was telling my mom who is an RN in ICU and she said I wonder if it corrected itself. Well I decided to go out on a limb and try some forbidden foods. I ate spaghetti with garlic bread which should have sent my blood sugar soaring with all the white flour but now it is well within normal an hour later. 120. That is not even close to my hour cutoff. I was lead to believe as my pregnancy progressed my sugars would get harder to control not the other way around. __________________ Leslie (ISFP) Mommy to our valentine sweetheart, Jessica Lynn, and March Jellybean, Kaitlyn Elizabeth. My heart is overflowing with love for my precious girls. Wife to my best friend Homeschooling, sometimes co sleeping mommy to a teenager and sweet little one

02-06-2013, 07:43 PM	#2
milkmommy Rose Garden sisters! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sunniest place on Earth and hotter than Phoenix! Might as well be sitting on the sun... Posts: 35,300	Re: Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself? my blood sugar needs went donw a bunch towards the end of my pregancy __________________ Deanna wife to Shawn since 2001 mom to a young adult Cecilia , tween Margaret and three I will hold one day in heaven.

02-06-2013, 07:57 PM	#3
Marsha Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,359	Re: Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself? Wow, that is awesome, mine stayed hard to control for almost a year post-pregnancy! __________________ Marsha Learning to be a single, wohm mom to my girls Ainslee (June 10, 2002) and Riley (August 9, 2005)!

02-06-2013, 08:11 PM	#4
Psyche Rose Garden Srsly? Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: DFW Posts: 24,442	Re: Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself? Low fasting are indicative of diabetes as well. Or type 2 maybe? Fasting is what my doctor checked when I was not pregnant. __________________ Heather (ISTJ) working full time, wife to Jason since '02, mom to C 12 years old, J 9 years old , and T 6 years old , mouse catching, Izzy, and rabbit chasing, Ellie.

02-06-2013, 08:16 PM	#5
Leslie_JJKs_mom Rose Garden loving my family since 1991 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rural SW Missouri Posts: 6,945	Re: Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself? Anything over 72 and under 94 I was told is fine. I run from 78 to 85 for fasting. This morning after breakfast I was only 89. I was expecting a huge blood sugar after so much carbs with dinner but no it was normal. And I too have heard for some time after delivery to expect wonky blood sugar, not for it to get better. I know I sure wont press it by eating sugar stuff although part of me is temped to add in a desert and see what happens some time. __________________ Leslie (ISFP) Mommy to our valentine sweetheart, Jessica Lynn, and March Jellybean, Kaitlyn Elizabeth. My heart is overflowing with love for my precious girls. Wife to my best friend Homeschooling, sometimes co sleeping mommy to a teenager and sweet little one

02-06-2013, 08:24 PM	#6
Annalou Rose Bush Crunchy mama Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Western ND Posts: 304	Re: Ever hear of gestational diabetes correcting itself? Traditionally the hormone changes in pregnancy make it harder to control toward the end (I found right away I was always low, then toward the end more on the high side, each trimester my needs for insulin went up a little, I have type one though) if you are eating more low carb, plus fats and protein that should help a lot to even out your BG, I think it's possible to stop the GD, most Dr's would say prob not but there is something called the brewers diet (google it) that helps with GD, and Pre-E etc I would go easy on sugars and carbs especially if you had troubles in the past, if you do have some carbs eat them with a meal, and pair it with proteins so happy for you!! __________________ all around crunchy, T1 diabetic and oil field mama Enfp/Entj/Entp ~Anna~ to HB-DD Nakyla 8/12/08 HB-stillborn 38w DS Anias 4/15/11 following a grain-free, sugar-free Paleo/Primal/GAPS type diet

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