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From the community

Recent discussions

Prediabetic and glucose monitors

Can anyone recommend a glucose monitor. I want to get on top of the prediabetes and look into what actually spikes me and amend my diet. Thank you

Gestational Diabetes & Birth Options

I would really like to go for a natural birth with least intervention (just gas and air - maybe a pool) in the Midwife Led Unit as my ideal preference however the nurse said today it is their trust policy or whatever that I be consultant led and gave me information about inductions saying they will start discussing this with me at 35 weeks to plan. I've only just been given my monitor to check sugar levels and I'm not silly obviously if my diabetes is uncontrolled and increases lots of risk factors I'm happy to consider these options but I can't see why I can't have a hands off birth if it's all under control and well managed. The nurse said I need to be in the consultant led unit so they can check babies sugar level when it's born and that's why I need to be there. Surely they can transfer me up and do a quick prick test on baby? Then she went on to talking about the golden hour to encourage breastfeeding after birth which kind of counteracts the whole taking baby to do a sugar level test when they are born 🤔. Anyway my question is does anyone have any positive low intervention stories of birth in MLU with well controlled gestational diabetes? Did you have to fight for it to be that way? I'd be giving birth at Princess Royal.

Dates

I want to have a c section again with my second.

When/how long does it take to see a consultant and when will I roughly get my date?

My first baby, my waters broke at 39 weeks and I had him the next morning first thing, however I also then had to have a section anyway. But I do want to have one again with my second. I told my midwife this at 16 and 24 weeks, she said she sent a referral but no appointments have been made so a little worried. I’m 28weeks today

GESTATIONAL DIABETES

I just got the call that my sugar was very elevated. Now I have to keep checking my sugar levels. Have any of you dealt with this? I’m so annoyed.

Metformin

Alright my gestational diabetes girlie's, anyone taking metformin and how are you finding it? My fasting levels are just over the marker every morning, so adding another drug to the collection, just curious what the side effects are like, if anyone has them and how is it making people feel

Peak?

Can someone have a look at this photo and say when you think peak is/was? To me, yesterday’s (CD14) tests look darker than this morning’s one (CD15) despite the numbers on the app. I’m wondering if maybe I peaked overnight/first thing this morning but I missed it? Any advice?

11DPO

Am I going crazy ?? I think I see a faint line

Midwife

Hi ladies!
How long does it take for a midwife to make initial contact?

Chemical or wait to retest

I literally had the same issue last month, but this time the lines aren’t faint they are dark. Think this can be another chemical?

Line eyes?🥺

This is defo a chemical right??

Americans, how soon can you get a doctors appointment?

You wake up, something’s off with you or the baby or whatever, you call up your normal GP - not including A&E or walk-ins etc - how soon can you get an appointment?

I feel like a lot of people from the US don’t understand how shit the NHS actually is here, but at the same time is it just as bad over there?

Feel like crud

Any moms who are a type 1 diabetes or any form of diabetes, feel like you want to go in because you had high sugars all night but you don't want too because you don't want to waste the doctors time, what should I do I want to go in but at the same time I don't want to.

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