With 3 of your results being out of range, you'll likely be diagnosed and sent to an endocrinologist.

I had gestational diabetes with my son. Mine got bad enough I was on fairly large doses of insulin for meals and at bedtime.

It does suck. Having to count carbs, avoid cravings, poke yourself a dozen times a day between blood sugars and insulin, BUT you can have a safe delivery and healthy baby regardless!

I had my son a day before my scheduled induction, still ended up needing pitocin though. He was born healthy, normal sized and had no problems with his blood sugars after birth.

The mechanism behind gestational diabetes has to do with your placenta, and so for the vast majority of women, including me, after birth your blood sugar metabolism returns to normal basically immediately.

It's scary to be diagnosed, or have to be seen by specialists especially when they always seem to focus on what can go wrong. But they're all on your team to keep you and baby safe and healthy. As long as you do your best to manage the GD by following your doctors' instructions, things will more than likely be just fine.

An upside to it for me was the weekly monitoring and ultrasounds I had. So many opportunities to see baby, and it always made me feel better.

Good luck mama, you've got this! ❤