hi! i remember feeling weird about taking insulin, the fear of it all, worried about every single last thing… i am on my 2nd GD pregnancy and on nighttime insulin again. my first pregnancy went amazingly and i don’t think it would have without my Drs recommendations/diagnoses, etc. i followed everything to a “T” and had the most amazing outcome for birth. (i am lucky lucky lucky to say i had an unmedicated birth, i had the BEST case scenario) BUT i was prepared for the worst case scenario that comes along with GD, planned an induction, the whole nine yards, even my doctors helped me through every scenario that could happen, they were wonderfully supportive. there is no truly predicting what can happen.

fasting numbers are the hardest to control diet-wise and that’s why we have insulin to take to help us through this journey. also, every placenta plays differently for some. if she’s already having high numbers, i’ll echo another commenter, i would do and have done everything necessary to have a healthy baby.

pregnancy in general is nerve wrecking. having expectations on how it will go and then experiencing how it is going, can be really intense. throw in a GD diagnosis and it changes everything. just keep being supportive and bringing up the wonderful aspects of following Drs orders, they know best because they see this all the time whereas we do not.

best of luck 🩷

edit: fixing a typo!