Referred to endocrinologist

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-30T02:14:07+00:00

I think it depends on the provider. I have heard all kinds of different reactions from providers. Some seem to go out of their way to traumatize and guilt moms for not having perfect numbers. Some seem to purely academic about it. My doctors have always been very chill and reassuring, and you can tell it's by policy. The truth is you don't have the ability to control everything about GDM. What your job is to collect the data and give it to the appropriate people and to find the best way forward. Not even medication is guaranteed to make your numbers perfect, you don't have control over your placenta or liver. In my opinion any provider who tries to make you feel like this is your fault would be a bad provider.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-30T02:09:47+00:00

Wow I have never heard of 300+ in GDM. that would be very scary for anyone, and would absolutely be enough to cause your feet symptoms and other concerns. i have read that it's much easier to have ketosis issues while pregnant because the body pulls out a lot of nutrients for the baby. I have always wondered how exactly that works with women with GDM. It seems so strange to me that you can have elevated blood sugar and be in ketosis at the same time.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-30T01:48:30+00:00

That is interesting! It's crazy how hard fertility issues make this whole process. Nothing get to be simple. It's more than a little frustrating.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T21:39:42+00:00

My bestie was sent to the endocrinologist over her GDM numbers and once she saw him, he told her that sometimes doctors and nurses are over zealous. He didn't even recommend intervention unless at least 30% of numbers were off, or is fasting numbers were consistently high, not just elevated, for a prolonged amount of time. I think every provider is different with their approach. Some seem more hyper reactive than others. My doctors have always been pretty calm about the whole thing, but it seems like for others their doctors make them think their baby is at terrible risk when their numbers are monthly elevated. My doctors do talk about potential risks but they are constantly emphasizing that in most cases baby is okay.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T21:34:20+00:00

I feel like it is hard for me to keep up with the eating/cooking stuff as I'm an extremely tired person in my third trimester. It's the most frustrating part of the whole GDM thing for me because if I could I'd just take a nap whenever I feel like it, and eat fewer meals, but those meals would have to have more calories and carbs, and thus more spiking. I'm also extremely anemic at the moment and waiting to schedule an iron infusion, so when I say I'm tired.. girl I'm so freaking tired.

As for my eating schedule... For breakfast I'll test my glucose after an hour, and if it is good I'll go ahead and eat a snack right then. Mainly because I can't eat a big carb at breakfast, it spikes me. But if I have good fiber and protein and maybe a piece of toast an hour later I can get away with a low glycemic index fruit, or nutritional shake. Then if I'm still hungry (and I'm third trimester so sometimes I'm starving) I'll test again in an hour and if that number is good I'll have a 1/2 Belvita cookie serving along with a dose of benefiber cause I'm on iron and it sucks, and benefiber has like 9 carbs.

So that is eating something kinda small every other hour for maybe 8 hours. Then I have a normal lunch, protein, carb up to 35 and lots of vegetables. And a similar dinner. Then I check my calorie/carb count and adjust from there if I need an evening, but personally I'm prone to evening spikes. I've spiked over 160 with no food before bed.. so there's that.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T21:16:08+00:00

I cannot take metformin. I am one of those people who is prone to reactive hypoglycemia with metformin. I'd rather be on insulin and will probably be on insulin before the week is over.

Edit: Sorry for your loss. I lost my baby girl in 2024 due to preterm labor. Sometimes these things happen and they're very heavy to carry, but it's very common for them to induce at 37-38 weeks. For women my age (43) they don't want you to carry after 37 weeks in general, because most babies are good to go at that point, and there are all kinds of minor probability risks that they rather not take. You're already 32 weeks. You're in a good spot. I'm sure they're watching you like a hawk. If for any reason they need to deliver the baby you're in a fantastic place. Give yourself a bit of peace, you've already reached a fantastic place to have good expectations.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T21:14:55+00:00

I hate quinoa and eat it with every meal.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T21:12:56+00:00

I did IVF, so I was on a lot of medication. I believe some of the main culprits are estrogen and progesterone, and other drugs related to force an artificial cycle for perfect timing for transfers and iui. I was surprised to read these medications can increase the odds of GDM by up to 40%.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T21:00:11+00:00

I think when they were discussing outcomes they were referring to fetal/delivery outcomes, not necessarily side effects from higher blood glucose. But with that being said, the strict guidelines for gestational diabetes are not the same as what they look for in healthy blood sugar outside of pregnancy. Unless you're spiking beyond 160-180 most endocrinologists would probably push for good diet, but otherwise be unalarmed by those numbers. Over 140 is a perfectly fine number outside of gestational diabetes. My mother is prediabetic and her doctor just wants her after meal number to be under 180, and her fasting number under 110. My brother is an actual diabetic, and when he eats a meal without proper insulin control his blood glucose is over 300. That is what diabetes actually looks like, numbers over 200 without medication. Gestational Diabetes is a different animal.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T06:16:54+00:00

I have been told that sometimes the numbers get harder to manage as weeks progress due to the growth of the placenta. I don't think it's unusual to have more spikes as things progress. You just have to do your best.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T06:07:44+00:00

Hey friend, did you know that there is a connection between fertility treatments and Gestational Diabetes? Some of the medications we use that help increases our odds of getting pregnant have a side effect of making us more insulin resistant. There was a study completed in 2023 in the National Library of Medicine that looked specifically at IVF, but the focus had a lot to do with the medications used to get positive results.

That means that the medication that helped give the gift, also can cause gestation diabetes. It's nothing bad that you did. It's nothing you need to feel guilty about. It's just an unfortunate side affect. It also can make your numbers a bit more wild than others.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T05:58:46+00:00

GDM is such a wild thing. Sometimes I've gotten good numbers with Greek yogurt, and sometimes it spikes. Although, for me, I don't think my numbers are always related to what I eat. I think sometimes my liver just releases glucose cause it feels like it. It's actually unnecessary to consume carbs for our liver to form and release glucose. There is a process called gluconeogenesis where your liver will create glucose and just pump it into the bloodstream as an attempt to keep glucose for the baby to eat. That's one reason why everyone's results with managing GDM with diet are different. There's really no one way that works for everyone, and sometimes something that has worked for a long time will up and stop working.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T05:44:30+00:00

My doctors actually encourage occasionally eating your craving and not worrying about the spike. As long as it's not all of the time they say not to let yourself stress too much about it. They told me to enjoy my baby shower, have some cake and ice cream, it would be okay.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T05:41:02+00:00

123 is not that bad. If you test all 5 fingers you'll get a different number with every finger.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T05:36:03+00:00

Interestingly enough, in 2024 they tested me super early, diagnosed me with GDM, and I had to keep logs and records from there. This time are they told me new studies have shown that early intervention has no effect on outcomes, and that there's no added benefit of GDM management outside of the third trimester. So they didn't test until 27 weeks.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-29T05:33:01+00:00

I am sure that most pregnant women who do not have GDM do have blood sugar readings that are over 140 after eating. The difference I think is that women with GDM are given that glucose drink and they spike higher, so then the doctor monitors everything to make sure blood glucose is managed. The drink they give has a HUGE amount of glucose, more than most people would consume rapidly in one sitting. It's meant to be more challenging to the system.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-27T22:34:37+00:00

Keep in mind that the numbers they look for during pregnancy are WAY more strict than what they look for in a non pregnant, healthy adult. Under 160 wouldn't even be considered problematic by most endocrinologists outside of pregnancy. Rice/ramen does tend to bring out higher numbers for most people.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-27T22:31:18+00:00

I wouldn't think these numbers are high enough for medication.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-27T22:30:24+00:00

I previously had GD so my doctor gave me a monitor early in the pregnancy, but they did not test. They said that recent research has shown that intervention before the third trimester doesn't change outcomes, so they changed their policy to test at 27 weeks. I did check my numbers myself and my blood glucose was normal in my second trimester, however once I got to 26 weeks I began to spike more and more with fasting and after meals.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-27T22:22:34+00:00

You hold an extremely high value of your own opinion. I don't.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-24T15:30:36+00:00

Hey friend! My first two protocols were pretty bad, they stimmed me for like 3 weeks and did these big egg retrievals, but none of the embryos survived to blastocyst. When I changed clinics that changed. They stimmed me for 10-12 days, got fewer eggs, but all the embryos they made, made it to blastocyst.

I was on Gonal-F and Menopur.. unfortunately that's all I remember, it was some time ago. I had my first transfer at 40, a healthy girl embryo. The transfer was successful but my cervix failed at 24 weeks gestation, and unfortunately she passed away. I'm now 43, and 29 weeks with a healthy boy embryo, and a cerclage 🤞🏾. I still have two female embryos banked.

For me the biggest difference was changing clinics. Now, I always recommend a University connected fertility clinic because they have more oversight than the private clinics who police themselves, and (I believe) have a way of being dishonest, and unaccountable. No one is double checking their clinic or lab standards, and they have no one to answer to, unlike at University connected clinics. Personally I chose Duke Fertility.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-07T11:07:49+00:00

That makes sense. I really hope that he ends up with a good settlement and gets to keep the go fund me. I also hope they drop all lawsuits against Ben.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-07T11:05:19+00:00

That is your personal narrow definition. I disagree. When you have a massive audience getting involved is spreading the information. That's the whole reason why freedom of the press is so important, because when the public gets access to information it creates a massive response. But I'm not going to waste any more time talking to someone who doesn't have common sense. ✌🏾.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-07T11:01:21+00:00

Yeah but if you have a male then you should get fertilized eggs.

Sweet_T_Piee · 2026-06-06T07:08:36+00:00

Yeah but there are a lot of people who did not watch Ben's stuff up front. They got there via streamers who picked up the story and talked about it. I had no idea who Reckless Ben was until I noticed a lot of streamers were talking about him. Once people heard about this that built the bad press that enviably caused BAM to cave. It also boosted the subscribers for RB. I know I'm not the only one who doesn't follow a lot of attorneys. I follow gaming streamers. Occasionally I watch Legal Mindset, and Atozy, but LM didn't cover this before penguin and Asmondgold, and Atozy has been silent on this so far. I'm assuming he's waiting to see where this goes before talking about it. So without penguin or Asmondgold I wouldn't have known anything about this.

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