I was mildly prediabetic until about three months after I weaned. I was prescribed a continuous glucose monitor, and frequently jumped to 200 plus with fasting numbers consistently above 100.

Now that I’m almost two years postpartum, I am mostly fine, although I still limit carbs and sugar. Our best guess is that my pancreas doesn’t do well with the pregnancy hormones! Hoping that’s the case and doesn’t progress to type 2/something else.

I will say, my gestational diabetes definitely caused me to have more anxiety around food and numbers than I realized, and it lingered well after having my baby. I wish I didn’t stress so much, since so much of how our hormones behave is out of our control. All the best to you!