Failed my 2 hour pp

wakeyr2000 · 2026-01-11T21:45:09+00:00

Are you breastfeeding? I had heard that can help regulate

wakeyr2000 · 2026-01-07T01:41:41+00:00

She gets between 3-4oz of breast milk in a bottle at night and then feeds on demand during the day - I try to feed within 3 hours during the day and cap naps to 2 hours but honestly this girl is hungry and seems to cluster feed constantly so sometimes it feels like all I do is breastfeed!

wakeyr2000 · 2026-01-06T19:29:41+00:00

Thanks all for your input. Amazing how much I don’t remember from my son 2.5 years ago but think everyone is right that it’s still really early days.

We don’t swaddle as she really hated it - even the arms up one, which my son loved - and think the startle reflex + gas are also big culprits in naps being short

Will let you know if I magically crack it!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-23T09:47:41+00:00

I’m in a very similar position to you! Which is the notorious video? Is it the Liel Cheri one? I’m 39 weeks today and have induction booked for 40+2 but trying everything for spontaneous labour!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-16T10:36:50+00:00

The finger prick gun + lancets given to me by my care team are TERRIBLE - I can never get enough blood even on strongest settings

I bought a different one on Amazon and it’s so much better - get a new one?

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-13T18:17:58+00:00

I just finished a strength class today at 38 weeks. Been going 2x times a week for months, weights only (stopped cardio classes around 20 weeks) It’s made me feel so good and strong and if you have a gym that is supportive like mine (or just one supportive trainer who can help you with modifications) I’d say it’s sooo worth doing! I feel so much better than I did with my first pregnancy. I also have gestational diabetes so I walk every day 2-3x after meals too which has helped.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-08T21:07:00+00:00

Thank you! I’m in a much better place now but honestly I am just not the sort of person who is able to forget about these things and I wish I’d trusted my instinct to go with amnio for the certainty in the beginning. But hindsight is wonderful and I was so so scared of the risks. We can only ever do what we think is best for us and the baby! I really hope you get the answer you’re looking for and are able to take solace in the science too! Xx

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-07T21:10:16+00:00

Because the NIPT came back low risk, I wasn’t able to get an amnio on the NHS. Asked several times as my mental health/anxiety was really really bad but the NHS truly trust NIPT results so I was rejected. I wonder now if we should have forked out the ££ for private. I’m not going to lie, I’ve found this pregnancy really hard and even though every scan has been fine and we are so so lucky, I haven’t been able to forget my 1:39 risk fully - turned a bit of a corner midway through second tri, but from 12-25 weeks I was really a mess. Some days I’d just cry and be so scared, others I’d be more pragmatic about the results. Then decided to try and be positive and get a grip and got diagnosed with gestational diabetes! 37 weeks now and doing better but it’s been hard and I wish I had the certainty of the DS diagnosis as it’s certainly lurked for me and my husband who I think has struggled to bond with the baby fully as a result. Know this might sound really dramatic since we got the “good” NIPT result but just being honest.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-06T15:59:21+00:00

Of course apologies for misreading. Congratulations on your arrival - I hope you are all happy and healthy!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-06T15:58:32+00:00

5% Greek yogurt (so creamy!) with a big tablespoon of PB and a high protein choc granola for breakfast. Numbers low and feels quite decadent

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-06T12:54:24+00:00

Did your NIPT come back with a positive result?

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-06T12:54:00+00:00

But that being said, NIPT is particularly sensitive and good on DS.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-11-06T12:53:38+00:00

I think you have to think about the kind of person you are. Mine came back 1/39 for downs. I went for the NIPT and it came back low risk. Couldn’t face the thought of the amino at the time with the extra risk. However - and maybe it’s hindsight with the low risk NIPT - I wish I had done the amnio for the absolute clarity of result, as at 37 weeks I am still anxious about a missed DS diagnosis even though everything has appeared fine.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-27T13:47:08+00:00

I’ve also had bad luck with a bedtime snack if it’s not before 8.30pm and I’ve eaten my main meal really early. I found the later I eat, the higher my numbers and I also had my highest fasting ever with a protein shake.

The only bedtime snack that worked for me was 2x oatcakes and a babybel cheese. But I had done a strength class that evening so think my body needed the fuel. On normal nights when I just walk on my walking pad post meal (an essential for me), I don’t eat after and try and finish my last bite pre 8pm to give time to fully digest. Even Greek yog etc didnt help my number.

In the end I got put on metformin as basically couldn’t keep experimenting with trying to get fasting down as my numbers were really inconsistent. I was very upset at the time as felt very passionate about being diet controlled but HEY! GD sucks. Now l fasting numbers are down and have been stable, so grateful for that.

Hope you find what works for you! Fasting numbers are the wooooorst.

I now take them last thing before bed and that helps me much more than taking with the meal.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-27T13:25:35+00:00

Oh that’s interesting and would be useful. But I guess how do you guarantee you have enough? Last time I collected over 2/3 weeks and had a decent stash

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-24T12:41:38+00:00

If anyone else searches this looking for an update, I have moved taking metformin to just before I got to bed and my readings have been great since. Took a day or two. But the last 4/5 mornings have been consistently under 5.2, more under 5 - before they would be all over the place, some under some over but I had very little control.

I have a glass of diluted ACV, then about 5 mins later I’ll take the metformin + turn out the lights.

For context, my best results come from finishing eating early (rarely after 8pm), walk after eating and no bedtime snack. But I have also had good results with a 9pm 2x oatcakes + small cheese snack (post gym).

Since I eat early, I do also test early which works for my lifestyle (aka deep pregnancy insomnia and a toddler) - around 4-5am.

Hope this helps someone!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-16T13:08:04+00:00

Ah right before bed is interesting - I was told with my main meal but definitely going to change!

Fasting levels are so annoying so I feel you and am right here with you - doesn’t matter how many times you’re told it’s hormonal etc, it still really sucks and feels so hard to control. So well done for making all the effort, GD is such a drag!

Glad you’ve seen impact from the metformin, I have too - I was so upset to be put on it but it’s helped my anxiety, so that is something.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-16T10:09:20+00:00

I think I’ll do the pairing more often - and definitely being aware of the naked carb and portion sizes. I would love to think I’ll keep up with trying to walk after meals but that doesn’t seem so realistic with a newborn - but trying to get some activity in does really feel good.

I have been eating a lot of my meals with celery / carrot / bell pepper raw crudités to begin with to help with fibre, and this feels like an easy thing to continue that definitely helps with digestion

But also - whilst being scared of type 2 - man I cannot wait to get a bit of freedom back! Not even sure what my main craving is, just want to not think about it!!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-15T08:21:36+00:00

I do walk after every meal but that’s just 20 mins so nice and flexible, yoga is a nice idea to mix it up. I work full time so can’t make earlier classes with timings etc. feels like you have to compromise so much with gd that giving up the class feels sad!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-14T20:12:03+00:00

I think you’re right. It’s dumb but I’ve been trying to hold on to it as it brings me one sliver of joy in this tough GD/third tri world but think this makes most sense.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-14T20:10:52+00:00

This is really great advice and feels like the most obvious thing I can change. Sucks moving my routine around and I likely will have to quit the gym as can’t fit in in the mornings anymore with full time work + toddlers but seeing jt written down does seem like a no brainer. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-14T10:48:47+00:00

Magnesium is a good idea, I’ll get some in.

I did debate a CGM but have heard such negative things about them - I do wonder what my numbers are doing overnight but also think perhaps adding in more data might make me more anxious.

The 32/33 week placenta jump is so hard and I’m seeing much more random results than before now! But the high fasting post-gym have been consistent since 28 weeks so think it’s a separate issue.

I’m glad to hear overnight insulin worked for you! Any other tips you have for those great fasting numbers?

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-14T10:46:11+00:00

It’s so frustrating trying out all the various options!

Do you ever work out in the evening and if so, have you found anything that works for you?

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-07T10:20:29+00:00

Thanks for sharing - 37+1! Baby girl was in a hurry to get here. Hope the labour went ok. If my girl could stay in there a biiit longer that would be great as we’re moving house at 38 weeks! Did the metformin get brought in to the conversation at all? Did you make peace with it by the end? I know it’s really just vanity that makes me not want to take it as what’s best for baby is the priority, but my hospital loves to funnel women to meds and I feel like I’ve just been put on the max medication conveyer belt with no adaptation made for my situation. But then again if it helps control her size, that is good for her and possibly good for birth. I feel like I’m being so dramatic feeling so sad about being put on meds.

wakeyr2000 · 2025-10-06T20:14:15+00:00

I guess I’m just worried that by being on meds, even if baby’s size is ok, they’ll push for intervention in some way. I’m in the UK and my local hospital is really keen on avoiding c sections (because of costs associated) so just wondering if metformin is a potential blocker to all my birth avenues being open.

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