Gestational Diabetes - backed into a strange corner..
My blood sugars have been okay. Not always under 120 after a meal, but usually.
They feel uncomfortably high to me because I wanted to keep very strict control. However, my endo doesnt feel the medicating is necessary and feels that I would be constantly fighting lows if we medicated.
I dont WANT to be medicated of course, but I AM concerned about pumping extra glucose into the baby.
I really wanted to avoid another NICU baby on IV's for low blood sugar ;(
The other thing is, I'm trying for a VBAC. I know that the way you deliver a baby is not the important part, the health of the baby is.. but .. for me, recovering from a C section with a toddler and a newborn and not a lot of support is just not .. its not a desirable option. Things that would work in my favor are .. not having baby that they feel is getting too large, or going into labor a few weeks early.. for the same reason.
In response, partially consciously and partially sub consciously I've found myself eating less carbs than prescribed to try to further control my sugars. It seems like I should either continue doing this, OR eat extra carbs for several days to push all my sugars higher to get medicated. NEither sounds like a particularly safe option, but I'm really lost as to what to do at this point.
I'm almost 35 weeks along. I dont want the baby to get too much sugars, I dont want to endanger her with ketones either. I'm willing to be medicated if its the best option, but the endo thinks it isnt.
I want to just manage it with exercise, but I gotta tell you, I have such horrible back pain.. (posterior pelvic pain, with sciatic symptoms) that its REALLY hard to be as active as I should after meals.
I also feel myself spacing out my carbs which I think is keeping my sugars at a constant 100-120.. that cant be healthy either can it?
ugh. I just feel so lost.
They feel uncomfortably high to me because I wanted to keep very strict control. However, my endo doesnt feel the medicating is necessary and feels that I would be constantly fighting lows if we medicated.
I dont WANT to be medicated of course, but I AM concerned about pumping extra glucose into the baby.
I really wanted to avoid another NICU baby on IV's for low blood sugar ;(
The other thing is, I'm trying for a VBAC. I know that the way you deliver a baby is not the important part, the health of the baby is.. but .. for me, recovering from a C section with a toddler and a newborn and not a lot of support is just not .. its not a desirable option. Things that would work in my favor are .. not having baby that they feel is getting too large, or going into labor a few weeks early.. for the same reason.
In response, partially consciously and partially sub consciously I've found myself eating less carbs than prescribed to try to further control my sugars. It seems like I should either continue doing this, OR eat extra carbs for several days to push all my sugars higher to get medicated. NEither sounds like a particularly safe option, but I'm really lost as to what to do at this point.
I'm almost 35 weeks along. I dont want the baby to get too much sugars, I dont want to endanger her with ketones either. I'm willing to be medicated if its the best option, but the endo thinks it isnt.
I want to just manage it with exercise, but I gotta tell you, I have such horrible back pain.. (posterior pelvic pain, with sciatic symptoms) that its REALLY hard to be as active as I should after meals.
I also feel myself spacing out my carbs which I think is keeping my sugars at a constant 100-120.. that cant be healthy either can it?
ugh. I just feel so lost.