You and your baby will be fine. Trust.

Carol Ann,

156 mg/dl is not good, but it is also not terribly bad.  It merely suggests
that the reason you have had such a tough time with your weight in the past
is that you have had abnormal blood sugar.  FWIW, if you'd gotten 156 mg/dl
on a one hour test when you weren't pregnant, most family doctors would tell
you, you were "normal" and wait ten years until you already had heart
disease etc before telling you that you had diabetes.

So in a wierd way, this is GOOD.  Because now when you deliver that baby,
you're going to get your  act together, monitor your blood sugar for the
rest of your life, keep your carbs to where your blood sugar is normal and
avoid slipping into complacency. As a result you will NEVER get diabetic
complications.
Also, you can ask your doctor for helpful drugs like metformin or Precose
that can help you lose weight once you have your babies now that you know
you have documented blood sugar abnormalities.  The difficulty you have had
with your diet in the past is probably due to the blood sugar swings you
were having back then.

As far as your baby goes, she will be just fine. Every child of a
gestational pregnancy I've known has been. At worst she'll be a bit bigger
at birth, but that doesn't mean she'll be fat when she's older.  Both my
gestational diabetes babies weighed in at around 9 lbs at birth. One was 18
inches long and the other 21.5 inches long. The tall one grew up willowy and
thin and currently earns a good income modeling. The short one is the
muscular and huge football player who does have to work to keep his body fat
under control.  In short, the kids' genes seem to be more important than my
diabetes in how they turned out.

Hang in there!!!!!
-- Jenny  - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my  email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit  http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm

Bring a book. That test is horrible!

I still can't see why pregnant women are told they can't cut carbs. I've tried
and tried to come up with what a potato or bread contributes to a developing
fetus (besides gestational diabetes), and can't figure it out! FWIW, I had a
highish 1-hour too, but my 4 hour (I had to do 4, not 3!) came out fine.

LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 265/237/140
& hubby- 310/266/180

Hello,

That stinks, but keep in mind that it's possible to eat a high carb
diet and never come up against diabetes.  You needed to pick your
parents better and/or have lived a healthier lifestyle.  I made the
same mistakes you did.  :-(  The carbs aren't to blame.
And yes, I know you can't pick your parents.  That's the main reason
diabetes sucks.  By the time many Type IIs know they're more sensitive
to carbs than other people it's usually too late to do anything but
try to stop the disease's progression.
Sending good thoughts for the three of you.

Take care,
Carmen

So, how did this go?  Have you received the results yet?

Yes, it is.  Fortunately your doctor was on the ball and
caught it, so its impact can be lessened.  Yay!  :)

In the meantime: good energy coming your way.

April.
Put out the cat.