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by 2catty
November 20, 2008 10:50 PM
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I had gestational diabetes when I was a teenager. Twice as a matter of fact. I had 2 children when I was just a kid. Unfortunately it lead to the diabetes I have know. Since I had another child at a normal age. It was a rough pregnancy and delivery. 10lbs. 15oz. is what he weighed. Talking about ouch!

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Jlynn	Jlynn replied December 10, 2008 6:16 PM Hi I can totally relate I had gestational which led to type 1 i believe...Only i went untreated for a long time w/no insurance,. finally got treated 2nd month of pregnancy.. it was so hard throughout the pregnancy!! I was in keto. 3 times and looked like that charachter princess Feona; Shrek!!! I was told at the 5th month that it was very likely that my baby would be abnormal, deformed and it was best for both of us to terminate!!!! This without proof.. After changing from that Doctor,(LOL) I delivered a beautiful baby girl, perfect!! She is however 70 % deaf. Right ear completely and left ear 70 or so. (said to be likely from excessive fluid..idk) I wish people with gestational are WARNED to watch for the onset of type 2 and 1....It could HELP so many Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate kdroberts replied December 10, 2008 6:33 PM I don't think gestational leads to type 1 so it may be you would have been diagnosed regardless of your gestational diabetes. It's one of those chicken and the egg things because sometimes in pregnancy type 1 or type 2 is diagnosed. They don't really know for sue that in those cases if it really is gestational diabetes or or their diabetes starting to show during pregnancy. I do know that if you have gestational diabetes in one pregnancy your chance of having it in future ones is about 65% and your chance of being diagnosed with type 2 within 10 years is 20-50%. Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate 2catty replied December 11, 2008 2:06 AM Oh I feel so happy that your baby was ok. I have 3 in total all very big babies. And on top of it toxemia. My gestational and the fact that my babies weighed more than 9lbs. led to type 2. My youngest is 3 and I feel so lucky we made it through good, Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate 2catty replied December 11, 2008 2:08 AM I think I was diagnosed 9 years after my second child. My blood sugar was in the 500's. Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate Jlynn replied December 11, 2008 5:20 PM thanks for your insite...true yet everyone is so very different and so on. Even Doctors have different views on this...and I did develop type 1 sometime after my second pregnancy( which I had gestational ). Was it because of the gestational? I feel the gestational was surely A sign that I was on the path to Type 1 or 2.. Yet I was told that the gestational would go away after delivery, and so never knew it was a "SIGN" otherwise.. Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate 2catty replied December 11, 2008 9:15 PM Do you think that you was type 1 all along? Then when you got pregnant the 2nd time Dr.'s found out you was diabetic and just summed it up as gestational? I have known of this happening. But either way I am so glad your baby and you are o.k. She is your miracle baby. I have one too. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate 2catty replied December 11, 2008 9:19 PM You know as a matter of fact. My first pregnancy I took those glucose tolerance test. The Dr. said I had gestational diabetes but he thought I went out between tests and ate. Which I did not because I couldn't even drive yet. So he refused to treat me for it, just because he didn't like pregnant teen-agers. Since then I've heard other horror stories about that Dr. Nut case totally. Add your reply Flag as Inappropriate

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Jlynn replied December 10, 2008 6:16 PM

Hi I can totally relate I had gestational which led to type 1 i believe...Only i went untreated for a long time w/no insurance,. finally got treated 2nd month of pregnancy.. it was so hard throughout the pregnancy!! I was in keto. 3 times and looked like that charachter princess Feona; Shrek!!!
I was told at the 5th month that it was very likely that my baby would be abnormal, deformed and it was best for both of us to terminate!!!! This without proof..
After changing from that Doctor,(LOL) I delivered a beautiful baby girl, perfect!! She is however 70 % deaf. Right ear completely and left ear 70 or so. (said to be likely from excessive fluid..idk)
I wish people with gestational are WARNED to watch for the onset of type 2 and 1....It could HELP so many

kdroberts replied December 10, 2008 6:33 PM

I don't think gestational leads to type 1 so it may be you would have been diagnosed regardless of your gestational diabetes. It's one of those chicken and the egg things because sometimes in pregnancy type 1 or type 2 is diagnosed. They don't really know for sue that in those cases if it really is gestational diabetes or or their diabetes starting to show during pregnancy.

I do know that if you have gestational diabetes in one pregnancy your chance of having it in future ones is about 65% and your chance of being diagnosed with type 2 within 10 years is 20-50%.

2catty replied December 11, 2008 2:06 AM

Oh I feel so happy that your baby was ok. I have 3 in total all very big babies. And on top of it toxemia. My gestational and the fact that my babies weighed more than 9lbs. led to type 2. My youngest is 3 and I feel so lucky we made it through good,

2catty replied December 11, 2008 2:08 AM

I think I was diagnosed 9 years after my second child. My blood sugar was in the 500's.

Jlynn replied December 11, 2008 5:20 PM

thanks for your insite...true yet everyone is so very different and so on.
Even Doctors have different views on this...and I did develop type 1 sometime after my second pregnancy( which I had gestational ). Was it because of the gestational? I feel the gestational was surely A sign that I was on the path to Type 1 or 2..
Yet I was told that the gestational would go away after delivery, and so never knew it was a "SIGN" otherwise..

2catty replied December 11, 2008 9:15 PM

Do you think that you was type 1 all along? Then when you got pregnant the 2nd time Dr.'s found out you was diabetic and just summed it up as gestational? I have known of this happening. But either way I am so glad your baby and you are o.k. She is your miracle baby. I have one too. Thank you so much for sharing your story.

2catty replied December 11, 2008 9:19 PM

You know as a matter of fact. My first pregnancy I took those glucose tolerance test. The Dr. said I had gestational diabetes but he thought I went out between tests and ate. Which I did not because I couldn't even drive yet. So he refused to treat me for it, just because he didn't like pregnant teen-agers. Since then I've heard other horror stories about that Dr. Nut case totally.