As with the first pregnancy, I knew that gestational diabetes was very likely to rear its ugly head again. And it did. This time I started testing myself and self diagnosed after high readings. I informed the team and they set me up with the pregnancy diabetes team.
This time around I was not so much in shock and distress over the diagnosis. I knew it was going to happen and I knew what to do this time to keep it under control. I also knew the diet changes would not be forever. I lost weight as a result during the pregnancy but this was no bad thing.
I was however struggling to keep my fasting levels down but I eventually got them under control and avoided the need to be put on insulin or metformin.
Because of the uterine repair from the ruptured ectopic pregnancy it was stated I would need to have a c-section at 38 weeks. This early because I had my son at 39 weeks and often subsequent labours tend to be earlier. I wasn’t happy about taking steroids to help with the baby’s lung development but I had to trust the doctors were doing the right thing.
Psychologist and Patient 