Gestational Diabetes

[phleb]

Hello all,

Has anyone had GDM? What are your experiences? Did you have to be induced? Was baby larger than normal? My friend is 32 weeks and was diagnosed a week ago, she is so worried, but i told her not to google it due to so many conflicting stories.

I would rather she had a personal view on this, and Sqads view please. thanks x

[Buenchico]

There's nothing wrong with googling medical matters as long as you include 'NHS' as a search term. Then you get accurate information!

Advise your friend to work through all of the links here:
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/gestational-diabetes/Pages/Introduction.aspx
(The 'Treatment' one is particularly relevant).

[Tuvok]

I knew someone who had this everytime! Yes more than 2 or more kids!

[Sqad]

Hi! phleb,
Not my scene...midwifery...too many women involved, but I will drag up long suppressed facts from my "younger days.

\\\\There's nothing wrong with googling medical matters as long as you include 'NHS' as a search term. Then you get accurate information! \\\

Absolutely ....and i have thumbed through this and was astonished to read that roughly 1 in 5 pregnant women develop GD.....really?
Since my days it appears that more pregnant women are getting fatter, OR is it that more fat women are getting pregnant? ;-)

If there is anything in the link that you need explaining , then get back to us , here on AB.

[ummmm]

My friend had it (she's not fat!) she was induced two weeks early because of the size of the baby. He was 10lb something. She went on to have another 4 children and didn't get it with them.