https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:49:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-blood-sugars-lower-than-normal-further-along#post-467337 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:28:18 +0000 ladyfingers 467337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: Haha yeah I've noticed that, too. I've learned to take anything on the Internet with a grain of salt. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-blood-sugars-lower-than-normal-further-along#post-467334 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:27:38 +0000 MaisyMay 467334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Thanks!<br /> If there are any questions that you have, I'm more than glad to try to answer them. I've found that most of the diabetic info out there isn't very friendly and is not super helpful. It's all worse-case scenario, like "if your sugars are low, your baby...." and it'll be some horrid thing, even though it's only in extreme situations that worse-cases happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-blood-sugars-lower-than-normal-further-along#post-467306 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:21:09 +0000 ladyfingers 467306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: Hey! The program I was in was only 3 weeks long, so I'm all done working with a diabetes nurse. It was actually a huge ripoff since I had to pay $600 out of pocket for it. I'm not on insulin, either. It's just been diet-controlled. I just bring my numbers into my doctor each week now, and have to call them immediately if I get a number under 60 or over 180. Otherwise they just look through my numbers and usually say, good job. </p> <p>I started weekly appointments last week. The NST was actually pretty interesting; it was wild to hear LOs heart race and then feel corresponding movements! He did great and moved like 22 times in 20 minutes with corresponding accelerations. DH was shocked. I was like, I told you so -- he moves ALL. THE. TIME. I only need ultrasounds every 4 weeks (unless an NST or something else is abnormal) so my next one won't be until my BPP at 37 weeks. </p> <p>And congrats again on your bebe!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-blood-sugars-lower-than-normal-further-along#post-467272 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:16:06 +0000 MaisyMay 467272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi. It's totally normal! As you near the end of your pregnancy, your need for insulin decreases. This means the a standard dose will give you lows. Are you working with a diabetes nurse or educator who goes over your numbers with you? They'll help you make adjustments. </p> <p>Re: NST's - It sucks to have to do them super frequently, but peeking in on LO gets to be fun. I had them twice a week from 34 on through delivery.<br /> Any more questions, let me know. I'm a type 2 diabetic and my LO was born earlier this week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-blood-sugars-lower-than-normal-further-along#post-467257 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:12:24 +0000 ladyfingers 467257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add a disclaimer that my blood sugars don't really seem to follow a discernible pattern but are always within range. My doctor said the numbers will fluctuate from day to day because of hormones. But I just thought this might be a curious trend and wondered if it meant anything.</p> <p>The past few days, my one-hour post-meal numbers have been in the low 100s, seemingly no matter what I eat. I haven't been pushing it or anything, but I had half a Chipotle burrito bowl today that would normally give me a reading in the 130s (I just have to be below 140), and I was at 103 an hour later. Yesterday for lunch I had leftover beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes, and brussels sprouts -- a HUGE lunch for me -- and was at 87 an hour later. I've also been treating myself to tiny pieces of office chocolate a couple of times a day at the beginning of meals, and still my numbers seem way lower than what's typical for me.</p> <p>I'm 34 weeks, did anybody notice something like this? I'm going in weekly, doctor's monitoring my blood sugars, had a BPP last week and my first of many weekly NSTs yesterday, and everything has been normal so far. I was reading that sometimes GD can eat away at the placenta so lower blood sugar readings mean the placenta isn't working as efficiently, but no tests have shown that to be the case so far, and at any rate, I haven't spent much if any time at the "danger zone" consistently above 140 to account for a placental decay. And then I hear that sometimes it happens when you're close to labor -- eeks.</p> <p>Anyway, I know it's really a question for my doctor, and now that I've asked, I'll probably have readings in the 120s and 130s tomorrow lol but I was just curious if anybody else had noticed this phenomenon the further along you get!</p> <p>ETA I'm not on insulin or any other medication for the GD, just diet. </p>