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I had GD with both pregnancies and hated the schedule and strict eating. I hated being yelled at by the doctors and having them undermine me. It was horrible and one of the reasons (among others) that I cannot go through another pregnancy. I was able to control my GD with diet, but it was so hard and involved changing everything about my eating habits. I hated carrying around my meter and having to poke myself 4 times a day. Oh and the stupid appointments! I had to go to maternal fetal 3x a week (extra monitoring for low estimated weight) plus once a week at my OB. Ugh.

The bright side is that there are only 6 weeks left. It might feel like a long time, but it'll pass quickly. Then you'll have a baby to cuddle and make it all worth it.

@Mrs Hedgehog: I had GD with my first pregnancy, and I'm pregnant now. Dreading taking the GTT and getting those results. That scheduling/planning is just a beast. I ended up on insulin with my first because my morning numbers would not come down no matter what I did (short of going for a run in the middle of the night). The anxiety over numbers and what the doctors would say at each appointment was awful. Sigh. On the plus side, at least I didn't gain too much weight and was eating healthier!

Why are you taking so many pills all day long? Honestly, it's so much easier to just get put on insulin. When I had GD I took insulin at night, and then at dinner time.

@Cherrybee: If you're constantly fighting against high numbers you probably won't need to worry much about lows. You start out with a low dose and then it gets increased if you're still getting highs. Controlling with diet and pills is definitely much better, but if you're not really controlling it, then you need to do something else.

I'm sorry! I had GD too so I totally know how you feel. Hang in there! I always tried to focus on the silver lining that it's forcing me to eat healthy and I also barely gained weight after started GD diet.

I hated having GD too! Especially since it was over the holidays. But I guess one positive to having it was I barely put on weight in my 3rd trimester and lost it all pretty quickly once I had dd.

@MaisyMay: My mum (type 2) has had a really hard time with hypos. She landed herself in hospital about two yrs ago because she woke in the night with a hypo that was so bad she couldn't stand up so she shuffled down the stairs on her bum, crawled into the kitchen and proceeded to panic-drink enough energy drink to almost put her in a coma. The ambulance crew had to break her front door down and she was in hospital for a week on an insulin drip. Scary stuff.