All you mums who had excellent blood sugar control, but big babies regardless...

[Monkey]

Now my question is....E was born with very LOW sugars. If I run my levels high at the birth of no. 2 does that mean that he/she will have higher sugars and I don't go through the stress of having her sugar levels taken every hour? That stressed me out more that the birth and not something that I would like to go through again. QUOTE]

I think the opposite is true - if your blood glucose is high throughout labour and birth, baby will, in theory, be exposed to that and will be producing more insulin to counteract it. Low blood sugar in newborns is because of exactly this - they need a bit of time to readjust to not being connected to your blood supply in any way. If anything, high blood glucose in labour would be more likely to lead to low blood sugar in a newborn.

 

[trophywench]

Like most things D, I wouldn't actually get too hung up on the Theory of stuff.

Just do your best, it's all you can do and these HCPs have a lot to answer for IMHO - far better a happy contented pregnancy than one where mummy is constantly stressing. And I know how hard it is not to stress in a non-D pregnancy so I know it's inevitable anyway LOL - why do they make it worse?

What you get, you get. In the unlikely event if there's summat not quite right, you are in ABSOLUTELY the right place for it to be sorted.

Chill, Ladeez.