Re: [ozmidwifery] GDM question

[Andrea Quanchi]

your body is simply telling you that it is having a bit of trouble 
metabolising the amount of refined sugars it is receiving due to the 
pregnancy although this is a good indicator of the predisposition to 
type II diabetes if you continue your present pattern of eating. Cut 
out as many refined carbs (white) and sugars and eat whole grain and 
whole raw fruit and veg and drink water cutting out soft drinks juices 
and cordials including sports drinks ( unless diet ones) monitor your 
blood sugar and retest your urine in a few days.  We have a great 
diabetic educator here that I refer all women to who have had a similar 
situation and have had great success with them all not showing any 
further signs for the remainder of the pregnancy. A GTT may or may not 
have shown anything as at the time it was done your body may not have 
yet reached its threshold. I would not suggest a GTT unless your blood 
sugars are continually high. Then I would have a full GTT not the 
modified one
Good luck but Im sure its just a matter of doing the low GI food thing 
which we all should be doing anyway but the high GI ones taste so good 
and remember that you may have been eating a lot more chocolate than 
usual in the last fe weeks
Andrea Q
On 02/04/2005, at 10:10 PM, JoFromOz wrote:

Hello you intelligent List-Wives...
I have decided for various reasons not to have the routine GTT during 
my pregnancy, and now, at 33 weeks, I have had a small trace of 
glucose in my urine the last few weeks.  Tonight I checked at work at 
I had a definite plus, not trace, of glucose. I did a BSL at the same 
time, and it was only 4.2.  My question is, was my glucose higher 
before and my body just got rid of it for me, or is my body just good 
at getting rid of it via the urine instead of insulin?  Or should I 
stop worrying? OR should I go ahead and do the GTT like my workmates 
insist I should have done in the first place?

Thanks!
Otherwise, pregnancy is wonderful apart from the sore hips trying to 
sleep :)

Jo (RM)
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