3-hour GD screening results. What now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First lesson of GD - it’s not sugar, it’s the carbs!

Second lesson of GD, anyone can get it. It’s not a moral failing.

This!!! All carbs turn to sugar. Figure out which ones don’t affect you as much.

[Anonymous]

Not to scare you but studies have shown that GD increases risk of future diabetes.


https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijgo.14537#:~:text=in%20female%20offspring-,Women%20with%20a%20history%20of%20GDM%20have%20an%208–10,years%20after%20a%20GDM%20pregnancy.

“Women with a history of GDM have an 8–10-fold higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with women without a history of GDM, which is highest 3–6 years after a GDM pregnancy.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who had diet-controlled GD, what did your OB recommend re: induction? I'd really prefer not to if everything is looking okay.

Mine was more concerned about my age (40) than my GD. Baby was measuring only slightly larger (65th percentile). I did opt to do an induction because I had done one with my first but my OB left it up to me.