Gestational diabetes at 27th week?
Sep 21, 2009 | Signs of Gestational Diabetes
I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes…I am mad because I know it’s dangerous for the baby and the doctor didn’t tell me anything when I had symptoms of diabetes before…Since week 20th I told him that sometimes I couldn’t see anything because my vision was very blurred that I had to just lay down. I also told him that my female parts were burning, but without any discharge, and that I was feeling very weak and extremely hungry. He just said it’s normal and he just said that I had gained too much weight…I have gained over 60 lbs already and I am only 27 weeks. I found out that all those are signs of diabetes, but I just found out and I am very worried of the effects on my baby until now…I wonder why if my glucose was so high they didn’t notice it on any of my previous appointments because they did urine tests all the time and they never told me anything…Any comments on that? Anyone has an idea of why they didn’t find out before? Thanks
Unless you were spilling sugar into your urine, it wouldn’t have shown up on the stick they use to dip it. I know that there are sticks that only test for protein, but all the ones my CNM and OB use are for glucose and protein and I can’t imagine a doc would not use the "duostix" for pregnant patients. As far as your weight gain and symptoms (blurred vision)…those are "red flags" for an early screening. I’m sorry it was not caught sooner. You might consider changing physicians. It’s never too late to do so. I’ve heard of women firing their OB when they were in early labor, so that’s something to think about.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:51 am
With your symptoms, they should have done a glucose test earlier. The urine samples that they take don’t test your sugar levels. That’s why they do the separate glucose test.
Not only that, but with the weight you’ve gained, they should have guessed you would develop gestational diabetes. The more you weigh, the higher your chance.
Good luck!
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22 weeks, 1 day with #2
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 am
Unless you were spilling sugar into your urine, it wouldn’t have shown up on the stick they use to dip it. I know that there are sticks that only test for protein, but all the ones my CNM and OB use are for glucose and protein and I can’t imagine a doc would not use the "duostix" for pregnant patients. As far as your weight gain and symptoms (blurred vision)…those are "red flags" for an early screening. I’m sorry it was not caught sooner. You might consider changing physicians. It’s never too late to do so. I’ve heard of women firing their OB when they were in early labor, so that’s something to think about.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 5:35 am
if you’ve done research and know what the signs of diabetes are, I’m hoping you’ve done research on how gestational diabetes can affect you and your baby in the long run, not just during labor.
Why were you not tested before 27wks?? My doc tests at 24 wks, but I’ve heard alot of women on here say their’s tests at around 20.
I’m actually mad as hell at your doctor!!!! I would most definitely find a doctor that cares how you are feeling, and cares to find out why you are feeling the way you are!!!!
I don’t know why they didn’t find out before, there is no reason he shouldn’t have been screening earlier. Maybe he’s just lazy or something, or has too many other patients. But just shrugging you off and telling you all that is normal seems very negligent to me!!!!
I would find another doc like TODAY. Has he scheduled you an appointment with a specialist yet?? You’ll have to be watched extra careful from now till the end, and you should be on a very restricted diet, be exercising, and from the sounds of it, you may even need to be on insulin!!!!
I was diabetic with my first baby, and will be screened for this pregnancy in about a week, so I’m not just talking out my butt here. I have friends that never cared to take care of themselves or the problem, and to me that is so selfish. I’m not going to go into explaining what the ill effects could be if you don’t control your sugars, but they’re pretty scary.
It’s not that hard to get it under control and keep it that way. It’s not fun, but it’s worth it for the health of your baby!!
feel free to contact me if you want to talk more about it, again, I’ve lots of experience with this, and I know I would have loved to connect to someone that had been through the same thing at the time.
Good Luck, and seriously, find a more attentive doctor!!!
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