Tag: gestational diabetes

  • The Non-Stress Tests

    The Non-Stress Tests

    After my gestational diabetes diagnosis, I was given time to see if diet and exercise could manage my blood sugar levels. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough. I kept having slightly high fasting readings in the morning.  Because of that, the maternal fetal medicine docs decided to put me on insulin at bedtime.  A week or…

  • The Glucose Test

    The Glucose Test

    While I was at the EKG appointment, I asked the doctor when I’d need to be tested for gestational diabetes. It’s something all pregnant women have to be tested for, and I’d honestly been worried about it most of the pregnancy.  My sister experienced it in her second pregnancy and said it wasn’t fun. Hers…