Anyone refuse to take insulin? Or monitor blood sugars

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I just found out I have gestational diabietes.  I have been monitoring my blood sugars for almost a week and my numbers are just fine! I'm so frustrated why should I keep having to poke myself 4 times a day to monitor when my numbers are fine! I'm about ready to just quit doing it.  It's so so stressful to me which can't be good on the baby. I have 8 weeks of this pregnancy left. My body know what it needs to do. I know the doctor would be against it but I'm about ready to just stop. I'm not on insulin yet but I would refuse if they wanted to put be on it. I just feel with my numbers being so regular all this testing is unnecessary stress! Thoughts?  Anyone else with gd?

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I agree with the others. This is for the HEALTH of your child. I'm sorry it's been such an inconvenience to you, but welcome to motherhood. The place where listening to medical advice for the health and livelihood for your child trumps what you want to do (or don't want to do). As the pregnancy moves further along you'll gain more hormones causing your blood sugar levels to fluctuate. So you may be doing good now, but what about later on?? Also, if you are diet controlling your numbers the doc wouldn't see the need to put you on insulin. It isn't as though pricking your finger takes up so much time either. It takes what, 2 minutes, tops? Just do it and when you deliver a healthy baby you'll be happy you did.

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There's a lady whose baby stays next to mine in the NICU and she has GD. Her baby can't go home until they wean her off the sugar. She gained 4 pounds overnight and my baby only gained 2 ounces. You're putting your baby at risk as well as guaranteeing yourself stress and probably pain. You could need a c section, your baby won't be as healthy as they could be and if they have to stay in NICU, it's not fun going home everyday without your baby. Do what your doctor says. Just because you feel fine doesn't mean you're okay.

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GD can be fatal to baby if not monitored. You don't have long left - you can hold out! I'm hypoglycemic but don't have GD, so I know it can be hard to constantly check yourself but seriously... It is for your baby.

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I had GD in my pregnancy, sometimes just diet can control it. I was on a lot of medicines before I was able to control my numbers. When I had my daughter she was 7pd 12oz. Towards the last week of pregnancy my numbers started fluctuating. So after she was born I didn't get to see her for 8 hours because of her blood sugar not being stable. Please continue doing what's right for the baby so you don't go through that. You don't see the big deal but your doc sees the potential of it becoming a big deal. Your numbers looking normal is a good thing, you don't need medicine to control it.

Just remember not doing what you can to control or monitor GD can have adverse effects on you and baby. You can do it, you don't have much longer to go.

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Why would you stop doing it? It's for the health of your baby, I've been doing it for 5 months now, I found out I had it at 3 months. And yes I absolutely hate it but it's for my daughter growing inside me that I check my sugars every day and watch what I eat so she can be healthy. You only have 8 weeks left, just like I do, trust me don't give up, You can do it. Your GD can get worse especially towards the end, and your child can gain weight rapidly. The point of checking your blood sugar is to watch what you eat so you CAN have good numbers when you test.

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If my neice can handle her type 1 diabetes and being poked and prodded since she was 3 for the rest of her life, I think you can handle 8 more weeks.

Talk to your doctor before you just stop monitoring, for all you know that could be the day your sugars go out of control.

If you think maybe they misdiagnosed you, just ask to redo the test

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Don't stop checking. Tell your doctor that your always normal and ask him if you can redo the GD test.

Anyone refuse to take insulin? Or monitor blood sugars

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