Did I hurt my baby?? 😩

Question

I took my one hour test at 15 weeks and got a high of 176. Now I am a couple days shy of 30 weeks and just got my test results back from the 3 hour I took last week. All the scores are through the roof 😳 
The 15 week gap between tests seemed to go by so fast because I was dealing with the stress of switching doctors and chaos of moving into a new house and squaring away our old. Did I hurt my baby after having untreated GD all this time?? I’m so worried.
I am obese at 5’4 and almost 300lbs. I’ve only gained 6lbs so far and honestly this pregnancy has been a breeze and I’ve never felt better other than being more tired lately and occasional feet swelling from the moving. Baby Boy measured in the 48th percentile at his 20 week scan so he wasn’t “big” yet as they say GD babies are.. but maybe there’s still time to become a bigger baby? This is my first pregnancy and I’d love some insight. 😩

Answer

One high reading is no big deal. It’s sustained highs or big peaks and lows regularly that are problematic. Generally a couple a week won’t be an issue. 
It’s possible to have a big baby with GD but managing your blood sugar will help mitigate that. I had GD, my baby was measuring 90th percentile at ultrasounds but she was born 7lbs2oz, pretty much average/50th percentile.

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I don’t believe you hurt your baby, just think of how many women don’t even get the glucose test till 26-28 weeks then the three hour test around 30 weeks and have no clue they have GD and the babies are all okay!! A little personal story from my pregnancy, I did and early glucose test because I am overweight and failed my one hour and three hour so I’ve been testing since 14 weeks and I’m on glyburide at bedtime because my fasting numbers are high 🙄🙄 anyway, my 20 week scan he was in the 52% which the dr was like hey great he’s fine, my last scan I had 3 weeks ago I was 34 weeks (I get scanned every 4 weeks for growth) he was in the 87% and my dr still said hey good job he’s fine, sometimes people just make big babies no matter how good their sugars are.... you are doing fine mama and your baby is going to be healthy and beautiful!! Keep up the monitoring and good work and baby will be okay 😊😊 best of luck!!

Answer

The baby doesn’t start storing fat until after week 20. I’ve read gestational diabetes has been linked in some studies to heart defects but your anatomy scan should rule out the most obvious. Try to manage it with diet and/or medication and keep a glucose log after every meal. You may need insulin the closer you get to delivery. When you say through the roof do you mean 200s or 500s? There is a big difference there.. 
I’ve had GD with both of my pregnancies and the best thing is to eat a healthy diet full of protein, exercise after every meal (reasonably as you’re pregnant - like a walk at a slow pace) and monitor your glucose well. You start to learn quickly what you can and can’t eat without high numbers and can adjust accordingly. Most people with GD go on to have healthy babies! He may have low glucose when he’s born and they may have to adjust that but he should be just fine..  Now that you know you will just have to take steps to regulate from now on. Cut the carbs and sugar. Not too much longer to go, you can do it!

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Join the Gestational Diabetes group on Glow! And don’t worry too much about what may have happened the past few weeks, they test for GD when they do for a reason and your doctor will give you instruction if it’s time to make a change.

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