I was diagnosed with GD at around 12 weeks. In the beginning they were really receptive to my needs and listen to me. But lately it feels like they’re very understaffed and haven’t been providing the care they should. For example, one time they told me to take fast acting insulin, and long acting before breakfast. I did and my number went dangerously low two days in a row. One of the times I was at the hospital. The nurse said I should hear from my doctor either that day or tomorrow for a new insulin recommendation. But I didn’t hear from them for about 5 days. And it was a new doctor. (I stopped taking the fast acting insulin after the second incident). Now, lately, they tell me they’re going to check in on me twice a week ( Mondays and Thursdays) for updates on my insulin recommendation, but they maybe message me about once every other week.

My numbers have been really difficult to control lately and I’ve been wanting to throw my bs meter at the wall. They recently told me to lower my long acting insulin but add in a fast acting insulin. Well, I’m not going to because very time I have taken the short acting insulin I have dangerous lows. I’m already stressed, I don’t need to be scared to.

I’m part of a GD group on Facebook and a few of them were told to increase their units but 2 if they’re consistently getting high numbers. I think because I’m paying much more attention to my body then my doctors, and can manage it better. Every time I’ve just “listened” something has gone wrong. But, when I started just looking at how my insulin reacts, I increased my own long acting insulin at night and am finally getting good fasting numbers, instead they wanted me to reduce how much to use at night. I’m just tired of not feeling heard. I know they’re understaffed because everyone is sick. So I don’t blame them too much. But if I want to get through this pregnancy with a lot less tears, I’m just going to do my own thing. 🥲