I was just at the doctors today and he gave me the bad news that now I have to do insulins shots once a day.I hate needles and not looking forward to doing it. I have gestational diabetes and I am on a diet but it seems like every morning when I take my levels they are up for the past 14 days there was only 1 day that I was under 90, I have no clue why thery are so high when I go to bed early and get up in the middle of the night and only have a couple drinks of water.

By Karen~admin on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 08:15 pm:

Never took insulin injections, but I did give myself estrogen injections for around 10 years. Practice on an orange. Once you get used to doing it, it won't be so bad. The fact that you are dreading it will make it harder, at least the first time.

I was just diagnosed with adult onset (type II) diabetes last spring. No family history of it, I am not overweight, I eat a really healthy diet, so go figure - I sometimes think it's a c-rap shoot.

Anyway, this is something you definitely want to get under control now. Chances are, once you deliver, your blood sugar will return to normal.

By Trina~moderator on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 06:20 am:

I did, but don't have time to type now. Here is my reply to one of your former posts. {{{HUGS}}}

http://www.momsview.com/discus/messages/23/58652.html

By Kittycat_26 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 07:12 am:

I also had gestational diabetes and gave myself injections for the last two months that I was pregnant. I cried like a baby when they told me what I was going to have to do (seven finger sticks a day and four insulin injections). I was scared to death. However, it wasn't as bad as I'd imagined in my head.

The needles are very small and very slender. I gave them in my stomach and it was more of a mind thing than it was a pain thing. But having to do it so frequently, it wasn't an option to have someone else do it for me.

In the end it was the bruises I was getting from the injections that clued my OB in that something was wrong. My platelets were so low that I was bruising fist size bruises at each injection site. It probably saved our lives giving those injections.

Ask lots of questions when they teach you how to do it. They probably won't let you leave until you can do it in front of them.

Hang in there. It's probably not forever. YOu can do anything for a healthy and happy baby.

By Dawnk777 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 08:13 am:

I also had gestational diabetes, with my second baby, but I only had to do the fingersticks and watch my diet. I didn't have to do insulin. I did have to get up in the middle of the night to eat a snack, though, because my blood sugars were dropping too low, while I slept.

By Shann on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 02:33 pm:

My brother was born a diabetic and was on 2 to 3 shots day for almost 30 years but complications from being a diabetic so long he had lost his eye sight and went into kidney failure this April it will be 2 years since his transplants and now he don't have to worry about shots and all that because he got a pancrease and kidney so he is doing really really good. I remember growing up and he would cry when it came time for his shots. I hope that they wont last for long and that you will be healthy and fine. I feel for you