Diabetes during/after birth for baby

I had GD with Darian and apart from me having a hypo episode on my way down to theatre (elective c-section, unrelated to GD) everything went as per a 'normal' delivery. They checked his levels after each feed for a few hours, they were rising nicely and they were happy to leave us be, he roomed in with me the whole time and had no issues whatsoever... me on the other hand, my milk struggled to come in, and hindsight has shown that it may have been a combination of GD (insulin resistance can play havoc with supply apparently!) and c-section dleaying milk coming in. Dont know if I have type 2 diabetes yet, but would hazard a guess and say I'm in the clear since I feel fine and my eating habits have been terrible (as in I end up going almost all day without eating, or eating a lot of high sugar foods since thats all thats easily attainable )

Research has shown that skin-to-skin immediately after birth and getting baby latched on and feeding asap does help levels stabilise faster, and as such, the theatre staff adhered to my wishes to have both done while being stitched up (obviously needed a few extra hands to do so since mine were occupied with BP cuff and leur etc). If possible could you hand express prior to birth to ensure you have some colostrum at the ready, rather than struggling to feed baby due to no milk in yet?

I'm not the best example, but I had GD and am high risk for developing Type 2, and will most likely get GD again if I ever have another pregnancy. The girls blood sugars stabilised rather quickly after they were born and within 24 hours they stopped monitoring (this was without any colostrum, as they were solely on IV fluids due to prematurity). They were in NNU, but due to prematurity rather than any other concerns. They didn't get skin to skin or latch immediately after birth - first skin to skin was approx 2 hours later (I was out of it) and no latching until approx 3 weeks old.

ETA: I was on insulin as well.

Edited by minik8e

I had GD with my first, it was diagnosed at 28 weeks, I was on a strict diet, metformin and then insulin, was induced at 38 weeks and DD was born with no issues with her sugar levels (was tested regularly for a couple of days after) my levels also returned to normal straight away, we had no troubles with BF in regards to milk coming in. My GD is not caused by me being overweight or any of the other risj factors except suspected that its a genetic thing as so completely unavoidable.

I now have GD again and was diagnosed at 13 weeks, I am on a strict diet, metformin and insulin again already. I hope that things will go as smoothly as last time but I am also prepared that every birth/baby is different and you may find that you have no problems this time around. I hope for you that this is the case.

One thing I did do with my first was take a multitude of vitamins including my pregnancy multi. I took flax seed oil, ester C and zinc drops and ate really really well, I maybe wrong but I believe these things really did help in my recovery and well being after giving birth and also with my milk supply. All the best

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I had GD last pregnancy, but I didn't need insulin and managed it by diet and only spiked above 5 on the tester once the whole time. DD had normal blood sugars, but was born 5 weeks early (not related to GD), feed within a day or two and did not need to go to the NNU.

DD was a very drowsy feeder too, but I think that was her age and jaundice related more than anything.

The hardest thing had was I been told to expect this enormous baby and DD is so tiny, even now she doesn't rate on any growth chart. I always struggled to get milk into her and she hated rubber teats, so FF was not an option (in retrospect I think that was a good thing). MY MW doesn't think that its related to GD tho.

I haven't so far had any blood sugar issues this PG, 17 weeks down.