The Diabetes

The second pregnancy was much easier than the first. I didn’t get PUPPPS (although there was a high probability), my blood pressure was perfect, and I never even had heartburn. 

But the gestational diabetes came back with a vengeance. I was on enormous doses of insulin, and it wasn’t helping much. I had to use disbetes-specific meditation to bring the blood sugar down. And I hate meditation. It goes against my nature.

What’s really weird, though, is that the moment I gave birth, this raging diabetes went away. I was on a very severe diet for 22 weeks, and then all of a sudden I’m back to normal.

3 thoughts on “The Diabetes

  1. I also had gestational diabetes (albeit a mild case controlled by diet alone) that instantly disappeared upon giving birth. All of pregnancy to me was a lesson in how powerful a force hormones are.

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  2. So glad you are feeling well now. Don’t forget to keep looking after yourself, the emotions of caring for a tiny, beautiful baby can be very consuming. x

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