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Fasting

So normally I wake up around 7-8am. My fasting numbers are normal if I wake up then so 95 or below. But for any reason I wake up at like 6 or before, for work or anything else it’s like 103. Is that normal? Will they put me on medication for that?

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Incognito in Pregnancy Week by Week: Second Trimester

How soon can GD start?

I know it’s meant to be rather symptomless but at 14 weeks I’m peeing all night, much less during the day, and I get extremely tired after eating carbs. Is it worth seeing if I can pull the test forward? I also have PCOS which I think is a risk factor for GD?

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GD and Refusing Induction Experiences

Hi all, I have GD and have been diet controlled with amazing readings and all my growth scans have shown that baby is growing on the right percentile and no concerns about size etc. I am currently 39+6 and had an appointment with my consultant today. She immediately started pushing for a membrane sweep there and the...

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Possible misdiagnosis

So I got diagnosed at 28 weeks, because of a high fasting reading at the gtt. I was extremely unwell, hadn't slept that night at all. I asked for a retest because of the unusual circumstances for me and they declined. I've been testing 6 times a day for 8 weeks now, and I've only ever had one high reading with my ...

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Sweet smelling down below

I’m 27 weeks pregnant and got diagnosed last week with gd. Now this morning I did notice my self that down below smells very sweet and I can smell my self it’s like custard smelling or vanilla like, but I’m sat in work and a college made a comment that he could smell something really sweet and I know it’s me but I d...

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