Diabetes Talking

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I had gestational diabetes and gave birth 8months ago. My blood sugar is still not normal and my Dr. says I now have diabetes. Could it just be that my hormones have not stabilized?

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Based on my own experience, I’d say not. By 8 months, you probably long since would have recovered if you were going to. I had GDM with my first pregnancy, and recovered by the time I took the follow up GTT. I didn’t get GDM with my second pregnancy. I got GDM at only 5 weeks along with the 3rd pregnancy, and my sugars never went back to normal after that birth. I am in my fourth pregnancy and still have GDM, and it’s harder to keep my numbers in control this time around. I expect to be a full blown T2 either at the end of this pregnancy, or within a few years. As I age, every thing seems to get harder for my body, including blood glucose normalization. So, if your numbers are still way out of whack at 8 months post partum, I don’t think you can blame GDM and hormones for that. Sorry. Esther

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I had gestational diabetes and gave birth 8months ago. My blood sugar is still not normal and my Dr. says I now have diabetes. Could it just be that my hormones have not stabilized?

Your hormones may not have stabilized, but…  GD only lasts until you expel the placenta.  After that, it’s called either Type 1, Type 2, or one of the more rare forms, such as MODY. — Type 2 http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/ Julie Bove, posting from new account

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I had gestational diabetes and gave birth 8months ago. My blood sugar is still not normal and my Dr. says I now have diabetes. Could it just be that my hormones have not stabilized? Your hormones may not have stabilized, but…  GD only lasts until you expel the placenta.  After that, it’s called either Type 1, Type 2, or one of the more rare forms, such as MODY.

What is MODY?

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What is MODY?

Mature Onset Diabetes in the Young, one form of Type 2.

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Your hormones may not have stabilized, but…  GD only lasts until you expel the placenta.  After that, it’s called either Type 1, Type 2, or one of the more rare forms, such as MODY. What is MODY?

I don’t remember exactly.  I think the first part is Mature Onset.  Can’t remember what the other letters stand for.  There are actually far more than 2 types of diabetes.  But we tend to get clumped into one group or the other. — Type 2 http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/ Julie Bove, posting from new account

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