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7 Things You Need to Know about Gestational Diabetes & C-Sections

Kimberly — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:15:31 +0000

Recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes? Failed the glucose test so horrendously they instantly put you on insulin? Or did you just barely fail? I’ve been there, and want to save you from the overwhelm and confusion I felt after my gestational diabetes diagnosis. In this post, we focus on one of the things that frustrated and confused me most: the relationship between gestational diabetes & C-Sections. Here are 7 things I wish I had known the first time around. I would have been better prepared to handle all my doctor’s uncertainties and known what to expect for labor with gestational

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Gestational Diabetes: 10 Things You Need to Know

Kimberly — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:06:50 +0000

When I was first diagnosed with gestational diabetes, I felt guilty and frustrated. Guilty because I had not been eating the healthiest foods during my pregnancy, and frustrated because I could not easily find the information I was desperately searching for. There is not much history of diabetes, nor obesity in my family. I thought I was a decently healthy person. Sure, I would randomly feel like crap after eating, but I thought it was simply a “side-effect” of pregnancy. Women always complain about how uncomfortable and miserable pregnancy is, so I assumed it was all normal. Imagine my shock

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