With diabetes, you can never positively tell what's going to happen. A banana and coffee for breakfast might get you to 140 mg/dL one day and 248 the next. You just gotta roll with it and be prepared.
Pregnancy also requires the ability to remain flexible. When your kid measures up at the 60th and 66th percentile of his or her peers during the first and second trimester, then jumps up to a shocking 84th percentile at week 32, delivery time frames and strategies, as well as blood sugar and diet controls might need to be adjusted quickly.
And so it went with me and Cletus the Fetus. Although (s)he remains in beautiful proportion, Cletus left her peers in the dust when it came to growth this last trimester. Five pounds 11 ounces with two months to go. My friends have delivered term babies smaller. So, instead of looking at an induction at 39 weeks, we've upped the schedule to 38. April 11th, let the cervix be ripe!
This is a little bit frustrating, obviously. My HbA1c was 5.6 the first trimester, 5.5 the second, and 5.4 so far this third. My control is awesome. My weight gain is awesome. My kid is just big. What can ya do?
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