u/lizziek13

Officially failed my 1 hr ogtt at 16 weeks with a result of 203. I knew this was going to happen and yesterday my doctor said I am probably insulin resistant, but in her message today said I “have GDM and more likely pre pregnancy diabetes due to insulin resistance”.

I’m so shocked and confused. I had gdm with my first but passed my pp ogtt. My A1c has always been normal. The only thing is my fasting numbers outside of pregnancy are in the prediabetic range, but my post meal numbers outside of pregnancy were always good.

Now I’m just going to worry the next 24 weeks that I’m a type 2 diabetic. Does this sound right? I really like this doctor but I’m shocked she would say this especially after just saying insulin resistance yesterday.

I’m 16 weeks with my second pregnancy and had insulin-controlled GD with my first, diagnosed around 24 weeks.
I did my early glucose test today and am waiting for the lab result, but my CGM showed 206 at 1 hour. Seeing such a high number this early has really scared me that my insulin resistance is getting worse and that I’m inevitably heading toward type 2 diabetes.

After my last pregnancy I passed my postpartum OGTT, and my A1cs outside of pregnancy have always been normal (around 5.4). My ob thinks I definitely have some underlying insulin resistance and that I should look into a glp post pregnancy, but I raised this with my endo and pcp between pregnancies and both didn’t seem to keen on the idea, and getting conflicting info is frustrating.

Has anyone else been diagnosed this early, especially in a second pregnancy? Did your glucose return to normal postpartum? I’d especially love to hear from people who are several years out from GD and how you’re doing now.