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[#1]

Matt,

For the women that post on the Gestational board, very few of them come back. I'm wondering if it would just be better, to lock that forum, and you leave a placeholder for them to read? You could have the links there, for both the Type 1, and Type 2 boards. Since a good portion of them, will be on insulin during the last trimester especailly - from what I've read, both linkys could be utilized as to their choice.

As to why they don't come back, who knows? I check that board every time I log in, and respond as I can do so. Generally, I just give the links to both T1 and T2 boards, since I've never had gestational. And of course, it has been 4 decades plus, since my pregnant days.

Most gestational pregnancies are either already Type 2, or are headed that way later on. There are very few Type 1's with gestational, but we do have 2 or 3  T1 members that did. The Type 1 board, also has the most newest moms and moms to be, that can help them with insulin and other questions.

Trisha

[#2]

I am a nursing student at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi.  I just wanted to encourage the mom's to be to keep a food diary and pray.  I was pregnant last year and was diagnosed with GD.  I could not have gotten through this trial without much prayer.  You can do it too.  Keep up the good work and remember God is a healer and He answers prayers!

[#3]

This is just not accurate - My wife was gestational with last 2 pregnacies (perhaps with all 3 we are not sure - lost the first baby) and is now type 1 we took the common advice that gestational flows into type 2 and only recently found out when actually tested that she is producing zero insulin and is indeed a late onset type 1.  After reading up on this, many gestationals do later become type 1.  So now we do his and her insulin pumps meters and CGM's