A few folks have asked "Why create a blog about Gestational Diabetes? Once you have the baby, it goes away, right? Will you quit writing in it when you stop having kids?"
The answer is that Diabetes is always with you once you have GDM, as your risk for Type 2 Diabetes is higher in later years, even if you go back to "normal" between babies. That nasty little demon can haunt you if you aren't careful, with disastrous results. So I want to keep writing about it after I finish having kids. Because this is my reality, along with thousands of other women.
I wanted to share my experiences with this disease, as well as share tips, tricks, and useful information to help other women out there cope with GDM*. It can be scary, frustrating, and complicated. I know it was all those things for me in my first pregnancy. I know it will be again.
This blog is also meant to be a place to share the emotions and humour. Because its not all about blood sugar and insulin. Its also about women, pregnancy, and all that goes along with those things too. Its about the funny experiences, the bewilderment of a new diet, and above all else, the reality that it can be controlled easily when you have support and guidance.
*Please remember -this is important- that my blog cannot take the place of the expert advice from your Doctor, Obstetrician, Diabetic Specialist, and Nutritionist. They all went to school for a very long time in order to treat your GDM the right way, so listen to them, k?
About Me
We live in Ottawa, love our city, love to garden, and love to eat. We keep a garden out at the family farm, and a fully stocked kitchen herb garden in the city. My husband loves to cook, and I love to eat his creations.
I also love to write. You can find some of my more creative endeavours over at Mustang Sabby's Mind's Eye . Please, please note that some of the content on my creative blog may not be appropriate for younger folks.
In my past, I have played paintball, rode racehorses, telemarketed, and crunched numbers as a book-keeper. I am now a technical writer in the Government, and I love it. I get to work with words for a living, and for a writer, this is "da bomb". (do kid still say that these days?)
Thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoyed, and please contribute! GDM is not an easy disease, but if we support one another, we can make it a cake-walk! Well... without the cake, I suppose.
