gestational diabetes...boy moms or girl moms?

[gizmo77]

ive noticed in my group of friends, that the ones who were pg with boys were closer to getting or HAD gestational diabetes. what about on here??

if you had it, were you pg with a girl or boy?

[zanacal]

I thought you were going to say the opposite! The only friends I know who have had it were expecting girls.

[rainbowflower]

I can't see how carrying either gender could CAUSE it? it's a pregnancy reaction in general isn't it and wouldn't be affected by the tiny amount of baby's hormone that makes its way into your body?

[Zivic-Bubac]

I know only 1 lady with gestational diabetes, she had a girl.

I think rainbow is right, it's reaction to the pregnancy in general.

[Foxy]

Personally I don't think it's gender related, but the ones I know had girls.

[atomic sagebrush]

The one lady I know who had it had one of each!!! I think Tamara had it too and she has both.

I almost had gestational diabetes in my last pg because I had two placentas - I guess when I took my sugar test (failed the first one) I wasn't making any sense when they talked to me after I drank the first sugar water, and they all thought I was going to fail it, but it was just that since I had two placentas my body took longer to clear out the sugar from my system for some reason. By the time I drank the second drink I was back to normal again and my test results were perfectly fine. My doctor told me that the placentas are what make the stuff that gives you the gestational diabetes so since I had two, it took longer to lower my sugar levels than it should have, but as long as they went down in the end within the hour, that was all that counted. Anyway, long story there but my point is that leads me to believe it is just the pg itself and not gender related.

[lobella2]

My friend has it now and she's pregnant with a girl and my mom had it with my sister. But I wouldn't think that it is gender related.

[ThinkingPink]

My mum had it with my little sister but not with me. I was also thinking it wouldn't be gender related but there does seem to be a pattern...