Hi! My name is Kaitie and I have some questions about pre-diabetes and metformin. I'm starting an IVF cycle again but this time they said that my blood sugar was high. So, I did the test where you drink orange goop and then they test your blood every half hour, then hour for two hours. It came back that I was pretty ok until the second hour where I spiked to 205. I didn't tell them this today buy I had a MAJOR case of the shakes about an hour after that last blood work. After I ate I was fine.
Anyway, he's sending me to a doctor that specializes in IVF patients at risk for gestational diabetes and he said something about metformin. I don't like taking medicine, I truly believe that we medicate ourselves too much and that leads to other problems which we then try to fix through medication etc... I guess my question is, how to I reverse this pre-diabetes condition without medication, yet still be ok to be pregnant for 9 months?
Can someone please talk to me about these things? I will talk to the doctor tomorrow, but for now I'm feeling like I'm ok so why should I take some medicine that 's going to stop my normal body functions if instead I can just fix what I eat.
On a side note, I seriously thought that losing 40 pounds would've put a stop to this but I guess I am too little to late or it's just not enough.
Thanks!