blood sugars

So I went out and bought blood sugar testing materials after my dr. appointment yesterday. After dinner last night my sugars were good. I think they were about as high as they would like to see them, but still acceptable. Anyway, I had a bowl of ice cream last night with John then went to bed. This morning my fasting blood sugar and sugars after eating breakfast were too high. I called the dr. office immediately and just heard back from them. They are referring me to a gestational diabetes education class. I can't help but feel bad that I have probably had uncontrolled sugars this whole time and that is probably why Olivia is measuring big. I'm also kind of angry. I've taken so many lab test, you would think they would've caught it. Now I am nervous that it is too late to reverse any damage done. We have babies in the NICU from diabetic mothers and on top of being large, they usually have difficulty feeding and have blood sugar issues of their own. This is because they are so used to being in a high sugar state that they over produce insulin. When they come out of their mother, they continue to produce all that insulin and their blood sugar drops. This usually requires them to be on some IV fluids until they stabilize.

Anyway now I am waiting for a call back from the nurse who is setting up the class. I guess they usually have one tomorrow, but I work tomorrow night. I hope it is at a time I can attend. It should be helpful in telling me what to eat. That is something I have a bit of difficulty with. I know you can't eat a lot of sugar, but it gets more complicated with carbs and things. Anyway the last couple days haven't been fun but I guess it is good to find this out late rather than never.