Just read through all of these responses and feel infinitely better! I am 23 weeks (how weird that its the same exact week for a lot of us) and my resistance has started. I have been eating low carb the past 3 days, but that doesn't seem to be helping. I have almost doubled my basal rates for 12 of the hours of the day. Somehow the other 12 hours I seem to be fine. My fear is that with all the extra insulin I will gain weight and that will cause a vicious cycle of needing even more insulin. Thanks for reminding me that what really matters is the blood sugar levels and that baby doesn't care how much insulin I need or how chubby I get ;). I am going to continue raising my levels, taking walks several times a day and eating frequent small meals. Thank you all!
An update: I'm now 38 weeks -- omg!! -- and things largely stabilized, I dunno, around 30 weeks maybe? At this point I'm taking *5 times* the basal and probably 3-4 times the mealtime insulin. My TDD is in the 90s now, though I don't do low carb (and yes, eat ice cream or a donut almost every day...) Actually, the past week I've had to dial back my basal a bit, and treat a lot of lows. My doctor says this is normal at the end.
My last A1c was 5.3, and at 36 weeks my doc estimated the baby's weight at a perfectly normal 6 pounds. He's letting me go til my due date, and aiming at a normal delivery.
So -- we *can* do it! Just up your insulin vigilantly, basals as well as mealtime doses.
That's fantastic, Kestrel!! I am 27 weeks now and hitting major insulin resistance.Hope it ends soon.
Great news!!! Best wishes for the excitement ahead!!