What is the least painful blood glucose meter?

I have the One Touch Ultra. It is adjustable as to how “deep” the “needle” goes when you poke your finger. Your ins. should cover the strips & meter for gestational diabetes. (OR check lifescan.com & you may be able to get a free meter.)

I will suggest you do major research on gestational diabetes before you agree to any “treatments” (insulin, induction, etc.) There is very conflicting evidence about this “disease” & it’s treatments causing more problems than it helps. Since you are aking about meters I guessing you did not have pre-pregnancy diabetes, so please research. Many other countries do not recommend routine screening fo it. Also, an interesting point- there is no “uniform” number that all doctors use as a “danger point.” It is also proven that glocuse tolerance naturally changes during pregnancy.

“Diabetes can be harmful during pregnancy. The most critical time for the baby is during the first trimester, though. This is when most birth defects occur. The glucose tolerance test is administered in the second trimester missing this critical period. If diabetes is a major concern it would be better to get tested for it before getting pregnant.”

I too was diagnoed with this & declined treatment for 2 reasons: med’s can have effects on baby & I did not want to be induced. One of the reasons they want to induce is because baby will have immature lungs, among other things. However most of these “complications” they say are from the diabetes are the same complications babies have from being born too early. therefor the complications are due to the pre-mature birth not the diabetes.
They told me that I would have a “big” baby- however I was measuring slighty smaller until they decided I had diabetes then for one appt. I was suddenly “bigger” than normal. subsequent appointments with another provider were all normal measurments. My “big” baby was 7 lbs.
Had I agreed to the induction at what they had as 37 weeks my baby would only have been 33 weeks old. Their dates were off. they can do a gestionational age after baby is born & mine was born 2 weeks after my due date however the gestational age was only 38 weeks when she was born. If I would hae agreed to the induction my baby would have been premature & had problems because the lungs would not have been developed.
Low blood sugar in baby can be fixed by breast feeding baby immediately after birth (which should be done anyway.)
Jaundice- any baby can get jaundice. Put baby in sunlight.