Hello Dr, I’m 33.5 years old, I’m 152.5 and weigh 47kgs. LMP 16/5/11 and due date 26/2/12. I found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks about 4 weeks ago, I went to my GP at 7 weeks to get a few routine tests done and I had a ramdon test of high glucose reading of 8.7, I found out at week 8. Then the doctor requested I do the 1 hour one where I drank some glucose and waited around for an hour, it came back with 8.9. Then I was sent to do another test where I had to fast and it came back even worst, I couldn’t remember what the first initial reading was but the second reading was 12 and the third reading was around there as well, I’m now 10 weeks and found this out just Monday. I had a routine body check two years ago and my sugar levels were within the range. I’m changing my diet now to low GI food and will see a dietician tomorrow 4/8/11. I’ve read from a lot of sources where a high glucose reading the in first trimester will increase the changes of birth defects, stillbirth and premature baby. I’ve read everywhere that the chances are increased. So what are the changes of having a healthy baby by controlling my diet starting now? I will be doing a nuchal translucency test on the 18th August and blood test to check the neck of the baby to see if there is risk of down syndrome, my OB also suggested that if it comes back bad, then he would recommend amniocentesis. I will be 34 when the baby is born, I want the baby to be in the best health, I’m really scared if in the end of the 9 months it’s a stillbirth. Would I even consider abortion at this stage and start again and get my sugars controlled and then try to conceive again? I know I should wait to do all those tests, but I know those tests don’t pick up all the birth defects. I’m impatient and I’m getting old, I don’t want to lose the change of trying to conceive for another baby. Scared