Scheana Shay has opened up about her gestation diabetes, crying over her “really high” sugar levels, despite doing everything right.
On Thursday, Shay, 35, shared on her Instagram Stories that she has to undergo a three-hour glucose test.
Tearfully, she said, “Obviously I’m upset because I feel like I eat right, I work out, I do everything right.”
Shay said her blood glucose levels were still “really high” despite her efforts.
“Apparently two out of three of my cousins who have had babies both had gestational diabetes,” Shay added. “I guess it’s something that can be genetic.”
The Vanderpump Rules star said her next appointment is on Monday and she is “hoping for the best.”
Shay announced her pregnancy with boyfriend Brock Honey Davies in October after previously suffering a miscarriage in June, according to PEOPLE.
Previously, she told PEOPLE about her pregnancy, recalling “bawling [her] eyes out” upon seeing the positive result.
She said, ”We got pregnant so quickly. My doctor told me to wait one period and ovulation cycle and then we could try again. It was the first and only time we tried and I had a feeling right away, but it was so soon to tell because I wasn’t even close to missing my period yet. I just had a feeling.”
“After going through the miscarriage and knowing those signs,” this time around, “it was comforting knowing, ‘Okay, you’re not spotting, you’re not cramping, you still feel pregnant, you’re still tired, your boobs still hurt,’” she continued.
“I had to keep convincing myself it’s okay because last time I woke up one day and there’s no other way to explain it, just that I didn’t feel pregnant anymore,” the Bravo star added. “I told my mom that and her heart broke because before my sister, she too had a miscarriage and the same thing — she said she just felt not pregnant one day.”
Shay went on to encourage other women struggling with infertility, explaining to them there are so many options on the road to parenthood. She also has a big message – “Don’t give up.” “There’s so many alternative ways: Freeze your eggs, try [in vitro fertilization],” she said. “If that doesn’t work, there’s always adoption; there’s so many kids in foster care who need to be adopted and need homes. There’s always a way. If you truly want to be a mom, don’t give up.”
